1858 – 1922
Father
William Hosie
Mother
Rosa Lydia Tremenheere Michell
Siblings
Emma Hamline, William Tremenheere, Florence Theresa
Married
Sarah Jane Marsh
Children
John Hamline, Edith Marsh, Ethel, Agnes, Jennie, Walter, Annie Olga, Gladys Ruby, Alexander, Elizabeth, Bertha Ada, Lydia
Gustavus’ Life
Gustavus Adolphus Hosie was born on 04 Jul 1858 in Frederick Valley, New South Wales to William and Rosa Hosie, He was the second son and fourth child.
His grandfather, William Hosie, a Spirit Merchant, was born in West Lothian, Scotland, his grandmother, Margaret, Baillie Young, in Inverness, Scotland. They arrived in Sydney on the ‘New York Packet’ in 1841. Only 4 of their nine children had survived to undertake the journey. However, they did not leave tragedy behind in Scotland. Wiliam succumbed to Typhus Fever that had spread throughout the ship unchecked, he died prior to landing in Australia. Margaret remarried, a widower with 4 children.
Rosa was born in Cornwell, her father (manager of a silver mine) died in Mexico when she was three, her mother, Emma, remarried, and the family arrived in Australia in 1838.
Gustavus grew up in the Forbes/Goolagong area. His father, William was a farmer and they held various parcels of land around the district.
Gustavus was known simply as ‘Dolph”, he married Sarah Jane Marsh in Forbes in 1887.
‘Dolph’ opened a series of General Stores in Goolagong, Eugowra, Koorawatha, Bogan Gate and became somewhat of an entrepreneur in the retail business. He had the license for the Post Office in Goolagong. He threw himself in the social and cultural side of country life, in 1885 he was elected Secretary of the Goolagong Jockey Club.
In 1914 his farming roots called to him, and Dolph participated in at Land Ballot when Bulbodeny Station at Tullamore was sub-divided into Homestead Blocks. Dolph’s ballet was pulled out third and he was one of 25 successful bidders out of 198.
Gustavus and Sarah took up their land, they named their property Yambora.
The road servicing these properties was proclaimed Yambora Road in the 1930’s. Yambora Road was scheduled for refurbishment in 1930 under the ‘Prevention and Relief of Unemployment Act, 1930, Declaration of the Works for the Relief of Unemployment’ during the depression.
Gustavus and Sarah again became entwined in the growing Tullamore community with their children married into local families.
Gustavus died on Yambora in 1922 at the age of 63. Too soon, a life well lived, leaving a tremendous legacy to his family and the district.
Also Interred – Austin Hosie, infant son of William James Austin (Jim) Hosie and Catherine Elizabeth (Betty) Hosie nee Kenane, Gustavus’ great grandson.
Information provided by Jennifer Hosie O’Brien, authored by Leah Burnheim