DESCENT Society of Australian Genealogists
90th Anniversary Commemorative Edition 1932-2022
This edition of the Journal is given over to the development of the society, its establishment of a permanent residence in Sydney NSW. But also there is much information about the people who work and
research at Richmond Villa. There is a chapter devoted to the publications over the years and a list of topics that have been presented. Members might be interested in the personalities of the organisation on and the pictures of the society’s library.
The GENEALOGIST [AIGS] Autumn 2022
A Whole New World – Hobart Town 1823 “John Powell frowned as he cauht his first glimpse of Hobart Town from the deck of the Woodlark…….” Story photos and copy of letter written by John to Lord Bathurst requesting a land grant….
Within walking distance…. “Walking along North Terrace in Adelaide towards the entrance of Government House….. story about MARY LEE, prominent in social reform for women in the 1890s
Welcome to Coburg “Family historians can flesh out their family story using a variety of sources…..for those with family roots in the northern working class suburb of Coburg….Areas of Note: Clarendon St., Dale Av., Gallipoli Pde., Glencairn Ave., Moreland Station, ….an advertising map of the area in 1880
Of Poverty, Prejudice and Pride. The Garvey/Fairweather story
“Early 19th century Liverpool was both a haven and a hell for the Irish emigrants who made their way across the Irish Sea to seek work….Ellen Garvey(b.1799) and William Fairweather, who in 1856 joined the British Army as a Drummer Boy……a considerable worthy article of the families and their descendents.
An Irish Stone Wall…..we all seem to have one somewhere!!!! Kirkland of Longcastle remains solid against the winds that sweep inland from Wigtown……the home of Quinn….
Gail White writes of the Painter Charles Hodge Mackie born in 1862 in Aldershotk Hampshire, an Army captain and a Scotsman……
Our Family Secret: Maria Millard and Fredrick Caleb George…..
This edition is full of wonderful stories and well worth the read !!
GHOSTBUSTER. Campbelltown Dist. Family History July 2022
My Brick Wall……Ph;yllis Jones born in 1898
My Brick Wall…..what happened to him? Louis arc Fancoise Gauvin
Another of my Brickwalls….George Arthur Francis Coffey
LINK ‘N’ CHAINS. Liverpool Genealogy Society February 2022
The Way it Was…..The Coming of the Railway to Liverpool in 1856…..Collingwood becomes Centre of Industry…..Irrigation of Sophienburgh…….Cumberland Agricultural Society….Devastating Floods 1860
Thomas Holmes Rings a Bell…… “Newton St Cyres is a one pub, one church village, nestled in the vale of the River Creedy…..The 14th century church of St Cyr and St Jullitta stands on a small hillside overlooking the village……the graveyard was littered with weathered headstones…
Sydney Harbour Bridge 90th Anniversary…..Bridge history…..tunnel plans….the final phase….bridge workmen….
Notables and New-Discoveries….a list of people of note from the Liverpool area…
East Hills Bridge…the early days of Heathcote and East Hills……
HISTORY RAHS June 2022
‘Access…..indispensable’ and ‘Guinea Gold’: Appraising the Sea Beach at Bondi Bay…….
The Pillars of Bathurst: From Iron Pillars to Digital Podcasts……. The Pillars of Bathurst is an attractive cultural heritage garden on the southern bank of the Wambuul/Macquarie River.
Fact or Fiction: Using Archival Records for Convict Research…
A Wicked Hoax and Two Cruel Young Girls…..in 1894 news broke of the gruesome confessions of two teenage girls who had admitted to murdering and disposing of the three infants….
Finding History Beyond the Headstones: Liverpool Pioneer’ Cemetery…. In recent years the Liverpool City Council has rejuvenated Lliverpool Pioneers’ Memorial Park to celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2021
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CHECK OUT THE NSW STATE LIBRARY WEBSITE…..lots of events, information available……
