Newspaper archivists, Rod and Wendy Gow, while indexing the Manning River Times, uncovered the serialised recollections of the late John Allan, J.P., of Kimbriki, one of the Manning’s early pioneers.

In 1928, F. A. Fitzpatrick, of Wingham Chronicle fame, had secured these recollections, originally written in 1905, from J. C. Allan, of The Bight, Wingham, and subsequently they were featured in the Manning River Times newspaper.

John Allan, as a young man, along with some family members, arrived in 1851 at the entrance of the Manning River aboard the ketch “Orient” and on crossing the bar their vessel was unceremoniously grounded, - a not uncommon occurrence in those days - with all the goods having to be unloaded on to the beach, where wet and cold, they evaluated their loss.

The Allan family, consisting of parents, George, a chemist, his wife Mary,  and sons William - a vet (who administered medical assistance to the early settlers prior to any doctor living on the river), and John, settled at Kimbriki where they had purchased 200 acres from the Australian Agricultural Company, and later expanded their holdings with land at Cooplacurripa and at Trunkey, Liverpool Plains.

These articles contain many mentions of the early pioneers of the Manning and describes where they were living, the trials and tribulations that early settlers endured as part of their everyday life, the flood of 1857 which was then eclipsed by the flood of 1866, journeys through the bush in the Manning and Liverpool Plains, the establishment of cattle stations, sheep runs, maize and dairy farming, sugar and timber mills, and the difficulties that were just part of pioneering - even to the trouble of trying to buy a hat

The following is the  INDEX  from the book  " Recollections of Pioneer John Allan - Manning River and Liverpool Plains 1828 - 1876" ........
 

To locate a particular name either scroll down the page or use the EDIT - FIND function on your computer
 
 

Andrews Joseph
Andrews Mr
Andrews Public House
Andrews Robert
Andrews William
Australian Agricultural Co
Bauldwin Mr
Beattie A
Bedford Paul & Wright
Belbowrie
Belford Mr
Benaud Captain
Benaw Captain
Bight The
Binney Rev
Black Flat
Blair Mr
Bligh Mr
Bo Bo Creek
Board Mr
Boiling down plant
Booral
Botany Bay
Branston Mr
Breeza
Brimbin
Brisbane
Brislane Mr
Brockhouse County Stafford England
Brown's Creek
Buchanan Dr
Buchanan Mr
Buckinhall County Stafford England
Buckinhall County Stafford England
Bult Aunt
Bungay
Bungay House
Bungay Post Office (first)
Burdekin Mr
Burrell Creek
Cabbage Tree Island
Calcutta
Camden Haven River
Cameron's Black Flat
Cameron's Crossing
Campbell Mr
Canary Islands
Canget
Cape of Good Hope
Carmichael Mr (surveyor)
Carter Mr
Carter Mrs
Carter Rev
Celeste Madame
Charity Creek
Chatham
Chatham hotel
Chesham Buckinghamshire England
Christian W
Clarke Mr (engineer)
Colley Blue
Colleyblew
Colon River England
Connolly's Creek
Cooper family
Cooplacurripa
Cooplacurripa River
Cosgrove Mr
Croker Charles
Croki
Croki Dick
Crosdale Mr
Crosdale's Brush
Crowcroft farm
Cundle
Cundle Estate
Cundle Plains
Cundle township laid out
Currabubula
Dairy farm Cundle Estate
Daley Mr
Darlington England
Day Deny
Deed Bob
Denn family
Denn Mr
Denn R
Denn Richard
Denn William
Denn's Station
Dennis Mr
Devil's Elbow
Dew family
Dickens "Christmas Books"
Dingo Creek
Donkin Mr
Douglas Dr
Downs The
Dray Crossing - Maryville
Drurie Station
Drury Lane England
Dry Creek
Dumaresque Island
Durham England
Earl of Durham
Easton George
Easton Robert
Eaton Dr
Eaton Thomas
Edward's Creek
Exeter Hall England
Feeney Barney
Fitzpatrick child
Fitzpatrick Mrs
Flett George
Flett Mrs
Flood - 1857
Flood - 1866
Ford Ben
Forrester Mr
Forster
France
Frater Mr (Mr Denn's overseer)
Gangat
Gangat Station
Gilfillan Janet
Gilfillan Mr
Gilmore family
Gloucester
Gold discovery
Gordon family
Green's Service
Gun Gully
Hall Ben (bushranger)
Hall John (surveyor)
Harvey "Crookshank"
Hastings England
Hawthorn Mr
Hawthorn Mr (magistrate)
Herkes Robert
Hinton Jim (Denn's stockman)
Hunter River
Hutchinson Mr
Hyde Park England
Illustrated News
Innes Major
Ireland
Jameson Mrs "Legendary Art"
Jobson Mr
Johnston family (Dingo Creek)
Jones' Island
Kaffrey's Flat
Karaak Brush
Karaak Flat
Keeleys
Kelly Isabella Miss
Kennedy Bridget
Kennedy Mr
Kensington Gardens England
Kent Allan
Kent Mr
Killawarra
Kimbriki
Kimbriki sugar mill
Lake Innes
Lambert Mr
Lampshire Mr
Land Act
Landrigan Mr
Lansdowne
Larry's Flat
Laurie family
Lavender Mr
Lee family
Leeke Mr
Lehardy's Beach
Lemon Mark
Light appearance
Little Tinonee
Liverpool Plains
Lobban Mr
London England
Longworth Frank
Longworth Mr
Lucas Mr
Lyndon Mr
Mackay J K
Macleay River
Maconachie Mr
Maitland
Malvern Hills England
Manning Flats
Manning River
Manning River Agricultural Show (1st)
Manning River South Passage
Martin's Flat
Maryville
Mathews Chas
McCartney family
McDonald James
McDonell A
McDonell Mr
McKinnon Hugh (teacher)
McLean Mr
McPherson Geo Mrs (nee Andrews)
Melbourne
Miles Mr
Mitchell Thomas Sir
Mitchell's Island
Mondrook
Moto
Mount George
Moylan Mr
Mudgee
Mummel
Murray Hugh
Murray James
Murray John
Murray Veich
Murray Walter
Murrurundi
Namoi
New Captain
New England
Newby Mr
Newby's store Chatham
Newcastle-on-Tyne England
Newton Mr
Ninety Mile Beach
No 1 Station
No 2 Station
Notting Hill England
Nowendoc
Nundle
O'Riley Canon
O'Riley Rev
Ochs Mr
Old Bar
Old Bar (sanded up)
Old Wharf
Old Wharf  - see also Tinonee
Orsett Essex England
Oxley Island
Oyster Bank
Paddy & Mrs Paddy
Painted Rock Manning Heads
Pampoolah
Parker James
Parker Mr
Patent Slip Sydney
Peel River
Peel River Co
Pegleg Creek
Pelican Bay
Pilot Manning Heads (first)
Pilot Station Manning Heads
Plunkett Mr (Attorney General)
Pollock Mr
Polson Mr
Poole Mr
Poole's sugar mill
Port Macquarie
Port Stephens
Portman Square England
Poulson Mr
Powell daughters
Powell Dick
Powell family
Powell Mr
Powell Mrs
Punch magazine
Purfleet
Redbank
Redbank Public School
Reeve Braham Sims
Renwick Mr
Renwick's store (Tinonee)
Reynolds Jimmy
Richards Reuben
Richmond England
Robertson John Land Act
Robinson Mr
Rowley Mr
Rowley Mr (magistrate)
Rowley's River
Rowley, Buchanan, Douglas & New
Salter Mr
Sam the Tinker
Sandhurst
Saracen's Head Hotel King St Sydney
Searl Mr
Ship - "Annie Cochrane"
Ship - "Choncaroi"
Ship - "Fox"
Ship - "Harpley"
Ship - "Orient"
Ship - "Rose"
Ship - "The Dart"
Ship - "Thistle"
Sidebottom Creek
Singleton
Smith family (Sidebottom Creek)
Somerset
Somerville Mr
Spring Ridge
Stanfield Mr
Stephenson Dr (first doctor)
Stewart Mr
Stroud
Sugar mill
Sullivan Mr
Sydney
Tamworth
Taree
Taree Estate
Taree township laid out
Teach Tiny Johan
Texas
Thunderbolt (bushranger) alias Fred Ward
Thunderbolt (bushranger) wife
Tia
Tinonee
Tinonee - see also Little Tinonee
Tinonee Creek
Tinonee hotel
Tinonee hotel (Mr Windsor)
Tisdell Mr
Tolowack
Tom the blacksmith
Tregolden
Trotter Mr
Trunkey
Trunkey Station
Turner Charlie
Turrabnulla
Walcha
Walewper Creek
Walker Mr
Wallamba
Wallhalla Station
Ward Fred (bushranger) wife
Ward Fred alias Thunderbolt (bushranger)
Warrah
Warwiba Creek
Washpool
Watford England
Watson Captain
Week Joseph
Weigh-house Chapel London England
West Indies
Wherry Mr
Whitbread family
Williams Thomas
Williamstown
Willowtree
Wilmot Captain
Wilson Mr
Windson Richard
Windsor Mr (publican)
Windsor Richard
Wingham
Wingham Courthouse
Wiseman Mr
Woodhams John
Woodhams Mr
Woodside
Woolla
Woolloomooloo
Wright & Paul Bedford
Wynter Delamore
Wynter family
Wynter Mr
Wynter Thomas
Wynter Thomas Mrs
Wynter William
Yarra River
Yarras Estate
Young Mr