Charles Gregory (1807–1866)
Charles Gregory travelled with his convict mother and siblings to Sydney aboard the Broxbornebury in 1814. His father came free the following year. Following his mother's death in 1819 and his father's return to England, Charles and his two brothers were placed in the Male Orphan School. Charles was apprenticed as a tailor. He left the orphanage in August 1825.
By 1828 he was living with his older brother Edward and younger brother George in Castlereagh St, Sydney. Bridget Byrne, who later married Charles, was also living in the house as a servant. Two tailors, one of them an apprentice were the house's other occupants. He later moved to Queensland and, with his family, became one of the first European settlers of Maryborough. He died of exposure while working as a shepherd at Canobie Station near Cloncurry and was buried on the station.
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- with his wife is charged with assault, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 October 1845, p 3
- is granted a publican's licence, Maryborough Chronicle, (Qld), 23 June 1864, p 2
- his hotel license is transferred, Maryborough Chronicle (Qld), 15 March 1865, p 3
- death notice, Maryborough Chronicle (Qld), 1 August 1866, p 2
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Gregory, Bridget Ellen (wife)
- Goodwin, Elizabeth (daughter)
- Irwin, Margaret (daughter)
- Mills, Mary Ann (daughter)
- Gregory, Henrietta (daughter)
- Blue, Sarah (daughter)
- Reading, Amelia (daughter)
- Reid, Cecilia Alice (daughter)
- Gregory, Edward (son)
- Gregory, Charles (son)
- Gregory, George Thomas (son)
- Gregory, Susanna (daughter-in-law)
- Gregory, Elizabeth Eliza (daughter-in-law)
- Thayne, Alexander (son-in-law)
- Goodwin, Andrew (son-in-law)
- Irwin, George (son-in-law)
- Mills, Henry Philip (son-in-law)
- Blue, Neil (son-in-law)
- Reid, William Scotia (son-in-law)
- Gregory, Henrietta (mother)
- Gregory, Edward William (father)
- Bushell, Ann Hannah (sister)
- Gregory, Edward William (brother)
- Gregory, George (brother)
- Gregory, Mary Ann (sister-in-law)
- Bushell, Joshua (brother-in-law)
- Wilson, Elizabeth (niece)
- Bozier, Ann (niece)
- Stafford, Eliza (niece)
- Gatland, Emma (niece)
- Newton, Mary Ann (niece)
- Gregory, Alice Alberta (niece)
- Gregory, Louisa Maud (niece)
- Bushell, Joshua (nephew)
- Gregory, Edward James (nephew)
- Gregory, Walter John (nephew)
- Gregory, David William (nephew)
- Gregory, Charles Smith (nephew)
- Gregory, George Frederick (nephew)
- Gregory, Albert Robert (nephew)
- Gregory, Ernest Septimus (nephew)
- Gregory, Arthur Herbert (nephew)
- Bushell, Elizabeth (niece by marriage)
- Bozier, Enoch William (nephew by marriage)
- Wilson, Robert James (nephew by marriage)
Citation details
'Gregory, Charles (1807–1866)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/gregory-charles-28087/text35804, accessed 31 May 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
8 November,
1807
London,
Middlesex,
England
Death
14 June,
1866
(aged 58)
Cloncurry,
Queensland,
Australia
Cause of Death
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