george roy dorward (c. 1831 – 9 march 1906) was born in fifeshire and sailed to melbourne as second mate on the "beemah" in 1855. he accompanied francis cadell on his first voyage down the river from albury, charting the river. he was on the "lady darling" when she first reached echuca. he was on the "albury" when it first reached the town of albury. in the summer months he and cadell were occupied in removing snags from the river. lived at "rosebank", moama. he was a partner with william davies in the firm dorward & davies (c. 1875–1884). he was later involved in wheat, sheep and cattle growing. he married ann haxton (c. 1832 – 24 august 1910) in scotland before emigrating; they lived in moama; he died in toorak, victoria, leaving a considerable estate; his will was for a time contested by eldest son g. r. dorward jun.