Coventry – Unravelled

Jock McDonald (the man who named ‘Oban’)

~ Addendum to ‘Andrew Coventry & Margaret Harvey: The Oban Originals’ ~ “Jock McDonald came to Marouan and established a cattle run there for Col Dumaresq. In the very early days, the late Mr Andrew Coventry managed Saumarez Station for the Dumaresqs. Jock McDonald discovered Oban, and he and Mr Andrew Coventry established a cattleContinue reading “Jock McDonald (the man who named ‘Oban’)”

Andrew & Margaret Coventry

by Helen Dennis, November 2023. Andrew & Margaret Coventry: The original settlers of ‘Oban’ Run ~ Andrew Coventry was a relatively young, but nevertheless experienced, distiller when he established the first Scotch Whiskey distillery in Camlachie in Scotland in 1834. He had a wife and a growing brood of children to support but within twoContinue reading “Andrew & Margaret Coventry”