William Merric Boyd was born on June 24th, 1888, in St Kilda, a bayside suburb of Melbourne, in his paternal grandfather's house, Glenfern. He was the second born of five children to painters Arthur Merric Boyd and Emma Minnie Boyd. His older brother, Gilbert (1886), was a killed in a horse riding accident at the age of nine years. He had two younger brothers, Penleigh (1890) and Martin (1893) ,and a sister, Helen (1903). Merric attended Haileybury College, and in 1905, worked for a year as a jackaroo in the Riverina area of New South Wales on a family property. In 1906 he studied at Dookie Agricultural College. In 1907, his parents purchased a dairy farm at Yarra Glen, east of Melbourne, with the idea that he might become a farmer. Merric did not pursue this as a career, and in 1909, he enrolled at St. Johns Theological College to become a Minister in the Church of England. Discontinuing this in the same year, in 1910 he studied for one term at the National Gallery School.
Father of Mary Elizabeth (Boyd) Nolan (the wife of Sir Sidney Nolan). Husband of Doris Lucy Eleanor Boyd.
Father of Mary Elizabeth (Boyd) Nolan (the wife of Sir Sidney Nolan). Husband of Doris Lucy Eleanor Boyd.
William Merric Boyd was born on June 24th, 1888, in St Kilda, a bayside suburb of Melbourne, in his paternal grandfather's house, Glenfern. He was the second born of five children to painters Arthur Merric Boyd and Emma Minnie Boyd. His older brother, Gilbert (1886), was a killed in a horse riding accident at the age of nine years. He had two younger brothers, Penleigh (1890) and Martin (1893) ,and a sister, Helen (1903). Merric attended Haileybury College, and in 1905, worked for a year as a jackaroo in the Riverina area of New South Wales on a family property. In 1906 he studied at Dookie Agricultural College. In 1907, his parents purchased a dairy farm at Yarra Glen, east of Melbourne, with the idea that he might become a farmer. Merric did not pursue this as a career, and in 1909, he enrolled at St. Johns Theological College to become a Minister in the Church of England. Discontinuing this in the same year, in 1910 he studied for one term at the National Gallery School.
Father of Mary Elizabeth (Boyd) Nolan (the wife of Sir Sidney Nolan). Husband of Doris Lucy Eleanor Boyd.
Father of Mary Elizabeth (Boyd) Nolan (the wife of Sir Sidney Nolan). Husband of Doris Lucy Eleanor Boyd.
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