Early Life and Family Background Edith Corbet enters the historical record on 28 December 1846, born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. She is the second daughter and fifth child of Henry Edenborough and Margaret Stedman. Her father, a sea captain, had made several voyages to Australia between 1833 and 1837 before deciding to settle there in 1840. The family establishes a life on a farm south of Goulburn known as 'Wollogorang,' a property featuring a two-storey brick and stone rubble building with distinctive French windows. This pastoral existence remains the family's reality until 18…