Obituaries Australia

James Weatherly, n.d.

from Pastoral Review, 16 January 1915

The death of Mr. James Weatherly, of Wallaloo Park, Marnoo, on 24th November, removed from pastoral circles of Western Victoria one of its best-known and most respected members. Born at Old Cambus, Scotland, on the 1st October, 1843, Mr. Weatherly was slightly over 71 when he laid down his work. He was educated at Earleston School, and came to the colonies in 1865. He went straight to Queensland, and secured work on Mr. Hood's Currawinya Station as jackeroo. Two years later he came to Victoria, and except for brief intervals, has been a resident of that State ever since. Mr. Weatherly gained his first local experience on Carranballac Station, and from there went to Mt. William, which property he managed for Mr. Chirnside for six years. The next move was to Mokanger, also a Chirnside property, and this he managed for a couple of years.

Mr. Weatherly launched out on his own account in 1880, when he leased Morven Station from the Bank of Victoria. He purchased Wallaloo Park in 1885, but it was not until '93 that he went there to live. In 1892 he took a 25-year lease of Hilgay Station, Coleraine.

A large proportion of Wallaloo Park is devoted to cereal growing on the share system, so does not now carry a large head of stock. Hilgay is a sheep property, and runs 14,000 head of Longwools and crossbreds. Mr. Weatherly was a breeder of Lincolns, and was known throughout the Western District as an excellent judge, his services being frequently required at shows in this capacity. Of a kindly, reserved nature, he was beloved by all who came in contact with him. He belonged to the Church of England, and was a great supporter of it in his district, defraying the cost of building the Wallaloo Church Vicarage. A wife and five daughters survive him.