Arrived per the "Phoebe Dunbar" 31/08/1853; Married Sarah Monagh; Children: Michael; Ann; Mary; Catherine; Sarah; Patrick.

Convict # 2352; Conviction County Tyrone 24/07/1851 forgery on Bank of Ireland, 7 years; Ticket of Leave 19/07/1856; Conditional Pardon 27/05/1862. Applied for wife Sarah and 6 children of County Monghan to come to WA. They arrived per the "Travancore". Small farmer in South Perth and Bullsbrook,. Sqautted at "Ravensdale", then bought 40 acres Loc. 510, 1869, bought 40 acres 1859 and 1865. Employed 10 Ticket of Leave men between 1859-1871.

John Hughes, an ex-convict, cleared the land and built a limestone cottage, which was completed in 1855. The property was called "Ravendale" then "Bluebeard" and "Blue Hole Farm" because of the bluish colour of the water from his well. In 1857 his wife Sarah arrived from Ireland with 5 of their children. In 1869 he purchased the land and became the first landowner in the area. Manning, Perry and Hamersley families were also early settlers in the area.

Tragedy struck the Hughes family when their son and his wife drowned as the ship on which they were traveling struck a submerged rock near Fremantle, on their way to WA. John took the news so badly that in 1876 he left the farm. In 1878, John's daughter married James Corbett and they took over the ownership of the cottage for a holiday home. During the following 30 years the St Bridgid Sisters, from West Perth, used the cottage as a summer resort. John Hughes died in 1880 aged 75 years.

In 1916 the property was sold to an estate agent who rented it out until the last owner, Tom Butler, purchased it in 1933 and it became known as the "Butler's Dairy". For many years the limestone cottage was left empty, and as the National Trust' s proposal to restore the cottage to its former glory was rejected, the oldest building in the area was bulldozed in 1967.