Charles Collman was born in London in 1818 to Edward Lawrence Collman and his Ann Collins

The following photo was supplied by Michael Povey <mpovey-at-tpg.com.au> 13.10.11

Charles Collman was born in London in 1818 to Edward Lawrence Collman and his Ann Collins. His father was transported to NSW as a convict per Canada in 1819, while Charles, his mother and a half-sister arrived three years later on board the Providence. Acrimony between his parents meant that Charles spent some of his childhood in the Orphan School before settling with his father at Inverary Park.

By the late 1840's Charles was residing at the squatting run "Boloco", south-east of Jindabyne, held under licence by James Keirle. Charles acquired the licence for the neighbouring "Boloco Creek" run from John McGuigan in 1854, and "Boloco" itself from James Keirle in 1855, the latter apparently in return for an annuity. Charles was a successful grazier and died in 1858 leaving a large estate.

Susannah Williams was the youngest daughter of John Williams and Sarah Nash and was born in 1833 almost certainly at her parents' squatterage south of Queanbeyan NSW. A few years later she relocated with her family to the Monaro district, settling initially near Nimmitabel and later at "Groses Plain" south-west of Jindabyne where she was residing at the time of her marriage to Charles Collman (1818-1858) in 1849.

In 1859 Susannah married Irish-born Catholic William Brown and continued to reside at "Boloco". William died in 1863 and Susannah in 1866, leaving seven orphaned children with the eldest not yet sixteen years of age.

This is a brief summary of the chapter relating to these members of the Williams Family in Carol Baxters's 'The First Fleet Nash Family: A Biographical History'. This chapter will comprise many pages of detailed biographical information in the future publication. Go to Carol Baxters page for more information on Susannah Williams and her husbands Charles Collman and William Brown

Our mother - Louisa Catherine McGufficke - passed away peacefully at 6.30pm on Thursday 6 June 2002 .
Mum was in residence at the Salvation Army Nursing Home, Darwin. Her body has been transferred to undertakers (Beven) in Tumut NSW.
Her funeral will be at 11.00am on Monday 17 June 2002 . She will be buried in the Tumut Memorial Lawn Gardens alongside Dad, Herbert William McGufficke.
Mum is survived by her 4 children - Douglas, Janette, Suzanne and Geoffrey. Douglas has 2 children - Graeme (2 children - Megan and Ian) and Robyn (2 children - Justin and Rhys); Janette has 3 children - Michael, Nicole (1 child - Estelle) and Gareth; Suzanne has 5 children - Simon, Anthea (2 children - Sarah and Caitlin), Stephen (1 child - James), Ben and Daniel; Geoffrey has 3 children - Robert, Matthew and Alicia. Thus Mum has 13 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.
Mum had been diagnosed with Alzheimers approximately 8 years ago and slowly responded to the degenerative effects. Her passing provides her with a release from the torments and frustrations of the 'disease' - she is now at rest.
Mum provided us with a family atmosphere of caring and sharing - all her children have been involved in caring work.
We remember her with that same care and love.

"And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance character, and character hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us." Romans 5:2."

Noel Gough, Mud Sweat and Snow - Memories of Snowy Workers 1949-1959, ISBN 0 646 18420 2. "Danny worked with the Water Conservation & Irrigation Commision, and later with the Snowy Mountains Authority, as an Assistant Hydrographer. He was something of a legend in the field of competitive and recreational skiing as well as his hydrology activities with both employees.

Born in Jindabyne in 1930, young Danny would go to work with his father who was employed by the NSW Department of Main Roads. The job involved gravelling the road between Jindabyne and Kosciusko. He also helped his father and brothers felling Ash at Penderlea jut after World War II for a sawmill working at Penderlea. After leaving school in 1945 he was given the choice of two jobs, work for Ray Adams on a property out of Cooma or on the ski run at Kosciusko with Johnny Abbotsmith.

From 1947 until 1949, Danny worked as a ski instructor at the old hotel with about seven other instructors doing the old "arlburg" rotation. After that time Danny contacted the Australian National Skiing Federation and requested permission to have his amateur status reinstated so that he could enter the racing scene. Danny won his first State title in 1949, the NSW Jump. His record then progressed to winning many titles including the National Downhill at Thredbo and in 1957, the All Round NSW Champion. The latter event included slalom, cross country and jump.

In 1950 Danny married Pam after meeting her when she was working at the Hotel Kosciusko. Danny started with the SMA in 1950 as a builder's labourer on barrack construction at Island Bend.

Danny was chosen to represent

Australia

at the Oslo Olympic Games in 1952 but without Government or sponsorship money, his lack of finance forced him to withdraw. He also represented

Australia

New Zealand

Descendants of Edward L. Collman

and Pat McGufficke <peandpat-at-ozemail-com-au>

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