Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. The Bax and Kearney families – three generations vi
4. Map – location of Bax family and relatives, 1837–70 viii
5. Introduction 1
6. Migration, Marriage and Station Life: Becoming Australian Colonisers
7. Migrations and Marriage 13
8. Broom Station, Mosquito Plains, South Australia, 1853–57 42
9. Lockhart Station, Western Wimmera, Victoria, 1858–65 73
10. Widowhood: Contesting Edward’s will and his brothers’ influence
11. Edward’s death, his final wishes and religious warfare 105
12. Learning legal procedures 128
13. Leaving Lockhart Station 151
14. Arrivals and new challenges 171
15. Later lives: Deaths and legacies
16. Endings 213
17. The boys’ adult lives 225
18. Coda 251
19. Acknowledgments 253
20. Bibliography 260
21. Notes 278
22. Index 323