Booley Family Genseek Booley Family of Suffolk England - Victoria Australia. This is a brief history of the first generation of the Booley family from Co Suffolk, in England to Victoria . .
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June 1828,ST Peters,Ipswich,Suffolk to Mary Ann Close, born c 1803 in Ipswich,Suffolk. Robert Booley was a skilled coachworker by trade, but was also an active Chartist and Non Conformist in Ipswich,Suffolk prior to his arrival here in Australia. His wife's family where also involved in the Chartist movement in Suffolk. In 1849 Robert gave a series of lectures on 'Phrenology' om Geelong. Robert was described as a 'formidable demagogue' when he was a speaker at the first meeting of the People's Association in connection with the attempt to form a bread co-op in Victoria.