Hi Ratty2. I'm Ken McKean from Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. John and Catherine (Ramage)McKean were my Great, Great, Great Grandparents and as you said they had a lot of children. Joseph was my Great, Great Grandfather William McKean's brother. You guys probably know more about Joseph than I do, but yes I heard the three brothers William, Joseph and Peter all came over in 1857 for the Goldrush. William had a General Store in Linton (near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia) for a while (he later came down here to the Western District and died in Cobden. He Joseph and Peter all had a blue and went their separate ways. Don't know where Joseph or Peter went, but when I went to a McKean Family reunion years ago, someone said he or Peter might have went to Moe, as there are a lot of McKean's there. Robert a younger brother came to Australia a little later and settled in Melbourne where he later became a councillor in Carlton. He lived at 816 Swanston Street, Carlton (Melbourne, Victoria). There's also a street named after him (McKean Street of course) in Carlton. Anyway I know a bit more, so if anyone wants to know more let me know. I would also like to know more about Joseph. Cheers. Ken McKean