Jim’s Gone A-Droving
In the 1970s, I visited a Western District drovers’ camp with my father. I remember the weathered stockmen, their battered caravan and wiry dogs. It was not uncommon in those days to drive up behind...
View ArticleAustralia Day Blog Challenge – The Drover’s Wife
Helen V. Smith’s brief for the 2013 Australia Day Blog Challenge – Tell the story of your first Australian ancestor. Easy - Ellen Barry arrived in 1840 on the Orient. But you have heard enough about...
View ArticleTrove Tuesday – The Hamilton Ghost
I have previously written about paranormal activities in Hamilton for Trove Tuesday, when residents thought War of the Worlds had come to town. Now I bring you the story of the Hamilton ghost. Well,...
View ArticleTrove Tuesday – Mysterious Aeroplanes
The media is often accused of fear mongering and it seems it was no different 100 years ago. The onset of WW1 saw reporting that heightened fear with people leaping at shadows believing the Germans...
View ArticleTrove Tuesday – Early Settlers
A welcome addition to Trove has been the Weekly Times, Victoria’s favourite newspaper for country readers and still in publication. The editions at Trove cover the years 1869 to 1954 and with a rural...
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