1. Nesta Griffiths, Some Southern Homes of New South Wales, Sydney: Shepherd Press, 1952, p. 38.
2. Original name of the property, perhaps to differentiate it from the township of Michelago, see Phoebe Vincent, My Darling Mick: The Life of Granville Ryrie, 1865–1937, Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1997, p. 4.
3. Paul de Serville, Port Phillip Gentlemen: And Good Society in Melbourne before the Gold Rushes, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1980, p. 194.
4. J. Browne, Family Notes, Hobart, 1887, quoted in John Spurway, ‘The Growth of Family History in Australia’, The Push from the Bush, No. 27, 1989, p. 71.
5. 426 died, 307 retired or resigned and 59 left as the result of disciplinary action. M. Glover, Wellington’s Army in the Peninsula 1808–1814, David & Charles UK, 1977, p. 36.