Arthur Bush and his wife Maria arrived in NSW on the ship Canton on 3 September 1835 with their offspring Arthur (age 18), Mary-Ann (age 16), James (age 13), Hephzibah (age 9), and John (age 8). Their eldest daughter, Phoebe, did not accompany the family to NSW. Also on the Canton, under Arthur’s care, were his brother Jeremiah’s wife Mary and their eight children including their eldest, Elizabeth together with her husband, Richard Howard, and their two infant sons, George (age 3) and William (age 1).
Arthur first worked for Henry Howey on a property a few miles on the Yass side of Goulburn. After Howey died in 1838 he then began working for William Pitt Faithfull, a neighbour. The 1841 census records Arthur and his family being in residence at the property Evandale near Mummel north of Goulburn. Arthur seems of have acquired his first freehold on Jerrawa Creek in 1851.
Arthur died 25 September 1876 in Jerrawa and is buried at Greendale Methodist Church near Dalton, NSW. Maria died 6 August 1884 and is also buried at Greendale Methodist Church.
Arthur Bush (1789 - 1876) and his wife Maria (1794 - 1884). Arthur was the eldest of the two Bush brothers. Arthur and his wife arrived in Australia in 1835 with their five children.
Jeremiah Bush (1797 - 1881) arrived in Australia as a convict in 1833. His wife, Mary and eight children, arrived two years later.
