James Henry Smith

  General Notes:

On arriving in Australia he cleared land and farmed at Toolijooa, near
Gerringong on the south coast, and commenced a dairy farm in 1854. He
then farmed at Albion Park and later settled on the Richmond River,
near Bangalow, NSW. His obituary gives him as one of the first South
Coast pioneers. Did dairying and then worked at Pitsawing, took his
butter to Kiama on his pack horse. Voted at every election since
coming to Australia.

  Noted events in his life were:

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• Immigration: "Light Of The Age", 9 Nov 1858, Sydney, NSW Australia. ¹⁶⁸

James married Rebecca Wells, daughter of George Wells and Harriet Vidler, on 17 Dec 1859 in Gerringong, NSW Australia. (Rebecca Wells was born on 14 Nov 1841 in Dapto, NSW Australia, christened on 3 Jul 1842 in Wollongong, NSW Australia, died on 27 Sep 1905 in Murwillumbah, NSW Australia ¹⁶⁸ and was buried in Bangalow General Cemetery, NSW Australia.)