When William Holden Watt passed away in May 1908 he left an estate worth over 67,000 pounds. He held a position in his family's shipbuilding firm and owned land at Howlong Sation near Hay NSW.

Ernest Hilton Stanislaus Benporath started a range of misdemeanors in WA from the age of 21. He was born in Perth W.A in 1906.

Thomas Whittle, usually known as Clyde, was the youngest of seven Whittle boys and was born on 25 AUG 1897. Clyde was court martialled in the army and proceeded to have a range of misdemeanors, using several aliases, after he returned home to Australia.

Barbara Baynton had different versions of her background throughout her life. Barbara was a writer who married three times. Her third husband was Rowland George Alanson-Winn, fifth baron Headley aka Sheikh Rahmatullah Al-Farooq, making her Lady Headley.

Thomas Millear was a rich squatter who owned 'Edgarley' at Willaura, Victoria and Wanganella Estate in the southern Riverina. When he died in May 1896, his estate totalled 766,000 pounds.

Hugo Brassey was engaged to a Hollywood movie star, married a German Baroness and owned property on Dunk Island Queensland. He was born rich and lucky, but died young at 53 years of age.

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This is the story of Woodlands Estate at Crowlands Victoria. The homestead is an outstanding example of a substantial and elaborate 19th century homestead complex. It was originally selected in late 1841 as a sheep station by W.J.T. "Big" Clarke, one of the colony's wealthiest landowners. It was originally 184,000 acres in size was overseen by John Cayle Francis until his servant murdered him in 1842. J C Francis is buried on the property.

In 1938 it was announced that Thomas George Anstruther Molloy, one of the wealthiest men in Western Australia and a past Mayor of Perth had died aged 86. This is his story.