Other noted first pioneers of Augusta

accompanying the Turners from England on "The Warrior".

This link gives much information on those who voyaged from London to Perth on the " Warrior".

They then accompanied the Turners from Perth to Augusta in the "Emily Taylor" in May 1830.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/shipping/warrior.htm

John Garrett Bussell b. 1803

John returned to England in 1837 and returned on May 22, 1839 on the Montreal with his new bride and family.

He was a pioneer settler of Augusta in 1830 and moved to Cattle Chosen in the Vasse district in 1834 as a farmer and grazier. In 1855 he was the Justice of the Peace for Vasse. He served on the Vasse Board of Education from 1861 and taught at the Hale School in Perth in 1864. He was a Member of the Legislative Council between November 1870 and June 1872. See photo below.

Charles Bussell b. 1810

Charles was the Government storekeeper in Busselton. Kept a diary during the voyage from England on "The Warrior". It is shown in the link above, along with the diary of James W Turner.

Joseph Vernon Bussell b. 1813

Joseph held a 20,000 acre pastoral lease at Blackwood in 1850. His house at Vasse was burnt down in 1854.

Alfred Pickmore Bussell b.1816

Alfred was a farmer and pastoralist at Augusta and Vasse in partnership with his brothers. After he married he moved to Ellensbrook and Wallcliffe near Margaret River. He was nominated for the Legislative Council between November 1870 and October 1874. He was a Justice of the Peace as well. See photo below.

The city of Bussellton WA, and the Bussell Highway are named after them.

Captain John Molloy b. 1780, and wife Georgiana b. 1805

Wikipedia has a reference to John Molloy. The link below also has much information on him. Georgiana was known as an amateur botanist. If you Google them, there is much information and many websites on them. Also several books have been written on Georgiana's life; - see Turners of Augusta page.

http://www.wanowandthen.com/John-Molloy.ht

Captain John MOLLOY, b. September 5, 1780 (ENG); d. October 6, 1867 (Vasse, W.A.); m. August 1829 (UK), Georgiana MOLLOY (nee KENNEDY), b. May 23, 1805 (ENG); d. April 8, 1842 (W.A.).

John was with the 95th Rifle Brigade and was a veteran of the Peninsula & Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of Waterloo. He became the pioneer settler at Augusta where he was appointed resident magistrate and Justice of the Peace in 1830.

He was granted 12,813 acres of land and in 1839 he moved his establishment to the Vasse, relocating his grant and building his homestead "Fairlawn".

In 1850 he re-visited England, going via South Australia on 9 March 1850 to visit his daughter, Mrs Vale, who was living there. In England he caught up with his former commanding officer - Arthur Wellesley, - The Duke of Wellington. He was gazetted Lieutenant Colonel and returned to W.A. about 1852.

His wife, Georgiana, was an amateur botanist and sent many collections of wildflower specimens back to Mangles in England. She is commemorated by a brass plaque in the Perth pavement for the year 1843.