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Category: Australian history

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The Pentland brothers from Western Victoria

11 November, 2020

Australia became an independent nation in 1901, albeit part of the British Empire. Although we were involved in the Boer War, it wasn’t until 1915 at Gallipoli that our forces en masse were tested in battle to such a scale. At the start of World War I, the Empire’s call to arms was answered swiftly … More The Pentland brothers from Western Victoria

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Trove Tuesday – a little Dungog humour

3 November, 2020

Last night while trawling Trove for some further stories on the Henny family of Dungog for my other blog I came across this amusing story. It gave me a good chuckle as I imagined the event, and hope it raises a laugh for you also. A Dungog version of the Melbourne Cup perhaps.     … More Trove Tuesday – a little Dungog humour

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Sepia Saturday: Wartime in Brisbane

13 July, 2020

Brisbane in the late 1930s was a sleepy town more reminiscent of a country town than the capital of the state of Queensland in the land Down Under. That would change in 1939 when Australia entered World War II and men and munitions were despatched forth for embarkation to the European front. Japan entered the … More Sepia Saturday: Wartime in Brisbane

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Jack Bishop: A champion bike racer

25 May, 2020

This past weekend’s Sepia Saturday theme brought to mind a story I’ve been intending to write up about a prize winning racer in my Kunkel family. Family discoveries can come from all sorts of cryptic clues. They may even reveal hidden stories – if we’re lucky. One such came to light over great grandson of … More Jack Bishop: A champion bike racer

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Spanish Flu and Ithaca, Brisbane

4 May, 2020

This post was inspired by this week’s Sepia Saturday theme of “I am asking you to feature your tributes to all of those who are keeping us safe at the moment by featuring your old photographs of carers of all types and all times”. Admittedly it’s now more Sepia Monday but I wanted to include … More Spanish Flu and Ithaca, Brisbane

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Red Cross cards and Vatican Archives WWII

16 May, 2017

In exciting news received via Facebook genimates, I learned yesterday that the University of Melbourne holds the Australian Red Cross cards for World War II until 1973. They’ve now been digitised and indexed and can be seen on the University of Melbourne’s Archives site. They also maintain a blog which has two posts about these … More Red Cross cards and Vatican Archives WWII

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Pte Hugh Moran, POW: his own words

9 May, 2017

We rarely have the opportunity to hear about the wartime experiences of a family member in their own words. You can imagine my surprise, and pleasure, to discover that Trove’s digitised newspapers included interviews with Pte Hugh Moran (my mother’s cousin), about whom I wrote on Anzac Day this year. Settle in, grab the drink … More Pte Hugh Moran, POW: his own words

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A family ANZAC: Pte Hugh Moran Part II

25 April, 2017

After Pte Hugh Moran enlisted in 1940 he was sent first to Darwin then north Africa where he was captured and taken as a Prisoner of War to Italy from 1941 to 1943. You can read about his experience in Part I. As the Italians signed the Armistice of Cassibile in September 1943, the Germans … More A family ANZAC: Pte Hugh Moran Part II

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A family ANZAC: Pte Hugh Moran (Part I)

25 April, 2017

It has become a tradition among Australian and New Zealand genealogy bloggers to remember our ANZAC family members and others on Anzac Day each year. This is my contribution for 2017 – a man I knew nothing about until this week. Hugh Augustine Moran was my mother’s first cousin, born in Ingham, Queensland on 6 … More A family ANZAC: Pte Hugh Moran (Part I)

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Monday Memories: Old-time Courtesies

25 July, 2016

It’s traditional for the older generation to bemoan “things aren’t how they used to be”. Well of course not…life is one long process of change. For no particular reason I’ve been reflecting on some of the little courtesies that were prevalent in my youth, some of which have faded from sight, and some still remain, … More Monday Memories: Old-time Courtesies

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