Celebrating 159 years in Australia is a huge milestone and organising the Vaughan family reunion was a huge undertaking that saw the back area of the Macquarie Club at capacity recently.
To go with the photos, here’s where it all began...
Michael and Margaret Vaughan arrived in Sydney on December 18, 1865, from Cork, Ireland. They bought with them their three children: Mary aged 8, Michael aged 5, and Bridgett aged 2.
After quarantining, they all made the trek across the Blue Mountains in a dray drawn by a horse to come to rest at Obley, NSW (just outside of Dubbo).
The rest of their story is featured in the current edition of Dubbo Photo News, and online at www.dubbophotonews.com.au.
