Wilfred lawson biography of martin
This thesis is concerned with a very important aspect of the political life of one of the most neglected figures of nineteenth century British political.!
Introduction to the inhabitants of Prospect Hill
Many biographies of early settlers in the Prospect Hill area have been published.
I have not attempted to repeat all the details of these but have provided references and links where there are on-line sources. I have rather preferred to give brief summaries of the lives of these early inhabitants, concentrating on their connections to Prospect Hill, with a few new details that I may have unearthed.
Pastor Hall is a British drama film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Marius Goring, Seymour Hicks and Bernard Miles.
This Prospect Hill web site will probably always be a "work in progress" and this page shows clearly as such.
John Silverthorn, weaver
John was one of the first group of thirteen ex-convicts who were granted land at Prospect Hill in 1791.
His 30 acres was the most northerly block, one of two which lay north of where the Western Highway later ran. It was on the west bank of Greystanes or Giraween Creek on part of the present Fox Hills Golf Course, now in the suburb of Toongabbie.
There was a narrow strip of crown land or driftw