The journey from Britain to C21 Australia
Week 39 OF 52 ANCESTORS CHALLENGE PROMPT: MAP IT OUT Byron Bay is the touchstone of my paternal family; a place where generations lived, worked and played. It is also the centre of several family ‘myths’. This map, created using Google My Maps, is designed to plot the lives of the Harris, Woolley and Poolman… Continue reading Google Mapping – Byron Bay
Week 37 OF 52 ANCESTORS CHALLENGE Herbert John Harris PROMPT: MISTAKE In 1919 my paternal great grandfather Herbert John Harris made what he considered to be the biggest mistake of his life. He exchanged life as a farmer on his property at Wadeville, in the far north coast region of New South Wales for that… Continue reading “I foolishly gave it all away…
