OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Hannah Constable

DATE1860 to 1861

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1402

HISTORY

Hannah was eight years of age when she came from England with her parents Benjamin and Hannah Constable and six other children to Port Phillip in the frigate "Clifton" in 1849.
The Constable family moved from Brighton down to Mornington in 1860. They lived on the Esplanade, possibly near Shire Hall Beach as it was once known as Constables Beach. They then built on the Esplanade near King Street a red brick home called "Clifton Villa" after the ship they had come out on.
Hannah’s father Benjamin was a cabinet maker and Builder and, with Daniel Green, built a home for Dr. Barry further along towards Fisherman’s Beach once called "Clifden" "Garrycloyne" now called "Clyde Villa". Hannah died at an early age in 1861 and was buried in the Moorooduc cemetery. 
Her sister Jane became the manager and Post Master of the Electric Telegraph at Mornington from 1869 to 1875 when she was transferred to St. Kilda. Another sister Eleanor married Daniel Gorwood Green and stayed on in Mornington

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a woman with black hair with a centre parting. She is in period dress. Her dress has a lace collar, and black strips across the bodice where the buttons are. This is a studio photo.

SUBJECTS

Immigrants, Ships, Tuberculosis

KEYWORDS

Clifden, Clyde Villa, Constable, Benjamin, Constable, Hannah, Constables Beach, Esplanade, Garrycloyne, Immigrants, Ships, Shire Hall Beach, Tuberculosis