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Note: NSW Birth Reg. No. 12589/1861 (Reg. at Casino)
Also recorded as John R. Saunders in Bible of Margery Jean Saunders/Craig.
John Saunders was born at Tabulam a small village on the Northern Tablelands between Tenterfield (73 km) and Casino (58km). Tabulam was designated as a town in 1885 and is the only other 'town' besides Grafton along the Clarence River. Home of the Bundjalung Aboriginal people. Tabulam is a quaint village of 150 people located in a rather beautiful setting on the Bruxner Highway.
Once occupied by the Bundjalung people, the first European land grant was made out in 1840 to a man named Stapleton. His selection occupied both sides of the Upper Clarence River on the track from Tenterfield. Before Stapleton arrived with his stock Peter Pagan and William Evans had settled here with sheep they had brought with them from the Hunter Valley. Pagan was killed by Aborigines in 1841.
Evans held the property until 1848 when Tabulam West went to Captain John Pike of the 73rd Regiment of Foot which arrived with Lachlan Macquarie in 1809. Tabulam East went to Captain Chauvel who hired a German settler to establish vineyards on his property as early as 1849. Pike sold out to Chauvel in 1854.
The village of Tabulam began by the river crossing on Chauvel's land. A postal service from Grafton was established in 1848. A courthouse and post office opened in 1849. The river crossing remained a problem with many sheep-droving teams stranded when the river flooded. A bridge was finally built in 1901 though a punt had aided matters in 1863.
NSW Marriage Reg. No. 2361/1889
NSW Death Reg. No. 9426/1932
John Saunders worked at the Pilot Station Ballina
STOCK & LANDHOLDERS REPORT. 1884
CASINO DISTRICT -Tabled and printed, second session of Parliament 1885.
John Saunders is registered as Holding in Pimlico 1 horse and 80 acres of Property.
PARISH OF BALLINA. COUNTY OF ROUS - 1901 Registered as - No:319. SAUNDERS J - 2 males, 5 females (Residents were given a number as collector recorded information in census books BALLINA - LIGHTHOUSE BEACH )
John Sanders No. 4480 elector 1890-1891 Electorate of Richmond River living at the Pilot Station Ballina.
1890-1891 Voters - ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF THE RICHMOND - POLICE DISTRICT OF RICHMOND RIVER
A John R. Saunders is recorded in Majorie Jean's Bible as having passed away on the 24th April 1932 (but it also states that he was 42 years old - this does not match up.)
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