When Albert John Hoschke was born on 27 July 1879 in Bathurst, New South Wales, his father, Amandus, was 35 and his mother, Mary, was 31. Albert was eight when his family journeyed north and settled in the Orara Valley.

In 1905, Albert (25) secured a highly contested purchase of 200 acres of land. 13,000 acres of crown land has been released for purchase or conditional lease, and Albert’s brother Harold Hoschke was also bidding for the same plot.

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1905 ‘CROWN LANDS.’, Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 – 1915), 7 March, p. 8. , viewed 29 Dec 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61416338

Also in 1905 Albert saved the lives of two farmhand’s whose tent was washed away in fast rising flood waters.

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1915 ‘THEY SAY:’, Coffs Harbour Advocate (NSW : 1907 – 1942; 1946 – 1954), 8 September, p. 3. , viewed 15 Jul 2025, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article188561950
1927 ‘Upper Crara.’, Coffs Harbour Advocate (NSW : 1907 – 1942; 1946 – 1954), 25 October, p. 4. , viewed 15 Jul 2025, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185578926

1905 ‘DISTRICT NEWS.’, Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 – 1915), 11 April, p. 5. , viewed 29 Dec 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61417806

Probate Notice – 1975 ‘IN the Supreme Court of New South Wales.—Notice of’, Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001), 12 September, p. 3783, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220191017

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