Although this engine generated less output than a modern ride-on mower, its life story reveals part of the agricultural, industrial and mining history of Rockley. The engine was installed in the western end of J.C. Stanger’s newly built flour mill in Rockley which started operation in 1862. This engine was powered by steam generated by […]
Old family Bibles sometimes contain a family tree tracing its passage through the generations. This small, more personal Bible was owned by Herbert Stanger Budden (1864–1948) and reveals an entangled and interesting family history. Herbert was the eldest son of Arthur Budden (1832–1922) and Sarah Stanger (1840–1873). The Budden and Stanger families were early white […]
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