Daniel MURPHY c.1824-1887, b. Co Limerick, Ireland, son of ...?... & ...?... arrived on the "Great Btitain" at Portland, Victoria in 1857. By 1860 he was near Casterton, S-W Victoria in which year he married Mary BONNER (nee LAWLER) 1833-1888, widow of Charles John BONNER who had died at "Dunrobin" station near Casterton in 1858. Mary LAWLER was born in Co Limerick, Ireland to John LAWLER & ...?..., and arrived on the "New Zealander" at Portland, Victoria in 1853.

Daniel and Mary MURPHY had 8 children near Casterton, S-W Victoria 1860-1877.

Daniel MURPHY died at Mount Gambier, South Australia in 1887 and his widow Mary MURPHY died in 1888 at Bahgallah, near Casterton, S-W Victoria in 1888. They are both buried in the old Casterton cemetery.

Daniel MURPHY & Mary LAWLER had the following known family...

  1. John Michael MURPHY 1860-1947, b. Bahgallah, S-W Victoria, d. Casterton, S-W Victoria; m. 1884 to Jessie Ann ANDERSON 1865-1939, b. Condah, S-W Victoria, to Thomas ANDERSON and Jessie BLAMYRE, d. Casterton, S-W Victoria. 14 children.
  2. Winifred Mary MURPHY 1863-1938, b. Casterton, S-W Victoria, d. Mount Gambier, South Australia ; m. 1887 to David John WILLIAMS 1861-1936, b. Portland, S-W Victoria, to William WILLIAMS and Anne SULLIVAN, d. Adelaide, South Australia. 9 children at Sandford & Casterton, Victoria and Mt Gambier, SA.
  3. Catherine "Kate" MURPHY 1865-1931, b. Casterton, S-W Victoria, d. Casterton, S-W Victoria ; m. 1896 to Malcolm CAMPBELL 1868-1943, b. Casterton, S-W Victoria, to Malcolm CAMPBELL and Flora CAMPBELL, d. Melbourne, Victoria.
  4. David MURPHY 1867-..?.., b. Casterton, S-W Victoria, d. ...?... ; m. ...?....
  5. Daniel MURPHY 1868-1933, b. Casterton, S-W Victoria, resided and worked at Bahgallah, Sandford, Wando Dale, Talisker, Henty and Merino, Victoria ; d. Casterton, S-W Victoria ; m. 1901 to Annie WALSH 1873-1955, b. Wando Vale, S-W Victoria, to John WALSH and Mary BURNS, d. Casterton, S-W Victoria. 8 children.
  6. Johannah "Hannah" MURPHY 1871-1950, b. Casterton, S-W Victoria, d. Adelaide, South Australia ; m. 1899 to John SULLIVAN 1870-1932, b. Mount Gambier, South Australia, to Patrick SULLIVAN and Elizabeth FORD, d. Mt Gambier, South Australia. 9 children at Sandford & Casterton, Victoria and Mt Gambier, SA. 6 children.
  7. Bridget Josephine MURPHY 1874-1962, b. Bahgallah, near Casterton, S-W Victoria, d. Port Fairy, S-W Victoria ; m. 1905 to Ernest Alfred FOX 1878-1959, b. "Mortat" near Edenhope, S-W Victoria, to Alfred John FOX and Annie Georgina COCHRANE; of Bahgallah, Casterton and Port Fairy; d. Port Fairy, S-W Victoria. Both buried in Lake Terrace cemetery, Mount Gambier, South Australia. 2 children.
  8. Patrick James MURPHY 1877-1949, b. Green Lagoon, near Casterton, S-W Victoria, resided and worked at Sandford, Casterton, Dunrobin, Victoria and Mount Gambier, SA ; d. Port Fairy, S-W Victoria ; m. 1907 in New Zealand to Margaret Eleanor DONNELLY 1885-1931, b. New Zealand, to Thomas DONNELLY and Matilda ...?..., d. Adelaide, South Australia. 3(?) children.