John Blackshaw

John Blackshaw – St Saviours

• Born 1803 in Scropton, England

• Died 1873 in Goulburn

• Life Events-

  • Married Mary Slater in 1824, England

  • Had many children; including Henry Blackshaw and Edward Blackshaw; who both became prominent figures in Goulburn.

  • Arrived in Australia as a Free Settler on 'The Britton'

  • Worked with William Bradley in the Goulburn Brewery

  • Built a house called “Foston”; now where Hole No. 2 is at the golf course

  • Established Foston’s Brewery 45m north from his house

  • Sunk at least 2 wells around Eastgrove; water was sold for 9 pence a barrel

  • The great flood of 1864 temporarily ruined him, and he was re-employed by Bradley until he could re-establish his own brewery in 1872