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Children of Edward Gorey and his brother Daniel Gorey attended Angustown State School near Whroo in the 1890s.

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James and Elizabeth Gorey

The story of James and Elizabeth Gorey, Victorian pioneers and early settlers at Malmsbury.

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Barque Middlesex

James and Elizabeth Gorey arrived in Australia aboard the barque Middlesex on 1 October 1841.

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Welcome to this website about Gorey, Burgdorf and Wassenberg family history in Australia. The Gorey family settled in Melbourne from Ireland in 1841 when the population was just 7000 people. The Burgdorfs arrived from Germany during the Gold Rush, and the Wassenbergs were Dutch post-war immigrants.

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