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Elliott Family early settlers of Buttai - Diane Parnell (nee Pacey)

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The Margaret Henry Oral History Archive is a collection of audio tapes, transcripts, summaries and essays that were part of the Oral Histories Open Foundation Course (1986-1989). Margaret Henry was a history lecturer at the UON in the 1980s.

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SummaryInterview by Yvonne Wardell (nee Pacey) in 1989 with Diane Parnell about the early settlers of Buttai in the Hunter Valley. Diane was born at Glen Innes and is a descendant of John and Martha Elliott early settlers of the upper Hunter. John and Martha came to NSW on the "Hugh Crawford" in 1824. John worked as a Shoesmith at Segenhoe, later he went to Maitland where he made the first steam engine for Semphills Flour Mill. Martha was well liked by local Aboriginals, she had twelve children and educated them along with neighbouring children. She was also a midwife, as were her daughters who followed in their mothers footsteps. The Elliotts moved to Wyabah later named "The Meadows" between Tarro and Minmi, however later moved to Buttai because this is where their stock would often venture to find fresh water. The Elliott's grazed stock and had orchards, later generation worked mostly in the coal mines, and Diane remembers well the area of Buttai and Buchanan during the 1930s. She also describes the family cemetery on the family property, in an area named "Kangaroo Hill or Lemon Tree Hill". Dianne talks about the various schools, changing population and the families that lived in the area.SubjectButtaiPersonDiane ParnellInterview log1989 A6971(iii)_ParnelCollectionMargaret Henry Oral History ArchiveIdentifier1989 A6971(iii)_Parnell

A6971(iii)_Parnell.mp3

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