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Main Title: The moleskin gentry : in which close relatives of Major John Bowler, of the 80th Regiment of Foot, recall the life and times of the family when its fortunes became linked with those of the colony of New South Wales / [by] Frederick Howard.
Author: Howard, Frederick, 1904-
Imprint: Melbourne : Hawthorn Press, 1978.
Collation: 102 p., 4 p. of plates : map, hbk, ; 23 cm.
Summary: This is the history of John Bowler, born in 1793 in Clerkenwell; 80th Regiment of Foot; married Frances Raitt 1823; arrived in Sydney on the transport 'Norfolk' 1837; promoted to Major and settled in Bathurst 1837; magistrate Carcoar 1838; grazing at Bathurst & Canobalas. It contains quotes from family diaries.
Subject: Bowler, John 1793-
Bowler family
Pioneers
Pastoralists
Biography
Properties, homesteads and stations
Lachlan River Region (NSW)
ISBN: 0725602198
Result Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Stacks 929.2 BOW HOW Available