Frederick Hopwood

Frederick Hopwood was the eldest of Charles' and Ann's sons. Like Robert he was born in the UK, probably in Ickelton. He didn’t marry. He stayed with his parents at Inverleigh, Victoria. He was a comfort to his mother when her husband Charles died in 1895. Rather than stay in southern Victoria, Frederick started to think about moving north to be with his brothers in the Boree Creek – Narrandera area (Riverina District NSW). He and his mother moved there in the early 1900s and stayed for the remainder of their lives.

By the time that Frederick and mother Ann arrived, Joseph and Charles Hopwood were already well established in the district. The two brothers were close in age and seemed to have always been close to one and other. Therefore it was not surprising when they moved together to the district in 1880. Each acquired 640 acres of virgin bushland through the Lands Department. Their first home was built from upright pine poles. They grew into men of whom their parents must have been rightly proud.