George SHOMACK, Farmer, d 10 Mar 1888, Bullarto, Glenlyon Shire, County of Talbot, Victoria, aged 67 yrs, Cause of death: Bronchio Pheuomonia (pneumonia), Sudden Death, Inquest held by Thomas DEAKIN JP 12 Mar 1888 at Bullarto, parents not known, Informant was William ATHERTON, Brother-in-law, Bullarto, also James Alexander BARR, Constable of Police at Bullarto, Registered by Henry W HODGENS 11 Apr 1888 Bullarto, Victoria, Buried 12 Mar 1888 Daylesford Cemetery, Thomas VEREY(?) Undertaker, Daylesford, SP WEBBER, Bible Christian Minister, Witness of Burial: Thomas ON, Bullarto, Where Born: Limerick, Ireland, 31 years in the Colony of Victoria, (arr 1857), Married aged 27 yrs (abt 1848) at Liverpool, England, to Mary ATHERTON, Issue: Nil. [Death cert 4872] (Bullarto is abt 25 km E of Creswick, in the Wombat Forest between Daylesford and Trentham, in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.)
George SHOMACK age 67 yrs bur 13 Mar 1888 Daylesford Cemetery C of E, 7 k 15. [IM]

Inquest held 12 Mar 1888 at Bullarto into the death of George SHOBECH (another creative spelling variation) - finding Broncho Pneumonia [File Ref 1888/324]

Death of Mary SHOMACK (b abt 1819) d 1891 aged 72 yrs Daylesford Hospital, parents unknown [Vic 14776 indexed as SHANNACK]
Mary SHAMACK age 72 bur 16 Oct 1891 Daylesford Cemetery 7 b 38 p. This paupers' grave also contains the remains of Herman WILLIAMS age 47 yrs C of E bur 7 Nov 1868 and TONG Why age 65 yrs Heathen bur 26 Oct 1891. [Cemetery information courtesy of Ian Marshall, Daylesford Historical Museum]
Mary ATHERTON b 5 Feb 1820, chr 6 Mar 1820 Saint Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Parents: William ATHERTON/Mary [IGI Batch number P02027-2 extracted from parish records]

William ATHERTON brother of Mary ATHERTON (b abt 1827) d 1907 aged 80 yrs Bullarto s/o William ATHERTON/Mary unk [Vic Index 3870] Burial not found in cemetery registers for Bullarto, Daylesford, Eganstown (Blanket Flat and St Francis Xavier), Glenlyon and Franklinford [IM] Not found Creswick either.
William ATHERTON chr 22 Aug 1827 New Chapel Independent, Saint Helen's, Lancashire, England, Parents: William ATHERTON/Mary [IGI Batch Number C08679-1 extracted from parish records]
Poss arrival - Wm ATHERTON, age 57, arr May 1884 aboard Drumeltan [Unassisted Passengers to Victoria, fiche/page 435/001]

George SHOMACK m 1847 Liverpool, England, Mary ATHERTON [FreeBDM Sep Qtr Vol/Pg 20/227]
Son, Amos Edward SHOMACK chr 23 Jul 1848 Saint Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire, England s/o George SHOMACK/Mary [IGI Batch Number P020942 extracted from parish records]
Amos Edward SHOMACK d 1848 West Derby, Lancashire [FreeBMD Sep Qtr, Vol/Pg 20/761] (no knowledge of other children)
Here we have a George and Mary SHOMACK in England, so probably the couple who arrived in Melbourne in 1857. Amos was the name of the older brother of George b 1821 Rathkeale, Limerick, Ireland. No marriage or other children to this couple found on IGI or in the Victorian Index.

George SHOMACK was a Beer House Keeper at 28 Peter Street Liverpool in Feb 1855. Here is a notice of his impending insolvency in the London Gazette, issue 21662, published 13 Feb 1855, p 586-7. George was instructed to appear in the Liverpool District Court, 3 Lime-street on 20 feb 1853. What was the outcome? Perhaps this was the reason they decided to immigrate and join his older brother Amos SHUMACK who was also a beer shop owner, at Long Point, Creswick, just a few miles to the west.

Star of the East - Unassisted arrivals from British Ports:
Master's Name: Thomas E GEORGE, 1239 tons, departed Liverpool 21 Oct 1856 bound for Melbourne, voyage of 140 days, 210 Statute Adults, arrived 12 Jan 1857.
Passenger No. 3826, Mary SHOMACK, aged 30, Married, Wife, Irish. [f118 p002] (born abt 1825 or 26)
Passenger No. 3842, George SHOMACK aged 34, Married, Labourer, English. [f118 p005] (born abt 1822)
These are not consecutive entries and we are left to wonder why they were not listed together.

There is evidence of George SHOMACK in the Creswick Police Court receipt book which shows an amount of £10-16-6 was paid by G W HUTCHINSON on 18 Aug 1858 for judgement and costs in the case of Robert GRANT v George SHOMACK [VPRS 5943 Creswick Court Papers 1856-1922, Unit 1 1856-63]

Information has been gathered about a George SHOMACK (and spelling variants) from the Creswick & Clunes Advertiser and the Creswick Court Registers 1860-65 More info

Another George SHOMACK/SHOMACH died 12 Aug 1895 aged 65 yrs at Ararat LA [Vic Index 7769] (b abt 1830, therefore not s/o George/Catherine) More info