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Elizabeth Blackhall or Jane Vitnell, see note below Photo supplied by Debbie Oxley (Source unknown) Please note: several family members have kindly supplied us with copies of this photograph. The lady in the photograph has been identified variously as Elizabeth Blackhall or her sister Jane Vitnell. Both were the daughters of Diana and her husband Robert Rayner."

Archbishop Broughton wrote a letter to Reverend Stiles of Mulgoa concerning Diana's baptism and her marriage to William Phillips

From: 'William Grant Broughton : Bishop of Australia, with some account of the earliest Australian clergy', Wittington F T, 1936.

The Mudgee property of the Cox family - where Diana lived. This photo was taken some time after 1884 and shows Burundulla possibly as Diana knew it.

Photograph by Charles Kerry Studio, Tyrrell Collection. Reproduced courtesy of the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

The Mudgee property of the Cox family - where Diana lived. This photo was taken some time after 1884 and shows Burundulla possibly as Diana knew it.

Photograph by Charles Kerry Studio, Tyrrell Collection. Reproduced courtesy of the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

The Cottage, St Thomas' Rd Mulgoa, NSW, taken September 1986, RT10024, National Trust of Australia and the Australian Heritage Photographic Library

The church where Diana's children were baptized. Diana's eldest daughter, Sarah, was baptized at Mulgoa

John Henry Harvey, Mudgee Church of England c. 1880-1934, Accession no. H91.300/107, Call no. PCV LTLS 14, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria

From the collection at Penrith City Library, reproduced with permission

Diana's granddaughter. Emma is the daughter of Sarah Knight and William Collins. Photo supplied by Debbie Oxley (Source unknown)"

George Cox owned 'Winbourne', the Mulgoa property where Diana lived for a time. Cox sought permission for Diana to marry his overseer, William Phillips in 1840.

Portraits from the Carte de visite album of Cox family photographs, 1862-1884, PXA 848 nos. 9a and 9b, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

The son of George Cox and the manager of 'Burundulla'in Mudgee. George Henry Cox assisted Diana to purchase land in the Mudgee area.

Portraits from the Carte de visite album of Cox family photographs, 1862-1884, PXA 848 nos. 9a and 9b, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Horse and Cart at the Cudgegong River - Mudgee, NSW, from 'At work and play' frame 07016, Bicentennial Copying Project, State Library of New South Wales

Diana's daughter

Photograph supplied by Sandra Redway. Source: unknown

From 'Photographic views of Mudgee' (a rare book from the collection of the National Library of Australia)

Photographic views of Mudgee, N.S.W. Publisher: [New South Wales] : A. H. Hardwick, [ca. 1900].

Original held by the National Library of Australia (SR 919.445 P575)

Back row unidentified

Front row: L --> R: Leo Rohr, F. Rayner, Marie Rohr, Ernest Rohr, Sarah Rayner (presumably with hand over face) and Emily Rayner. The Rayner children pictured here are possible several of Diana's grandchildren

Photograph supplied by John Broadley, Mudgee Historical Society

As it is today

St Thomas' Church, St Thomas' Rd Mulgoa, NSW, RT11443, National Trust of Australia and the Australian Heritage Photographic Library

Winbourne was the Mulgoa property of George Cox. Diana lived here for a time and married property overseer William Phillips

Dr L. Hardy Wilson, Gate Lodge at Winbourne, Mulgoa, NSW, PIC R554 (Picture Australia number nla.pic-an2723125), National Library of Australia

Winbourne was the Mulgoa property of George Cox. Diana lived here for a time and married property overseer William Phillips.

William Hardy Wilson (1881-1955), Gate Lodge at Winbourne, Mulgoa, NSW, PIC R554 (Picture Australia number nla.pic-an2723125), National Library of Australia

Please note: several family members have kindly supplied us with copies of this photograph. The lady in the photograph has been identified variously as Elizabeth Blackhall or her sister Jane Vitnell. Both were the daughters of Diana and her husband Robert Rayner.