Abbreviations Used

BDM NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages b. born c. circa (approximate date) d. died m. married M-P Murray-Prior ML Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales NLA National Library of Australia Qld Births https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/queryEntry.m?type=births QJO John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland TLM-P Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior When one source is listed more than once on the same page, an abbreviated title is given.

It is notoriously difficult to accurately judge the value of money in the past, yet some idea is necessary to make sense of lives. All conversions must be treated as, at best, rough estimates. For Australian currency from 1850, I have used Thom Blake's converter, converting amounts to equivalent 2015 values. For more on the difficulties of estimating current worth of past money, see his query.php.