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Wealth for Toil – Australia Day challenge for 2012

Posted on January 25, 2012 by rebelhand

I’ve been scratching my head over this blog post. Shelley from Twigs of Yore has challenged us to write about the work one of our ancestors did and I’ve decided to stick with Nicholas Delaney because I’ve got so much … Continue reading →

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Making roads for Macquarie

Posted on September 10, 2011 by rebelhand

Staying in New South Wales for this post, I’ll be looking at Nicholas Delaney’s road building for Governor Lachlan Macquarie. There are no records to show exactly when Nicholas began working on the roads of the new colony.  He had … Continue reading →

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