This week’s Sepia Saturday image took me back to the days when my Dad and I used to go fishing off Magnetic Island. Not quite alone and isolated but a sense of being cut off from the world…as evidenced by the fact I have no photos. My image, on the other hand, couldn’t be further … More Sepia Saturday 193: Splendid Isolation
Today’s Sepia Saturday image is “men in braces”, or perhaps working clothes, or newspapers. In a way my post combines all of these elements. Among my photo collection is a photo of my grandfather taken for a news story. James Joseph McSherry was an incredibly hard worker, having notched up a normal lifetime’s service with … More Sepia Saturday 192: A life in railway service
This week is the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Milne Bay. Far less known to the average Aussie than Kokoda in the annals of our military history, it was a vitally important victory against the Japanese Forces. You can read what I wrote about it for last Remembrance Day, not long after we returned … More Anniversary of Battle of Milne Bay
There I was, thinking of the myriad picnic photos I could use for this week’s Sepia Saturday 190, when I had a sense of déjà vu. A quick search of this blog and I realised I’d posted at some length on this very topic during the February Photo Collage Festival. If you’d like to read what I had to … More Sepia Saturday and Trove Tuesday: Two for one on picnics
Despite my late response to this week’s Sepia Saturday post, this theme produced an instant image association. It was so reminiscent of photos I’ve seen of the old harbour in Leith – the port for Edinburgh, Scotland, over many centuries. Just imagine the whisky that may have been shipped! My own Melvin (aka Melville) family … More Sepia Saturday 188: The Melvin/Melville Family of Leith
“Some days are diamonds” as John Denver once sang. This morning I received an email from my 3rd cousin, Sheila, in Canada. We share common ancestors Duncan and Annie McCorquodale (various and many spellings). I had sent Sheila a link to an amusing parking sign for McCorkindales and she repaid me with a gold mine! … More Some days are diamonds for Cairndow
It seems that my uncle Pat Farraher is determined to have his moment in the Sepia Saturday sun. Pat appeared back in Sepia Saturday 166 and today’s topic is tailor-made for him. The World War II nominal roll only gives bare details but it lists Patrick Joseph Farraher enlisting on 15 September 1942 in Enoggera, Brisbane at the … More An army marches on its stomach
The Dry Season in Darwin brings interstate visitors with family links to the Territory and one of the bonuses is that some of them are expert family history presenters. Today we had the privilege of once again hearing Susie Zada, a dynamic and experienced family historian and professional researcher. I first heard Susie speak a … More Visiting speaker to Darwin: Susie Zada. What did I learn?
Even though I had some photos which suited this week’s theme, they just didn’t seem to have a thread to draw them together – other than one of us reading the newspaper. I had decided I would pass on this theme, when a related sub-theme came to mind. It just didn’t occur to me until … More Sepia Saturday: Paper…Expo…read all about it
If you live within striking distance of Brisbane you might be interested in a visit to see the Queensland State Library’s display entitled Grass Dukes and Shepherd Kings, especially if you have ancestry from the Darling Downs. I saw this exhibition when I was in Brisbane a few weeks ago and was very impressed with … More Grass Dukes and Shepherd Kings at SLQ
Family history across the seas 