1843 Born in England

1854 Leaves home to work at a village called Stonehouse near Strode

Then travelled to Africa in search of Diamonds, New Zealand and the Gold fields of Victoria (Australia)

186? Robert makes his way to Ipswich Queensland Australia

1865 Robert Marries Margaret in Ipswich

1866 Margaret dies of inflammation of the bowels ( appendicitis ), sadly with their unborn Son.

18?? Returns to England.

1873 Arrives back in Australia aboard the Storm King with other members of the family.

1874 Settled in Brisbane, Ipswich and the Brisbane Valley.

1874 Selected two blocks of land totalling 2442 acres from the Colinton lease as a grazing property.

Constructed a two roomed slab hut with a veranda.

1874 His brother Charles with his wife Emma joined him.

1874 Began work on a five-roomed stone house at the selection, which had been named Stonehouse after the village in Gloucestershire where he had lived. The new stone building was close to a two-room slab house that the family presumably lived in during construction.

Because the house was built of stone, the name later became corrupted to "Stone House" or "Stone Houses"

1870s, Robert secures a contract with Edward (Ned) MacDonald who started a coach and mail service between Esk and Nanango.

1880 Robert applied for and gained a hotel licence for the property Inn as the Stonehouse Hotel, Wallaby Creek, Colinton.

1884 the Stonehouse license was forfeited following an incident where Robert was threatened with an axe following his attempt to intervene in a drink-fuelled argument between members of group of Aborigines camped near the hotel. This later lead to an Aboriginal woman being Killed by her partner.

However, he continued to provide food and accommodation for travellers, (and as legend has it Alcohol)

Stonehouse / Bobs Paddock is mentioned in the popular 19th-century ballad Brisbane Ladies as being a stop on the road.

1882 Robert re marries to Cathrine. His new wife would soon be known as Stonehouse Kate. With a liking to fancy hats and a reputation for being very capable of handling a gun and horse.

1887 Roberts brother Charles Williams died as the result of an accident near "Taromeo" where he had been carrying out stonework.

1907 Robert Williams died and was buried near Moore.

A memorial made by Frank Williams, who had established a monumental masonry firm at Ipswich established in 1901, marks his grave. This headstone was recently stabilized and cleaned (2021) to ensure it would remain as a monument to our early settlers.

1908 Roberts will left Stonehouse in trust to his nephew, Thomas (TJC) Williams, who moved to the property with his family. A sale was then held of cattle, pigs and the post horses. At the time it was found that the buildings needed maintenance