BARWON PAPER MILL

HUGHES, William Daniel (1853-1925)

Born on 5 July 1853 at Lomax Bank, Little Lever, Lancashire, England, the first son of Robert Hughes, paper manufacturer, and his wife Isabella, nee Smith. William worked with his father in the paper trade. He married on 26 April 1876 at the Wesley Chapel, Bradshawgate, Bolton, Lancashire, England to Caroline Rothwell, daughter of John Rothwell, iron works foreman, and his wife Mary Ann, nee Renshaw. In December 1888 he was named as the first manager of the Barwon Paper Mill by the newly formed Victoria Paper Manufacturing Company Ltd. and arrived in Melbourne in April 1889 with his wife and family per "Victoria". In October 1889 after resigning as manager of the Barwon Paper Mill he advertised for a business partner for the establishment of a new paper mill. At that time he said he had a paper-making machine in England ready to ship out to Australia. Constructed the Austral Paper Mill at Marnockvale, Geelong. Insolvent in March 1893. Moved to South Australia where he ran a Paper, Printing and Paper Bag Works at Coromandel Place, Grenfell Stret, Adelaide. Returned to Melbourne c1903 and ran the Empire Printing Company at 551 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne to c1915. Died on 28 October 1925 at the Victorian Homes for the Aged and Infirm, Royal Park, Victoria. Buried on 30 October 1925 at the Brighton Cemetery, Brighton, Victoria.

LITTLEWOOD, Henry Thomas (c1830-1896)

Born c1830. Lived at "Bellevue", Church Street, Beechworth, Victoria. Married on 30 August 1860 at the residence of the bride's parents, Adelong, New South Wales to Agnes Anne Morgan daughter of H. G. Morgan, late of Worcester, England. By 1864 he was living at 4 Westbourne Terrace, St. Kilda, Victoria. Headed a group of five persons who, as the Victoria Paper Manufacturing Company Ltd., purchased the Barwon Paper Mill in 1888 for £35,000. Resided at "Madowla", St. Kilda Road, Melbourne. Died on 6 April 1896 at "Morvan", High Street, Malvern, Victoria. Buried on 8 April 1896 at the St. Kilda Cemetery, Victoria.

MILLAR, Andrew (1825-1889)

Born 10 November 1825 at Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland, the son of Thomas Millar, farmer, and his wife Barbara, nee Thomson. Believed to have first arrived in Victoria in March 1854 per "Salem" from Liverpool, England. Married in 1863 in Victoria to Anne Morrison Croll. An engineer, he selected the machinery for the Barwon Paper Mills on a visit to the British Isles, arriving back in Victoria in November 1876 per "Northumberland" to supervise its installation. The machinery arrived at Hobson's Bay, Victoria per "Loch Garry" and was placed on the lighter "Protage" for the journey to Geelong, arriving on 4 January 1877. He had a younger brother named Robert Millar who may have been at Barwon Paper Mill in the late 1880's. Died on 18 August 1889 at his residence, Gertrude Street, Geelong West, Victoria. Buried on 19 August 1889 at the Eastern Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria.