Tom and Nora Kane
 | Shopping was done each Tuesday. This was sheep and cattle sale day and the getogether for the town. |
| His friends were Jim Carroll, Fitzgerald's, Jimmy Murtagh etc. |
| Very kind to horses. Always had a good team. |
| Worked as a Rouseabout in Mt. Koroite in the early days in 1911 when Parisian won the Melbourne Cup |
| Grandpa lived in a shed on the eastern side of the sheep yard at the start of the first gum tree about 10 back from the fence. The raised earth shows the spot. It was located close to the dam for water. |
| Like most farmers, he never travelled anywhere. Many country people went to the Melbourne Show but Grandpa never did. Everyone was quite poor. |
| He went to the Coleraine Show and was never beaten for the prize for fat lambs or ponies |
| He worked very hard |
| He like to go the races and was a member - he liked a bet |
| Grandpa and Grandma were good dancers. |
| Grandpa always had an overdraught till the boys went to War. He sold the cows. He owed $500 at that time - that was an enormous amount of money. Many worked for 10 shillings a week. It must have been a worrying time for Grandpa. |
| Grandpa purchased the milking machines in 1932 |
| Kane's were one of the first to get the phone on. |
| Grandpa liked to drink beer |
| Too poor to go on holidays. |
| Married at St. Bridget's Nth Fitzroy |
Grandma Kane and Brian probably late 1949
| Born at Gornong at Diggora Rochester. Ballie saw the old original house there but it is now gone. There was a big family of them. The family was highly respected. |
| At the Coleraine Show she always won with the heaviest duck eggs |
| On Tuesday - shopping day - went down in the buggy with grandpa - she would call off and speak with Sister Martina then walk down to the town get fruit and walk back to give it to the boys. |
| She was a great milker, fed calves, reared turkeys, lambs, ducks |
| Very good to the nuns - giving sponges etc. |
| Always did a roast on Sundays |
| Came from Rochester |
| Nora would come down to Melbourne to see her mother sometimes with the boys. Noras sisters Mary and Lizzy were there too and Uncle Jack. |
| Tim went to the War. |
| She was great friends with May Eveston, Fitzgeralds, Carrolls etc. |
| Nora really spoilt the boys - beautiful afternoon teas, roasts, sponges, plum pudding. |
| She had a lifetime of cooking and milking. |
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| Worked extremely hard and extremely dedicated. |
| Made her own butter and had fresh cream |
| His sister Mary died in Rochester - she was a nanny to the Wards who ran a pub. |
| Lived to 82 - died in 1958 when Ballie was 38. She needed Ballie's home care for the last 7 years - which Ballie considered was owed to her. |
John “You mentioned that your dad was 28 years of age when he came up here. What age did he marry your mum?”
Now unfortunately, and I think this is always one of the tragedies of life. Dad and Bub – they never married till, Mum would have been 37 and Dad would have been 36. So that limited them because when you do the arithmetic, well when your Dad and Jack celebrated their 21st birthday, well Dad and Mum were almost 60. So that in itself, I would say denied them of a lot of enjoyment of sharing their lives with us.
THE OLD COW SHED