Move To Victoria
Aged about 22, Ryan decided to join his brother, who was tomato farming near Tatura, Victoria. Ryan started to visit Melbourne at the weekends. It was on one of these weekend trips that Ryan met his future wife Dorothy George. On 4 February 1950, Ryan married Dorothy Janet George at St Stephen's Anglican Church in Richmond, Victoria. He converted from Roman Catholicism to Church of England to marry her. He converted back to Catholicism shortly before his execution. Dorothy was the daughter of the Mayor of the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. Ryan and Dorothy had three daughters, Janice, Wendy and Rhonda. A fourth baby was stillborn.
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