Robertson, William (1798–1874)

 Robertson, William (1798–1874)




Educated at Baldow School, he had been educated in sheep breeding with his dad. In 1822 together with his brother John he drifted from the Regalia into Van Diemen's Land. Their brother Duncan had preceded them Daniel and James followed. William and John were allowed 1400 acres (567 ha) nearby Campbell Town and in addition they took up a sizable cattle run. In 1832 they offered the Campbell Town land, obtained a streak near Melton Mowbray and eventually became retailers in Hobart Town. William was a pioneer of this Anti-transportation League.


In 1835 William joined the Port Phillip Association and contributed considerably to the price of Batman's first trip. In 1836 he drifted with J. T. Gellibrand from the Norval into Westernport. They overlanded into Melbourne and also William Buckley because their direct researched west of Corio Bay, a rocky trip that was readily fulfilled by Robertson's excellent physical endurance and strength. In 1843 he purchased a number of those Bolden brothers' stud and by 1847 had obtained Foster Fyans's chain and run at the Colac region. In 1849 he obtained the 40,000-acre (14,188 ha) Ondit jog, north of Colac. In 1852 he retired by the Hobart firm but didn't create Victoria his permanent dwelling until 1865. He had seen Britain and picked Herefords and Shorthorns because of his Colac property, The Hill, by then among the greatest cows studs in Victoria.


Working their possessions together as Robertson Bros together with James as managing director, they lasted and enhanced their daddy's work. Continuing to focus on breeding Shorthorns in addition they bred Clydesdales and mild horses to the Indian industry. Their main innovation was that the yearly sale of stud cows, the first in November 1874. Afterwards described as'not automatically good breeders however good organizers and created salesmen', they had five major earnings in 1874-78 to get a recurrence of 95,000. They issued a herd publication in 1875 which included the titles of 189 bulls independently and for a period they had been promoting three-quarters of all of the Shorthorns disposed of at Victoria. In 1875 the brothers purchased the Mount Derrimut Stud herd of thirty-seven creatures for #27,000. In January 1876 their notable sale realized a few #31,000. The boom in cows broke in the end of the 1870s; George, William and James dissolved the partnership from 1885 and turned into sheepbreeding.


William, the second son, was created on 29 March 1839 and educated in the High School, Hobart, and Wadham College, Oxford (B.A., 1862) and at 1861 rowed from the winning team against Cambridge. About 24 April 1863 in Tunbridge Wells, he'd married Martha Mary Murphy of Melbourne, by whom he had two sons and three brothers.

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