GIBLIN, John Beaumont (1846-1925)
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John Beaumont Giblin was enrolled at Geelong College in 1864, probably leaving at the end of 1865 however there is no enrolment record for him as the College holds no enrolment records from this period. The evidentiary information comes from the Speech Day program of 1864. The University of Melbourne holds a record of his application dated 16 November 1865 to sit Matriculation in which he cites his school as Geelong College.
The program of a 'Mimic Parliamentary Debate' held at the College Speech Day in 1864 is annotated by a contemporay student, Frank Wheatland. He notes J Giblin as the ninth speaker in the debate. In the printed program for Speech Day, 1864, Giblin is listed (with others) as participating in a 'Simultaneous Reading of the Thirteenth Chapter of St Paul's First Epistle to the Cor(inthians)' and in a declamation of 'The Witnesses' by Longfellow. He is not listed in either of the Annual Reports of 1865 and 1866. He later played for the Geelong Football Club in 1867.
Born on 9 May 1846 in Launceston, Tasmania, he was a son of Vincent Wanostrocht Giblin and Jane Isabella, nee Evans. He died in Fiji in October 1925.
Geelong Grammarians Vol 1, described him as follows:
'Cotton and Coconut Planter. Born 9 May 1846 at Launceston. Second son of Vincent Wanostrocht, and brother of Vincent Evans Giblin (GGS 1855). He attended GGS in the late 1850s, returned to GGS in 1863 leaving on 5 May 1865 (Sic) when GGS moved its bank account from the Bank of Victoria of which Vincent was manager. John then attended The Geelong College in 1865 (sic), his address being given as Hobart. In Nov 1865 he sat for matriculation at the University of Melbourne.
John left Launceston for Fiji in 1869 and travelled there with Capt Fisher who was trading in the Pacific between Lord Howe Island, Gilbert and Ellis Islands, Solomon and the Fiji Islands. He married Maria (in 1875), daughter of Capt Fisher, and settled in Fiji. It was a period when several adventurous Australians were establishing plantations on the Fijian islands, with much emphasis on cotton. The cotton industry was suffering the after-effects of the American Civil War which had left many of the large cotton plantations devastated.
In Fiji, John initially settled at Natewa, Natewa Bay, Vanua Levu, as a cotton planter, the bay being owned by the Hennings family. He was initially successful until cotton prices fell and then became insolvent. He then moved to Wainunu, on Dreketi, Vanua Levu and worked as a coconut planter. He had four sons: Vincent Frederick, born 1879 (married Atieta Hennings of Lekua, Ovalau; no children); John Crosby 'Jack', born 1880; Frederick Tartar, born 1882; and George Giblin (possibly moved to Melbourne to live with his aunt Maud; returned to Fiji and died of dysentery). John Beaumont Giblin retired and moved to Levuka, Ovalau, the old capital of Fiji where he died in 1925. ...'
John Beaumont Giblin was enrolled at Geelong College in 1864, probably leaving at the end of 1865 however there is no enrolment record for him as the College holds no enrolment records from this period. The evidentiary information comes from the Speech Day program of 1864. The University of Melbourne holds a record of his application dated 16 November 1865 to sit Matriculation in which he cites his school as Geelong College.The program of a 'Mimic Parliamentary Debate' held at the College Speech Day in 1864 is annotated by a contemporay student, Frank Wheatland. He notes J Giblin as the ninth speaker in the debate. In the printed program for Speech Day, 1864, Giblin is listed (with others) as participating in a 'Simultaneous Reading of the Thirteenth Chapter of St Paul's First Epistle to the Cor(inthians)' and in a declamation of 'The Witnesses' by Longfellow. He is not listed in either of the Annual Reports of 1865 and 1866. He later played for the Geelong Football Club in 1867.
Born on 9 May 1846 in Launceston, Tasmania, he was a son of Vincent Wanostrocht Giblin and Jane Isabella, nee Evans. He died in Fiji in October 1925.
Geelong Grammarians Vol 1, described him as follows:
'Cotton and Coconut Planter. Born 9 May 1846 at Launceston. Second son of Vincent Wanostrocht, and brother of Vincent Evans Giblin (GGS 1855). He attended GGS in the late 1850s, returned to GGS in 1863 leaving on 5 May 1865 (Sic) when GGS moved its bank account from the Bank of Victoria of which Vincent was manager. John then attended The Geelong College in 1865 (sic), his address being given as Hobart. In Nov 1865 he sat for matriculation at the University of Melbourne.
John left Launceston for Fiji in 1869 and travelled there with Capt Fisher who was trading in the Pacific between Lord Howe Island, Gilbert and Ellis Islands, Solomon and the Fiji Islands. He married Maria (in 1875), daughter of Capt Fisher, and settled in Fiji. It was a period when several adventurous Australians were establishing plantations on the Fijian islands, with much emphasis on cotton. The cotton industry was suffering the after-effects of the American Civil War which had left many of the large cotton plantations devastated.
In Fiji, John initially settled at Natewa, Natewa Bay, Vanua Levu, as a cotton planter, the bay being owned by the Hennings family. He was initially successful until cotton prices fell and then became insolvent. He then moved to Wainunu, on Dreketi, Vanua Levu and worked as a coconut planter. He had four sons: Vincent Frederick, born 1879 (married Atieta Hennings of Lekua, Ovalau; no children); John Crosby 'Jack', born 1880; Frederick Tartar, born 1882; and George Giblin (possibly moved to Melbourne to live with his aunt Maud; returned to Fiji and died of dysentery). John Beaumont Giblin retired and moved to Levuka, Ovalau, the old capital of Fiji where he died in 1925. ...'