United States of America and unknown to many people, moved back to England for the last 20 years of his life. In the early 1850s, William bought the lease of Seven Creeks station from Barnes and Holland near Euroa. Eliza ran the house and managed station affairs in the frequent absences of William and his wife. Alfred William Howitt, Australian anthropologist, explorer and naturalist, described her as "one of the pleasantest and most energetic ladies I have ever met with". Eliza died at Euroa on 5 August 1859. In recognition of Eliza's contribution to the Australian wool industry and her golfing prowess in Scotland, an annual golf event, The Eliza Forlonge Memorial Golf Challenge, is held in December each year at the Euroa and Strathbogie Golf Clubs. Both Golf Clubs are in the vicinity of the Seven Creeks Station and the event serves as a reminder of Eliza's contribution to the wool industry and promoting the role of women in golf. Recognition In 1933, Eliza's part in introducing Victoria's first fine-wool Saxon Merinos is commemorated, in a gravestone memorial (Coordinates: -36.843703, 145.624385) on Forlonge Memorial Road, Euroa, Victoria. It is a slab of granite in the shape of a wool pack. In 1940, a sundial (Coordinates: -41.928483, 147.494817) was erected in Campbell Town, Tasmania commemorating Eliza Forlong. The Farmers' Arms Hotel Museum at Euroa includes rooms in an old building at Seven Creeks called "Eliza Forlonge Cottage". Eliza was one of the chief characters in a semi-historical novel "Saxon Sheep" by Nancy Adams, a great-granddaughter of Janet Templeton. A commemorative mural by Tom Thompson is mounted at Sydney Institute of TAFE, Ultimo, New South Wales. In 2013, a statue of Eliza was erected at Campbell Town, Tasmania. References External links Seven Creeks Estate, Euroa, 1835-1985 : a pastoral romance / written and edited by George Wilson, National Library of Australia 1784 births 1859 deaths Settlers of Tasmania People from Euroa 19th-century Australian people Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia