 Other notable early settlers included the inter-related Murray and Gibbes families, who owned the Yarralumla estate —now the site of the official residence of the Governor-General of Australia — from the 1830s through to 1881.Associated with the Yarralumla Estate and Government House is the adjoining Yarralumla Woolshed.As the European presence increased, the indigenous population dwindled largely due to introduced diseases such as smallpox and measles.