A life of serendipity - and a beautiful beach!
Today's blog honours a man whose name was given to a beautiful beach on the South Coast of NSW. This beach has fine white sand made from ground pure quartz and arguably the whitest sand in Australia. It lies south of Vincentia and north of Jervis Bay village and is known as Hyams Beach. MICHAEL HYAM and his family Michael was born in London England in 1799, the third child of Thomas Peynter Hyam and his wife Sarah. He became a shoemaker and arrived on these shores as a free settler via the "George Canning" in 1828. Michael arrived with a consignment of goods for Walter Jacob Levi, to be paid for upon receipt. Mr. Levi had unfortunately died and his widow was unaware of the goods being delivered. As such Michael was given the goods which he subsequently auctioned, set up a shoemaker's shop in Sydney and made an application for land. Michael Hyam - image courtesy of Wikitree Michael had his sights set on an area far from the city limits; a place that lies ...