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Married 21 February 1836 at Mongers Lake. The younger of the two Green brothers was George who came to the Swan River Colony as an indentured servant of Mr J Hardey. During this time, George used his skills as a bricklayer and plasterer to help build three homes for Mr Hardey (the first two were affected by flood due to being built on low ground) and then joined a group of artisans to build the Old Mill at Point Belches for Mr Shenton, the first Public Offices in Perth and the old Supreme Court House. During this period George was to meet Miss Jane Beacham, who he wed by special licence on 21 February 1836. Jane arrived in the Colony aboard the 'Lotus' with her parents, William and Mary Beacham and her younger siblings, Reuben, James, Levi and Elizabeth. On 30 September 1841 the couple went into partnership with Jane's father, William with the purchase of 'Jim Jam' an 866 acre property on the Murray River, Ravenswood. This enterprising man was to own and sail 5 vessels starting from c1846. The first was the 'Young Shepherd' which he sailed from Perth to 'Jim Jam' as well as up and down the coast of Western Australia. This schooner was lost off the James Service Reef, Mandurah. No lives were lost but the cargo, including the Southern Mail was. The second schooner the 'Evergreen', George built himself and sailed it along the coast as well as to the Eastern States. The 'Gold Seeker or Gold Digger' (the name of this ship has not been proven) is assumed to have been lost in the Great Australian Bight. George and Jane's eldest son could have been aboard with his Uncle and Aunt, Levi and Matilda Beacham. This is still a mystery. Then came the 'Mary Jane', a cargo boat that George purchased from his brother-in-law, James Beacham, and lastly there was the 'Les Trois Amis' (The Three Friends). This vessel was a coastal steamer until heavy seas damaged her gear and due to the removal of the boiler and engine in 1858 it became a sailing ship. The engine and boiler were then transferred to the Flour Mill which George is best remembered. The Green family acquired several pieces of property, they were Perth Town Lots G1 and G2 in Hay Street where the Mill was built, a Foundry was built on Lot V17 in Murray Street and he is reputed to have had a brickworks in Cannington. During his 44 years in Western Australia he put to full use his knowledge and expertise in the fields of shipping, farming, building and milling to establish a thriving commercial enterprise, marry and father eleven children, be recognised as a pillar of his church and throughout, he was supported by his partner in marriage - Jane. George passed away on 3 December 1874. Jane was to live under six monarchs, she was 92 years of age when she died on 11 October 1910.

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