On 26 May 1841 at Port Phillip , he married Anne McLean , the daughter of Allan McLean of Strathallan near Echuca . After being burned out in the Black Thursday bushfires on 6 February 1851 and their youngest child dying from the effects , he relocated to Geelong and built up a profitable wool exporting company operating under the style of Holmes , White & Co
Black Thursday bushfires
Black Thursday bushfires
Matthew Holmes (politician)