The little girl lost wandered off from Tyrone
And spent over four days terrified and alone,
Ignoring the shouts, "Where are you Sarah Ann Cain"
Which the searchers repeated again and again.

Most tots of that age would shy away from strangers
And the strange black men she regarded as dangers
So she hid from the voices of those who would save her,
Not even hunger and exposure making her braver.

When finally found she was quite nearly dead
And when one of the searchers spoke with dread,
"What can we do? She looks so crook!"
His mate said, "Let's take her to the house at Tootgarook:
You know,George Smith's house, WOOLOOWOOLOOBOOLOOK."

And there George's so-called wife
Spoon-fed the child and saved her life.
She became the wife of a Balnarring pioneer
And lived until her ninety fifth year.

EventDeath Event registration number5085 Registration year1934
Personal information
Family nameROGERS Given namesSarah Ann SexFemale Father's nameCAIN Owen Mother's nameSarah (Bigley) Place of birth Place of deathPRESTON Age94

Lived in Victoria for Almost 94 Years. MORNINGTON, Friday-Mrs Sarah Ann Rogers, the last member of the Cain family*, pioneers of the Rye district, has died. She was aged 94 years. She was the widow of Mr James Rogers of Balnarring, and she had lived in Victoria for almost all her life, having arrived from New York (USA) in 1840**. Her parents were Irish emigrants to the United States. (P.20, Argus, 30-6-1934.)

* The last surviving child of Owen and Sarah Cain.
** In the late Phil Cain's thorough history of the Cain family, his description of the voyage out takes the
family nowhere near America although other members of the family did settle there.

THE EARLY DAYS OF MELBOURNE.
We have been permitted to read and to make extracts from the diary of a lady who arrived in this colony in March, 1841, and has resided in it continuously ever since.-------

1844.
October 26.—News from Arthur's Seat of the discovery and safety of Sarah Ann Cain, the child of the lime-burner. She was only four years old, and had been lost for four days and five nights in the bush. Some of the nights were very severe, with heavy rain.
She had heard the men cooeying, but did not answer, fearing they were blacks. When found, she was warding the attacks of the crows on her face with her hands, and was all but exhausted. A warm bath and the administration of food in small quantities brought her completely round ; and she afterwards grew up a fine young woman.
(P.4, Argus, 3-1-1885.)

The lady was Georgiana McCrae whose husband, Andrew, leased the Arthurs Seat run from 1843 for about eight years. Marie Hansen Fels, in her I SUCCEEDED ONCE expressed dismay at the alterations made to the diary when it was published as GEORGIANA'S JOURNAL. Marie was the source for the unlikelihood of George Smith having married, and Wooloowoolooboolook (as George McCrae wrote it) being George Smith's name for the homestead of the Tootgarook Run, not another run.

Owen Cain came from Tyrone in Ireland and so-named his farm between Rye Township and Canterbury Jetty Rd with streets there now named after the farm,the family, the maiden names of two of his daughters-in-law (Murray,Neville) and his son Michael. Centre Rd was the loading road leading from his kiln to the east side of White Cliff where the lime was loaded onto lime craft. Cameron and Devine were near Sorrento, Camerons Bight being at Melway 157 G 11, quite a distance from White Cliff.

CHILD LOST.--On the afternoon of Tuesday, 20th inst., a little girl, daughter of Mr Owen Cain, residing near the heads, about three and a-half years of age was missing. A search was immediately made, but in vain. It was continued next morning, and four following days, and on Sunday(she)was found about half a mile distant from Mr
Cameron's hut, near the sea beach. Two of Mr Devine's lime burners were attracted by a moan proceeding from
something in the long grass, and after a search of two hours they discovered the child alive, eating grass. From the time the child was lost until Saturday evening it constantly blew a gale of wind,and rained incessantly. The child's feet and hands were much swollen, but it is recovering fast. The. greatest praise is due to the settlers of Point Nepean for their humane exertions in assisting the distressed parents to recover the child.
(P.3, Geelong Advertiser, 9-9-1844.)