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OCCU an hotel keeper
Emma had 9 children, of whom only 4 survived to adulthood.
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OCCU a farmer at Wongoom, Victoria
In the 1841 census Elizabeth Repper is recorded as aged 52 living at Church Street, Helston.
Catherine was baptised as the bastard child of Elizabeth Repper.
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OCCU policeman
In April Neil 1949 moved from Melbourne, where he had been in the Victorian Police Force Mobile Police (motorcycle) Squad, to a soldier settlement farm at Airly, seven miles north of Sale, four miles south-east of Stratford.
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OCCU
From "Avon to the Alps" by Meredith Fletcher, published by Shire of Avon, 1988.
"While the families on Llowalong scraped an existence, the conditions for the settlers on nearby Mayhew's estate reduced them to near starvation. The purchase, subdivision and administration of this estate revealed gross mismanagement and caused much hardship and suffering for the families who settled there.
"Several years after Captain Mayhew's death, the Mayhew family moved to Melbourne, leaving a manager in charge of Nerrina. ... The property was sold in October 1920 for £12 an acre and was subdivided into 10 allotments averaging 35 acres. Each settler could lease another 30 acres until the irrigation scheme was completed and water was available. Settlers were invited to apply for an allotment on this land which was advertised as 'suitable for irrigation and intense culture, eminently suited for beet culture and dairying'. The ten successful applicants began moving onto their allotments in mid 1921. Among them were Norman and Doris Ripper who came from Melbourne to establish a farm at Nerrina. Both Norman and Doris were new to farming; before enlisting Norman had worked for Brockhoffs and Doris had worked in Dunklings. Norman served in Gallipoli and France until he was invalided home. When they arrived in Gippsland they had two small boys, a smattering of
knowledge gleaned from a short period that Norman had spent at Dookie, and lots of enthusiasm."Within a year, many settlers realised their position was hopeless - the land at Nerrina was poor and could not support dairy farming. A report by the SRWSC stated that the land was not suitable for irrigation and fodder crops could not be grown. ... the settlers watched their cows die from cripples, impaction and red water, caused by phosphorous deficiency. Norman and Doris Ripper were among the first to leave. In 1923, they moved to a 50 acre farm on the Maffra-Stratford Road, where there was more promise of irrigation."
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CAUS Died in Action
In Memory of DONALD EDWIN RIPPER Flight Sergeant 409276 Royal Australian Air Force who died on Tuesday, 26th October 1943. Age 23.Additional Information: Son of Norman Clarence and Doris Marguerete Ripper, of Stratford, Victoria, Australia. Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY, Malta
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: grave 44.Location: The Cemetery is about 2 kilometres south-east of Rinella, a bay and hamlet opposite Valletta across the mouth of the Grand Harbour and on the southern outskirts of the village of Kalkara. Just before entering Kalkara on the main bus route, the Cemetery is signposted along the road "Triq Santa Liberta" to the street of Triq Santu Rokku" where the Cemetery is located.
Historical Information: This cemetery, which once belonged to the Admiralty, is close to a Capuchin monastery from which it takes its name. It is two sections; Protestant and Roman Catholic. There is a triangular 1914-1918 War plot in the Protestant section in which stands a granite Cross of Sacrifice which was erected after that war. Most of the 1939-1945 War graves, too, are in the Protestant Section, in a plot near the entrance, and there is another group in the Roman Catholic section; but there are a few others in scattered positions in this burial ground. There are now over 300, 1914-18 and 700, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.