On Some Lonely Shore: John Mylrea in AustraliaThe story of John Mylrea born 1823 on the Isle of Man, who arrived in Australia only 50 years after it was first settled by Europeans. He was a shepherd but, in the right place at the right time, he became very wealthy as a result of the Victorian gold rushes of the 1850s. He then journeyed to Queensland, Australia's northern frontier, to turn his hand to sheep raising, a venture that did not have a happy ending