So, the question was: how would William Henry cope as a widower with a young family?
Answer: Marry his dead wife's sister.
In 1885, a year or less after his first wife's death, WH married Jessie Forbes.
Meanwhile, over the ditch, the Herriots were settled in Creswick - a Victorian mining town - where it's possible that William Herriot was involved in the rescue attempt following the 1882 mine disaster.
Trips to Shag Point, Creswick, and Riwaka, are pending... Further afield will have to wait.
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