George Furber

  General Notes:

Inkeeper, Golden Fleece Inn, George and Dragon Hotel), Farmer, Maitland. Moved to Brisbane 1844, Inkeeper Golden Fleece, Ipswich.

In 1847 established pioneer settlement, Wide Bay, N. Qld.
Bruce Ridley



SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL.----The half yearly examination of the students at this valuable establish-
ment took place, agreeably to public notice, on Thursday the 23d inst. The young gentlemen acquitted
themselves with their usual correctness and ability ; in a manner highly creditable to themselves and their
instructors. Among numerous specimens of admirable penmanship, the superiority was adjudged to Master
George Furber, who received a very handsome silver pen.
1824 'TO MY DEAR DOLLY FREELOVE.', The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), 30 December, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37071641

NEW SOUTH WALES.
RETURN OF ALL CONVICTS ASSIGNED AND
TRANSFERRED BETWEEN THE 1st AND 30th
DAYS OF JUNE, 1832, INCLUSIVE.
2061. Bates William, John (3), carter and plasterer, to George Furber, Paterson's Plains
1832 'NEW SOUTH WALES.', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 29 August, p. 260. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230388942

Hunter's River, 1st February, 1833.
SIR,
WE might be considered insensible to merit did we allow you to depart unnoticed, the same as others, undeserving of our esteem, as by your urbanity and Gentlemanly conduct you have endeared yourself to all classes, which will not only cause us to regret your departure, but remember you with respect.

We cannot but observe the service you rendered this district by your activity in suppressing, or rather preventing Bushranging, as at no other period do we remember this Settlement so little infested with run-aways, which we in a great measure attribute to the frequent appearance of the Police in different parts, which doubtless prevented prisoners absconding.

Also your very upright and independent conduct as a Magistrate is deserving of our thanks. Believe us, Sir, you carry with you our sincere wishes for your health and happiness.
To Lieut. J. Blackburn, J. P. We are,
H. M. 17th Regiment. SIR,
Your obedient servants,
H. Mitchell
E. C. Close
E. Hungerford
T. V. Bloomfield
J. H. Pilcher
P. M'Intyre
A. Livingstone
E. G. Cory
W. Evans
R, Rodd
J. Walker
J. T. Maughan
D. M'Lean
T. W. M. Winder
J. Pausey
W. Simpson
R. Scott
G. Todd
H. Hewitt
A. Lang
George Furber
E. Salamon
R. Coulson
J. M'Dougall
J. P. Webber
J. Plaistowe*
J. Eales
A. W. Scott
T. Bartic
John J. Tucker
John Stronach
J. Dnlcy
R. Yeomans
J. Adair
L. Spyer
E. Sparkes, junior
W. B. Wilkinson
F. S. Peppercorn
J. M. Townsend
J. H. Townsend
W. H. Windeyer
J. Erskine
G. Muir
John Allman
W. Dunn
R. C. Dillon
E. Bennett
R. Pringle
J. Scott
James Rae
George Stone
J. Cox
J. Kingsmill
W. Coleman
C. Robins
T. Dangar
G. Bennett
'John Swan
P. J. Cohen
D. Sloane
T. Coulson
A. M'Dougall
J. Smith
II. Rae
D. Mackay
B. Cox
J. G. Smith
W. Thurlow
John Cracknell
W, Rotton
J. Budgo
L. Dillon
W. Jones
W. Sparkes
H. Briggs
J. Perry
A. M'Dougall
G. Cory
Hugh M'Donald.
Mr. Blackburne's Answer.
GENTLEMEN,
ON being relieved from the charge of the Mounted Police within your district, I have to acknowledge the very handsome manner in which you have been pleased to speak of my exertions whilst employed amongst you, by, presenting me with an Address, signed by so many respectable land-holders. I do feel proud that I should have received so decided a mark of your approbation, however unmerited, during the time I have had the honour to command a body of men that have in every part of the Colony proved themselves so efficient in suppressing a system of bushranging, that at one time assumed such a formidable appearance.
Believe me, Gentlemen, in retiring from your district, I leave it with regret, having invariably received from you the greatest assistance whilst employed on duty, and the most marked hospitality, attention, and civility on all occasions.
I beg again to return you all my sincere thanks,
and have the honour to be,'97GENTLEMEN,
Your obedient, humble Servant,
[Signed.] J. BLACKBURNE, Lieut. 17th Regt.
1833 'Advertising', The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), 25 February, p. 4. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12846285

IMPOUNDED, at Paterson's Plains, one - poll brown Cow, branded on thp left hip with a crown. If not claimed m in days from tbis date, it will be Sold in the Pound, at 12 o'clock, to defray expenses.
GEORGE FURBER, Poundheeper,
Paterson's Plains, 28th May, 1833. [9s.'97Postage, 10 d.
"IMPOUNDED, at Paterson's Plains, one poll brown Cow, branded on the left hip with a crown." New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) 19 June 1833: 238. Web. 19 Nov 2016 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230390366>.

IMPOUNDED, at Paterson's Plains, on
Sunday, 7th July, the following CATTLE:'97
One red Steer, horned, brand not legible
One Bull, white back and belly, black sides, horned, branded on near hip ?
One Steer, spotted brown And white, horned, branded on off hip C
One Heifer, white, with brown neck, horned, branded on near hip S T
One red Bull Calf, white flank, no brand
One Bull Calf, white, branded on near hip S T
One Bullock, poll, spotted red and white, branded on off hip ST XB
One Cow, light brindle, horned, branded on off hip IT
One Bullock, red sides, white back and belly, branded on off hip S T
One Steer, red, horned, branded on off hip S T
One Bullock, horned, light brindle, branded on off hip S T
One Cow, horned, red, white face and belly, branded on off CR hip XB near hip D ST, XB C
One Cow, red, horned, branded on off hip ST, near hip D, near ribs B XB
One Bullook, horned, red, branded on off hip S T XB
One Heifer, horned, dark brindle, branded on off hip ST
One Bullock, down horns, red, branded on off hip S T
One Bull Calf, red, horned, branded on off hip S T
One Cow, red, white back, horned, branded on off hip S T
One Cow, light red, poll, branded on off hip S T
One Bull Calf, white, branded on near hip S T
One Cow, light brindle, horned, branded on off hip ST
One Bull Calf, red and white, branded on off hip S T
One Bullock, poll, red, branded on off hip S T
One Heifer, strawberry, poll, branded on off hip ST
One Steer, dark brindle, horned, branded on off hip S T XB
One Cow, dark brown, horned, branded on off hip S T
One Heifer Calf, red sides and white back, no brand
One Cow, horned, red Bides and white back, branded on off hip ST
One Cow, poll, red sides and white back, branded on off hip ST
One Bullock, horned, black sides, white back and belly, branded on off hip S T
One Heifer, white, with red bead, branded on off hip S T
One Cow, horned, brindle sides, with white back, branded on
off hip ST, near side hip E, thigh D, ribs B
One Bull Calf, red, branded on off hip S T
One Cow, horned, red, with white back and belly, branded on XB off hip S T, near side on ribs B
One Cow, horned, red, with spotted back and belly, branded XB on off hip S T, near side ribs B, hip D
One Bullock, horned, brindle, with white back,branded on off hip ST
One Bull Calf, red, no brand
One Steer, red and white, poll, branded on off hip S T
One red and white Heifer XJaif, branded on off hip S T XB
One Cow, dark brindle, horned, branded on off hip S T
One Bull Calf, blue sides, with white baok and belly, branded on off hip S XB
One Cow, dark brindle, horned, branded on off hip S T XB
One Cow, poll, red, branded on off hip S T
One Heifer, red and white, poll, branded on off hip S T XB
One Bullock, red and white, branded on off hip S T.
If the above Cattle are not released within twenty-one days from this date, they will be sold on Tuesday, 6th August next, at 12 o'olook, to defray expenses.
GEORGE FURBER, Poundkeeper.
July 14th, 1833. [,£1 7s.
1833 'IMPOUNDED, at Paterson's Plains, on Sunday, 7th July, the following CATTLE:'97', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 31 July, p. 295. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230390538

MAITLAND, TO THE PRIVATE SECRETARY OF HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR BOURKE.
SIR,
We the undersigned householders and proprietors of allotments, purchased from the Crown, in the township of Maitland, seeing a letter published in the Sydney journals addressed to you for His Excellency's consideration, and signed by the inhabitants of the north side of Wallis's Creek, soliciting that the proposed cells be erected in their neighbourhood, deem it necessary to protest against the whole tenor of their epistle, as from its tendency they wish to induce the government to do an act of injustice, not only to those who purchased land from the Crown in the township, but others who have expended large sums on buildings there.

We believe the motive for such an application cannot be mistaken, when the locality of the estates and private property of the most wealthy and influential promoters of production is considered. As who
regarding the public weal, would recommend the removal of a township, from an eligible site out of the
reach of floods, within two miles of the head of navigation, and where there is a great extent of unlocated
land, to one little better than a swamp, liable with moderate rain to be inundated, a greater distance from
navigation, and where there is no unnlocated land.

The reason they assign for such a change, is so futile that it scarcely requires any reply. They must be aware that the population having increased in a greater ratio on the north than on the south side of Wallis's Creek, is the result of necessity, not choice ; the present township not being laid out until late in General Darling's administration ; nor the streets marked out until lately, therefore, tradesmen, shopkeepers, &c , were compelled to purchase small portions from settlers, from whom alone, land then adjoining the road could be procured. These have already suffered greatly by floods, and it is to be feared, that by their imprudence in building there, the loss of life and property at some future period will be great, particularly if the water rises to the height the old residents here remember it to have done.

They also know that Wallis Creek is capable of supplying the township with as good water as those on
the opposite side, can procure from the river in any season, except from a place called the Falls, some distance above the present hamlet, from whence (should it ever be required) it can be conveyed at no
great expense.

The removal of the post office from the township, and the vicinity of the Court House, we consider very injudicious, the inconvenience to the public has been greater than the advantages derived from it by
the few inhabitants in that neighbourhood.

Confident His Excellency will not be influenced by wealth or numbers to do any injustice to us or injury to the public, by disturbing the present site of the township, or allowing any public buildings to be erected elsewhere, particularly on private property, we deem it unnecessary to obtain any other signatures, but those residing in the township

We have the honor to be,
Sir,
(Signed), Your expedient servants,
J Erskine
James Pawsey
E. Muir
John Eckford
James Walker
William Jones
William Jackson
James Rae
N. Goldingham
G. B White
Joseph Daley
Peter Reilly
Mary Eckford
John Híllici
Henry Plode
James William Miller
Patrick Reilly
George Furber
John Mayo
Nicholas Nerney
William Eckford
Frederick Dixon
John Smith
G. Mitchell
Henry Rae
P. Collins.
1834 'MAITLAND,', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), 14 October, p. 2. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2217312

Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney,
November 13, 1834
SALE OF TOWN ALLOTMENTS;
AT Twelve o'clock of Friday, the 13th day of February next, the Collector of Internal Revenue, will put up to AUCTION, at the Police Office, Sydney, the undermentioned TOWN ALLOTMENTS, on the Conditions authorised by Government. Further information respecting the allotments may be obtained from the Surveyor General, and respecting the Conditions from the Collector of Internal Revenue.

51. Northumberland, 33, Thirty-three perches, town of Newcastle, parish of Newcastle, allotment No. 108, commencing at the extremity of the western boundary line of allotment No. 107, and bounded on the
east by that line bearing south 7 degrees west 1 chain 85 links ; on the south by a line bearing west 7 degrees north 1 chain 12 to links ; on the west by Bolton-street, being a line bearing north 7 degrees east 1 chain 85 links ; and on the north by a line bearing east 7 degrees south 1 chain 12 links to the northern extremity of the western boundary line of allotment No. 196: applied for by George Furber. Price £5 per acre.
52. Northumberland, 29, Twenty-nine perches, more or less, town of Newcastle, parish of Newcastle, allotment No. 199: applied for by George Furber. Price £5 per acre.
1834 'Classified Advertising', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), 25 November, p. 4. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2217603

GEORGE FURBER,
BEGS to announce to his Friends and the Public generally, that on the first of July next, he will open as an Inn, the House lately erected near the Court House, Maitland, (which will be known as the" Golden Fleece Inn.")
G. F. flatters himself that his experience in the Spirit Trade, and connexions in Sydney, will enable him to provide Wines, spirits, &c. of the best flavour and quality. He pledges himself to furnish the most comfortable accommodation for Travellers, and trusts, that by assiduity and attention, and moderate charges, to merit a share of the public patronage.
Gentlemen attending the Courts of Request, Quarter Sessions, Petty Sessions, &c, will, it is hoped,
find this Establishment very commodious and convenient from its proximity to the Court House.
Maitland, 14th June, 1835.
1835 'Classified Advertising', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), 25 July, p. 1. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2199383

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Sydney, 22d December, 1835.
THE Town Allotments advertised in the Gazette, by the Notices dated 29th April, and 3d June, 1835, have been sold to the undermentioned Parties, by Auction, the 12th August last, and the Price affixed to each, respectively, has been received.
Maitland- George Furber Extent 2 R. £100 0s 0d.
1835 'Government Gazette Notices', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 23 December, p. 928. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230657040


Richard Foster and Thomas Connor, were indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling house of George Furber, at Maitland on the 5th of December, and stealing therefrom, rum, gin, tobacco, and other articles, and Frederick Dixon and William Turvey were indicted for receiving part of the said property, well knowing it to have been before feloniously stolen. Foster and Connor guilty; death recorded. (His Honor said he
Fix this textshould recommend that the sentence be commuted to three years in an ironed gang.) Dixon, not
guilty ; discharged ; Turvey, guilty ; twelve months in irons.
1838 'SUPREME CRIMINAL COURT.', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), 17 February, p. 2. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2543825

LAW.
SUPREME COURT'97 (Criminal Side.)
TUESDAY. '97 Before His Honor the Chief Justice and a Civil Jury.
John Irwin, William Allman, nnd Daniel Curey, were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling House ot James Walker, at Maitland, on tin 23rd of November last. Mrs Ann Walker, the wife of Mr James Walker, who keeps a linen-draper's shop, in East Maitland, deposed that she went to bed on the 23rd of November, about eleven o'clock, the doors being secured by locks and bolts.

About twelve o'clock, she was disturbed by a noise and thinking it to be the dog which was in the shop, she turned him out, and retired back to bed. After being a short time in bed, she was again disturbed by a noise, and on going into the shop she discovered that the shop window was broken and the property on the shelves within reach was missing. The window had an outside shutter and had been fastened down to enlarge the shop the goods were arranged on shelves across the window, which could be seen by any person in the day time. The shutter to the window was not bolted, but the window was screwed down the goods were removed through a pane of glass which wus broken out of the window.

The prisoner Irwin went into the shop for a pound of rice on the night of the robbery, aud was served with it ; he had been repeatedly in the shop before. Witness had also seen the other two prisoner, who were assigned to Mr Furber, a neighbour of the prosecutrix. Mr Walker, husband to the witness, was confined to his bed by severe illness, and prevented attending the trial which was certified by the surgeon attending him.

Mr George Furber, an inn-keeper in East Maitlund, lived about one hundred and fifty yards from the prosecutrix ; the prisoners are assigned servants to witness, and they were all at home at half-past nine o'clock, on the night of the robbery. At day light, the Chief Constable aroused Mr Furber, and told him that the prisoners were charged with robbery. Mr Furber went in search, and found a bag containing a large quantity of property in the adjoining allotment to his inn. Irwin was assigned to witness from an iron-gang, and the other two prioners from the ship in which they arrived in the Colony.

Thomas Bates, an assigned servant to Mr Furber, stated that some time in the night of the robbery, Irwin went to the loft where witness and two other men slept, and asked one of the men (Charles Vents) to get up and help him to carry some things he had got from Mr Walker's shop ; Vants refused, and Irwin went away.
Chief Constable Riley received information of he robbery, and suspecting Mr Furber's men, He went to the house and found the three prisoners in bed in the kitchen, tbe door being wide open. There had been rain from eleven to one o'clock on the night of the robbery, and the boots and trousers of Irwin, the pumps and
trousers of Carey, and the trousers of Allman, were found covered with wet mud, recently done. Witness compared the boots and shoes with the tracks about Mr Walker's window, and they corresponded minutely. Witness afterwards traced the tracks of the prisoner's shoes from Mr Furber's Inn to Mr Walkers house, where the robbery was committed.

The prisoners cross examined the witnesses with much shrewdness, and called on their master, Mr Furber, for a character. Mr Furber gave Allman a very good character for two years after his return from an ironang, and stated that the prisoner Irwin was the very worst possible character, but could never be detected in the robberies he was supposed to have committed, although the fact was pretty certain. The prisoner Carey, a lad about eighteen years of age, had been punished about twenty times for thefts and irregularities. The prisoner Curey stated in his defence that his duty was to superintend the lamp which was kept burning in the front of the inn, for which he was responsible, and that his shoes became wet when he arose in the night to trim it.

His Honor put the case to the jury, who re tired for a quarter of au hour, and found the prisoners guilty. Sentenced to be transported to Norfolk Island for ten years.
1839 'LAW.', The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), 7 February, p. 2. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36860235

Ten Pounds Reward.
STOLEN or STRAYED, from East Maitland on 22nd Instant, a Black GELDING, with a white Star in the forehead, a small white spot on the point of the Nose, two white hind feet, and a switch tail, branded on the
side of the neck GF but the brand having run so the letters are scarcely legible-was very low in condition.

If stolen, the above reward will be paid on conviction of the thief, or if strayed, £1 pound on delivery of the Horse to the undersigned.
GEORGE FURBER.
George and Dragon Inn,
East Maitland,
December 30, 1839.
"Classified Advertising" The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) 4 January 1840: 3. Web. 20 Nov 2016 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2551248>.

TO LET,
THE HOUSE and appurtenances known as the GEORGE & DRAGON INN East Maitland for three, fire, or seven yeurs (as may be agreed on) from 1st July next The above Property being in the centre of the Town of East Maitland, bounded by the Market Reserve and immediately opposite where the Road from the Paterson to List Maitland terminales, is a sure guarantee of its being a first-rate situation for business.

From the many applications that have been made to the Proprietor to rent the same, he has been induced to advertise the House with a view of affording all parties an equal chance of offering. Persons desirous of Renting the above Premises are requested to make their offers (in writing) to the undersigned on or before 1st Februaiy, 1840.
GEORGE FURBER.
1840 'Classified Advertising', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), 4 January, p. 3. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2551248

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Sydney,
THE TOWN ALLOTMENTS advertised in the Gazette by the Notices dated 12th and 25th January, 1836, have, with the exception of Lots 17, 18, 19,20,21, 22, 23,24, 25, 26, 27, 28,29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38, been sold to the undermentioned parties, by Auction, the 9th March last, and the price affixed to each has been received,

IN THE ESTATE OF GEORGE FURBER
Notice is hereby given, that by Indenture' of Conveyance and Assignment, bearing date the 15th day of June instant, George Furber, of West Mattland, in the Colony of New South Wales, farmer, conveyed and assigned all his real and personal property, estate, and effects, to Alexander Dodds, auctioneer, William Skinner, and James Dickson, storekeepers, all of 'Maitland, in trust for the benefit of all his Creditors, who
shall come in and execute the Deed of Trust bearing even date therewith, now lying at the Office of the undersigned for the signatures of the Creditors.'97Dated 16th June, 1841.
50. Maitland. Extent 2 R. George Furber £22 6s 0d.
"Government Gazette Notices" New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) 17 August 1836: 627. Web. 19 Nov 2016 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230672960>.
WILLIAM GRACE,
Solicitor, West Maitland.
1841 'IN THE ESTATE OF GEORGE FURBER', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 29 June, p. 881. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230107922

NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR
MAITLAND.
I AM happy to inform you that the miscreants who so brutally ill used the lady of the Rev. Mr. Garven are taken. It appears that they are men employed by Mr. George Furber, a farmer in Maitland, and were overheard discoursing on the subject, and boasting of the deed. The man who overheard the conversation at once came into town, and informed the police authorities, and on a search being made, a handkerchief, trousers, and cut down musket, were found in their possession, which have been sworn to as the property of the Rev. Mr. Garven, who has alio fully identified them as the parties who perpetrated atrocities happily but seldom heard of even in this colony. It is to be hoped they will meet with that condign punishment they so fully merit. - Correspondent.
1841 'NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR.', The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), 5 June, p. 2. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12869458

IN THE ESTATE OF GEORGE FURBER.
Notice is hereby given, that by Indenture of Conveyance and Assignment', bearing date the 15th day of June instant, George Furber, of West Ma it land, in the Colony of New South Wales, farmer, conveyed and assigned all his real and personal property, estate, and effects, to Alexander Dodds, auctioneer, William Skinner, and James Dickson, storekeepers, all of Maitland, in trust for the benefit of all his Creditors, who
shall come in and execute the Deed of Trust bearing even date therewith, now lying at the Office of the undersigned for the signatures of the Creditors*'97Dated 16th June, 1841.
WILLIAM GRACE,
Solieitor West Maitland
1841 'IN THE ESTATE OF GEORGE FURBER.', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 22 June, p. 853. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230107838

ROSE AND WILLIAM THE FOURTH STEAMERS.
To the Editors of thc Si/dneti Herald.
GENTLEMEN,-I think it quite unnecessary to make any remark upon the letter in Monday's Herald, of Captain Stephens of the William the IVIh steamer, regarding the collision which took place between that vessel and the Hose, on the evening of the 14th instant, as he says himself that in going out of the harbour he " kept close to shore'" unless he is prepared to say that in doing so he was acting according to the regulations laid down for the navigation of steamers in the harbour. The following declaration which I
obtained from the passengers of the Bose on her arrival is sufficient to show thc true state of the case.

" Rose steamer arrived at nine o'clock-met the William Hie Fourth quarter of a mile below Bradley's Head saw the boat at some distance -Mr. Pattison was on the paddle-box-as soon as he saw thc other vessel approaching ha gave orders to the steersman to port his helm and called to stop the eugine-went ns close to the western shore as possible. When Mr. Pattison saw that thc "WilHiam was likely to come into collision, he called to those on board that vessel to port their helm, which order was not attended to, and consequently the vessels came into contact and injury was sustained.
Signed, Alexander Livingstone, W. T. Fowler, A. T. Wightman, lt. P. Cummins, George Furber, Cabin Passengers.

With regard to the alledged recklessness of the commander of the Rose, it is sufficient to state that several of the passengers of the William called at the wharf next day to thank Mr. Pattison, that by his presence of mind he had saved that vessel from total destruction.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
M. WHYTLAW
1841 'ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.', The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), 22 July, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28652667

AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.
Charles Vout and Henry Steele were then given in charge to a Jury for stealing above the value of £5, and putting two persons in fear in a dwelling.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case, and said, that it was one almost without a parallelled atrocity, one that might almost make a moderate man doubt as to the propriety of the modification as which had been lately made in the penal law with respect to capital offences; for although the depositions disclosed circumstances of the greatest atrocity upon the part of the prisoners, yet as they had not committed a wound or an incision upon the person of their unfortunate victim, they could not be tried upon a capital charge.

John Hill Garven called and examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL,-I reside at Hail Hill, about four miles from Maitland; on the evening of the 25th of April, (a Sunday,) I and my wife had sat down to tea after sunset, when I saw the muzzles of two guns presented towards those who were sitting at the fire in my house; there were two men carrying the guns; they came up to the house and were disguised; they both
called out "sit still, don't stir;" the small man (Steele) presented his gun at about two yards from my breast; he was then outside the house; the tall man (Vout) came into the house, and took the candle from the table; he then broke open my writing desk, and took out some trinkets, and scattered the rest of the contents of the desk on the floor; he broke open a chest of drawers, and took out from one of them a pistol, some handkerchiefs, a watch, a ring and some spoons, and put them in a bag; my wife was going to faint, and wished to go to bed, but the small man would not allow her to go; the tall man said, when he could get no money, "I will blow out your brains, and put your wife on the fire now whether I get the money or not;" the small man snapped his gun at me twice, and ignited the priming; it was then pointed at my breast; he did this because I was looking close at his companion ; the tall man searched my pockets, and then pushed my wife by both shoulders over the fire; I told him she was dying; but for about three minutes he held her over the fire ; it was a slow fire; a dray was heard passing on the road, and then he let go my wife, and called to
a third man of the party who had bailed up my men in their huts ; he too had a gun ; I saw both the prisoners fully, and swear they were the two men who were at my house; I saw them clearly ; they were disguised, but I saw their features, and I have no doubt about their identity.

To Mr. Justice Stephen.-I never knew any thing of the prisoners before ; they were half an hour in the house ; it was light enough on that night to see about twenty yards off ; I did not see the prisoners for about four or five weeks afterwards ; I saw them then at Mr. Furber's their masters ; they were then differently dressed ; I described them to the police.

To the prisoner Vout.-I never lived near you, and never saw you near my house before ; Mr. Furber lives about four miles from me ; I saw your face well, and I swear that you are the man who was in my house.

To Mr. Justice Stephen.-I once mistook another man for Steele, whom I met on the road ; I accused that man ; he was dressed like Steele, and I swore against him, but now I am sure that Steele was the man who was at my house.

To the Attorney-General.-The prisoners live together, and I never was so positive against the other man as I am against Steele. To Mr. Justice Stephen.-I got information of the prisoners being in custody before I went to identify them, but I should have identified them without any information. I produce the pistol which was taken from my house; it was given to me by a man who said he had received it from Vout: I received the pistol the day before the prisoners were apprehended.

George Wood examined by the Attorney General.-I am chief constable for Maitland: I know the prisoners at the bar : they are assigned servants to Mr. Furber, and lived in one hut : on the 31st of May last, on taking down the bed in the place where they slept, I found a pistol and a handkerchief which I produce: Vout claimed the handkerchief: Steele said he knew nothing about the things, and both said that they knew nothing about the pistol. I found a bundle with some clothes, in the same hut.

To Vout.-I don't know whether there were not two beds in the same place : I think there were two beds : there was a man, and I think there were also some females in the place where I found the pistol.

George Furber examined by the Attorney General.-The prisoners were my assigned servants: they slept in my kitchen, in two beds adjoining one another: the beds used to be put up in the day on the same sheet of bark, and one of the pistols produced, was found under the bark. No one slept in the same place with the prisoners. I found the bundle produced, in a corn-stack, in a field where the prisoners had been some time before been working. Steele used to wear very large whiskers, but he has none now. I do not know when he shaved them off.

To Mr. Justice Stephen.-There were other men working in the field where the bundle was found.

To a Juror.-On the night of the robbery I saw the prisoner and all of my men on my premises at eight o'clock.

Margaret Brown Garven, a very delicate looking person, of about thirty, was called and examined by the Attorney.General-I am wife of the Rev. Mr. Garven : nineteen weeks ago two men came to our house; one man remained outside, the other came in, and took the candle into another room; he went to the chest of
drawers, and broke open the writing-desk ; he took some trinkets out of it ; he broke open the dawers and destroyed every thing ; he said if i did not get the money he wanted he would burn the house ; after searching Mr. Garven, he told me to go on the fire ; I entreated him not to put me on the fire-so did Mr. Garven ; he pushed me on the fire and held me there for a short time ; I had some strong stockings on ; I was only scorched: I was not burned; The man heard the noise of a dray, and let me go; I am quite sure of the identity of both prisoners, and that they were the men who were at my house upon this occasion. I did not interfere with them in any way.

To the prisoner Vout-You were in the house about three-quarters of an hour altogether; it was about three-quarters of an hour after sundown when you went away ; but it was light enough for me to see you both, well.

To the Judge-I never saw the prisoners before the night when they came to my house ; The handkerchief produced belongs to Mr. Garven ; the prisoners might have been back at Mr Furber's that night by eight o'clock. Steele wore a blue shooting coat.

Mr Furber was recalled by the Attorney General- I lost a blue shooting coat about six weeks before the robbery ; I never saw it afterwards.

William Kendall examined by the Attorny General-I am servant to Mr. Irvine, of Maitland; after the robbery I spoke to Vout and told him that Mr. Garven had been speaking to me about the robbery ; Vout said nothing to me then ; afterwards I asked him to lend me a pistol, and told him that I had a place to rob where I could get about £40 or £50; it was a lure for him; he then said he would lend me a pistol; that evening Steele called me when I was passing Mr. Furber's, and said that Vout would bring me the pistol in the course of the morning ; I did not see either of the prisoners again that night, next morning Vout gave me the
pistol, and said it was Mr. Garven's ; I brought the pistol to Mr. Garven's, and he said it was his; and I then went to Mr. Day the Magistrate ; I had heard of a reward for the discovery of the robbery before I spoke to Vout about it.

To a Juror-In consequence of information I had got on the Monday after the robbery, I asked Vout to lend me the pistol. To Vout-I told you that Mr. Garven had described both you and Steele ; I am a prisoner for life, and perhaps but for the offer of a free pardon for the discovery of the robbery I would not have done anything about it; a bushranger was once taken out of my hut upon my confirmation(?); I have not known you long, only about four or five months.

Attorney General closed his case with ? evidence.

The prisoners declined addressing the jury but Vout called a Mr. Samuel Cohen, for the purpose of proving that he sold to the prisoner the handkerchief, sworn to by Mrs. Garven to be the property of Mr. Garven ; but Mr Cohen stated, that he never had such a handerchief, and never sold such a one to any one.

Mr. Furber was recalled by Vout-I gave you an order, about twelve months ago, for £8, which I owed you for extra work : you purchased the clothes then, and I was to keep them for you till you were free, in about a month from that time, I don't know the handkerchief produced.

James Barber called by Vout-I was in custody some time ago and I believe I was forwarded to Mr. Garven's house by his desire, but he did ? say that I was the man who had been at his home.

David Massie was called by Steele-I was taken up for Mr. Garven's robbery : I was taken to Mr. Garven's twice: Mrs. Garvens said, I was ?? the man who robbed her house, but she could not swear that I was the man; Mr. Garven said that he thought I was the man.

The Attorney General objected to any evidence except Mr. Garven's written deposition. Mr. Garven's information against Massie was then read on behalf of Steele, at the suggestion of Justice Stephen, in which Mr. Garven ?? that he was positive that Massie was one of the two men who had robbed his house.
Mr. Garven's two depositions upon his charge with respect to the robbery, were read at the ?? of the Attorney General.

Massie was recalled by Mr. Justice Stephen, ?? said, I was in custody seven or eight days; I was bought up every day before Mr. Day ; I examined four witnesses in my favour, and I was then discharged from custody.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the Jury ? reply; Mr. Justice Stephen charged them at some length, and remarked that as the Colonial Legislature had adopted the English law of burglary. and had made no provision for any charges (?), however aggravated, committed in a dwelling-house before nine o'clock at night, the prisoners, if convicted, could only be transported for fifteen years.

The Jury, without leaving the box, found both the prisoners Guilty.

The prisoners were then given in charge to another Jury for an attempt to murder Mr. Garven by shooting at him with a loaded gun.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that he felt it his duty to put the prisoners again on their trial for this offence, in order that they might be adequately punished. Mr. Garven proved that, upon the occasion of the robbery of his house by the prisoners, Steele twice primed his gun and twice pulled its trigger against him, at the distance of about two yards from his breast, and that between the interval of the priming Vout was speaking to Steele. Before the pulling of the trigger Vout repeatedly threatened Mr. Garven's life, and
said that he would set fire to the house. Mrs. Garven repeated her former evidence against the prisoners, and the Attorney-General closed his case.

Mr. Justice Stephen charged the Jury, and left it to them to say, 1st, whether upon the whole evidence in the case, they believed that the gun was loaded, and secondly, whether it was aimed at Mr. Garven with the intent charged. The jury retired for about an hour and forty minutes, and then delivered a verdict finding
beth prisoners Guilty.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL prayed the judgment of the Court.
Mr. Justice Stephen dwelt upon the enormity and wantonness of the prisoners' crime, and appeared to be deeply affected while alluding to their barbarity towards Mrs. Garven. The learned Judge said that by the indents he perceived that both the prisoners had each had two sentences at home recorded against them,
and that Vout had been transported for seven years for larceny, and Steele for life for burglary. The sentence of the Court was that the prisoners be transported according to law for the term of their natural lives, without any recommendation for the least indulgence. They left the dock apparently with the most callous indifference.
1841 'CIRCUIT COURT, MAITLAND.', The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), 9 September, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12871045

Important Sale of Town Property, Farm, Nursery Garden, &c.
MR. A. DODDS has received positive instructions, to sell by Publie Auction, at the Union Hotel, East Maitland, on TUESDAY, the 17th day of October, (by order of the mortgagee).

All that allotment of land, containing two-roods, in the Township of Maitland, Parish of Maitland, being allotment No. 2, on the Green Hills' Road. Also, .Allotment No. 16 of section No. 16, in East Maitland, with the Inn and other buildings thereon, called the George and Dragon.

Together with Forty-nine acres of land, or thereabouts, situate in West Maitland, on the banks of Wallis's Creek, now in the occupation of George Furber, known as Coot Valley. This property has been much im
proved, and contains a large nursery garden.

Terms'97Cash. Title'97 A Grant from the Crown.
1841 'Advertising', The Colonial Observer (Sydney, NSW : 1841 -1844), 14 October, p. 16. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226362411

Maitland lodge of unity.
THE Brethren will assemble in open lodge at high twelve on Monday, the 27th December, instant, being St. John's day, at. their lodge room ; after which they will again meet at eight o'clock in the evening for efreshment.
By order of the W. M.,
GEORGE FURBER,
Secretary.
Visitors are respectfully invited.
1841 'Advertising', The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News (West Maitland, NSW : 1841 - 1842), 18 December, p. 3. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228140925


In the case of Patrick Riley, late of Maitland, deceased, Mr. Broadhurst moved for a probate of the will, in favour of Thomas Dee and George Furber, executors. Granted.
1842 'Supreme Court.', Australasian Chronicle (Sydney, NSW : 1839 - 1843), 29 January, p. 2. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31734884

NOTICE.
PERSONS having claims on the late Mr. Patrick Rielly, of East Maitland, are requested to furnish their accounts to the under-signed.and those indebted to the estate to pay the same immediately.

Persons holding papers, or property of any description, belonging to the late Mr. Patrick Rielly, will please deliver the same to tbe executors without delay, and any "party" failing to do so after this notice will be prosecuted.
N.B. '97 Any person giving information to the executors of any papers or property belonging to the estate being concealed will be rewarded.
GEORGE FURBER
THOMAS DEE,
Executors
1842 'Advertising', The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News (West Maitland, NSW : 1841 - 1842), 1 January, p. 2. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228141211

Major Wentworth's Election.
AT a Public Meeting of the friends of Major Wentworth, held on Friday, the 13th instant, at Mr. Stewart's Rooms, West Maitland, the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to:'97
Proposed by Captain Russell; seconded by Mr. Lipscomb:
1. That in the opinion of this meeting Major Wentworth is a fit and proper person to represent the Northumberland boroughs in the new Legislative Council, and that this meeting do pledge themselves to support his election. Proposed by Mr. Lipscomb; seconded by Mr. Cummins:
2. That, with a view to ensure his return, the following gentlemen be requested to act as a Committee for West Maitland, with power to add to their number:'97
Geroge Furber (plus others)
1843 'Classified Advertising', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 14 January, p. 3. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article658110

Notice to Creditors. '97 In the Estate of Peter Riley
IN consequence of Mr. Thomas Dee, the executor with me to the above estate, refusing to make arrangements to meet the claims of the Fix this textcreditors, I beg to request that those persons who have claims on that estate will (either personally or by agent) meet at the office- -of John Turner Esq., Solicitor, East .Maitiand, on SATURDAY next 4th June, to take into consideration the most eligible mode of proceeding to ensure an early payment.
GEORGE FURBER,
One of the Executors and a Creditor
Maitland, 27th May, 1842.
1842 'Advertising', The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News (West Maitland, NSW : 1841 - 1842), 4 June, p. 1. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228141004

FRUIT TREES, VINE CUTTINGS AND , ROOTS, also FLOWERING SHRUBS and SEEDS, on sale by
GEORGE FURBER,
at Coote Valley, adjoining Mr. Logan's farm, West, Maitiand.
1842 'Advertising', The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News (West Maitland, NSW : 1841 - 1842), 4 June, p. 1. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228141004

Case No. 1128.'97George Furber, of Maitland,
Settler.
Twenty-four perches, county of Northumberland, parish of Newcastle town of Newcastle, allotment No, 58 ; bounded op the west by one chain of the east side of Bolton-street, bearing north 7 degrees east; on the north by 1 chain and 50 links of the south side of Hunter-street, bearing east 7 degrees south; on the east by a line dividing it from allotment No. 57, bearing south 7 decrees, west 1 chain; and on the south by a line dividing it from alotment Mo. 55; bearing west 7 degrees, north 1 chain and 50 links to Bolton-street. This allotment was located on an order of Sir Thomas Brisbane dated 5th May, 1823, in favour of John Tucker, who, it is alleged, sold to Patrick Reilly, deceased, who devised to claimant. A deed of grant is prayed for on the condition of paying a sum equal to 21 years quit-rent

Case No. 1129.'97George Furber, of Maitland,
Settler.
Thirty-six perches, county of Northumberland, parish of Newcastle town of Newcastle, allotment No. 55, bounded on the west by I chain of the east side of Bolton-street; bearing north 7 degrees east; on the north by a line dividing it from allotments Nos. 58 and 57, bearing east 7 degrees south 2 chains and 25 links ; on the east by a line dividing it from allotment No. 54, bearing south 7 degrees, west 1 chain ; and on the south
by a line dividing it from allotment No. 53, bearing west 7 degrees, north 2 chains and 25 links to Bolton-street.
This allotment was located on one of the orders issued by Sir Thomas Brisbane, in favour of Patrick Reilly, dated 11 th September, 1823, and 6ih December, 1823. He is now deceased, having devised to claimant who consents to pay a fine for the deeds equal to 21 years quit-rent.
1842 'COURT OF CLAIMS.', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 1 July, p. 951. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230361001

Major Wentworth's Election.
LIST of persons forming Major Wentworth's Committee for the Northumbrian Boroughs :
Geroge Furber
John Smith
James Smith
1843 'Classified Advertising', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 1 April, p. 4. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65956

ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION.
THIS DAY.
The Sheriff, at the Union Hotel, at one, Mr. George Furber's interest in fourteen and a half acres of land in East Maitland.
1843 'ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION.', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 4 February, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article658484

NEW INSOLVENTS.
The following schedules were filed on the 23rd instant:
No. 651. George Furber, of Coote Valley, West Maitland, late a publican. Debts, £1582 7s. 6d.; assets, £57 11s.; balance deficiency, £1324 16s. 6d.
1843 'NEW INSOLVENTS.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 25 February, p. 2. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12414409

Sydney, 17 th March, 1843.
TITLE DEEDS.
THE undermentioned Deeds of Grant, executed in pursuance of Reports made by the Commissioners! appointed under the Act of the Governor and Council, 5 William IV., No 21, have been transmitted from this Office to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, to be by him forwarded through the Surveyor General to the Colonial Treasurer, by whom notification of their receipt at bis Office will be made to the Grantees by Letter, after which they will be delivered on application, viz.'97
No. of Deeds 5. No. of case 1133 Grantee. George Furber and Thomas Dee in trust. Original Donee- Patrick Reilly. No. of Acres 62, County Northumberland, Parish/ District- Maitland. Date of promise 30th May 1830. Annual Quit-Rent £0 10s 0d. Date of commenceme3nt of Quit-Rent 1st January 1838. Date of Deed30th Jan 1842.
No. of Deeds 6. No. of case 1134 Grantee. George Furber and Thomas Dee in trust. Original Donee- Patrick Reilly. No. of Acres 5 P. 9, County Northumberland, Parish/ District- Maitland. Date of promise 10th April 1835. Annual Quit-Rent £0 0s 10d. Date of commenceme3nt of Quit-Rent 1st January 1838. Date of Deed 16th Dec 1842.
1843 'TITLE DEEDS.', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 21 March, p. 438. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230103810

Entitlement to Vote
George Furber, householder, West Maitland, objected to by Mr. Scott's committee.

Mr. G. Furber, examined by Mr. Turner, stated that he had occupied the house since the 21st May, 1840, and paid a rent of £30 per annum.

Cross-examined by Mr. Chambers : He considered himself still liable for the rent ; he became insolvent in February last. Mr. Turner considered the question of insolvency irrelevant ; the occupancy of the house
and the amount of rental had been proved ; had Mr. Furber claimed as a freeholder the question might have been put, but having claimed as a householder it could not.


Mr. Chambers argued, that the claimant by becoming insolvent ceased to occupy, and the occupancy had virtually gone into the hands of the trustees of the estate. The moment the insolvent was attached by the sheriff there was a virtual cessation of his occupancy. If the insolvency had taken place before the 10th October then the objection would not have applied, and the occupancy would have been good ; he contended that the occupancy had ceased in the insolvent, and the trustees were liable for the rent, and the insolvent was in possession only by sufferance ; it remained with the court to decide whether Mr. Furber was entitled to vote or not, on this ground, but he should be further able to show that the house was in so dilapidated a state as not to be worth £20 a year.

Mr. Turner contended that it was sufficient for him to prove the occupancy, and the legal point which had been raised by Mr. Chambers had nothing to do with the matter; for one clause of the act expressly stated that this was not a court of law, but that it was to be guided by justice and the real conscience of the case :
an actual occupnncy of the premises had been proved, and that was sufficient.

Mr. Chambers said he should take his stand upon the legal point he had raised ; the clause of the act to which his friend had alluded referred to the revision of elections and not to the list of voters, and was to be held before the legislative council in Sydney; the act showed that any dispossession of occupancy, however short, was sufficient to invalidate the claim, and the act was to be strictly construed, or they
would have nothing to guide them. The occupation of an insolvent was only by sufferance, and if the occupancy was of any benefit to the estate the trustees could seize it.

Mr. Turner submitted that there was nothing in the act to disqualify insolvents, and till it was proved that the trustees had ejected the occupier the objection would not stand, the occupancy still remained in him.
Mr. Chambers submitted that when the sheriff's officer attached the insolvent there was a virtual surrender of the occupancy.

Mr. Turner said the officer merely attached the goods and chattels of the insolvent, but did not dispossess him of his occupancy.

The court said that having had some doubt on the subject they had taken an opinion upon it ; they did not state the opinion, but wished to hear evidence as to the value of the house. Mr. Chambers then called Mr. Stark, the landlord of the premises, who stated that at the time he let the house to Mr. Furber it was worth £30 per annum, but it was now in so dilapidated a state as to be scarcely worth more than £5 a year : he should be glad to get £10 for it as it was now.

Cross-examined by Mr. Turner: Mr. Furber was to pay £30 a year till the lease was expired, which would be in June next.

Mr. Kingsmill stated that the house was not worth more than about £15 per annum.

Mr. Turner submitted that this evidence was irrelevant ; he had already proved that the rent was £30 a year.

Mr. Chambers submitted that was not sufficient ; according to the Governor's letter the premises were to be valued according to their marketable value; the rent was certainly a prima facie criterion, but he might give evidence of a contrary nature.

Dr. Harrington examined : Thought the value of the house was £15 at the outside.

Mr. Solomon stated that the cottage was in a most dilapidated state, and so was the garden ; he considered a fair rent for it as it stood was £10 a year. If it was removed into High-street, Maitland, it would not fetch £20.

By Mr. Turner : He never was in the house ; there was about three quarters of an acre of land to it ; the land was in a bad state as well as the cottage.

Mr. Plaistowe thought the cottage was not worth more than £10 or £15 a year.

The court wished to hear the evidence of Mr. Wood, the collector, who stated that at the time he made the list he considered that the kitchen, the well of water, and everything attached to the cottage, it was worth £20 a year.

The court after consulting for a short time decided that Mr. Furber was entitled to vote.
The objection was therefore dismissed.
The court then adjourned.
1843 'REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 13 May, p. 4. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article660176

EALES V. BRACKENREG.
This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover the defendant's share of cutting a drain through the several properties of themselves and two other persons.

Mr. FOSTER stated the case. The plaintiff was the well-known settler on the Hunter, Mr. Eales ; and the defendant was a publican in the neighbourhood of Maitland. The action was brought to recover defendant's portion of draining and tunnelling certain lands belonging to them, and also to a person named
Furber, and another party. Previous to the commencement of the work, Brackenreg had agreed, as would be proved by evidence, to pay his share when required, and had actually paid £5 on account of it; the amount now sued for was the balance.

The learned Counsel then called George Furber, who said : I reside at West Maitland, and know the plaintiff and defendant in this case ; they have ground adjoining the Race Course, and so have I, and so has Mr. Hughes. I called upon Brackenreg and told him that Eales, Hughes, and myself, were anxious to drain the land, and enquired if he would join in it. He said he would, but wished to know what would be the probable
expense. I said that three men had agreed to do it at ninepence per yard, we finding them barrows and planks. That was for cutting. He said he would willingly pay his share, for the land was of no use to him : he
could not get to it. Eales waited my return, and the drains were cut. I paid the men out of money I had belonging to Mr. Eales. I asked defendant if he would tender for the tunnelling, and told him Mr. Eales wished him to do so, and me also, or any body else. He declined, saying he had enough to do. I told him I would not do it under thirty shillings a foot, he said it would cost more than he expected, but as one part was done, it was useless not to do the other. At length Mr. Eales did it at twelve shillings per foot ; that
was very cheap. Afterwards Mr. Eales and I called upon Brackenreg three times ; at his house we made a calculation as to the share each was to pay. His share was £10 and some few shillings, but he had previously paid £5 on account, which amount was deducted. Some time after, I went with Eales for the balance, and he promised to pay when he received the money for building the Wesleyan chapel. Eighteen acres were drained.
Cross-examined by Mr. WINDEYER, who appeared for the defence : I have lately become insolvent. Mr. Eales is a creditor of mine. I had authority to pay money of his for the work as it proceeded ; the money was
interest money due by me to Eales. I threatened to sue Brackenreg ; it is two years since the work was done ; I superintended the work for Mr. Eales, but I did not contract for it. I might have instructed Mr. Solicitor
Chambers to sue the defendant. The account I hold in my hand was given in to sue upon, but it is only part of the account. The account was made out in my name. I undertake to swear to every word I have said in answer to plaintiffs counsel. When Brackenreg was consulted first he made no objection ; but afterwards he said something about his not wishing it done till he had spoken to the children to whom the land belonged. All the four parties have been benefited by it, and it has enabled us to grow crops where none ever grew before. I swear that the money I paid to the men was Eales'. The transaction was not mine, it was his. If I did threaten to sue, it was as the superintendent of Mr. Eales.

Re-examined by Mr. FOSTER : I swear positively that Mr. Eales told me to pay for the cutting of the drain out of the money which I had to pay him for interest. Although I made the account as due to me, George Furber, it was as agent or superintendent for Mr. Eales. The defendant promised that when the work was done, he would pay his share. That was the case.

Mr. WINDEYER addressed the Court for the defence. He argued that the whole case rested upon the credit which they would attach to the evidence of the witness Furber : but he should prove that he was the principal in the work, and not the mere superintendent. Furber had sworn very positively, but there could be no doubt that he owed Eales money, and, being an insolvent, Eales had sued for the amount from the defendant. In fact, for all they knew, there might be a partnership between the two in the transaction.
During the time the business was being effected, defendant dealt with Furber, and did not know Eales in the transaction. To him, the learned counsel, there appeared to be an attempt at fraud-a fraud of the most abomi-nable kind.

Mr. FOSTER rose, and objected to the improper language made use of by Mr. Windeyer. There was not the shadow of proof to warrant the bare suspicion that fraud had been committed, and it was unfair to attempt
to prejudice the assessors by insinuating that fraud had been attempted.

Mr. WINDEYER then called Mr. Chambers, the attorney for the defence. Mr. FOSTER objected to the evidence of this witness, inasmuch as in the first instance he had been consulted by Furber, and had acted for him in the matter. The JUDGE was of opinion that Mr. Chambers could not be asked any questions respecting his confidential communications with his client. Mr. Chambers being sworn, said: I made a verbal communication for Furber to Brackenreg, and presented the account now put into my hand to him, requesting payment of the same. The parties had several interviews in my presence. Furber never mentioned his being Mr. Eales' superintendent. This closed the defence.

Mr. FOSTER replied : His learned friend had not improved his case by the irrelevant evidence he had introduced. He then went through the evidence of Furber and endeavoured lo show how straightforward his conduct had been in the transaction, and unless there was proof that he had gone into the witness box determinately and positively to perjure himself, the assessors were bound to give a verdict for the plaintiff.
The JUDGE, with the Assessors, having examined the account and made the calculations, gave a verdict for the plaintif to the full amount, £34 19s.
1843 'ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 25 March, p. 2. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12424062


Colonial Secretary's Office,
Sydney, 9th August, 1843.
TITLE DEEDS.
THE undermentioned Deeds of Grant, executed in pursuance of Reports made by the Commissioners appointed under the Act of the Governor and Council, 5 William IV., No. 21, have been transmitted from this Office to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, to be by him forwarded through the Surveyor General to the Colonial Treasurer, by whom notification of their receipt at his Office will be made to the Grantees by Letter, after which they will be delivered on application, viz.'97
No of Deed. 1. 1128 and 2. 1129 15th Sep 1842- 18th May 1843 George Furber (Grantee). Original Donee John Tucker for 1128 and Patrick Reilly for 1129. Quantity 24 F for 1128 and 36 F for 1129. Situation Town- Newcastle, Parish Newcastle. Date of Deeds 19th June 1843.
1843 'TITLE DEEDS.', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 11 August, p. 1021. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230126219

Land in East and West Maitland.
MR. ALEXANDER DODDS will sell by auction, on Friday, the 25th August, at the Union Hotel, East Maitland, at Twelve o'clock at noon (under power contained in mortgage deed, and by order of mortgagees), All that Piece or Parcel of LAND situate at East Maitland aforesaid, being No. 6 marked on
the chart to the will of Patrick Reilly, deceased ; bounded on the north by the river Hunter, on the south by No. 7 on the said chart, on the east by Reilly-street, and on the west by land belonging to John Smith ; and containing by admeasurement five acres, be the same more or less.
AND ALSO,
All other the Pieces or Parcels of LAND at East Maitland devised to George Furber by the will of the said Patrick Reilly.
Apply for further particulars to Mr. Dodds, or at the Office of Mr. Chambers, Solicitor, Maitland.
1843 'Classified Advertising', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 12 August, p. 3. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article661652


In the Insolvent Estate of George Furber, of Coote Valley, West Maitland, late an innkeeper. WHEREAS the Estate of George Furber was, on the 23rd day of February, 1843, placed under Sequestration in my hands, by order of His Honor Mr. Justice Burton, I hereby appoint a Meet ing of the Creditors of the said George Furberto be holden before the Commissioner of Insolvent Estates, at Maitland, on Wednesday, the 15th day of March next, to commence at 10, a.m., for proof of Debts, and election of a Trustee or Trustees, for the collection, administration, and distribution of the said Insolvent's Estate; and unless at the said Meeting it be shewn that the goods and effects of the Insolvent exceed £100, the Commissioner will summarily proceed to rank the Debts which shall be then proved, and will direct the proceeds to be distributed by the Trustees accordingly.
'97Dated this 25th day of February, 1843.
WILLIAM H. KERR,
431 Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates.
1843 'WHEREAS the Estate of George Furber was, on the 23rd day of February, 1843, placed', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 28 February, p. 319. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230103393

(From the Government Gazette.)
APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES
Tho following Insolvents intend to apply
for their Certificates :'97
On the 8th day of February next:
George Furber
1844 '(From the Government Gazette.)', The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), 27 January, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37118585

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
TAKE notice that I, the above-named Insolvent, intend, on Thursday, the 22 nd day of February next, at 12 o'clock, noon, to apply to William Henry Kerr, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates, for the allowance of my Certificate, in pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the Governor and Council of New South Wales, passed in the 7th year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, No. 19.'97 Dated this 18th day of January, 1844.
127 GEORGE FURBER.
1844 'NOTICE TO CREDITORS.', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 19 January, p. 153. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230145867

The following were unopposed, and their certificates granted accordingly: ... George Furber.
1844 'SYDNEY NEWS.', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 24 February, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article664934

GEORGE FURBER
(LATE OF MAITLAND,)
BEGS to inform his many kind friends, and the public generally, that he has re-commenced business as an innkeeper, at
THE GOLDEN FLEECE, IPSWICH,
(the house lately occupied by Mr. R. E. Dix ;)
where he now offers to all who may honour him with a call the ease and comfort usually found in an English
ROAD-SIDE INN :
combining therewith, when necessary, the luxuries of a Town Hotel. The strictest attention to the wants and wishes of his patrons ; good liquors - good dinners - good beds, and respectful attendants will, he trusts, eventually procure for him a fair share of public favour ; meantime, G. F. most respectfully solicits a visit : confident that the weary traveller who has once partaken of his cheer, will not afterwards, like the Levite of old, pass by on the other side.
GOOD STABLING, and careful attendance for horses.
1846 'Classified Advertising', The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), 11 July, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3712975

Colonial Treasury,
Sydney, 12th February, 1847.
THE Land and Town Allotments advertised in the Government Gazette, by His Excellency's Proclamation, dated 6th. November, 1846, were (with the exception of lots 2 to 17, of Land, and Jots 1,2,6,9, and 19, Town allotments,) sold to the undermentioned parties, by Auction; at Brisbane, on 16th December, 1846; and the sum affixed to each respectively has been received.
SALE OF LAND.
SALE OF TOWN ALLOTMENTS
Ipswich
Lot 6 32 P. Deposit forfeited by George Furber £1 2s 6d.
Lot 7 32 P. George Furber £18 16s. 0d.
Lot 8 32 P. John Smith £15 4s 0d.
Lot 9 32 P. Deposit forfeited by George Furber £2. 0s. 0d.
Lot 10 32 P. John Smith £14. 8s. 0d.
Lot 18 32 P. George Furber £8. 0s 0d.
Lot 20 32 P. James Smith £8 16s. 0d.
Lot 21 32 P. George Furber £9 12s. 0d.
1847 'Government Gazette Notices', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 19 February, p. 209. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230674604

Colonial Secretary's Office,~
Sydney, 27th September, 1847 TITLE DEEDS.
THE undermentioned Deeds have been, transmitted from this Office to that of the Registrar General of New South Wales, for enrolment, under the provisions of the Act of the Governor and Legislative Council, 7th Victoria, No. 16, to be by him forwarded through the Surveyor General to the Colonial Tieasurer, by whom notification of their receipt at his Office will be made to the Grantees by letter, after which they will be delivered on application, viz:'97
PURCHASES UNDER THE EXITING REGULATIONS.
TOWN ALLOTMENTS.
Proclamation of 6th November, 1846.
Deeds dated 28th August, 1847.
1. Robert Little, 36 perchesf North Brisbane, lot 3.
2. Judith Dawson, 36 perches, North Brisbane, lot 4.
3. Joseph North, 32 perches, Ipswich, lot 5.
4. George Furber, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 7.
5. John Smiih, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 8.
6. Ditto ditto, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 10.
7. George Thorn, 32 ditto, ditto, lot il.
8. Ditto ditto, 32 ditto, duto, lot 12.
9. Joseph North, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 13.
10. John Kent, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 14.
11. Ditto ditto> 32 ditto, ditto, lot 15.
12. Joseph North, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 16.
13. George Thorn, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 17.
14. George Furber, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 18.
15. James Smith, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 20.
16. George Brown, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 21.
17. George Furber, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 22.
18. William Yates, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 23.
19. Sterling Minor, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 24.
1847 'TITLE DEEDS.', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 1 October, p. 1041. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230422615


IPSWICH.
(From our Correspondent.)
BREACHES OF THE PUBLICANS' ACT. -- Mr. Thomas Moore, of the Caledonian Hotel, was summoned before the Magistrates on the 14th instant, and pleaded guilty to an information charging him with having allowed his lamp to remain extinguished on the night of the 3rd instant. Mr. Moore stated that it occurred in consequence of its having been broken in a " lark" some time previous. The Bench, however, considered that sufficient time had elapsed to admit of its having been repaired, but as it was the first offence, the lowest penalty of 20s. and costs was inflicted.
Mr. George Furber, of the Golden Fleece, appeared, to answer two informations for a similar offence, which were dismissed in consequence of informalities.

ILLEGAL DETENTION OF PROPERTY.-A person named John Boyle appeared before the Magistrates to prefer a complaint against Mr. Furber for detaining his mare illegally ; but Mr. Furber having produced the complainant's receipt for payment, duly witnessed, the case was dismissed.
1847 'IPSWICH.', The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), 24 April, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3716283


Wednesday, Nov. 3.-Mr. George Furber returned from Wide Bay a few days ago, in consequence of having been attacked by the natives there in a very treacherous manner, and having received a most fearful wound from a broad axe on the back of the head and neck, which for some time endangered his life ; he is in fact still labouring under very severe indisposition from the effects of it. The circumstances, as gleaned from
a statement of facts sworn to to-day in Court by Mr. F., are these:- About noon on Wednesday, the 13th ult., being at work with one of his men, named Barren, and two natives, named Charley and Bungalee, five other blacks came up, two of whom are named Wanaminga and Perika, and while in the act of stooping to the work upon which they were engaged, they were violently struck, Mr. F. with a broad axe, which he liad seen a few minutes before in the hands of Bungalee, and Barren with a mortising axe, which Wanaminga had been frequently told to put down. Immediately after committing the assault they decamped, taking with
them two double-barreled guns, which were lying near Mr. Furber, arid nearly all the tools with ,which they had been working. The whole of the wretches had been employed at their own solicitation for eight or ten days previously, and had always received the greatest kindness, and rations, and libitum ; there was therefore no apparent cause for their murderous attack, which could only proceed from their innate thirst for blood. Mr, F. is of opinion that they were urged on to commit these depredations by three white men who are amongst them.
1847 'DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.', The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), 6 November, p. 2. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3708949

RUMOUR OF A MASSACRE BY THE BLACKS.--It was reported on Monday last at Ipswich, that five men, who were employed by Mr. Furber in erecting a new store at Wide Bay, had been treacherously murdered by the natives about ten days since. We are not aware what foundation there is for the report, but from a conversation we had with a gentleman, now in Brisbane, who resides within sixty or seventy miles of the locality where the occurrence is said to have taken place, we are inclined to doubt the truth of it ; more particularly as the intelligence was brought in by one of the blacks, and which, as far as we can learn, has not since been confirmed by any of the residents in the neighbourhood of Wide Bay.
1847 'DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.', The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), 13 November, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3708407

MORETON BAY, NOV. 3.'97MORE OUTRAGES BY THE BLACKS.'97This district has again been visited by a most unprovoked attack upon the persons of the white inhabitants by the black sons of the soil, attended with considerable loss of property, and nearly the loss of two lives. The facts are as follows

Mr. George Furber, who a short time since went to the neighbourhood of the Wide Bay for the purpose of erecting a store on the banks of the river Mary, for the accommodation of the settlers in the adjacent country, was interrupted in his operations by an attack of the blacks, who, up to the moment of the
outbreak, had been rendering him every assistance in fencing his enclosures, &c. At the time of the attack Mr. F. and his men were in the act of fixing a post in a hole dug for its reception, when an axe was thrown at
him, inflicting a severe wound on the back of his head ; the man also receiving a tremendous blow on the head from a waddy. Fortunately the scoundrels failed in their diabolical intentions, Mr. Furber being sufficiently sensible after receiving the blow to lay hold of a double-barrelled fowlingpiece lying within reach, which frightened the cowardly vagabonds so much as to cause them to decamp. Mr. F., finding from their subsequent movements that they were bent on further mischief, wisely decamped with his two men to the adjoining station of Mr. A. Scott, where every assistance was rendered to them, but the nature of the injuries sustained were of such a nature as to render it absolutely necessary for them to obtain immediate medical assistance.
Mr. Furber reached Ipswich on the 26th ult., and is now under the hands of a medical practitioner, and suffers severely from the hurts received; on their way in they were twice attacked by the blacks, but without sustaining any further injury. The abandonment of the position taken up by Mr. Furber will be a great drawback to parties located in the neighbourhood of the Mary, it being intended by the residents there to ship their wool, &c., this season direct from the Wide Bay to Sydney, and receive their supplies by
sea, instead of the present expensive route by teams overland from Brisbane. It will be recollected that some four years ago, when the Wide Bay country was taken up by Mr. John Eales, four of that gentleman's shepherds were savagely murdered in cold blood by these ruthless villains, although every attempt was made to keep upon good terms with them. The armed hand is the only introduction to their forbearance; the less dependence placed in them the better.'97
Sydney Morning Herald, Nov. 8.
1847 'INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS.', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 10 November, p. 2. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article694810

NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR.
(From our various Correspondents.)
MORETON BAY.
LAND SALE.
THE land sale at Brisbane on the 16th instant, went off very spirited as regarded the town allotments at Ipswich ; for the special country lots there was no offer, and only one of the eastern suburban allotments found a purchaser at the upset price. The following is an account of the day's sale :

Allotment No. 6 of section 3, upset price, Is. per perch, sold to George Furber, at 7s., £11 4s. 7. Allotment No. 7 of section 3, upset price, Is. per perch, sold to ditto, at 5s. Cd., £8 l61. 8. Allotment No. 8 of section 3, upset price, 1s. per perch, sold to John Smith, at 9s. 0d., £15 4s. 9. Allotment No. 9 of section 3, upset price, 1s, per perch, sold to George Furber, at 12s. 6d., £20. 10. Allotment No. 10 of section 3, upset price, Is, per perch, sold to John Smith, at 9s.. £14 8s. 11 Allotment No. 22 of section 3, upset price, 1s. per perch, sold to George Furber, at 6s., £8. 19. Allotment No. 20 of section 3, upset price, 1s. per perch, sold to George Furber, at 6s., £9 12s. 12s.
1846 'NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 28 December, p. 2. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12897001

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
IPSWICH.
(From our Correspondent.)
TUESDAY, Nov. 23.--The annual licensing meeting, under the new Act for granting auctioneers licenses, was held this day, at which Mr. A. E. Campbell obtained a license for the police district of Ipswich. Daniel Weare was brought up on warrant, at the suit of Mr. George Furber, for assaulting him while in his service at Wide Bay, and for absconding from thence subsequently to Mr. Furber being compelled to leave from illness. The Bench decided on dismissing the case, in consequence of the assault having been committed upwards of three months, and a doubt existing in the minds of their Worships as to the Ipswich Bench having jurisdiction so far as Wide Bay, besides which the original agreement had expired, and a subsequent one, which was merely verbal, having been entered into.
1847 'DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.', The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), 27 November, p. 2. , viewed 10 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3715940

WIDE BAY.
To the Editor of the Moreton Bay Courier.
SIR,-Presuming that a few lines relating to the recently settled country in the neighbourhood of Wide Bay will be interesting to your readers, more particularly as you appear not to have been furnished with correspondence from this part of the district, I have ventured to send you a truthful, if not an accurate, account of the doings of our northern pioneers in the march of civilisation, and subjugation of the wilderness to the purposes of man. The many unfounded reports in circulation respecting the aggressions of the blacks, and the malicious rumour that all the white men, left to protect Mr. Furber's station during his,
absence, had been massacred, render it imperatively necessary that, such statements should be, confuted as publicly as possible, in order that the public mind may be disabused in this respect. Since Mr. Furber's departure for Limestone the natives have been very quiet, and have not molested anybody. With regard to the late outrage committed upon him, Mr. Furber's own men state the reason why the blacks attacked him was because he had failed to provide them with sufficient rations, according to promise, for stripping bark
and doing other work for him ; and that in serving out the flour to them it was "spread over a large surface to make it appear a greater quantity than there was in reality; at which the blacks were greatly dissatisfied, and which, no doubt, was the reason for their seeking revenge for what they conceived to be an injury. I have heard also that Mr. Furber imprudently supplied them with spirits, which excited them to such a degree as to induce them to believe it was his intention to poison them all. Now if these statements, made
by Mr. Furber's own men, are correct, it can hardly be wondered at that the blacks should have committed the outrage, particularly when the other wounded man, who was working with his master, had refused them a small portion of Kangaroo, which he had killed only a short time before.
From my own experience, nothing seems to annoy them more than for white men to promise and then to shirk performance. This is not the way to deal with the natives ; and I would advise no one to attempt evasion after promising them anything for work that lias been cheerfully done. We are in hopes of soon hearing that Government has resolved upon establishing a township at the head of the navigation of the Mary, which is the designation, I observe, of our noble river. There are two places where a township might be formed-the one on the north, the other on the south side-both prettily situated, with abundance of water. The soil is of the richest description, and peculiarly adapted for agriculture ; while the country around abounds with noble cedar-trees of the rarest dimensions, which circumstance, when once publicly known, will induce merchants to send vessels for the sake of the lucrative business which might be established here. There is also abundance of other timber adapted for building purposes, and which can be readily procured on the banks of the river.
The runs in the neighbourhood of Wide Bay, or rather on the tributaries of the Burnett, are the best I have met with since crossing the country from Bathurst, with the exception of some of the stations on Darling Downs. The grass resembles that growing in Europe, being very thick, abounding with herbage, barley and kangaroo grass, quite equal to the so-much-belauded oaten grass on the Downs. On my arrival, I was much
pleased with the country ; indeed, it exceeded my utmost expectations, for it resembles English park scenery, with rich undulating ridges, large flats, and abundance of water. In order to give you some idea of the pasturage, I may state, that I have seen one flock of 5,000 sheep, feeding in this part of the country, and even this number could not keep the grass down sufficiently. Of course, so large a flock is quite unusual, and was a case of necessity, as the shepherd who had charge of another flock, horrified at the reports of murders and cannibalism had bolted ; when the two flocks had to be run together. The country in the im-
mediate neighbourhood of the Burnett, is sandy, scrubby, and good for nothing ; but that on the tributaries is very open, with rich soil, and excellent pasturage for sheep. There is still a good deal of country noccupied in this part of the district ; I expect, however, it will soon be taken up by the Brisbane gentlemen, whose runs cannot be compared with this country.
There can be no doubt, that Wide Bay is the nearest shipping port for a large extent of country on the Burnett, Dawson, Fitz Roy Downs, and Expedition Range, and that it will shortly become an important place of commerce. I believe, that mine have been the first drays that have travelled from the Burnett tributaries to Wide Bay, and I understand that three or four more squatters have intimated their intention of doing the same, when the success of my first trip is ascertained. The new road on which my drays went from Boonera
to Wide Bay, is about sixty miles ; whereas from Boonera to Limestone, it is 170 miles, showing a saving of distance to Wide Bay, going and returning, of 220 miles. I understand there is an excellent harbour at Wide Bay, and that ships can load there direct for England. Having frequently been asked by parties, whether stores at Wide Bay would answer, I can confidently assure them, that they will find plenty of custom and employment, and that goods disposed of there, will fetch remunerating prices, provided such stores are well conducted.
Besides a large export of wool, we shall doubtless have in the course of a short time a great quantity of tallow shipped from this port; and which will render the erection of a boiling-down establishment a necessary means to promote the prosperity of the district. But I am afraid that 1 have already occupied too large a portion of your space ; I shall, therefore, conclude with advising all persons who intend establishing themselves at Wide Bay, to visit the place, when they will soon ascertain whether what I have stated be truth or fiction. I firmly believe that many of the reports concerning the outrages of the blacks have been circulated by interested individuals, with the view of deterring persons from proceeding thither.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
B. J. BERTELSON.
1847 'WIDE BAY.', The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), 4 December, p. 2. , viewed 10 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3709630

To the Editor of the Moreton Bay Courier.
SIR,- In the Moreton Bay Courier of the 4th of December, 1847, appeared a letter headed Wide Bay, and signed J. B. Bertelson, which sets forth that the writer sends you a truthful account of what has occurred in the above district, I now extract from this publication such parts as I conceive to be prejudicial to my character, as follows:
" Since Mr. Furher's departure for Limestone the natives have been very quiet, and have not molested anybody. With regard to the late outrage committed upon him, Mr. Furher's own men state the reason why the blacks attacked him was because he had failed to provide them with suflicient rations according to promise, for stripping bark and doing other work for him ; that in serving out the flour to them it was spread over a large surface to make it appear a greater quantity than there was in reality ; at which the blacks were greatly dissatisfied, and which, no doubt, was the reason for their seeking revenge for what they conceived to be an injury. I have heard also that Mr. Furber imprudently supplied them with spirits, which excited them to such a degree as to induce them to believe it was his intention to poison them all. Now if these statements, made by Mr. Furber's own men, are correct, it can hardly be wondered at that the blacks should have committed the outrage, particularly when the other wounded man, who was working with his master,
had refused them a small portion of kangaroo, which he had killed only a short time before. From my own experience, nothing seems to annoy them more than for white men to promise and then to shirk performance. This is not the way to deal with the natives ; and I would advise no one to attempt evasion after promising them anything for work that has been cheerfully done."

In justice to myself, I declare the whole of the above statement to be false, as Mr. Bertelson (who admits he wrote the article in question) stated to me, both before and since the publication alluded to, that he had never seen or spoke to any servant in my employment.

I refrain from further comment, as necessity obliges me to clear my character by hereafter proving the falsehoods and slander contained in the letter signed J. B. Bertelson. ''
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant.
GEORGE FURBER,
Ipswich, 6th December, 1847.
1847 'To the Editor of the Moreton Bay Courier.', The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), 11 December, p. 2. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3715339

TRIVIAL CHARGE. - At the Police-office, on Wednesday, the time of the Magistrates was occupied fully three hours, in the investigation of a charge of embezzlement, preferred by Mr. George Furber, against Mr. W. C. Clements, in having, as it was alleged, appropriated the sum of £ 1 7s. 6d. to his own use, without the permission of the complainant. Although the evidence taken in this case is very voluminous, filling several sheets of foolscap, the substance of it can be condensed in a very few lines. It appears that the complainant engaged Mr. Clements to proceed to Wide Bay, in the Aurora cutter, as his agent to take charge of property until he was able to proceed there himself. Previous to the departure of the cutter, the
complainant handed over to Mr. Clements, the sum of £10 10s with instructions to purchase a quantity of flour, beef, tea, and other articles. which he was to take with him to ration the men on his arrival at the port. It was proved by the witnesses, that an order for £8 l0s., which Mr. Furber had given to the defendant, had been laid out in goods immediately after the latter had received it. When a balance of £2 l4s., was handed
over at the time to Mr. Clements. The flour was shipped on board the cutter immediately; and satisfactory reasons were given for the non-shipment of the beef and tea, which it appears were not put on board the cutter, prior to her leaving the port. The goods, however, it was proved, had never been in the custody of Mr. Clements, and consequently, he could not have embezzled them. Shortly after the goods had been purchased it was reported, that Mr. Furber's men, at Wide Bay, had been killed by the blacks, and that the
stores had been burnt down. On receiving this intelligence, and believing it to be correct, Mr. Furber instructed the defendant not to proceed to Wide Bay, and expressed his regret that the engagement entered into between the defendant and himself should have been bought to so abrupt a termination. The defendant shortly afterwards furnished the particulars of the expenditure of the sum of £10 10s., that he had received from Mr. Furber, which we subjoin :
2 bags flour £3.0.0
200 lbs. beef. I.13.4
12 lbs. tea. 0.18.0
2 cans powder. 0.9.0
1 box caps. 0.4.0
Discount. 0.4.6
My expenses in Brisbane.. 1.7.6
One week's salary. 2.0.0
£9 16 4
Balance £ 0.13.8
In this account the only item disputed by the latter was the sum of £1 7s. 6d., which the defendant had debited as expenses'; and the only question, in our opinion, which the Bench had to decide was, whether the defendant had legally charged Mr. Furber with this amount when the account was rendered. The
defendant had received the sum of £2 as one week's salary, and had remained part of another week in the service of the complainant, fo: which period it was stated he had admitted the defendant ought to receive some remuneration. A dispute having subsequently arisen respecting the final battlement of the account, and without making any demand for the delivery of the goods purchased on his account by the defendant, Mr. Furber adopts the extraordinary course ot applying to the Police Magistrate for a summons against Mr.
Clements on a charge of embezzlement! Now this certainly does appear to us a very harsh and unwarrantable proceeding on the part of Mr. Furber, for after listening most attentively to the whole of the tedious evidice adduced in support of the charge, we must say that a lamer case never before came under our notice; and we are only surprised that the Magistrates had the patience to listen to it in the manner they did. Mr. Clements having made his defence, the Bench gave it as their opinion that the charge had
not been provrd, and accordingly dismissed, the case. We have no hesitation in saying, that Mr.
Clements left the Court, without the slightest imputation on his character as an honest man.
1847 'DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.', The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), 4 December, p. 2. , viewed 11 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3709632

WIDE BAY.
To the Editor of the Moreton Bay Courier.
Sir, - Will you oblige me by inserting in your columns the enclosed letter which I have just received from Mr. George Furber, of Boui, River Mary, Wide Bay. It will serve to dispen some doubts that have been entertained as to the safety of the bar at that entrance, and the security of the Bay as a harbour. The owner of the Sisters referred to is Mr. Korff, the well-known ship-builder, and whose qualifications otherwise make
him an authority upon which reliance can be placed in matters of this kind. Captain Flinders made a perfect suryey of Hervey's Bay in the Norfolk in 1799,the soundings of which are placed on his chart of the voyage
in the Investigator a few years afterwards, which shew its easy and safe navigation.
I am. Sir,
Your obedient servant,
R. JONES.
Boui, Wide Bay,
20th February, 1848

Sir,- I beg to enclose you two letters for Messrs-. Feriter and Uhr, one of which arrived here per Ststers schooner, with about 5 ton of goods. I shipped by the Sisters 65 bales of wool, of which 25 were for Messrs. Ferriter and Uhr, deliverable to their order.
The owner of the vessel came down in the Sisters ; he states it as his opinion (having visited all the bar harbours on the coast between here and Sydney) that Wide Bay bar is a perfectly safe harbour, and not the least danger on the bar. He is quite capable of giving an opinion, having been used to such places. He arrived at my place the day after he entered the bar. May I, request you will please to forward the enclosed as soon as possible.
Yours obediently,
GEORGE FURBER.
R. Jones, Esq.,
Brisbane.
1848 'WIDE BAY.', The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), 11 March, p. 2. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3712505

LICENSING DAY.'97The Police Magistrate and Dr. Ballow sat in Petty Sessions on Tuesday last, for the,purpose,of granting licensing certificates. A new license was granted for Maryborough, to Mr. Thomas Ricketts; Who had obtained a recommendary certificate from Mr. Bidwell, the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Wide Bay. In considering the application of Mr. Grenier, of South Brisbane, the Police Magistrate stated that many complaints had reached him of the manner in which Mr. Grenier's house was conducted. The parties who had given him this information had promised to appear in open Court and substantiate it ; and it was somewhat surprising to him that they had not done so, as they surely could not expect that much weight would be attached to private whisperings of this sort, which an accuser would not repeat in public. For this reason'97although he had some cause to believe the statements made to him'97he should not refuse Mr. Grenier's certificate; for the Bench would always desire that these complaints should be made face to face. We hope that this praisewoithy principle will never be departed from, for no man's interest or reputation would be safe were private accusations permitted to have any weight. In granting Mr.
M'Cabe's certificate, the Bench expressed much satisfaction at the condition of his house, and the preparations which were in progress for the accommodation of the public. A similar intimation was made to Mr. Sutton of Kangaroo Point. In some other cases it was intimated that the houses for which licenses were sought, did not afford such accommodations as the increased importance of the town demanded, but the applications would not be refused on this occasion.

The following is a list of the licenses granted:'97John Smith, North Brisbane, publican's general license ; William Wilson, ditto, ditto ; James Powers, ditto, ditto ; William Sheehan, ditto, ditto; John Bruce, ditto,
ditto ; John Kelly, ditto, confectioner's license ; Charles Whitmore, ditto, ditto. Hannah Graham, South Brisbane, publican's general license ; David Buntin, ditto, ditto; John Williams, ditto, ditto; Thomas Grenier, ditto, ditto ; John M'Cabe, ditto, ditto ; Thomas Costin, ditto, confectioner's license. W. S. Sutton, Kangaroo Point, publican's general license. James Reid, Experiment, packet license ; Thomas Coutts, Raven, ditto. Thomas Ricketts, Maryborough, publican's general license ; George 1849 'DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.', The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), 21 April, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3710556Furber, ditto, ditto.

WIDE DAY.
To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald GENTLEMEN,-I am sorry to inform you that the blacks are becoming very troublesome here. Last week they rushed Mr. K. Jones's boiling down establishment ; next day bailed-up Mr. Walker's people (another boiling establishment), the day following took the whole of Mr. Furber's fat sheep, which he had got down for slaughter : the same day endeavoured to steal Mr. Jones's fat weathers, but were driven off by the shepherds. Two days since they tried to again rob Mr. Jones's establishment, but were driven off; to-day, in the very heart of the settlement, a blackfellow took spears to one of the inhabitants.

In justice to the gentleman who is Commissioner of Crown Lands, I must say that, considering tho small means he has at command, no exertion is wanting on his part to keep them quiet ; but it is impossible for him to act against them, in consequence of the dense scrubs with which the River Mary abounds. Mr. Furber, who has been up the river, has found cedar in abundance, and also specimens of coal, which the blacks state the country to abound with ; It is also said that every appearance of copper- ore has been
ascertained to abound in the upper districts, so that Wide Bay will yet become a place of great importance.
Yours, obediently,
VINDEX.
1849 'WIDE BAY.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 28 May, p. 5. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28648361

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Sydney, 14th January, 1852.
CONVEYANCE OF POST OFFICE MAILS.
THE undermentioned Tenders for the conveyance of the Post Office Mails, during the current year, having been accepted, the particulars are published for general information, viz.:'97
George Furber, on horseback, from and to Maryborough and Gayndah, once a week, for £120.
By His Excellency's Command,
E. DEAS THOMSON.
1852 'CONVEYANCE OF POST OFFICE MAILS.', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 16 January, p. 124. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230657378

HARM.
Perrika and Darrugaree, aboriginal natives were indicted on a charge of wounding one George Furber, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm, at, Mary River, in the month October, I847. The prisoners, by James Davis, who was sworn to interpret between them and the Court and Jury, pleaded not guilty, one of them saying that he was a mere boy at the time the assault was said lo have taken place.
The deposition of Mr. Furber was put in and read, as he was too ill to attend, but it was so incomplete and unsatisfactory that the prisoners were discharged.
1852 'MORETON BAY.', Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), 11 June, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60135798

Sydney News.
BRUTAL MURDERS AND OTHER OUTRAGES BY THE BLACKS AT WIDE BAY.
(From a correspondent of the Empire.)
It is with feelings of pain and indignation that I have to record two diabolical murders committed in this district, on the persons of Mr. George Furber, and his son-in-law, Mr. Joseph Wilmshurst, under the following circumstances. They were engaged cutting timber about twelve miles distant from here, at a place called Tenanna Creek ; in the party with them, though working separately, were two sawyers, named Crudden and Boldery.

On Wednesday, the 5th inst. the two last named, on going to the tent to their dinner, us usual, and finding that Furber and Wilmshurst did not make their appearance, became somewhat alarmed, and in consequence of several indications of bad feeling on the part of the blacks previously shown, proceeded in tbe direction where they had been working, and it would appear that they had been decoyed by the blacks to some distance, on the pretext of shewing them some large timber. On reaching the spot they were horrified to find the bodies of both horribly mangled ; Furber's head being literally clove in two, and it would appear that he had had a hard struggle with his murderers before receiving the fatal blow. Wilmshurst appeared to have been killed instanter. The bodies were brought into town, and, after a magisterial enquiry, were consigned to their untimely grave, amidst the general sympathy of the whole of the inhabitants.

Mr. Furber was one of the first pioneers in this district, and had just commenced a large clearing on the opposite side of the river, and in fact was procuring the timber for building his house when this occurred. Temperate, active, and intelligent, he was just the material for a new settlement, and his life to the district was worth that of a legion of his brutal assasins. He will be well known to most of the Hunter River people, having been one of the earliest inhabitants of Maitland.

Mr. Wilmshurst had scarcely been two months in the district, having only arrived here per first trip of the Yarra Yarra, from the Hunter. He was much respected, and a young wife and child are left unprotected through this most melancholy affair.

The cause of the murders may perhaps be traced to the fact of Mr. Furber's tent, in the very township, a few weeks since being robbed by the blacks. Having entered in the dead of the night, while Mr. Furber and his man were soundly sleeping, they took therefrom a bag of flour, sugar, &c, and then taking Mr. Furber's boat they crossed the river, and took the Articles to their camp. As soon as Mr. Furber woke, at daylight,
missing his property, with the assistance of his son-in-law be tracked them to their camp, and after pursuing them for a considerable distance, he recovered most of his lost property, and there can be but little doubt that because he would not tamely submit to be robbed that himself and fellow sufferer have been the victims. Two parties have gone out in quest of the murderers, but have not returned.
1855 'Sydney News.', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 22 December, p. 3. (Supplement to the Maitland Mercury), viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article710136

Deaths.
At Tenana Creek, Wide Bay, on the 5th instant, having been cruelly murdered by the blacks, Mr. George Furber, for many years a resident of the Hunter River District, aged 41 years, deeply regretted by a large circle of friends.
1855 'Family Notices', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 22 December, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article710111

DEATHS.
At Tanana Creek, Wide Bay, on 5th December, 1855, George Furber, aged 44 years, and Joseph T. Wilmshurst, aged 26 years, son-in-law, late of Maitland, were both cruelly murdered by the blacks.
1855 'Family Notices', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 18 December, p. 8. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12975573

MARY RIVER CENTENARY
GRIM TRAGEDY RECALLED.
Referring to the discovety of the Mary River, a 'Courier Mail' contributor says old records show that the
earliest settler was George Furber who in 1847 built a 'wool shed and store on the banks --of the Mary River
in the neighbourhood of were the city of Maryborough now stands.

Furber was a tough specimen, typical oi the old pioneer -class. Blacks were numerous and savage in the locality, and shortly after Furber settled he was tomahawked and left for dead, He regained consciousness, bound up his head, and rode to Ipswich, 150 miles away,. where the nearest doctor resided. He responded to treatment and recovered.

He returned to Maryborough and resumed, business, but the blacks had him marked for revenge, and he was killed, together with a man named Williamson,, a relative by marriage. This was in 1850, nine years after the fiist attack.
(date does not agree with other information which says George Furbers death was in 1855)
1942 'MARY RIVER CENTENARY', The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser (NSW : 1886 - 1942), 29 May, p. 6. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125940722

Maryborough
THE first white man to wander over the site of Maryborough was the escaped convict Davis (known by the native name of Durrumboi), who was found by the Russell, and Petrie expedition of 1842 and brought back to civilisation. Russell, owner of Cecil Plains, on the Darling Downs, was in search of fresh grass lands, and, with Andrew Petrie, left Brisbane in a 32ft gig manned by seven convicts pulling oars. These were the first to navigate the Mary River to above the present city site; in three days they had followed it up over 40 miles.

To-day Maryborough has a population of nearly 12,000 and an area of over seven square miles. It is the most up-to date city on the North Coast between Brisbane and Rockhampton. Situated 26 miles from the mouth of the river, it was at one time a busy shipping port. From there the wool, sugar, timber, and farm
produce of a large area were shipped, but of recent years the railway has done most of this trade. The Mary River then was navigable for vessels drawing ten feet for nine miles above the city, and vessels of seven feet and under could go as far as 40 miles. In 1842 a Mr. Jolliff, who had accompanied Russell and Petrie, took up a station which he stocked with sheep from the Hunter River, but the station had to be abandoned within a year or so owing to attacks by blacks. In 1847 George Furber, of Ipswich, went on to the deserted station and also started a general store and a hotel. He was eventually murdered by blacks. In the same year Surveyor Burnett ascended the Mary River for 40 miles, and in 1848 a boiling-down works was started to treat sheep from Baramba station. In 1854 the steamer William Miskin ascended the river to the township, and four years later Mary borough was proclaimed a port of entry.

But it was the Gympie rush of 1868 which gave the town its real start. While Gympie boomed most of its supplies went through Maryborough .'97'Strutt.'
1938 'Maryborough', Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), 9 November, p. 37. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166526213


<>An article by Maitland Historian Harry Boyle in the Maitland Mercury on 26 April 2000 recorded particulars of George Furber A George Furber was one of five foundation initiates in Maitland Lodge or Unity on 4 November 1840, the day the lodge was formed The subject of the historical article would have been thirty and so could have been the one who joined Lodge Unity at that time. His father was William Furber and arrived in the Colony in the "Neptune' in 1795. William married at Penrith on 1 January' 1808; George was born in 1810. William died in 1811 In January 1813 a "John Smith" was tried at Leicester and sentenced to seven years. He arrived here in 1814 on the "General Hewitt" and in the same year married at Parramatta to the widow Mary Furber In 1817 he was transported to Newcastle for stealing tobacco from his master. He was a well behaved person and was allowed to settle at Wallis Plains. George Furber was John Smith's stepson and so would have been one of the first settlers in Maitland. By 1830 he was working land and had a convict assigned to him. He cleared the first streets in Maitland, became a landowner in Bank Street, Lawes Street and on the Paterson River. He became the Innkeeper of the George and Dragon. He was affected by the depression of 1840 and was declared insolvent. He had married Mary Muir in 1832 but she died in 1837. He married again to Honorah Curtin who went with him to Queensland and was the only white woman in the area for a long time. There Furber took over "Girkum", a station which had been abandoned by John Eales because of the fierce nature of aboriginals who had speared shepherds and sheep. He built a store and wharf on the Mary River and opened an Inn. In 1847, he and an employee were building a fence with two aboriginals and at a given signal one aboriginal chopped Furber's skull while the other killed his employee. Furber later rode 150 miles to lpswich for attention and when he recovered he searched for the aboriginal and shot him. Furber and his son-in-law, Joseph Wilmhurst, were decoyed into an ambush in the bush and surrounded and murdered in December 1855. He had been a pioneer of Maitland and Queensland and died at the young age of 44.
<>Acknowledgements: Maitland Historian Harry Boyle & Maitland Mercury 26 April 2000

Christopher Simpson was brought before the Bench by Serjeant Elliot, charged with having stolen a letter,
supposed to contain a cheque for £90. A great portion of the case was heard; but prisoner was remanded
until Wednesday next, in order that the cheque (for £90) in question, drawn by George Furber, of Wide Bay, supposed to be enclosed in the letter, may be traced.
(Is this something that had already happened before George Furber died, or is this another son for George Furber that was born in Queensland?)
1856 'WATER POLICE COURT.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 21 April, p. 4. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12978191

Another Mailtander deserves a niche in the hall of fame. His name is George Furber, who hailed from
your town and helped to form some of the roads there.

Furber (or Furby as the old hands pronounced his name), first appears as a hotel keeper in Ipswich, in 1847
he advertised in the 'Moroton Bay Courier" (now the "Courier Mail") that he intended establishing a wool
store at the head of navigation of the Mary River. He settled at Girkun close to the Mary River and built a
wharf on the south side of the river. This wharf would be at what is now known as the old township and directly opposite to the present Baddow.

He was a man of great force of character, fearlessness, versatility of attainments, a dead shot with his pistol; the terror of the blacks, a good bushman, a splendid rider, fond of litigation, his own lawyer and apparently a typical back-woodsman of his day.

On 13th Octobor 1847 Furber and his mate were fencing. They were asalted by two blacks. Apparently
they were not doing their work in orthodox fashion, so Furber took the spade from one "Bingalee" and
thoughtlessly handed him the squaring axe. As Furber stooped to work the abo clove the back of his skull
down to the neck, and the other abo dropped Barron (Furber's mate) with a mortising axe. They then rifled the campe and (decamped with guns, good and tools.

When Furber recovered from the shock his wound was attended to his head bandaged, his horse caught and he set out for Ipswich, 150 miles away where Dr Darsny dressed the wound, which by that time was in a very bad way. When Furber returned he obtained a warrant for the arrest of the nigger. According to the late Mr H. Palmer's reminiscences (who also hailed from the Hunter country), Furber saw the nigger in the township, drew his pistol, shot him and then surrendered himself to the Land Commissioner, who declined to take any 'action' in the matter, remarking, "We are only a handful of men amongst a few hundred niggers and that is the only way to teach them a lesson.

The natives shifted camp that day and in the night the niggers had a feast on the body of .''Bingalee" Mr.
Palmer and the local ????? stood a safe dlstance off and watched the cannibal feast.

Still the vendetta between Furber and the blacks continued. In 1855, seven years later, Furber and his son-in-law; Willemhurst, where working on Tinana Creek, getting slabs for a house in the now township. They had two niggers, "Jacky Jacky" and "Minnie Minnie" helping them.

Furber and Willemhurst were sawing off a length of the ironbark log and the two niggers were standing on
the log barking it. At a pre-arranged signal the niggers attacked the whites. Willemhurst fell with one
blow but Furber fought for his life and his shirt was torn to ribbons, but a second blow on his skull settled
him. At noon the other timber men arrived at the camp and asked Frenchie the cook where was Furber. The
cook replied that he had coo-eed, but had got no response. So down went one to inquire, and he found the dead bodies. Word was sent to town and preparations were made to attack the natives who had suddenly vanished.

A punitive expedition went down the river to Fraser's Island but no blacks were to be found. The blacks
were never punished, as the average opinion was that Furber had been looking for trouble.

His grave is situated near the Croydon railway station. He was the first white man on the south side of the
Mary River. Willemhurst also hailed from Maitland. The Cotterills of Maitland were their relatives. Furber' story in the hands of Zane Grey would furnish a novel, the like of which the pages of romance have no parallel.
1934 'HUNTER PIONEERS', The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939), 6 January, p. 9. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126708799

ADVENTURE WITH CONVICTS.
Evidence of Mr. Garven's residence in Maitland some years after his retirement is to be found in the records of the Criminal Court. On April 24, 1841, Mr. and Mrs. Carven were disturbed at their residence, Hull Hill, four miles from Mailtland, by the entry of two assigned convict servants from George Furber's farm. They
threatened to sit Mrs. Carven on the fire, and one of the ruffians would have done so but for the noise made by an approachling bullock dray. He had her so close to the fire that she was scorched about the legs.

The other assailant fired at Mr. Garven, but the pistol missed fire. The two men ran back to Furber's, where they were arrested by Constable George Wood of Maitland. They were tried before Mr. Justice Stephen (later Sir Alfred Stephen), and were sentenced to 15 years for the forced entry, and to penal servitude for
life for shooting with intent. Hull Hill, the home of the Garven family, is not remembered by old Maitlanders who have been interviewed, but it is possible that some descendants of old families may have some knowledge of it.
1934 'PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) , 14 April, p. 14. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139880171

  Medical Notes:

Speared and partly eaten by aborigines.
Bruce Ridley

George married Mary Ann Muir on 29 Feb 1832 in Christ Church, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. (Mary Ann Muir was born in 1813 in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia and died on 6 Apr 1837 in East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

Abode for both Maitland.
Married by Rev. Playdell L Wilson.
Vol 16, # 1183
Bruce Ridley

MARRIED,
At Newcastle, on the 29th of last month, by the Rev. C. P. N. WILTON, Mr. GEORGE FURBER, to Miss MARY ANN MUIR, eldest daughter of Mr. GEORGE MUIR, of Maitland.
1832 'Family Notices', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), 13 March, p. 3. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2205511

George next married Honora Curtain in 1837 in Hunter District, New South Wales, Australia.⁸⁹⁸ (Honora Curtain died on 21 Aug 1850 in Wide Bay, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.)