Benjamin Robins came from Hertfordshire and arrived in Fremantle on the Atwick 25 April 1831. He was an indentured servant to William and Arthur Trimmer and cared for their merino sheep on the ship. By 1836 he was employed as a shepherd on GF Moore's Avon grant and receiving a quarter of the increase of the flocks as well as cropping a small area. The 'Swan River Guardian' of 13 October 1836 records that Robins had cleared 10 acres and had 500 sheep. In July 1835 he purchased Helena Location 7 which he named 'Waterhall' on the south side of the Helena River. He continued his interest around York and Beverley and was listed in the 1837 Census as living in York district. Ben Robins became recognized as a breeder of quality workhorses and is reputed to have been a butcher with a butcher shop in Guildford. Benjamin was thirty when he married eighteen year old Elizabeth Mary Devenish of Guildford on 8 July 1838. Elizabeth was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Baldwin Devenish from Sussex. They arrived on the Hooghly 12 February 1830 as part of the disastrous Peel scheme. Released from their indenture in 1832 they set up as innkeepers and brewers on a grant at Guildford. It is said Devenish visited Guildford and met Robins who returned with him and transported the Devenish family to Guildford. Benjamin and Elizabeth had fourteen children. Benjamin died at Guildford 1 December 1863 and Elizabeth (Betsy) died 15 March 1913.