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17 July, 2025
Booth Family Historian Visits Inglewood
Memories of happy holidays spent with relatives in the Inglewood district during his childhood were rekindled recently when Melbourne resident Douglas Booth visited the town after a long absence.
A descendant of the pioneering Booth family, Douglas has researched the family history dating back to when his forebear Harry Booth came to Australia from England in 1853.
Harry is believed to have firstly worked as a stockman on Bonshaw Station and eventually settled in the area covering Beebo, Texas, Inglewood and Yelarbon. He selected land on which he grazed cattle and sheep, was a stockman and drover of some renown and operated a timber sawmill at Beebo.
He and his wife Susan (nee Rainbow) had seven children who followed in their father’s footsteps and helped open up the area to other early settlers.
The research carried out by Douglas has led to the publication of several articles and the discovery of many original photographs of historical events that took place in the early days of these districts.
Continuing on from Inglewood, Douglas and his wife Liz visited the Family History Centre in Goondiwindi to examine historic records relating to the Rainbow branch of the Booth family before travelling to Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast and returning home to Melbourne.
Article and Photo by Mavis Stower.
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