Two brothers of my great grandfather migrated to South Australia in 1850. JAMES PAGE
became a prominent citizen of Adelaide and owned a shipping company trading with New
Caledonia. His brother HORACE HAVERHILL PAGE is a mystery: he disappeared from Australian
official records some time after he was declared bandkrupt. For instance, there is no
record of his death. One theory is that he shipped out of Australia on one of his
brother's ships and may have spent some time in the French Pacific. He spoke good
French. James had spent time as a young man studying at the Sorbonne and it is possible
that Horace, too, had been a student in Paris. If anyone with knowledge of New Caledonia
from 1860 onwards has come across the surname PAGE I'd be most grateful to hear from
them. Or if someone with expertise in the area could suggest how I might further my
research - again, I'd be very grateful - IAN BUCKLEY