Esther Batstone was born Jane Wilhelmina Esther Arnold (1888–1992) at Walla Walla to Johann Gottlieb (J.G.) (1854–1929) and Johanne Elisabeth (1856–1923). The seventh of twelve children, she moved to Albury with her parents in 1892. In the same year, J.G. began cultivating a vegetable garden and selling produce from a barrow. This small step became […]
Alfred William Eustace (1820-1907) was born in England and came to Australia with his wife Sarah and children in 1851. Among his paintings he recorded the first paddle steamer to arrive at Albury in 1855, as well as a painting of the Woolshed gold rush, one of only two known paintings of this gold field. […]
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