The birth date is actually William's baptism date registered at St James' Sydney.
William moved around the country born at Mt Clarence near Lithgow he went to Coonabarabran where he married Ada, then they must have gone to Wagga Wagga for a short time then travelled to Forbes where most of the children were born.
Sources
nsw.gov bdm
baptism 1854/17263 St James RC Sydney
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: