Here My Home: The Life and Times of Captain John Stuart Hepburn 1803-1860: Master Mariner, Overlander and Founder of Smeaton Hill, Victoria by Lucille M Quinlan

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. General wear to book corners and edges. Some minor marks on foredges. Minor creasing of covers. Light foxing. Sunning of spine top. Previous owner has inscribed inside page.

The biography of John Stuart Hepburn, early pastoralists and landholder in Victoria.

Hepburn named his pastoral station Smeaton Hill after the small hamlet in Scotland, where he was born. The homestead was called Seaton House, being constructed in 1849-50. The house is still standing today and is an example of the wealth of the squattocracy of colonial pre-gold rush Victoria.

Hepburn also founded the rural town of Smeaton, near Creswick. The town of Hepburn Spring is named after him.

Includes bibliography and index. Originally published in 1967.