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- An article about Edward Tatham, one of the first settlers of Doncaster. He was elected to the Templestowe Roads Board (the forerunner of local government in the district) in 1873. When the Shire of Bulleen was formed in 1875 Tatham was elected and appointed Shire President.
- A description of two buildings classified by the National Trust. They are the Smith house on the corner of Atkinson and Clarke streets in Templestowe and the house built by Edward Tatham in Falcon Court Doncaster.
- Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society Newsletter August 1973
Edward Tatham
EDWARD TATHAM was the perfect choice for the first Shire President. He had gained the experience and knowledge necessary for running the Shire from his years on the Roads Board and the eight years when he was Chairman. Tatham also had the social assets to be the leading citizen. He and his sisters, Martha and Carrie were well liked and respected in Doncaster, where they contributed to the social life of the community.Tatham had come to Doncaster in the 1850's. He built a stone house called "Hurley Cottage" in Leeds Street. The house, now in Falcon Court, has been placed on the National Trust Recorded List. Tatham retired from the council in 1876.
Source: 1975 05 DTHS Newsletter
Photograph of portrait in oils of Edward Tatham as a young man. He was the first chairman of the Templestowe Roads Board in 1874. He settled in Leeds Street, Doncaster, Victoria, where he built a stone cottage DP0308 also Pictures Victoria
Edward Tatham - Our First Shire President
Edward Tatham was one of the first settlers in Doncaster and bought land on Burnly’s estate in Leeds Street. He built a timber cottage and added two stone rooms at the front. The stone section of the home was remarkable. The walls were built of local stone the same as Schramms Cottage but the there were no windows, instead three French doors opened along the front and another door at the entrance. Inside, ceiling high doors connected the rooms with hinges that raised the doors to open above floor mats.
During the 1970s, the Tathams added to the social life of the small community of Doncaster. The two daughters, Martha and Carrie Tatham with their brother Edward, were all good vocalists who often entertained visitors to their home.
In 1873, Edward was elected to the Templestowe Roads Board - the forerunner of local government in the district. During the next twelve years, he was chairman of the Board on ten occasions and during his term he was responsible for having the Board Office, later the Shire office, built at Templestowe. When the Shire of Bulleen was formed in 1875, Tatham was elected. Gaining the highest number of votes, he was appointed our first Shire President.
Recently Mr. John Handfield, a descendant of the Tatham family, presented the Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society with a copy of the Ancestry of Edward Tatham.
A family called Tatham were living in the town of Tatham in Lancashire, at the time of the Norman Conquest. In 1513, the Lord of Tatham led the archers of Tatham during the battle of Flodden Field. James IV of Scotland was invading the north of England and King Henry led an army of 26,000 men men to defend his country against the 60,000 troops from Scotland. They met on 9 September 1513. The Lancaster bowmen decoyed the Scots to make a false attack down hill leaving an opening in their ranks. Seeing this, the Lancashire bowmen attacked and routed the Scots. This success kindled fresh courage through the English ranks ending in a complete overthrow of their enemies.
The achievement of the bowmen was celebrated in the Ballad of Flodden Field and for their services that day is derived the hand grasping three arrows in the crest of Tatham.
Edward Tatham of Melbourne was descended from John Tatham, of 1580. He was born in 1800 and married Dorothy Mennel in 1830. They had nine children born between 1831 and 1847.
Edward Tatham retired from council after one year and died in January 1879. The family had left the district and the house changed hands several times.
Then in the 1930s, Paul Fisch purchased the house and planted a garden of rare Australian plants.
In 1977, after Paul Fisch had died, Mrs Fisch sold the house. It was was then demolished and the land subdivided.
Source: Irvine Green writing in 1996 12 DTHS Newsletter
Deaths
TATHAM.—On the 1st inst., at Rowena-parade, Richmond, Edward Tatham, of Burley-cottage, Doncaster, in his 74th year.
1879 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 3 January, p. 1. , viewed 22 Feb 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5927078
Funeral Notices
THE Friends of the late Mr. EDWARD TATHAM (for many years president of the shire council, &c., of Doncaster) are informed that his funeral will take place THIS DAY (Friday), leaving the residence of Mr. T. Handfield, Gloucester-lodge, Rowena-parade, Richmond, at 3, and arriving at the Boroondara Cemetery about 4 o'clock.
1879 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 3 January, p. 8. , viewed 22 Feb 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5927104
ALF. AUG. SLEIGHT, undertaker, No. 83 Collins- street east, and High-street, St Kilda.
ALF. AUG. SLEIGHT, undertaker, No. 83 Collins- street east, and High-street, St Kilda.
The Argus, Melbourne, Friday 3 January 1879
In another column we record the decease of an old and much respected colonist, Mr. Edward Tatham, J.P., of Burley-cottage, Doncaster, near Kew. Mr. Tatham belonged to a highly respectable Yorkshire family, and emigrated from the old country to Adelaide in the year 1849. In 1851 he removed with his family to Melbourne, and for some time resided in the neighbourhood of Richmond, ultimately purchasing land and settling down at Doncaster, in 1856. There he continued to reside down to within a few weeks of his death. The deceased gentleman was much respected in the Bulleen district, and was selected as the first chairman of the Templestowe road board, and was for some years president of the newly-formed Bulleen shire. Latterly, Mr. Tatham had taken no part in public matters, confining himself to the occasional discharge of his magisterial functions. Mr.
Tatham died at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. W. H. Handfield, Richmond, on the evening of New Year's Day, at the ripe age of 74. The funeral takes place at Kew this afternoon.
1879 'FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1879.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 3 January, p. 4. , viewed 22 Feb 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5927089
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