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My first Australian ancestor (Australia Day Challenge 2013)

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

This year’s challenge comes from Helen at From Helen V Smith’s Keyboard. She writes: “Your challenge… is to tell the story of your first Australian ancestor.” Now that does make it a challenge! Because the first-ever Australian in my family … Continue reading →

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Nicholas’s murder – the editor, the judge and the doctor (Trove Tuesday post, part 3)

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

In my last post about Nicholas Delaney’s murder on September 3, 1834, I asked a few questions. Why would the editor of the Sydney Monitor add a note to the end of the report of John Kennedy’s trial in which … Continue reading →

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