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Agency:
Amos Family
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1822
Description:
The Amos family first arrived in Australia on 15 March 1821, sailing into Hobart Town per the Emerald. John (1776 - 1848) and Adam (1774 - 1845) had previously been farmers in the lowland district of Gala Water, near Melrose and Gala Shiels in Scotland.;;John and Hannah Amos and their nine children: James, Ellen, John, Mary Ann, Martha, Caroline, Lavinia, Matilda and Adam resided at the property 'Cranbrook.' The township of Cranbrook took its name from John Amos's property. ;;Adam and Mary Amos had eight children: James, John, Adam, Margaret, Helen, Mary, Janet and Robert and they lived at the 'Glen Gala' estate. Adam was made District Constable in 1822. By 1824 Adam had a flour mill operating at Glen Gala. It supplied flour for the whole district. Before Adam's death in 1845 he divided his property into three units: Gala, Glen Heriot and the original Glen Gala. ;;Gala Kirk, the Presbyterian Church at Cranbrook was built by John Amos and his son James in 1845. Prior to the church being built church services were held in the Granary at Glen Gala. Reverend Thomas Dove was the first minister of the church. Gala Kirk was restored to celebrate the centenary of the arrival of John and Adam in Tasmania. The Amos family cemetery is located a short distance from the Glen Gala homestead. ;;
Information Sources:
Wayn index
Functions Performed:
Family archives
Series Created By Agency:
NS323 Amos Papers03 May 182231 Dec 1868

NS6265 Correspondence20 Apr 182622 Mar 1978

NS6264 Official Documents28 Dec 182912 Jun 1944

NS1023 Letters to Adam Amos31 Aug 183512 Jan 1841

NS6263 Diaries08 Apr 183605 Apr 1978

NS6268 Gala Kirk Cashbook01 Jan 184731 Dec 1919

CRO62 East Coast Steam Navigation Company Correspondence02 Sep 185406 Jun 1855

NS6274 Photographs01 Jan 186031 Dec 1999

NS6269 Account Book27 Feb 186007 Aug 1885

NS6266 Commonplace Book21 Jun 188708 Jul 1890

NS6267 Birthday Book08 Sep 189403 Apr 1969

NS6261 Subject Files24 Feb 194529 Nov 1995

NS6270 Farming Notes01 Jan 194931 Dec 1979

NS6262 Biographical Information01 Jan 195414 Jul 1993