DescriptionJohn Grieve was the second son of Walter and Ann (Gordon) Grieve and lived in Mortimer Street, Ipswich with his family from 1856. It is believed he attended the John Scott School in Ipswich. At eleven he left school and worked as a shepherd. He worked for George Thorn as a shepherd on Normanby Station, near Harrisville. He also worked for Bell's at Pine Mountain. He left Ipswich in the late 1860's and worked for Major North on Wivenhoe Station and Bellevue Estates. He did a variety of bush work and went droving on the Darling Downs. In 1876 the government opened up resumed land for selection. He selected land in the Brisbane Valley which he developed. He married Jessie Gordon in Rockhampton in 1887. They raised seven of nine children born at 'Glenhowden', Toogoolawah. He died in 1929 at Toogoolawah.References (offline)Information from family documents.
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