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The Pollocks in Ireland always seemed to be farmers. Little changed in the move to Australia. Grain and livestock farming are still significant Polloccupations

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1. Pollocks in Donegal Ireland
2. Kilpatricks in Donegal Ireland
3. Arrival & Settlement in Australia
4. Matt Pollock (1874-1950)
5. Robert Pollock (1876-1916)
6. Alexander Pollock (1882-1945)
7. Thomas John Pollock (1884-1964)
8. George Pollock (1886-1949)

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3. Arrival & Settlement in Australia

Alexander Pollock from Liskeran and his wife Mary Jane left for Australia barely one month after their marriage. They sailed on the Young Australia which left London on 17 May 1870 with about 238 passengers. They travelled in steerage but were not assisted immigrants - that is they were in the poorest quality accommodation but paid their way. The ship arrived at Moreton Bay, Brisbane on the 25 August 1870. [Note: The Young Australia sunk on a return voyage in 1872].

Alexander Pollock worked on a property for a Mr. Barton in Queensland for about 9 months and then moved to Victoria.

Other Pollocks Who Came To Australia

At least one of the Pollocks from the Finn Valley, John Pollock from Meenavoy, had emigrated to Australia before Alexander. John Pollock (c.1843-1922) and wife Letitia Dinsmore (c1848-1933) from Stranorlar came to Australia in 1869 aged 22 and 20. They sailed from Plymouth 2 Jul 1869 and arrived in Brisbane 25 Sep 1869 on the Royal Dane. They farmed at Beaudesert and moved to the Bundaberg area around 1894. Their descendants still live in the Bundaberg area. Their family consisted of 8 boys and 5 girls. At least eight of whom lived their lives at Bundaberg. Other places of death include Mt. Larcom, Brisbane & Ipswich.Most are buried at Bundaberg.

John Pollock's father, James Pollock (c1816-1906) is thought to be Samuel Pollock's cousin. James Pollock also married a Kilpatrick, Matilda Kilpatrick (1830-1874).

The Pollocks in Victoria

Alexander and Mary Jane farmed in various localities in the Goulburn Valley before they selected 320 acres of land at Taripta, near Kyabram, circa 1881. The following children were born:

1. Samuel George Pollock (1872-1877)
   Born 1872 at Dargalong (near Tabilk and Nagambie). He died at age 5.
2. Matthew James Pollock (1874-1950)
   Born 1874 at Mooroopna. He married Mary Ann Harris in 1901 and died at Yerong Creek NSW in 1950.
3. Robert Pollock (1876-1916)
   Born 1876 at Mooroopna. He married Isabella Annie Wilson and died at Balldale NSW in 1916.
4. Eliza Pollock (1878-1880)
   Born 1878 at Mundoona (near Numurkah). She died aged 2.
5. Samuel George Pollock (1880-1883)
   A second Samuel George was born 1880 at Mundoona. He died aged 3 months.
6. Alexander Pollock (Jr) (1882-1945)
   Born 1882 at Kyabram. He married Annie Isobel Campbell and died at Wahgunyah, Victoria, in 1945.
7. Thomas John Pollock (1884-1964)
   Born 1884 at Kyabram. He died in 1964 at Quandialla NSW
8. George Pollock (1886-1949)
   Born 1886 at Taripta near Kyabram. He married Isabella Annie Iver Smeaton in 1912 and died at Tallimba NSW in 1949.

The Pollocks Move to Balldale

In 1903 John Morrissey, a member of the Victorian parliament who lived in the Lower Goulburn Valley at Byrneside, purchased the Quat Ouatta estate. This estate on the NSW side of the Murray River between Corowa and Howlong was subdivided by Morrissey and sold to Lower Goulburn Valley farmers in 1903 and 1904.

In late 1903 a party of twelve from the Mooroopna district travelled by buggy and wagonette to inspect and most of them bought around where the village of Balldale now stands. A little later another party of Victorians, from the Yarroweyah and Boorhaman districts, bought blocks. Some of the families that bought Quat Quatta farms included:

• Alex Pollock, from Taripta, near Kyabram
• Mick Kavanagh, "Sunny Hill", from Mooroopna
• Thomas Wilson, "Cluster Hills", came from Mooroopna, and his brother
• Mungo Wilson, "Kavason", from Mooroopna
• Martin Brothers (Alex and Robert), "Errol", came from Mooroopna
• Breen Brothers (J.M. & P.P), "Gelburnie" and "New Park", came from Yarroweyah

The five Pollock brothers all lived in the Balldale area. However they gradually moved away to develop their own farms, until in the late 1930s there were no Pollocks left.

Here is a picture of the students of Balldale Public School in 1918, which includes six Pollock kids

Sections

1. Pollocks in Donegal Ireland
2. Kilpatricks in Donegal Ireland
3. Arrival & Settlement in Australia
4. Matt Pollock (1874-1950)
5. Robert Pollock (1876-1916)
6. Alexander Pollock (1882-1945)
7. Thomas John Pollock (1884-1964)
8. George Pollock (1886-1949)