William Ryan

Ships Log China 1839 -

RYAN William 1839 16 Cullen ?? William / Bridget On board this ship. Parents & 5 siblings on board. Ship = China

William Ryan Grazier Budgerum 7 Jul 1907 105/212 VPRS 28/P0, unit 1359; VPRS 28/P2, unit 824

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Name: Wm Ryan
Death Place: Quambatook, Victoria
Age: 85 Father's Name: Ryan Wm Mother's name: Bridt Hogan Registration Year: 1907 Registration Place: Victoria Registration number: 13825a Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822

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Individual Note

!DEATH 13825a/49 Informant Walter Ryan - son

!RESEARCH OF BETTY FITZGERALD: 1859 Wm partner with Elias Siddall (Fryers Ck) [widower to Janet Duncan; son of Paul Siddall; remarried 1859; from Oldham, Lanca shire] 1860 Inglewood branch brewery 1863/65 Diamond Gully owned 2 roomed wooden dwelling 1864 Crown Brewery Elizabeth St Winters Flat, Casltemaine 1864 Crown Brewery with Paul Siddall Jnr 1865 Applied for Lord Diamond Gully (June) 1866 Applied for Lord Strangeways (Oct) - approved (Dec) Dissolution of partnership Siddall & Ryan 1870 Application for land -Muckleford 32 acres Or 10 p 1869/72 Star Brewery Gingell St Castlemaine (now Gaulton St) 1872 Mrs Ryan living Gingell St Castlemaine (now Gaulton St) 1875 Purchased land at Budgerum

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DEATH OF AN OLD PIONEER. One of Australia's oldest Pioneers recently passed away at the age of 87. years, in the person of William Ryan, father of W. L. J. Ryan, a Prominent resident of Brunswick. Mr. Wm. Ryan, senior, arrived in Sydney on Christmas Eve, 1839, by the sailing ship "China," 400 tons, after a voyage of 5 months and 17 days from Waterford Harbor, Ireland, to Sydney.' It may be mentioned that at that time there was no Circular Quay or any wharves or jetty where passengers could be landed. The whole of the passengers had to be swung off the ship into an open boat, and then rowed ashore. A few days after landing, the family, consisting of father, mother, four boys (including deceased), and five girls, took a farm about 9 miles from Sydney. The hardships of the early settlers may be imagined, when in summer time water for domestic purposes had to be carted in a sledge, drawn by 3 bullocks, a distance of 5 miles, and on several occisions they were molested by blacks. The Turon goldfields broke out in the year 1850, and early in 1851 Mr. Ryan and his brother decided to try their luck, and proceeded there. After staying there for about 2 years with varying success, the deceased went overland to Reid's Creek, on the Ovens goldfield, at the spot now known as Beechworth. At this time there ,was only a blazed track connecting the two places. Mr. Ryan, his brother, and two men named McGuire, together with two horses in a dray, had the misfortune to get off the track in trying to ford the numerous creeks and rivers met with in that moun tainous country, there having been some very heavy rains, which not only swelled the streams, but con siderably damaged their stock of pro visions. The party, after being lost for two weeks, eventually came across a shepherd who directed them to the blazed track again. Not having met with much success on the Ovens, they tried the Buckland Ranges, from there to McIvor, Old Bendigo, Forest Creek, Mount Blackwood,. Fryers Creek, Kangaroo Flat on.the Loddon, thence back to Fryers., Creek, where he settled down, got married, and started a brewing business. When Inglewood broke out he established a branch brewery there, but shortly after sold out both and- established a brewery on a much larger scale at Castlemaine, and remained there for sixteen or seventeen years, until 1875. In the meantime Mr. Ryan's family had increased to ten. About this time the famous Berry Land Act.. was passed, and as some of the old -spirit of adventure still existed, he could not resist the temptation of trying his hand at land selecting. The site chosen was in the Mallee country, at a place called Budgerim, on the Avoca river, not far from Lake Ball Ball, where he and hiis family, being the earliest selectors, sercued a con siderable portion of, a sheep run, known as Quambatook-Station. Here the main portion of the family still reside. . I should be mentioned that when Mr. Ryan first arrived in Sydney it was a Penal Settlement, and most of the population consisted of prisoners of the Crown, and to show how scarce was the populationr fat bullocks, averaging 800bs. weight, would not bring more than 22/6 peor head, and were bought merely for the hides, which were put in bolesand and sent to England. The cariases were boiled down for fat and the flesh thrown away. What a contrast there is to-day ?'

The Coburg Leader (Vic. : 1890 - 1913)
Saturday 10 August 1907 page 4

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The next brewery to start was the Crown Brewery, Church's Flat
Freyers Creek, by :M E.Sidall who was afterwards joined by his brother, when They moved their brewery to Winter's Flat, Castlemaine, and had. Mr N. Barron brewing for them. They made good beer, but finally succumed and afterwards started a brewery in Collingwood or Fitzroy.

Shepard opened a brewery and Andrews started at Fryerstown, Bell and Holmes also started at Fryer' s Creek, and W Ryan-who was connected with the Siddalls,started a brewery at the Camp Reserve, Castlemaine. One of the last old-time brewers to commence was Mr. J .Barnes who started a brewery at Chewton I873, he had Mr.E.Siddall brewing for him, who turned out a very good beer http://www.vblcs.com/pdf/v03n03.pdf

The Crown Brewery was started by Elias Siddall in 1857. in 1859 his Brother Paul Siddall was running the brewery with William Ryan and John Anderson. The Brewery moved to Winters Flat in 1864 In 1866 Paul was brewing on his own and he had sold the brewery by 1874 to James Dickenson The Brewery was closed in 1879

In 1864 Paul had also started another brewery called the Lincoln Brewery in Richmond, he sold the brewery in 1869

After the sale of the Lincoln Brewery he started the Crown And Junction Brewery in Seymour. This Brewery closed in 1871

Paul Siddall was involved with the Crown Brewery in Fitzroy in 1878 with his business partner Edmund Baron. This brewery was closed a year later.

William Ryan started the Albion Brewery Hotel in Brooke Street Inglewood in 1859, this venture lasted less than a year. Later he was brewing with Paul Siddall at the Crown Brewery from 1859 until 1866. William started the Star Brewery in Castlemaine in 1869 and was brewing there until it was destroyed by fire in 1876. "Huntingdon", formerly part of Ryan's Star Brewery. 24 Gaulton Street,CASTLEMAINE No. 24 was built in the 1860s as two cottages which have since been carefully merged. They were associated with a brewery that has since been demolished.

GREAT FIRE AT INGLEWOOD.

On Wednesday last a fire broke out in Inglewood, which destroyed property valued at £80,000. A telegraphic despatch says-" The best half of Inglewood has been destroyed by a fire, which commenced on Wednesday afternoon at Harley and Co.'s, and destroyed the Bank of Victoria, Hardegan's. Kenley and Lord's, Albion Hotel, M'Naughton's, Allen's, Dr. King's, Tellett's, Holes's, Dunolly Hotel, Harwood's, Harley and Co.'s, Campbell's, Livinssohn's, London Chartered Bank, Bendigo Hotel, St. Charles Hotel, Wingfield's Royal Hotel, Theatre Royal, Ward's, Advertiser office and plant, M'lvor Hotel, Municipal Chambers,United States Hotel, Golden Age Hotel, Martegnony's, Hanson's, Maleghan's, Wholesale Victoria Oil Company's, Stewart Gibbons's, Landry's, Bredburn's, Bielin's, Exley's, Howard's, Hadland's, and other immediate places. Fifty places are destroyed. There was no water. Special constables have been sworn in.

The Star (Ballarat, Vic Friday 5 December 1862