Edward Arnold Hill, a first cousin (or grandson according to his gravestone) of the poet Robert Southey, had been in the service of the Duke of Wellington before coming to Australia. He was employed by Mr Edwin Everett of Ollera for many years as a valet-companion. His diaries include shipboard voyages from England to Australia and a notebook entitled Biographical notes of People and Events of Particular Interest See under Ollera Station, Guyra: records