Welcome to the Robb Family of Rubicon
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Comprising:
Emigrants - William and Susanna
Children
Ancestors
Descendants
William Finlay ROBB c. 1820 to 1896 and Susanna McCullough c. 1828 to 1906
William and his wife Susanna ( nee McCullough ) arrived in Melbourne on the ship, the Albinus in 1853. They were married in May, 1851 in Co Down, Northern Ireland. Their eldest son, Thomas Alexander was born at sea during the three month journey it took to sail from Liverpool in England. They initially settled at Epping just north of Melbourne before selecting land "just over the bridge" at Rubicon in North East Victoria.
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I will be adding as many photos as this free site allows and hope they will be of interest. In keeping with this site's emphasis on William and Susanna and immediate family and times, the photos will predominantly be of the late 1880's and early 1900's. Please click on Photo Page in the Menu.
Frank's Memoirs
My father, Frank Robb, great-grandson of William and Susanna who spent his first 16 years in the Thornton and Rubicon district of his forebears is presently writing his excellent recollections of the 20's and 30's in that beautiful country of North-East Victoria. Watch this space for the stories of family characters, life on the farm, the events, the work, the country and the war that shaped his upbringing.
Frank ended up writing 109, A4 pages for his life story to just past 22 years of age. It is an invaluable legacy he leaves for his descendants and indeed anyone interested in history.
Frank's experiences span incredible change in his lifetime - technologically and socially. From being there when the first local electricity grid fired into action , motor vehicles appeared to replace the horse, farm machinery powered and drawn by tractors to press hay and the small community of his youth now part of a global village with the advent of the gigantic leaps in communication. The list could go on and on.
Frank also remembers his grandfather who was the first born ( at sea ) of his immigrant parents.Frank's generation, now in their 70's and 80's are the last tenuous verbal link with a different age as Frank alludes to in the introduction of his memoirs.
So it was a wonderful surprise and emotional moment for me when Dad handed 103 foolscap pages of hand written notes ( comprising some 30,000 words ) to me in January 2003.
So I now present excerpts from the Memoirs on this website. Anyone interested in the full transcript can email me or message via the guestbook. At present I can only send it as an email attachment but have started preparation to have it published.
Christopher Robb - 10th February 2004
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Below is the Robb Homestead at Rubicon c. 1880.
