Ann Dolphin
1848-1927
Born: Worcestershire, England
Died: Trentham, Victoria, Australia
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1848-1927
Born: Worcestershire, England
Died: Trentham, Victoria, Australia
<span><strong><em><font face="Arial" size="3"> part of http://www.trewhellafarm.com.au/intro.html by </font></em></strong></span><strong><em>Liz Burns 4/4/06 </em></strong><span><strong></strong> <p>Trewhella is Cornish for "farmer on the hill", after one of my ancestors (Great Great Grandfather Ben Trewhella who had emigrated from a mixed berry farm in Cornwall over 150 years ago) who earned sufficient money from mining at Barry's Reef to purchase a 150 acre property at Blue Mount in 1867. Interestingly, the southern part of the Blue Mount farm was purchased from J. Dolphin after which our volcano Dolphins Hill is named, by Great Grandfather, Ben Trewhella junior. Ben senior was famous for his berries, apples, pears, plums, mulberries, currants, goose berries and of course raspberries. My own grandfather, George Trewhella (as did many of his siblings) had a magnificent raspberry patch from which we were kept in jam for all of my childhood. While the Trewhellas continued to grow berries for their own use, they became more famous for the tree jack & other land clearing aids over the last hundred years. </p><p>My grandmother, Sarah Hilda Clowes married George Trewhella in 1923, bringing together two influencial early families. Her grandfather, Thomas Clowes settled the area from what was later named Tylden to Trentham to Daylesford with his two younger brothers in 1840. Robert settled at Wombat Park & Henry at ??? </p><p>Her father, Joseph Clowes was the first born white child in the area, visited at birth by the elders of the local tribe, played with their children, witnessed the last corrobee and instilled a sense of respect for the original inhabitants in my grandmother, my mother and us, that was unusual for the time. </p></span>