Bowman brothers
The Bowman brothers were pioneer pastoralists of Tasmania (then "Van Diemen's Land") and South Australia. They were the sons of John Bowman (1785 – 1 June 1857, born Askham, Westmorland): Edmund Bowman, John Bowman, William Charles Bowman and Thomas Richard Bowman. The brothers Edmund Bowman Edmund Bowman (1818 – 14 August 1866) was born in Askham, Westmorland, and emigrated to Hobart, Tasmania with his parents and siblings. He travelled to Adelaide on the Parsee in 1838 to investigate South Australia's potential for investment opportunity and returned on the Porter in 1839. He helped his father establish farms and residences at Dry Creek, Enfield and Crystal Brook. He died after falling from a log bridge at his property near Port Wakefield. John Bowman, Jr. John Bowman, Jr. (1828 – 3 August 1900) was born in Cumberland, and accompanied his parents and siblings to Hobart. John and William Charles arrived in South Australia together as youngsters, accompanying their father's herd of sheep. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1868 but otherwise took little part in public affairs. He acquired Poltalloch station near Tailem Bend; he and his brother William Charles, trading as Bowman Brothers, bought Cheshunt House on the Meander River 16 km above Deloraine, Tasmania. John, hitherto a bachelor, at age 52 married William Charles's widow Jane and purchased a home, "Carolside" in New Town, Tasmania. Their son Keith Dudley was a prominent Adelaide businessman. In 1886, he acquired land at Bethanga Flat Wodonga, Victoria which was taken over by his step-son Albert Edward (ca.1865 – 1938). He may be the John Bowman convicted of insulting a railway official at Wodonga in 1889, after his cane had been stolen and his hat knocked off by some "larrikins". In 1889 he purchased the Toogong estate near Orange, New South Wales, which was taken over by his other step-son William Charles jun. (ca.1868–1947). In later years he shared his time between "Poltalloch", his adopted son's property in Gippsland and his summer residence "Carolside", where he died. William Charles Bowman William Charles Bowman (ca.1830 – 23 February 1879) was born at Cheshunt Park, Tasmania. He acquired Crystal Brook station, which consisted of all the land between the Broughton River and the sea, and incorporated the Napperby, Nelshaby and Broughton runs. When the squat was resumed (reappropriated) by the Government, he returned to Tasmania. Thomas Richard Bowman Thomas Richard Bowman (17 March 1835 – 17 February 1911) was born in Tasmania and moved to South Australia with his father and two sisters in June 1840. He worked at Crystal Brook from 1857 to 1874. He inherited "Campbell House" (later "Campbell Park"), a property on Lake Albert, where he raised sheep and cattle. He owned a three-masted schooner Ada and Clara, named for his daughters, and captained by H. C. F. Kruse. In his last years he made considerable donations to a large number of charitable institutions. He purchased a massive assemblage of photographs of early settlers from its author, Henry Jones, and presented