The Australian Memorial to the Great Irish Famine (1845-1852) is located at the Hyde Park Barracks on Macquarie Street Sydney. It commemorates the arrival in Australia of over 4,000 single young women, most of whom were teenagers. (1) The girls … Continue Reading Scenic Saturday – Irish Famine Memorial, Sydney
Week 32 OF 52 ANCESTORS CHALLENGE PROMPT: SISTER Today’s family photo is a wonderful studio portrait of a paternal great grandmother Christina Ann Woolley nee Hicks (1875-1951), one of her her sisters Margaret Cook nee Hicks (1865-1952) and a sister- … Continue Reading Family Photo Friday – The Sisters
Week 36 OF 52 ANCESTORS CHALLENGE PROMPT: SCHOOL DAYS The story of Osborne Ladies College, a girls’ school which operated … Continue Reading Osborne Ladies’ College – A “Gothic Fantasy Tale”
Week 34 OF 52 ANCESTORS CHALLENGE PROMPT: TRAGEDY Today’s article is just one small, very sad chapter in my maternal … Continue Reading TROVE Tuesday – A cry for help
My paternal 3 x great grandmother Melinda Woolley nee Bryant was buried here on 21 December 1858. St David’s Park, … Continue Reading Scenic Saturday – St Davids Park, Hobart Tasmania
This week’s photo is of a paternal aunt, Iris Poolman née Harris. I chose this beautiful portrait to start the ‘Photo Friday’ series as it really captures the essence of the subject – a stylish woman who a niece recalls … Continue Reading Family Photo Friday: Great Aunt Iris
Two articles that were printed in the local paper, the Moruya Examiner, exactly 100 years ago made me realise how … Continue Reading Lynwood – A matter of perception
Today’s snippet from Trove – two notices in the Maitland Mercury of 24 January 1857 – makes me wonder about … Continue Reading Trove Tuesday: Only two pounds reward?
Week 35 OF 52 ANCESTORS CHALLENGE PROMPT: AT WORK …they were splendid men, hard workers, hard drinkers and hard swearers. … Continue Reading Red Gold
WILLIAM WOOLLEY [1801-1863], one of my 3x great grandfathers. was buried on 1 April 1863 in this cemetery attached to the former St John’s Church of England in Franklin, looking down on the Huon River. It was recorded that William … Continue Reading Scenic Saturday – Franklin, Tasmania
History is a novel for which the people is the author — Alfred de Vigny. I am finally starting the … Continue Reading 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
From Prisons and Poorhouses 