Education
He came to Australia as a boy with his parents on the Duchess of Northumberland, arriving in Sydney in 1837, attended Staff School, and lived some time in Kissing Point, New South Wales, then in 1847 moved to Victoria.
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Hiram Barnes
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Career
He joined the gold rush, first to Black Hill, then Forest Creek and Friars Creek, the last of which made him a fortune, and he returned to live with his father in Street Kilda. He started a business with three horse teams, carrying between Saint Kilda, Castlemaine and Bendigo. In 1858 he joined the rush to Rockhampton, Queensland, but was unsuccessful and returned to the carrying business, with Hobby and Hewstead, competitor to Cobb and Company, who shortly took them over.
He drove for Cobb and Company, becoming manager of the Forbes to Orange route, at the time bushranger Ben Hall was active in that region.
As an independent branch of Cobb and Company, they took over the businesses of Cook and Fraser, then Mistress Hartley of Jondaryan, so expanding his business out of Toowoomba.
Roma and Gympie followed,
Their children included politicians General Рractitioner Barnes, M.L.A. and West. H. Barnes (formerly State Treasurer), Fred Barnes, Mistress John Reid, Mistress Samuel Knowles, Mistress
Bachelor of Arts Taudevin (of Melbourne), Mistress
Wagner, Mistress Robert Kerr, Mistress T. U. Symonds and Mistress Henry Roberts.
Membership
He was a teetotal member of the Methodist Church, and worshipped at the Albert Street Church, and later at the Kelvin Grove Church, where he held responsible official positions.
