Stephen Broom

Stephen and his brother James Broom were transported to New South Wales on the Claudine in 1829. Stephen married Irish convict, Mary Corcoran and by 1843 the couple were living in South Brisbane. By 1848 they had moved to Ipswich. 

Stephen was publican of the Albion Tavern in Nicholas Street, Ipswich from at least 1850. In 1856 Stephen and James Broom purchased 20 acres of land in the County of Stanley.  An advertisement appeared in The North Australian newspaper in November 1857 for the sale of Small Farms adjoining the farms of E. B. Cullen and Stephen Broom, near the Race-Course (Old Ploughed Station).

On 22 September 1860, Mary who was 37 years old and their new born daughter Ann, died and were buried at the Ipswich Cemetery. Stephen was widowed with five children aged from 2 to 13.

In 1875, Stephen was living at the Ploughed Station.