Frederick Grant and Ellen Gorman were married 28 June 1861 in St Clement’s Church of England, Yass. At that time they were living in the Kangiara locality (30 km NW of Yass and 19 km NE of Binalong). They raised their family in the Harden-Murrumburrah, and Binalong areas. 

We stayed in Yass and then drove to Binalong and on to Murrumburrah.

 One of the highlights of the trip was our all too brief visit to the Harden-Murrumburrah Historical Museum. It houses a truly extraordinary collection, and the Harden Murrumburrah Historical Society volunteers I spoke with (Robyn, Ken and Lorraine) were very welcoming and helpful.

The Museum was out very first stop. Ken met us at the door of the 1912 Harden-Murrumburrah Institute building and led us into the Museum. After a few minutes conversation I told him that I not only wanted to see the exhibits but I was hoping to find some information about the Grant family. I told him that I knew that my great, great-grandfather had once run the Shamrock Hotel in Murrumburrah and asked him if he could tell me where it had been. Ken burst out laughing and said “You’re standing on it!” He explained that the old Shamrock Hotel had burnt down (1899) and the Murrumburrah School of Arts building had been built on the site.

Great, great-grandmother Ellen Bridget Grant (nee Gorman) was born in Dapto, Wollongong, NSW  in 1841. She died in Redfern, Sydney on 23rd July 1914.  After some searching we were able to find her grave within the Catholic section of the Harden-Murrumburrah Cemetery. She was buried beside the grave of the son she had buried 24 years earlier, Edward Albert Grant. We also located the grave of another son, Randolph Henry Grant.

 (Her husband Frederick’s grave is in the Church of England section of Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney.)