PEPPIN, GEORGE HALL (1800-1872), pastoralist and sheep breeder, was born at Old Shute Farm, Dulverton, England, son of George Peppin, sheep breeder who acquired some of George III's flock, and his wife Maria née Hall. In 1850 when farming was at a low ebb in England he sailed for Port Phillip in the Ann Maria with his wife Harriet, née Thompson, whom he had married in 1825, and two sons, George (1827-1876) and Frederick Loch (1828-1911). By mid-1851 they were settled at Mimaluke near Mansfield and after years of fluctuating fortune sold out when scab and fluke destroyed their flock. In March 1858 Peppin & Sons bought from W. A. Brodribb South Wanganella station in the Riverina and its 8000 sheep for £10,000. They used the run for fattening sheep for the Melbourne market, and in 1859 when five shearers claimed that tents were insufficient accommodation, George junior successfully ...

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