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Falkiner the Fifth in a Irish Pioneer to Australian Pastoralism
The narrative follows the early life of F. S. Falkiner born to Daniel Falkiner and Rebecca Sadleir in Beechwood County, Tipperary. He travels from Ireland to Australia in 1853 with £20, works at Marborough gold diggings, then enters farming, and later pastoral ventures, including Bonoke Station with Peppin and Sons, J.B. Roess, and M. McKenzie, until the 1882 dissolution of the partnership. The piece links ancestral woollen industry roots and a family tradition of enterprise and self-reliance.
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Daniel Falkiner
Rebecca
Thomas Sadleir
F. S. Falkiner
Beechwood County
Tipperary
Mr Falkiner
Richard Falkiner
Leeds
Lish
Des
Australia
Falkiner
Marder
Marborough
Bryants ’Ranges
Ireland
Bonoke
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