The Early History of the McLarans of Dalby

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        • Alister Colville
      • Catherine Burns
  • Archibald McLeoran's Family
    • Donald McLeoran
    • Mary McLeoran
    • Isabella McLeoran
    • Malcolm McLeoran
    • Edward McLeoran
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    • Malcolm McLaran >
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      • World War 1 Soldiers
    • Jane McLaran
    • Archibald McLeoran b. 1822
    • John McMillan McLeoran
    • Malcolm McLeoran the Younger
    • Catherine McLaren >
      • James Milford
      • Walter Goodman Jnr
    • Donald McLaran - 1833 - 1879 >
      • 1857 Dalby Town Allotment Sales
      • Deaths on the Condamine
      • Paths cross on the Condamine
      • McLaran v Wuth
      • Frogmore
      • Kilkevan & Cockatoo Point
      • Why Squatters don't marry
      • Bronzewing
      • 1874 Police Assault cases
      • Donald McLaran's Lost Watch
    • Duncan McLaran
    • Margaret McLaren >
      • Denis Sullivan
      • Ellen (Helen) Sullivan
      • Margaret Sullivan
      • Agnes Sullivan
      • Daniel James McLaren
      • The Sullivans in court
    • Alexander McLaren >
      • Alexander's selections
  • The Dockrill Family
    • William Dockrill
    • Martha Goss
    • Tartha >
      • The Tartha Graves
    • Death of Amos Slight
    • Edwin Gransden
  • The Eversden Family
    • Lewis James Eversden >
      • The Flying Cloud
      • 1864 The Arrival of the Eversdens >
        • Laura Eversden
        • 1864 Rain event
      • Eversden at Tartha
      • Southport & Cambridge House >
        • Hammerchewer Visits Cambridge House
      • Clara Eversden - pre marriage
    • Lewis and Jane Eversden
  • The Brown Family
    • Thomas Huntley Brown >
      • Death of Thomas Huntley Brown
    • Jane Rider 1837 - 1880 >
      • Thomas Ross Brown
      • Isabella Brown
      • John Brown
      • James Brown
      • Susan Brown
      • William Joseph Brown >
        • McCowan Scandal
  • 1879 - 1956 Donald McLaran's Family
    • Haran
    • The McLaran Cordial Factory
    • 1900 McLennan - McLaran Wedding
    • Kupunn
    • 1912 Death of Donald McLaran
    • Post Kupunn to 1956
    • 1956 Death of Clara Eversden
    • Malcolm Lewis McLaran
  • Queensland History
    • Ipswich History
    • Ludwig Riethmuller
    • Post 1956
    • Dalby History
    • IMAGE UPLOAD PAGE
  • Search the site
    • Executive Summary
    • Contact & Recommended Reading
  • OVERVIEW
    • Introduction
    • Family Names
    • Family Trees of the Moreton Bay Immigrants
    • Scottish Roots
    • Clan McLaren
    • Cambridgeshire Roots
    • Oral History
    • Ancestors' Graves
  • McLeoran Family 1800
    • 1792 Census
    • McVicar Family >
      • John McMillan MacNeill >
        • The Forbes Mackay Family
        • Alistair Forbes Mackay
        • MacNeill Compt Book
    • Family tree 1700 - 1800
  • Jean McLeoran's Family
    • Isabella McLeure
    • Ann Mackay >
      • Margaret Jones Mackay (Burns) >
        • Alister Colville
      • Catherine Burns
  • Archibald McLeoran's Family
    • Donald McLeoran
    • Mary McLeoran
    • Isabella McLeoran
    • Malcolm McLeoran
    • Edward McLeoran
  • Malcolm McLaran Jnr's Family
    • Malcolm McLaran >
      • The America
      • World War 1 Soldiers
    • Jane McLaran
    • Archibald McLeoran b. 1822
    • John McMillan McLeoran
    • Malcolm McLeoran the Younger
    • Catherine McLaren >
      • James Milford
      • Walter Goodman Jnr
    • Donald McLaran - 1833 - 1879 >
      • 1857 Dalby Town Allotment Sales
      • Deaths on the Condamine
      • Paths cross on the Condamine
      • McLaran v Wuth
      • Frogmore
      • Kilkevan & Cockatoo Point
      • Why Squatters don't marry
      • Bronzewing
      • 1874 Police Assault cases
      • Donald McLaran's Lost Watch
    • Duncan McLaran
    • Margaret McLaren >
      • Denis Sullivan
      • Ellen (Helen) Sullivan
      • Margaret Sullivan
      • Agnes Sullivan
      • Daniel James McLaren
      • The Sullivans in court
    • Alexander McLaren >
      • Alexander's selections
  • The Dockrill Family
    • William Dockrill
    • Martha Goss
    • Tartha >
      • The Tartha Graves
    • Death of Amos Slight
    • Edwin Gransden
  • The Eversden Family
    • Lewis James Eversden >
      • The Flying Cloud
      • 1864 The Arrival of the Eversdens >
        • Laura Eversden
        • 1864 Rain event
      • Eversden at Tartha
      • Southport & Cambridge House >
        • Hammerchewer Visits Cambridge House
      • Clara Eversden - pre marriage
    • Lewis and Jane Eversden
  • The Brown Family
    • Thomas Huntley Brown >
      • Death of Thomas Huntley Brown
    • Jane Rider 1837 - 1880 >
      • Thomas Ross Brown
      • Isabella Brown
      • John Brown
      • James Brown
      • Susan Brown
      • William Joseph Brown >
        • McCowan Scandal
  • 1879 - 1956 Donald McLaran's Family
    • Haran
    • The McLaran Cordial Factory
    • 1900 McLennan - McLaran Wedding
    • Kupunn
    • 1912 Death of Donald McLaran
    • Post Kupunn to 1956
    • 1956 Death of Clara Eversden
    • Malcolm Lewis McLaran
  • Queensland History
    • Ipswich History
    • Ludwig Riethmuller
    • Post 1956
    • Dalby History
    • IMAGE UPLOAD PAGE
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19th Century Dalby Courthouse plans

1866 ​McLaran v. Wuth


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1866 Western District Court Dalby - a list of the very first court actions
Note:
  • The McLaran v. Wuth action was the fifth to be heard in the Western District Court, Dalby.
  • Donald's attorney is Mr J Harris. Harris also represented Alexander McLaren in 1874.
  • Cause of Action - carriage of timber.

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1860 Darling Downs Gazette - advertisement for Dr Wuth 

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15 Mar 1866 Dalby Herald -  McLaran v. Wruth

Comment
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"M'Claren" - yet another variation to the spelling of Donald's surname. In the court records (above) it was spelt "McLaren".

Between 1860 and 1880, Donald McLaran undertook various litigations in the Dalby court and this action was probably his first. The courthouse was only recently established in 1866.

In 1864 Queensland experienced an economic depression, rescued only by the discovery of gold in Gympie in October 1867. Donald sold his block of residential land in Bunya St in 1864 and the article says he was absent from Dalby between 1864 and 1866. Clues to his whereabouts in this period are yet to be confirmed - refer Oral History.

He stated he was living near Greenbank and was a sheep farmer. It is unlikely he was residing with his father Malcolm, his step-mother Jane and half-brother Alexander in a hut on Myall Creek.  It is likely that Malcolm's address was offered as his nominal address.

The Ross and McLaran families were intertwined over many generations. Robert Ross 1828 - 1907 was a son of one of the very first settlers in the Dalby area, and an alderman on the Dalby Council in 1863. He was the administrator of Greenbank and like Donald, a race horse owner. Descendants of the Ross family (the Kennedys) owned property at St Ruth and married into the Brown family. A "Mrs Ross" was the nurse at the birth of Malcolm Lewis McLaran in 1886.

Dr Ernest M Wuth was a pioneer German doctor who in 1863 received solid support from his Dalby patients when his qualifications to practise were questioned by the state authorities. Dr Wuth wrote to the newpapers: 

I think it a great injustice when old practitioners, who have done services to the country, and who are duly qualified, should be deprived of the privileges which even a simple surgeon of any college of Great Britain is entitled to. Apologising for trespassing so much on your valuable space.
​I am, Sir, yours faithfully,

E. M. WUTH, M.D.
Dalby, May 14, 1866.


It appears that in 1863 Dr. Wuth had been refused qualification by the Queensland Board, because, although he could produce a well-authenticated diploma from a medical college in Germany, he could not produce a trumpery certificate. He could only obtain that certificate by applying for it personally in Germany. In 1874 he was appointed medical officer at Mitchell.  

The court costs for the plaintiff were £7/6/-, a considerable portion of the money owed by Dr Wuth.

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