Murray, Andrew

Murray was a squatter's son who worked some of the richest tin mines in the Tingha district in about 1878. In a few years he and his partner, Peter Eddy, reputedly made a profit of £30,000 each. In 1881 their two claims yielded 84 tonnes of tin ore and employed 60 Europeans and 100 Chinese miners.

In 1882 Murray purchased Bannockburn Station. He planted a vineyard at his property, 'Hillside'. The cellar was built into the side of a red bauxite hill and he exported wine overseas, also selling it through a nearby wine shop.

[Brief Biography compiled by Robin Hammond, January/February 2004]