J. Gordon, Greensborough, was born in Scotland in 1819, and came out to Australia in 1847, landing at Port Adelaide, S.A. from which he came over to Melbourne and was for seven years in the employment of E. Johnston and Co., grocers and spirit merchant, by whom he was presented on leaving with a substantial recognition of his services. When first he went to Greensborough he engaged in dairy farming which industry he carried on for ten year; he then sold his cattle, and purchased the land on which he now lives, and carries on the gardening business. He was married on the 23rd November 1846, to Miss Mary Greenlaw, Dalmeny, Scotland.
Source: Victoria and its Metropolis: Past and Present written in 1888 by Alexander Sutherland. Page 426. Includes descriptions of some townships and short biographies of local residents.
