Family left a faithful and local legacy

October 12 2019 - 12:06pm
POPULAR: This sketch of Monsignor JT Awburn by Des Martin was for an article he had printed in the Border Mail on January 27, 1971.
POPULAR: This sketch of Monsignor JT Awburn by Des Martin was for an article he had printed in the Border Mail on January 27, 1971.

The name Awburn goes back to Wodonga's early days when George Awburn Snr purchased land at Wodonga West about 1863, buying up several more allotments through into the next century. In 1900 he owned three allotments, 124 acres with a house on it, 77 acres and 207 acres freehold. In addition he leased another 133 acres.

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