William Elliott and Family

William was the son of Robert (Bob) Elliott who with his wife and eldest son Frederick left Southhampton in England and travelled on the 'Conway' to Australia. They left England on 17 August 1862 and arrived in Moreton Bay on 1 December of that year. The Elliott's were met at the Brisbane Immigration Depot by Charles Besgrove of Bundanba (now Bundamba), who was a relative. Bob worked on John Smith's cotton plantation at Newtown before working at Sir Joshua Peter Bell's cotton gin.

Bob later went into partnership with Charles Dutney, purchasing a paddock and supplying oaten hay to Peto, Brassey and Betts. He went on to be a farmer and hauled timber with his bullock wagon to the saw mills at North Ipswich.

The Elliott's had eight daughters and four sons. William was born on 24 May 1868 at Three Mile Creek. He was a well-known building contractor and in approximately 1938 he was associated with the Mt. Elliott Coal Company which was located on his property at Amberley in Queensland.