[Index]
Robert Robin MALONEY (1814 - 1889)
farmer
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Mary MALONEY (1861 - 1879)
Bridget Cecilia MALONEY (1863 - 1949)
Richard MALONEY (1864 - 1946)
Maria MALONEY (1866 - 1946)
Robert MALONEY (1868 - 1956)
Margaret MALONEY (1870 - 1958)
Ellen (Dolly) MALONEY (1871 - 1962)
Katherine Kate MALONEY (1873 - 1941)
Annie MALONEY (1877 - 1939)
Sarah Jane MALONEY (1878 - )
Mary MALONEY (1880 - 1900)
Catherine MALONEY (1881 - 1882)
John MALONEY (1883 - 1972)
 Robert Robin MALONEY (1814 - 1889)

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Mary WALSH (1841 - 1909)
 Richard MALONEY











Bridget WALSH











b. abt 1814 at Co Limerick, Ireland
m. abt 03 Jan 1860 Mary WALSH (1841 - 1909) at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
d. 07 Oct 1889 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia aged 75
Near Relatives of Robert Robin MALONEY (1814 - 1889)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father Richard MALONEY
Mother Bridget WALSH

Self Robert Robin MALONEY abt 1814 Co Limerick, Ireland 07 Oct 1889 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 75

Wife Mary WALSH abt 1841 Co Clare, Ireland 18 Jun 1909 Canberra, ACT, Australia 68

Daughter Mary MALONEY 1861 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1879 18
Daughter Bridget Cecilia MALONEY abt 1863 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 15 Aug 1949 Royalla, ACT, Australia 86
Son Richard MALONEY Sep 1864 Ainsley, ACT, Australia Dec 1946 Canberra, ACT, Australia 82
Daughter Maria MALONEY abt 1866 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 31 Jul 1946 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 80
Son Robert MALONEY 1868 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1956 88
Daughter Margaret MALONEY 1870 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1958 88
Daughter Ellen (Dolly) MALONEY 01 Dec 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 07 Apr 1962 Canberra, ACT, Australia 90
Daughter Katherine Kate MALONEY 1873 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1941 68
Daughter Annie MALONEY 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1939 Adelaide, SA, Australia 62
Daughter Sarah Jane MALONEY 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Mary MALONEY 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1900 20
Daughter Catherine MALONEY 1881 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 12 Apr 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1
Son John MALONEY abt 1883 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1972 89

Son in Law Daniel FLANNERY
Son in Law Joseph BLEWITT 1856 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 13 Oct 1930 Canberra, ACT, Australia 74
Daughter in Law Margaret 'Maggie' READ 30 Dec 1864 Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 16 Jul 1949 Canberra, ACT, Australia 84
Son in Law William John DARMODY 1851 Banagher, Ireland 01 Apr 1916 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 65
Daughter in Law Ellan (Nell) O'ROURKE 1869 Majura, New South Wales, Australia
Son in Law Francis O'ROURKE
Son in Law John (Jack) READ 1868 Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 18 Dec 1917 Ainsley, ACT, Australia 49
Son in Law Sidney Augustus GREIG 1868 Murrumbateman, New South Wales, Australia 1949 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 81
Son in Law Henry Reynolds PATERSON 1887 1963 76
Daughter in Law Mary B LANE

Grandson Elvin Ellis BLEWITT 1891 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1893 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 2
Granddaughter Vivina V BLEWITT 1893 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Elvin Joseph Aubrey BLEWITT 1895 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 29 May 1961 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 66
Grandson Eric Robert Thomas BLEWITT 1896 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1969 Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia 73
Grandson Stanislaus BLEWITT 1898 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1971 Bulli, New South Wales, Australia 73
Granddaughter Mary BLEWITT 1900 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Maud BLEWITT 1901 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Philomena G BLEWITT 1905 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Francis Everard MALONEY 1892 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1968 Bulli, New South Wales, Australia 76
Grandson Robert John MALONEY 1894 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1905 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 11
Grandson William MALONEY 1897 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1978 81
Granddaughter Maria May MALONEY 1900 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1972 72
Granddaughter Mary Ann 'Polly' MALONEY 1900 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1972 72
Grandson Valentine Thomas MALONEY 1902 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1994 92
Grandson Edward MALONEY 1904 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1979 75
Grandson Lisle Lyle Read MALONEY 1908 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1969 61
Grandson Harold (Henry) MALONEY 1910 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1979 69
Granddaughter Mary Jane DARMODY 1888 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1971 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 83
Granddaughter Hanorah DARMODY 1890 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 03 Dec 1956 Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia 66
Grandson William DARMODY 1891 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1891 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Granddaughter May Marie DARMODY 1893 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson John Robert DARMODY 23 Jun 1897 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 21 Jul 1963 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 66
Grandson Thomas Cecil READ 1896 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1973 77
Grandson Robert READ 1898 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1966 68
Grandson John 'Jack' READ 1900 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1976 76
Granddaughter Mary Monica READ 1901 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Eileen Ellen Clara READ 1903 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Harry Canberra READ 1907 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Events in Robert Robin MALONEY (1814 - 1889)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
abt 1814 Robert Robin MALONEY was born Co Limerick, Ireland 6
08 Oct 1851 37 Immigration New South Wales, Australia per 'Kate' 80
abt 03 Jan 1860 46 Married Mary WALSH (aged 19) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 2462/1860, MOLONY 6
1861 47 Birth of daughter Mary MALONEY Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
abt 1863 49 Birth of daughter Bridget Cecilia MALONEY Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 12721/1863, MOLONEY 6
Sep 1864 50 Birth of son Richard MALONEY Ainsley, ACT, Australia 14062/1864, MOLONEY 6
abt 1866 52 Birth of daughter Maria MALONEY Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 14127/1866, MOLONEY 6
1868 54 Birth of son Robert MALONEY Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 15591/1868, MOLONEY 6
1870 56 Birth of daughter Margaret MALONEY Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 16132/1870
01 Dec 1871 57 Birth of daughter Ellen (Dolly) MALONEY Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 16515/1872
1873 59 Birth of daughter Katherine Kate MALONEY Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 17618/1873, MOLONEY 6
1877 63 Birth of daughter Annie MALONEY Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 19456/1877 6
1878 64 Birth of daughter Sarah Jane MALONEY Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 20968/1878, MOLONEY 6
1879 65 Death of daughter Mary MALONEY (aged 18) 80
1880 66 Birth of daughter Mary MALONEY Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 23065/1880, MOLONEY 6
1881 67 Birth of daughter Catherine MALONEY Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
12 Apr 1882 68 Death of daughter Catherine MALONEY (aged 1) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 11750/1882, cemetery 6
abt 1883 69 Birth of son John MALONEY Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 29122/1883
07 Oct 1889 75 Robert Robin MALONEY died Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 13447/1889, cemetery 6
Source References:
6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
- Reference = 190 (Marriage)
- Reference = 190 (Death)
- Reference = 190 (Birth)
- Reference = 189 (Name, Notes)
80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3776/robert-robin-maloney.html (Immigration)
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3776/robert-robin-maloney.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Born: 1814; Died: 1889; Married: Mary Walsh

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Hillside
Robert (aka Robin) Maloney emigrated in 1851 and although he had relatives in other parts of...

Stone Hut farm
Robert (aka 'Robin') Maloney emigrated in 1851 and although he had relatives in other parts...

Robert (aka 'Robin') Maloney was born around 1814, in Ballincarroona, Parish of Kilfrush, District Knocklong, County Limerick, to Richard (1779-1854) and Bridget (nee Walsh) Moloney, who married in 1803 in Ballinvreena, Limerick, Ireland.

Robert arrived on 8 October 1851 on the ship 'Kate' as an assisted immigrant. His immigration record listed him as "aged 37, bachelor, farm labourer, good health, no complaints re voyage, paid ₤3, answered 'Yes' to Read/Write?, and both parents deceased".

Robert came to Canberra and is thought to have followed his sister (or cousin), Bridget Neylon (aka Nealon), who had emigrated earlier that year, with her daughter Bridget, to be with her husband James Neylon. James had been transported in 1838 on 'Clyde 2' for fraud, but was later pardoned, and resided at 'Stone Hut', which is close to where the Weetangera Road met Yass Road and is probably the location of the later Stone Hut School.

According to Samuel Shumack: "The first tenant of the Stone Hut farm on Weetangera Road was James Neylon. Neylon received a pardon and his wife and daughter arrived a year later". (p. 99)

Robin Maloney acquired his first 100 acres around 1856, being Portion 35, Parish of Canberra on Yass Road, Ainslie, 'near the Stone Hut', under clause 22 of the Crown Lands Alienation Act.

Peter Shumack and Joseph Shumack acquired the two adjacent blocks and Joseph built the Old Canberra Inn on his portion, which straddled the Queanbeyan - Yass road.

Samuel Shumack records: "In 1857 some land at Canberra was surveyed into 100-acre blocks, and Robert Maloney, Peter Shumack and his nephew Joseph, and Joseph's mother secured blocks." [Shumack p.15].
John Gale summarised the main land holdings as at 1855 as : "Northwards were the farmsteads of the Shumacks, Maloneys and one or two else."

"About 1859 when blocks of land were surveyed and sold at Canberra, Robin Maloney secured two blocks of 100 acres each and I often saw him at work improving this land when I was shepherding. I saw him building a house it was rumoured from Queanbeyan to Ginninderra that old Robin Maloney was going to marry Miss O'Keefe. The house under construction was the same type as those constructed locally, but was superior in that it had a double chimney and a verandah".[Shumack, p.98].

The family referred to this as 'Stone Hut farm' and it was located just north of the old Canberra Inn, now Yowani golf course and North Lyneham

However, the night before the wedding the bride to be ran off leaving a note - "I was never consulted on the matter and I believe I have done the right thing. When I marry, I will make my own choice and I will never become any man's slave". She later became Edmund Rolfe's second wife at Gold Creek.
The jilted lover did not die broken-hearted – Mrs McNamara had sent home for her sister Mary. 'The local priest took the matter up, and Mary and Robin married within a month of her arrival'. Robert married Mary Walsh/Welsh in December 1859 in John McNamara's house at 'Woden'.

Shumack recounted – "I must say it was a happy union. I found Mary Maloney a good friend during her long residence at Canberra, and she and her husband were ever ready to respond to a sick call. On one occasion when my uncle Peter was taken seriously ill and there was no other person in the vicinity to act as messenger, Maloney got out of his sick bed and did a journey of twenty-four miles to obtain medical assistance". [op cit p.98]

Mary and Robert had thirteen children:

Mary (Hanorah) (1861-1933) and Daniel FLANNERY 'Golden Valley' Boorowa.
Bridget Cecilia (1863-1949) and Joseph BLEWITT. Canberra. Eight children
Richard (1864-1946) and Margaret Read 'Hillside'. Nine children
Maria (1866-1946) and William John DARMODY. Cooma. Five children.
Robert (Bob) (1868-1956) and Ellen (Nell) O'Rouke. 'Innes' then Sydney. 3 children.
Margaret (1870-1958) and Francis (Frank) O'ROURKE. Young. No children.
Ellen (Dolly) (1871-1962) and John (Jack) READ. 'The Pines'. Six children.
Kate (Katherine) (1873-1941) and Sidney Augustus GREIG. Sydney. No children .
Annie (1877-1939) and Henry REYNOLDS PATERSON. Mullewa, WA. Three children.
Sarah Jane (1878-1909 to 1933).
Mary Jane (1880-1900).
Catherine (1881-1882).
John (Jack) (1882-1972) and Mary Lane. Sydney. Four children. NSW Police Sgt.
Other glimpses of the Maloneys can be found in Shumack:

"the first bushfire I saw was in the autumn of 1858 and quick action saved the homes and crops of the Maloneys ...." [p.8]

"In 1871 the possums caused great destruction to wheat crops, and Robert Maloney and John Coppin had their crops totally destroyed. Maloney estimated his loss at 350 bushels"[p.152].

Robert and later son Richard acquired and farmed additional land, which became known as 'Hillside', Yass Road, Ainslie.

In 1885 he was recorded as being the occupant of 510 acres at Canberra with 6 horses, 20 cattle and 2 pigs in the NSW Legislative Assembly Votes and proceedings Vol3.

Robert died in Canberra on 7 October 1889, aged 75, and Mary on 18 June 1909, aged 68.

Richard and Maggie, and then their son Lyle, continued to farm 'Hillside' until it was resumed by the ACT.

Related Photos

Ellen Read [Maloney] ⧉
'Hillside' front view ⧉
Maloney family home - 'Hillside' ⧉
Maloney family at 'Hillside' ⧉
References
Shumack, S. (ed. J. E. and S. Shumack). 1967.An Autobiography, or, Tales and Legends of Canberra Pioneers. Canberra
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