Riddoch, John (1827-1901)

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grazier (sheep); local government head; Member of Lower House
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RIDDOCH, JOHN (1827-1901) and GEORGE (1842-1919), pastoralists, were born on 27 October 1827 and on 10 August 1842 at Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, sons of John Riddoch, farmer, and his wife Helen, née Duncan. After the family migrated to Victoria in 1851-52, John junior was a carter, gold digger and buyer on the River Ovens goldfields. He used the money made from gold to become a Geelong shopkeeper and wine merchant. On 12 May 1854 he married Eliza King at Geelong. After borrowing heavily, in 1861 he paid £30,000 for Yallum Park, near Penola, South Australia. Here he built an Italianate mansion, surrounded with exotic trees and a forty-acre (16 ha) deer park; a genial host, he entertained princes, dukes, governors and Anthony Trollope. John was a loyal friend and patron of Adam Lindsay Gordon who wrote some of his poetry, including 'The Sick Stockrider', at Yallum.

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  1. Interview with Jesse Dean / Interviewer: Rob Linn
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  4. The Riddochs' of the South-East
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  5. "Yallum Park", Penola
    [ Photograph : 1879 ]
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