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Hi Patricia I had a look for you on Ancestry and found the following on a public tree
it seems that Diana Mudgee was in 3 relationships, and her spouses and children were as follows, Cheers Ellie

Diana Mudgee
Birth 29 Dec 1826 Mudgee, , New South Wales, Australia
Marriage 1) 8 Sep 1840 Age: 13
* Marriage to William PHILLIPS
Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia
St Thomas' Church; returns to Mudgee

*1885
Age: 59
*Acquire land
Piambong, New South Wales, Australia
conditional purchase 400 acres

1892
Age: 66
*Acquire land
Piambong, New South Wales, Australia
applies for more land

1896 Age: 70
Dispose land
Piambong, New South Wales, Australia
first land allocation passed to Reginald Belmore Cox


Death 4 May 1902. age 75
Piambong, , New South Wales, Australia

1) James Knight 1814 – 1847
Issue
Sarah Knight in 1839,

2) William PHILLIPS
1801 – 1853
Issue
Mary-Anne PHILLIPS
1842 –

Emma PHILLIPS


3 ) Robert Rayner
1814 – 1874

Issue


William Rayner
1847 – 1922


Elizabeth Rayner
1848 – 1917



Jane Rayner
1851 – 1919

Shadrack Robert Rayner
1855 – 1924



Caroline Rayner
1858 – 1860



Harriet Rayner
1861 – 1885



Thomas Rayner

The story of Diana Mudgee

Source: http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/collections/exhibitions/mudgee/story.html

Diana was born in Mudgee in the 1820’s and it is likely that she lived with there until the deaths of her parents in a massacre of the local Wiradjuri people. Although not documented, subsequent events suggest that it was at this time that Diana first lived with the Cox family, changing her life forever.

Diana undoubtedly learned the value of independence at a young age. In her 78 years, Diana raised eight children (often on her own), shared her life with three partners and gained ownership of over 500ac of land. It is fair to assume that Diana was an individual of remarkable strength and determination.

The documentation of Diana’s life began on the 8th January 1840 with a letter written by William Grant Broughton, the then Archbishop of Australia. In his letter, written in response to a personal request from George Cox, Archbishop Broughton authorised Reverend Henry Tarlton Stiles of Mulgoa to baptise a young ‘native female’. This girl, as Broughton wrote, had been living ‘in concubinage’ with a servant on Cox’s property and now another man wished to marry her. According to his letter, Broughton agreed to this request and gave his approval for Reverend Stiles to travel to Mudgee to conduct the baptism. Although Archbishop Broughton never mentioned her by name, known dates and circumstances make it highly unlikely that he was referring to anyone but Diana. Far from a woman, Diana was possibly as young as 13 years old when this request was made and was already the mother of baby Sarah, daughter of James KNIGHT (the servant referred to in Arch. Broughton’s letter).