Hon. Edward David Stewart Ogilvie

Australian pastoralist.

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Hon. Edward David Stewart Ogilvie married, firstly, Theodosia Isabella Burgh, daughter of Reverend William Burgh and Anne Copinger, on 2 September 1858.

He married, secondly, Alicia Georgina Frances Tottenham, daughter of Reverend Robert Loftus Tottenham and Anne Dorothea Anketell, on 21 December 1889.

He died in 1896.

He lived at Yulgibar, Clarence River, New South Wales, Australia.

He held the office of Member of the Legislative Council (M.L.C.) [New South Wales].

He lived at Yulgilbar, New South Wales, Australia.

Published in the "Northern Star" of Saturday 4 January 1941:

"Richmond River Pioneers (By R. L. Dawson.)

It is interesting to trace the nationality of the pioneers who took up runs on the Richmond and to in clude a few others who, although not actually themselves "squatters", so called, were nevertheless closely con nected with them as managers, or agents. I do not profess to be able, in all cases, definitely to allot each man to the land of liis nativity but can get fairly near to it.

The following were definitely Eng lish born and bred :—E. D. S. Ogil vie (who first took up Wyangarie), W. C. and A. P. Bundock, Henry Barnes, Clark Irving, A. A. Leycester and his partner, Shaw, Ward Step hens, Henry Garrard, Captain Sherwood, Charles Edwards, and George Wyndham (who took up Keelgyrah).

The following I am doubtful about but they were probably English :— William Yabsley, —Goodfellow, Wilkins and Barker (of Ettrick), Fanning and Griffiths (the latter may have been Welsh) Frank Hayes, Clay and Stapleton.

The following vere definitely Scotch :— William Wilson, Alexander Mackellar, Dr. Dobie, J. C. Shannon, George Sparke, Donald Campbell, Alex Campbell (of Tunstall), James Glennie (Unumgar) was probabl Scotch.

Definitely Irish :—C. H. Fawcett. Alfred Denison and E. Hamilton one could only guess at but they were evidently British.

Of those of later years, dating from the seventies, Captain Hickson, who held Unumgar for a short time, was Irish, T. H. M. Hill and H. F. Smith, English, and Lance, of Bunga walbyn, doubtful. Francis Girard (Lismore) was French and John Eaton (who first took up Roseberry) was born on the Hawkesbury, N.S.W.

It was this somewhat remarkable fact—that out of nearly 40 pioneers of the Richmond, Eaton appears to have been the only one Australian born, that first gave me the idea of writing this. Why was this so ? By 1838 the Colony had been settled for 50 years and there must have been numbers of young Australians of say 20 to 35 years of age. Why did not some of them strike out for them selves instead of allowing Britons from overseas to secure all the squat tage plums on the far north coast ? Were these young men wanting in initiative, hardihood, and enterprise ? Knowing the Australian spirit as we now do it seems unlikely that such was the case. It is much more likely that the fathers and grandfathers, in the early days of the colony, had been given extensive land grants or had, in other ways, acquired large areas of country in the earlier settled districts within a radius of 300 to 250 miles, or thereabouts, of Sydney. Therefore the sons and grandsons would have plenty of occupation in looking after and helping to manage these properties and would have no need to seek "fresh fields and pas tures new" in far distant and almost unexplored parts of the colony.

I think that on the Clarence there were also few native born amongst the early squatters though perhaps their absence was not quite so mark ed as on the Richmond."