With each issue around 60 pages, the stories together with the regular features such As Things Were, Know Your Ancestors, Parade Post, Book Reviews, and the Paradewords crossword make for fascinating reading. Just as the Inside History magazine is Australia’s current history and genealogy magazine, the Parade magazine was back then. Although I don’t know the exact timeframe that it was produced, we have issues ranging from 1968-1980.

In browsing through a few issues, there are stories of men who were awarded VCs, and other military related articles, stories of sports men and their remarkable feats, stories of good men and bad women (and vice versa), convicts and politicians, pioneers, novelists, incidents from history, early inventions, stories of regional towns and more. You’ll find stories on Charles Kingston ‘Smithy’ Smith, and Elizabeth Woolcock who was the only white woman to be hanged in South Australia.

For all with a love of Australian history and heritage, we have to thank our Australian ‘Parade’ magazine for recording such remarkable stories.

We have a total of 76 issues, and have a request that they are to be sold as a complete set. So if you, or your organisation would like to own this amazing collection, now is your chance.

The issues we have:
1968: Aug
1970: Jul, Nov
1971: Jan, Feb, Apr, Aug, Oct
1972: Feb, Mar, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
1973: Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
1974: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
1975: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
1976: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
1977: Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun, Nov
1978: Apr, May, Jun, Nov, Dec
1979: Jan, Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct
1980: May

Please note, as this is a large collection, and weighs over 10kg, postage within Australia is $25.00. For those overseas, the rate will depend on your country.

This is a once only offer, and will be sold to the first person who purchases it. It is available for sale through our website.  BUY NOW

First held in 1980 the Bay to Birdwood Run it featured vintage (pre-1950) vehicles. The first Bay to Birdwood Classic was held in 1997 for vehicles built from 1st January 1945 and now the Classic is establishing a world class reputation right alongside the original Vintage Run.

Run on alternate years, both the Bay to Birdwood Classic and the Bay to Birdwood Run. It attracts tens of thousands of people who line the streets from Glenelg (affectionately known as the Bay) up to the National Motor Museum at Birdwood in the Adelaide Hills.  The car rally consists of over 1700 vintage, veteran, or classic and commercial vehicles, a great spectacle.

They then join in the celebrations at the post-event party at the renowned National Motor Museum to see the vehicles and vintage fashions up close and dance to the music of the era. Of course, South Australian food and wines add to the fun! And there’s always free kids’ entertainment and craft activities. Event tickets also gain you free entry to view the National Motor Museum collection.

This year’s event which will be held on Sunday 25 September 2011, sees the return of the Bay to Birdwood ‘Classic’, with vehicles manufactured between 1 January 1956 and 31 December 1977.

You can keep up with the very latest of this year’s Bay to Birdwood, by following them on Facebook, or Twitter.

This annual event has now firmly established itself as an iconic event for both entrants and spectators alike, and is one of the world’s great motoring spectacles! So mark it on your calendar, and enjoy a day out watching history drive by … literally!!

This is news from any group, society, museum, or archive office throughout Australia. Some of the following news have been submitted to me, while others have been found from websites, newspapers and other articles.

So if you are involved with any history or genealogy group, society, archives, or museum, and have news, events, need donations, have a special project, or just have a request please advise, we’d love to hear about it and help you out.

New South Wales
Cowra – Cowra Family History Group photo request
The Cowra Family History Group are the custodians of around 27,000 photographs of relating to Cowra. These included people, historical events and more. The Society has submitted a request to the local Cowra Guardian newspaper asking for help in identifying people in a photo. Can you help? You can read the article online.

Lismore – Richmond River Historical Society wins Award
Congratulations to Richmond River Historical Society, winner of the 2010 Regional Museum Award. Richmond River Historical Society, located in Lismore New South Wales, was also selected as the winner of the Best Volunteer-run category. ABC Radio National’s Bush Telegraph program will visit Lismore and record a program at the museum for national broadcast.

Northern Territory
Darwin – Northern Territory Library Celebrates 30 Years
Sitting on the upper level of the Northern Territory library are diaries, newspapers and photographs sitting beside Indigenous maps and fancy dress ball line ups. These are our treasures. Items that have survived the past hundred and sixty years to tell the unique story of the place we reside in – the Northern Territory. Marking their own 30th anniversary, the Northern Territory Library has brought out on display 30 of its Territory treasures from its accumulated stash. You can see all the 30 Territory Treasures on display at the Northern Territory Library from 24 May until 26 August 2011until 26 August. For more about the Treasures collection, you can view photos on the ABC Darwin website, and if you wish to contact the Library their contact details can be found here.

Queensland
Brisbane – Genealogical Society of Queensland get a New Website & Explores Social Media
It’s great to see the snazzy new website that the Genealogical Society of Queensland has. It you haven’t visited it recently, please do so, it’s worth a look (www.gsq.org.au). And they’ve also branched out into the social media scene, and you can find them on Twitter and Facebook.

Cairns – Cairns and District Family History Society now on Facebook
The Cairns and District Family History Society have begun their venture in to the world of social media, thanks to some help from Australia’s genealogy/social media expert, Carole Riley. You can now keep up with their news and happenings on Facebook.

Toowong – Toowong Cemetery Celebrates 140 Years
Toowong Cemetery was officially opened in July 1875. 140 years on, and the Toowong Cemetery Anniversary celebrations will be held on Sunday, 24th July 2011, 10am-3pm. Highlights include the re-enactment of the burial of Governor Blackall and the unveiling of the restored memorial to boxer Peter Jackson. For further details check out the Toowong Cemetery website.

Toowong -  Toowong Cemetery Requests Contact Details
Still on news from Toowong, if have ancestors buried there at the Toowong Cemetery, they would really appreciate having contact details in case something needs attending to. Phone contact for Toowong Cemetery is (07) 3403 2587 Monday to Friday from 8.00am-12.00pm. They need name of deceased, your relationship to deceased, your name and contact details.

South Australia
Adelaide – Art Gallery of South Australia Reopened
The Art Gallery of South Australia opened the doors to the newly refurbished Elder Wing of Australian Art on Saturday 18 June, following a ten month, $3.6 million refurbishment. The opening marked the 130th anniversary of the Gallery. Curator, Australian Paintings and Sculpture, Tracey Lock-Weir, said that the new displays tell a revised story of Australian art, one that reflects a greater understanding of who we are at this point in time. You can read further details of the upgrade and reopening here.

Salisbury – Adelaide Family Tree Maker User Group now on Facebook
The Adelaide Family Tree Maker User Group, a group within the Adelaide Northern Districts Family History Group (ANDFHG) continues to grow, and as part of that they have just launched their Facebook Page. You can find them as “Family Tree Maker FTM Adelaide User Group”. The aim of the Page is to Assist FTM Users, Post Minutes, Post Help Sheets, Share upcoming events, and Keep the community aware of their presence.

Tea Tree Gully – National Trust: Tea Tree Gully Branch
The Tea Tree Gully Branch of the National Trust of SA is searching for a ‘slab hut’ to form part of a new exhibition at the Old Highercombe Hotel Museum. The Trust plans to use the hut to recreate the home of a typical 1800s family living in the Tea Tree Gully area. Branch Secretary Mark Taylor said a slab hut consisted of rough timber walls around a log fame with a corrugated iron roof. It’s called a slab hut because it’s made with slabs of red gum. Mr Taylor hoped residents would be able to donate an intact hut or the materials so the museum can build its own. The hut will form part of a much larger development as over the next several years the Trust plans to build a working blacksmith’s shop and upgrade the Museum’s displays. To donate materials for the Museum’s slab hut please phone 0409 121 848.

Tasmania
Battery Point – Narryna Heritage Museum wins Award
The winners of the 2010 Regional Museums Award have just been announced and from the 100+ entries submitted Tasmania’s Narryna Heritage Museum has been selected as the “2010 Best Small Museum”. This is a place that should be added on to everyone’s ‘must-visit’ list when in Tasmania. Situated a short walk from Salamanca Place and the City Centre of Hobart, the Narryna Heritage Museum is a handsome Georgian house set in a picturesque, old-world setting, where you can experience the elegant lifestyle of a prosperous Hobart merchant and his family in the 19th century. Each room contains items that represent life, as well as showcasing many items complementing the domestic duties that were carried out by servants. The Museum also has one of the largest costume collections in the Southern Hemisphere, with costumes are rotated regularly throughout the museum and represent the clothes worn by women of the period. You can find more details about the Museum on their website. The ABC Radio National website lists all of the finalists for each state.

Hobart – Markree House Museum Opens
A treasure trove of early 20th century objects donated to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is now on display in Hobart. Markree House in Battery Point and all its contents were left to the museum by Henry Baldwin who was one of the last descendants of one of Tasmania’s oldest families. Mr Baldwin also bequeathed two other properties and two million dollars to the museum. The Museum is open for guided tours from Tuesday to Sunday. More details about the Museum can be found on the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery website.

Victoria
Bendigo – Public Record Office of Victoria Opens a New Branch
The new $1.83M Bendigo Regional Archives Centre was officially opened on Friday June 17 by the Hon Damian Drum MLC and Greater Bendigo Mayor Cr Rod Fyffe. Mayor Rod Fyffe said the opening will fulfil a long held community need for an archive storage facility. “For over 20 years the community has identified a need to appropriately store historical and public records and it has finally become a reality. “The Bendigo Regional Archives Centre is set to be home to public records including records created by government departments and authorities, courts, municipalities, public hospitals and other public offices. “The new archives centre meets world document storage standards and has the capacity for 5km of shelving space.” You can read the full announcement of the launch here.

Melbourne – Historic Fountains Given a New Lease of Life
Resurrecting Melbourne’s desiccated fountains has been a passion for lord mayor Robert Doyle, who will be spending $900,000 on the project this year. This will get six of the city’s most prominent water features flowing. Melbourne’s fountains have either been turned off or have been working on low power for many of the dreary dry years. Cr Doyle said one of the next to be restored was the historic Hochgurtel Fountain, on the Victoria Street side of the Exhibition Building. This 10-metre tall, highly decorated fountain in the Carlton Gardens was designed by German sculptor Josef Hochgurtel in the 1880s, when the Royal Exhibition Building was built. Other fountains being brought back to life include the Mockridge Fountain in the City Square (which includes a popular water wall), the 1930s Macpherson Robertson Fountain, near the Shrine of Remembrance, the Walker Fountain in Alexandra Gardens, donated by businessman Ron Walker after his term as lord mayor, and the 1871 Stanford Fountain in Gordon Reserve, on the corner of Spring and Macarthur streets. You can read the full story here.

St Arnaud – St Arnaud Historical Society has a website
St Arnaud’s Historical Society which is located at 12 Napier Street, St Arnaud has a research area with access to historically significant documents, cemetery records, and artifacts from St Arnaud and surrounding areas. The Society now has a website which allows easier access to find out what they have and the history of the area, click here. Their opening hours are Wednesday 1pm-4pm, Friday 1.00pm-4.00pm.

Western Australia
York – Historic Clock Fixed
York’s Post Office clock stopped ticking more than 30 years ago, leaving the town frozen in time. Decades later, the 116-year-old clock has been restored to its former glory by its devoted postmaster, Kevin Milner. “Being the longest serving staff member at the post office, it’s an absolute thrill for me to be able to turn it back on and let’s hope it keeps going this time,” he said. The heritage-listed post office was built in 1893 and was designed by the famous colonial architect, George Temple-Poole. The clock, which was manufactured in London, has been unreliable since it was first installed in the late 1890′s and subsequently remained inactive for most of the 1900′s. The full story can be read on the ABC News website.

There is more news around, but this is what has made its way to me.

This covers news from any group, society, museum, or archive office throughout Australia. Some of the following news articles have been submitted to us, while others have been found from websites, newspapers and other articles.

So if you are involved with any history or genealogy group, society, archives, or museum, or even just a special project and have news, events, in need of help or donations, or just have a request please advise, we’d love to hear about it and help you out.

Australia
Australia – History of Water Skiing in Australia
Family Historian Dawn Coleman is researching the early history of water skiing in Australia up to 1965 when the first World Water Ski Championship took place at Paradise Gardens, Queensland. Dawn would like to make contact with both recreational and competitive skiers from around the 1940s and onwards with a view to collecting their stories and perhaps a photo or two for an ebook titled: “Water skiing in Australia: The Pioneers’. You can write to Dawn Coleman at 17 Surfers Avenue, Narrawallee, NSW 2539, or email her at: storyteller@shoal.net.au.

Australian Capital Territory
Reid – Government Gives Money to Assist with Repair of Pioneers Headstones
The ACT Government will provide $20,000 to help repair gravesites in Canberra’s original cemetery that were damaged by vandals. Fourteen headstones were badly damaged in the graveyard beside the Anglican Church of St John the Baptist in Reid recently, with the damage is estimated to be about $20,000. St John’s is the city’s oldest church, consecrated in 1845, 70 years before Canberra was named the national capital. The churchyard cemetery contains headstones dating from 1844. You can read the full story on the ABC News website. 

New South Wales
Surry Hills – History of Crown Street Hospital
A snippet that was in Issue 4 of the Inside History magazine was a mention from Judith Godden who says that she’s been commissioned to write a history of Sydney’s (now-closed) Crown Street Women’s Hospital from 1893-1983 and would love to hear from anyone with memories of the hospital – as staff, patients or in any capacity. If you can help out, please contact Judith at the following: phone (08) 9876 4352, email: judith.godden@sydney.edu.au, or write to Dr Judith Godden, Honorary Associate, Department of History (A14), University of Sydney, NSW 2006.

Sydney – Society of Australian Genealogists now has The Genealogist.co.uk Diamond subscription
The Society of Australian Genealogists recently upgraded their subscription to The Genealogist.co.uk to the Diamond level, making even more of their records available to members in their library at 379 Kent Street. This brings to six the ‘pay to view’ sites that they offer without charge to members – FindMyPast.co.uk (including the 1911 Census), FindMyPast.com.au, Ancestry (library edition), The Genealogist.co.uk, The Origins Network and the DocumentsOnline download.

Sydney – ‘Vanishing’ Art Exhibition of Sydney’s Colonial Buildings now Viewable Online
Artist Daphne Kingston has spent much of her adult life recording the early colonial buildings of the Sydney basin. Daphne began to sketch Sydney’s earliest slab huts and barns in the mid 1970s, these rude timber dwellings were built by early settlers from locally felled trees. Remarkably, quite a number of them survived the elements for more than 150 years before their demise. This exhibition, Vanishing, showcases the drawings, paintings and photographs that Daphne compiled over the last 40 years of these buildings. Sadly I’ve only just found out about the exhibition which ran from 31 March to 12 May. However you can now view these images online on the Historic Houses Trust website.

Ulladulla – Ulladulla Public School Celebrates 150 Years & Requests Info
The School opened July 29 1861, and celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Ulladulla Public School will be held in August 2011, and includes the launch of a book about the school. The organising committee are looking for old photos of Ulladulla School days of the 1920s-1950s, plus photos of all past Principals. If you can help out with early memorabilia, please send an email to the Ulladulla Public School 150th Committee at 150ups@ulladulla.info or follow the Facebook page to keep up with the news.

Queensland
Glengallan – New Family History Centre Opens in Glengallan Homestead
A family history day at Glengallan on Sunday 29 May was the culmination of Warwick’s 150th birthday celebrations. There was a display of more than 100 family histories, assembled by volunteer Jenny Walker which did attract keen interest as did the family history archive and database, officially opened during the afternoon. Since 1993, Glengallan Homestead Trust has been collecting and documenting history of owner and worker families and early settlers of the district. Over the past three years, in particular, a dedicated group working under the guidance of archivist Fr Brian Sparksman, has databased thousands of photographs and documents and collated a comprehensive series of early maps. They have also undertaken several research trips to Brisbane’s John Oxley Library which houses a significant collection of Slade papers from Glengallan and other Warwick-district papers. Future opening of the archives on Sunday afternoons will enable public access to Glengallan records for family or personal research as well as sharing of information, copies of photographs and documents to be added to the database. For more information about the Glengallan Homestead, you can visit their website.

South Australia
Adelaide – 50 Year Reunion for ‘Fairsea’ Passengers
Adelaide’s Sunday Mail recently had a snippet about a reunion that is being held for passengers who arrived in Adelaide on the ‘Fairsea’ on 21 August 1961. The reunion held to commemorate 50 years since arriving, will be held on Sunday August 21 at noon. Contact Beryl for more information (08) 8362 3573.

Hahndorf – Conference on Early Mining in South Australia
If you have ancestors who came to South Australia as miners in the colony’s first 15 years may be interested in attending the upcoming Australian Miling History Association conference to be held ain Hahndorf from 12 to 18 September. The theme is Australia’s Earliest Mining Era, referring to mining in the Mount Lofty Ranges from 1841 to 1851. Several guided tours of mining areas are included in the program. For further information please visit the Mining History website.

Narrung – Narrung Hall Celebrates 100 Years
The Narrung Progress Association community reunion day will be held on June 12th, which will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone at the Narrung Hall. There will be a shared community lunch from noon and displays of events and uses of the hall over the past 100 years will be on display. Please bring along any memorabilia and photographs you have. For further information please contact Lorraine Rowe (08) 8574 0007, Marianne Cunneen 0437 320 779, or Lou Sanders 0429 640 081.

St Kilda – New Shed at the Tramway Museum
Work has begun on the Tramway Museum’s new shed, which is being built to allow more trams to be restored and visitor numbers to grow. Demolition of the old tram running shed, which was built in 9165 from second-hand materials will begin this month. The new shed, which will house 10 of the museum’s 24 trams is expected to open in August. This is the only place you can see in motion a transport system of almost 100 years ago. You can find out more about the Tramway Museum by visiting their website.

Strathalbyn – Watson Family History Book Launched
The 1st of May 2011 at the National Trust Museum in Strathalbyn, saw the launch of a new book written by Terry Watson on the Watson family. Titled ‘Soldiers, Farmers and Others: A Watson Family History, this 218 page book can be obtained direct from Terry. You can contact him by phone: (08) 8536 8135 or email elaine@netspace.net.au.

Unley – SA Genealogy & Heraldry Society Adds a New Interest Group
The South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society now has a new Interest Group specifically for those who wish to discuss and find out about DNA in Family History. The group meets once a month from February through to November. Please send an email to saghs.admin@saghs.org.au for further information.

Western Australia
Albany – Gold Coins Unearthed in Car Park
Police at Albany on Western Australia’s south coast are investigating reports that hundreds of historic gold coins have been found in a local car park during excavation work. Workers say they found about 300 gold sovereigns, inscribed with the year 1800, buried under concrete next to a building on Stirling Terrace. Coin experts estimate their value at more than $500,000. The owner of the building says he did not know anything about the coins.

Fremantle – Tours and Tales of the Round House
The Round House is turning one hundred and eighty.  To celebrate the Fremantle Heritage Gudies are conducting Tales of the Round House. The Round House is the oldest public building in the State of Western Australia. Opened in January 1831, just eighteen months after settlement, it was built to hold any person convicted of a crime in the settlement and was used until 1886. Tours will be held on Sunday 29 May, Sunday 5 June and Monday 6 June 2011 at the Round House, 14 Mrs Trivett Place, Fremantle 6160. Further information can be found on the City of Fremantle website, or by contacting Les Green of the Fremantle Volunteer Heritage Guides on (08) 9337 6525.

Click on titles below for more details on each. Some of the titles below are ‘special order’ titles.

Social & General History

Kelly’s Criminal Digest 1887 – DATA CD – $19.50

Victoria Illustrated 1857 – DATA CD – $19.50

The Vandiemonians: From Penal Settlements to Marvellous Melbourne – I. Morison – $27.50

The Golden Age: A History of the Colony of Victoria 1851-1861 – G. Searle – $27.95

Aborigines of Victoria 1878 – DATA CD – $39.50

Well over the last couple of months there has undoubtedly been heaps of news and happenings in the genealogy and history scene in Australia. But I don’t have the whole run down as news for you. So you’ll have to make do with what I have, together with reading up elsewhere.

However here is the latest collection of news from Australian genealogy, history and heritage groups. There is more news around, but this is what has made its way to me to be added here.

This covers news from any group, society, museum, or archive office throughout Australia. Some of the following news articles have been submitted to us, while others have been found from websites, newspapers and other articles.

So if you are involved with any history or genealogy group, society, archives, or museum, or even just a special project and have news, events, in need of help or donations, or just have a request please advise, we’d love to hear about it and help you out.

Australia

HMS Challenger – Rephotographing Project
An artist and PhD student in the UK is working on a project to re-photograph the voyage of HMS Challenger, a British ship that visited Australia 1874 as part of its global voyage. They took 500 pictures in their whole journey around the world, and a number of them were taken around Sydney, Melbourne and Cape York . He is seeking volunteers around Australia who would be interested in searching for the locations in the original pictures, and re-photographing them from the same position. For more information contact Gary McLeod, http://www.snschallenger.org http://www.indiegogo.com/SNS-Challenger-1.

Australian Silent Film Accompanists – Register to be Created
Following a number of requests the not for profit group that presents restored classic silent film with live music, have decided in recognition of the significant contributions to film of these individuals to commence a Register of silent film accompanists in Australia initially covering the period 1896 to 1930. Information required includes: name of musician; years active; cinemas and locations if possible; types of instruments; films accompanied; any memorabilia (eg. types of music, cue sheets, photos). Contact info@ozsilentfilmfestival.com.au or PO 3424 Sydney NSW 2001. This index shall be posted to their website www.ozsilentfilmfestival.com.au and updated. Could you spread the word to your supporters and if you can direct them to people and sources that can assist.

Australian Military Medals – Lost Medals Website
While the Lost Medal website is not new, I would like to bring it to people attention as I’m sure many don’t know about it. It is an amazing effort by an individual who has taken it upon himself to retrieve lost military medals, and reunite them with their owner or other family members. Please visit the website http://www.lostmedalsaustralia.com/

New South Wales
Sydney – Dictionary of Sydney website ads new content and blog
The Dictionary of Sydney, www.dictionaryofsydney.org, has released its quarterly update, with a heap of new entries and hundreds of new images, people, organisations and connections. Mark St Leon’s major essay on Circus in Sydney is illustrated from his private collection, including footage of Col Colleano’s famous tight wire somersaults. Click here to view the essays. The Dictionary of Sydney is rebuilt with new material every three months. So keep up with the latest additions to and news about the Dictionary of Sydney at its new blog, Looking Up.

Queensland
Warwick – Warwick Celebrates 150 Years
On May 25, the Warwick community will celebrate its 150th year since being proclaimed a municipality in 1861. The Southern Downs Regional Council, in partnership with local community groups, will gather residents and visitors to celebrate Warwick’s people, places and stories of the past 150 years in a week‐long festival from 22 to 29 May. The celebratory program includes events of an artistic, cultural and community nature ‐ concerts, art exhibitions, museum open days, historical tours, steam train festivities, a re-enactment of the first Council meeting on 25 May 1861, Indigenous storytelling, and street parades. Visit the Warwick 150 website http://www.warwick150.com/ for full details of the events, as well as a history of the area. If you have any stories or photos relating to the area, you can submit them too.

South Australia
Tea Tree Gully – Old Highercombe Hotel Museum
Visitors to the Old Highercombe Hotel Museum, on Perseverance Road in Tea Tree Gully  will warp back in time to the early 1900s during May for South Australia’s History Month. The museum’s 13 rooms will be decked out as a historical homestead with exhibitions on home birth and the growth of the area’s pubs. Open every Sunday in May 2pm-5pm, gold coin donation, bookings required for groups. Phone: (08) 8289 6536 for more information.

Tea Tree Gully Library – Launch of the Tree Tree Gully Aboriginal History Project
History Month also see’s the launch of the Tea Tree Gully Library’s Aboriginal history project. The project has been researching the Kaurna heritage of the area and collecting histories of Aboriginal people from across Australia. The launch which will be held on Friday May 27th from 2.00pm, will feature speeches, displays and locally produced Aboriginal art. The TTG Library is at 571 Montague Road, Tea Tree Gully. The event is free, but bookings are required. Phone (08) 8397 7467.

Following the the same type of format as last years posts, here is the latest collection of news from Australian genealogy, history and heritage groups. I have no doubt there is far more news around, but this is what has made its way to me to be added here. So if you are involved with any history or genealogy group, society, archives, or museum, or even just a special project and have news, events, in need of help or donations, or just have a request please advise, we’d love to hear and help out.

This covers news from any group, society, museum, or archive office throughout Australia. Some of the following news articles have been submitted to us, while others have been found from websites, newspapers and other articles.

New South Wales
Long Swamp  – Reunion and Book Launch
On Sunday 3rd April a reunion will be held at Long Swamp Cemetery, 377 Old Trunk Road, Trunkey Creek for descendants of those buried in the cemetery. This cemetery is located approximately 46km from Bathurst. On the day, there will be a book launch for ‘The Long Swamp Dust’ which is is a history of Long Swamp and includes stories of families buried in Long Swamp Cemetery as well as photos, maps and family histories. If you are interested in attending this event or in purchasing the book contact Marie Nightingale at errolandmarie@harboursat.com.au, phone (02) 6368 8739 or mail Bucks Creek, 4111 Trunkey Road, Trunkey Creek 2795. The book is $50 ($55 if posted).

Orange – Orange Family History Group relaunch CD
The Orange Family History Group has just relaunched their Canobolas Gardens Crematorium Inscriptions CD. Containing the inscriptions on plaques in this cemetery, they have been divided into locations and identified as much as possible by plaque numbers.  You can buy this CD, and other publications direct from the Orange Family History Group.  And if you wish to keep up with the very latest news from the Orange Family History Group, you can follow their blog.

Queensland
Brisbane – Colonial Forces Study Group (Qld) Release a New Book
The Colonial Forces Study Group (Qld) has recently released its flagship publication, ‘A Most Promising Corps’: Citizen Soldiers in Colonial Queensland 1860–1903. This 300 page book tells the stories of Queensland’s colonial military, ranging from the establishment of the first volunteer force at Brisbane’s police station in February 1860 through military units formed in more than forty towns across Queensland. For more description about this title click here. The book costs $35.00 +$10.00 p&p, and can be ordered from CFSG(Q), GPO Box 1226, Brisbane, Qld 4001. www.qldcolonialforces.org.

South Australia
Halbury – New book released
The small town of Halbury is a former railway town in South Australia, west of the Clare Valley, halfway between Balaklava and Auburn. Ivan Winter who was born and raised in Halbury, has written a novel (‘Those Were the Days: My life in South Australia 1943-1970′), detailing his young life in the tiny town. You can read the full story in the ‘Plains Producer’ newspaper.

Port Pirie – Port Pirie Hospital
Information from past and present staff is wanted to assist with the compiling of the history of the Port Pirie Hospital, which is being compiled for the Port Pirie Past Nurses Association. If you can provide any information please contact: Maureen Tanner, 3 Lincoln Crescent, Pooraka, SA, or email maudon03@gmail.com.

Semaphore – Historical Walk
April 14-20 is Australian Heritage Week, and as part of the celebrations, Graham Jaunay (professional genealogist and well-known speaker) will be leading a heritage walk around Semaphore entitled ‘Semaphore Shops and Esplanade Historical Walk’ on behalf of The Friends of SA Archives on Sunday 17 April. If you are interested in attending the cost is $15 per person, and must be paid 10 April. You are asked to meet at the Semaphore Jetty at 1.45pm, with the walk starting at 2.00pm. For more information contact: The Friends of SA Archives, 5 Windana Mews, Glandore, SA 5037, phone (08) 8371 4465, or email proformat@jaunay.com.

Stockwell – Stockwell Hall 100 Year Anniversary
Stockwell Hall will be celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. If you have any history or photographs or the hall or town, they would be greatly appreciated. Contact: wendy.beiseigel@hotmail.com or 0418 804 534.

Sturt – Sturt Football Players Biographies Needed
John Lysikatos, who wrote the Sturt Football Club history book, “True Blue” is now gathering information to write a book profiling each and every Sturt player over the years. If you have or had a Sturt football player in your family, or know someone who has, you can contact John through the South East Family History Group member Jann jannwalker@tadaust.org.au.

Wisanger – Wisanger Football Club 100 Year Anniversary
The Wisanger Football Club on Kangaroo Island is celebrating its 100 year anniversary on July 22-24. Visit their website www.wisanger.org.au and join the email list for updates on this special event. If you can help with photographs or memorabilia please email Rob Ellson ellsonrob@gmail.com or phone 0427 231 854.

Victoria
Underbool – Underbool and District’s Centenary
The Underbool and Districts’ Centenary will be celebrated from 30 September – 2 October 2011. Former resident wishing to attend can contact any of the follow people for more information. Howard (03) 5094 6350, Janet (03) 5094 6214 or Merelyn (03) 5094 6395.

Western Australia
Bussleton – Busselton Oral History Group
The Busselton Mail reported that the Busselton Oral History Group officially handed over the recently completed CD collection of interviews to Jan Whitfield who accepted them on behalf of the Busselton and Dunsborough libraries. The handover of the CDs was the culmination of many hundreds of hours of work and was witnesses by local members of Parliament, Busselton community groups, Busselton Oral History members and transcribers and representatives from other oral history groups in the South West also attended. Jan Whitfield expressed her appreciation on receiving the interviews in CD form and they intend to display them in the Audio section of the Library. You can read the full story here.

Miscellaneous – Can You Help?
John Simpson Kirkpatrick (of Simpson and his Donkey fame)
A person has written the following … ‘I am researching the story of John Simpson Kirkpatrick on behalf of the South Shields Local History Group in the UK. South Shields in his birthplace, and Simpson served as a stretcher bearer with the Anzacs at Gallipoli in 1915, where he was known as Simpson: The Man with the Donkey. I’m particularly keen to make contact with the descendants of the officers and men who served with Simpson in thy Medical Corps, 3^rd Field Ambulance. If anyone is able to help out with information, please contact Jim Mulholland, South Shields Local History Group, Local Studies Department, Centre Library, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE33 2PE, United Kingdom. Or email Jim3@blueyonder.co.uk.

Louisa Frances Du Cane’s Birthday Book
A snippet in a recent edition of the ‘Sunday Mail’ newspaper stated the following … ‘I have a birthday book belonging to Louisa Frances Du Cane which lists other members of this family and is dated 1883. If anyone related to this family would like this book I am willing to pass it on to them Please contact Kay on (08) 8266 5696, or gkgreg@optusnet.com.au.

I have compiled this list of ‘must-visit’ sites for those who are reseaching Australians, and have chosen to focus on ‘Australia-wide’ sites only. I will say that there are some fabulous one-state sites out there, but they deserve their own blog post sometime, so have been omitted from this list.

Please note this list is purely my opinion only, and I’m sure that I left out another 10 more more that should have been listed – but they’ll just have to wait for another day.

They’re listed in no particular order other than alphabetical. But in I think they’re ALL worth at least a look if you haven’t visited them, or a revisit if haven’t visited them recently.

AUSTRALIAN CEMETERIES – http://www.australiancemeteries.com/
This website contains the largest collection of Australian cemeteries together on a single site.  Firstly divided into state, then alphabetically each cemetery advises if it is Online data, a Look-up, a transcripts, and has headstone photos.

AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS – http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper
Many thousands of Australian newspapers (old and current) have been digitised, and can be viewed and searched online through the National Library of Australia’s website.

AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL – http://www.awm.gov.au
The War Memorial’s collections contain a wealth of material relating to the military service of individuals as well as units. If you are trying to track down information about relatives who served in any of the conflicts in which Australia has been involved since the 1860s, you can search their collections. The photograph collection includes individual and group portraits of military and support personnel, allied and enemy soldiers and local civilians, and scenes of the Australian homefront. The private records collection includes private papers, letters, and diaries of non-government organisations and individuals. And the film, sound, art, heraldry, and technology collections are also useful sources to check.

CONVICTS TO AUSTRALIA – http://www.convictcentral.com
While not everyone in Australia is decendended from a convict, many are, and the “Convicts to Australia” site is a great place to start your search. This website is intended as a guide to inform those just starting as well as the more experienced researcher. Being a ‘work in progress’, the site is being added to regularly.

CORAWEB – http://www.coraweb.com.au
While this is not a website that contains records as such, Cora’s website is an Australian genealogy gateway site, a place to find other sites to go to. This site has 1,650+links arranged in 48+ categories all to do with Australian genealogy.

FAMILYSEARCH – http://www.familysearch.org
FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organisation in the world, and is actually world-wide in it’s coverage. But I have listed it here as it does have some very valuable records available relating to Australia. Just as background, for over 100 years FamilySearch have been gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide. Previously available through their Family History Centres around the world, these records are now being made available online. In all seriousness, genealogy would not be where is it today without FamilySearch.

HERITAGE AUSTRALIA – http://www.heritageaustralia.com.au
Heritage Australia is created to celebrate Australia’s history and heritage. You will find a feast of articles on an ever-increasing range of topics and themes, as well as an enormous amount of information on historic places, events, news and book releases, as well as a directory listing societies, groups, museums etc.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA – http://www.naa.gov.au
The National Archives of Australia holds many millions records in which you might find information about your ancestors. This is the place to come if your family members served in the Australian armed forces or if they migrated to Australia during the 20th century, you may also find business records.

PICTURE AUSTRALIA – http://www.pictureaustralia.org
On Picture Australia, galleries, archives, museums and libraries across Australia and overseas combine to provide access to over 1.8 million images, all fully referenced and all fully searchable by name, topic, collection or other criteria.

RYERSON INDEX – http://www.ryersonindex.com
The Ryerson Index is a website which has indexed over 2,800,000 death, funeral, probate and obituary notices from Australian newspapers.

THE SHIPS LIST – http://www.theshipslist.com
The Ships List website will help you find your ancestors on ships’ passenger lists. They also have immigration reports, newspaper records, shipwreck information, ship pictures, ship descriptions, shipping-line fleet lists and more; as well as hundreds of passenger lists to Canada, USA, Australia and even some for South Africa.

TROVE – http://trove.nla.gov.au
Created by the National Library of Australia, with over 119 million records currently referenced, why wouldn’t you search here. Covering Books, journals, magazines and articles; Pictures and photos; Digitised newspapers and more; Diaries, letters, and archives; Maps; Music, sound and video; Archived websites; and About people and organisations. One search on Trove searches all categories, and you’re bound to find some records you didn’t know existed.

Click on titles below for more details on each.

Click on titles below for more details on each.

Birth Year Calculator from the Census 1841-1911 – Stationery – $5.95 This is a handy chart to have next to you when looking at census returns. Calculate possible birth year working back from age given at any census 1841-1911. Includes the actual UK census dates as well. It comes as an A4 size page, and is laminated. Kaisercraft Duchess Alpha Stickers – Scrapbooking – $6.95 Three pages of antique styled serif letter stickers. Includes uppercase, lowercase and numbers. Paper Loft 12×12 Double Sided Family Tree Pedigree – Scrapbooking – $1.70 This paper caters not only for the scrapbooking genealogist, but also the genealogist that would like to present their family history nicely and easily. ‘Family Tree Pedigree’ from Paper Loft is a beautiful four generation pedigree chart. Abbreviations for Australian Genealogists – E. Marks – $8.00 One thing that you will learn when beginning family history research is that there are no standards for abbreviations (except for a few exceptions). Each resource seems to have its own system. This lack of uniformity prompted the author to start recording these references, and in 1995 ‘Abbreviations for Genealogists’ was released. Cite Your Sources Sticky Notes (Pack of 3) – Stationery – $8.00 WOW! What a neat item this is! “Cite your Sources” are designed for you to take along to the library, use at home or even the archives office!

Binder and Slip Cover 40mm: Oxford Blue – Stationery – $19.50 Binder and Slip Cover Identical to the other binders in 300 pack albums but with no pages and minimum graphics on cover. 40mm wide spine. Seven Gypsies Memorabilia Envelope Album – Scrapbooking – $15.50 A perfect album for your small heirlooms. This 7 Gypsies string-tie album contains 10 envelopes in a spiral binder (measuring approx 5″ x 7″). The heavy weight cover is a perfect protection for the envelopes inside. You can embellish the outside of the envelopes with photos and stickers while storing memorabilia inside, or just write a note about what the item inside is, and where it came from. Dating Nineteenth Century Photographs – R. Pols – $19.00 This volume covers both the Georgian and Victorian eras. Our Family Tree Chart – Stationery – $19.50 This is a wonderful family group record that allows you to add all kinds of data. It is printed on a nice soft brown parchment type paper with a black ink which gives a great contrast. Australians Remembered Map: Australia’s Involvement in Military Conflicts Since Federation – Map – $14.95 This brilliant map features a political world map showing all the conflicts in which Australians have been involved, differentiating the conflicts by colour-coded boxes and inside the boxes are the units involved in these conflicts.

The Convict Ships 1787-1868 – DATA CD – $39.00 Originally published in 1959, ‘The Convict Ships’ has been accepted by historians and scholars as the standard work on the subject. This Australian edition, which follows the revised and enlarged second edition (1969), includes the results of research into hundreds of journal of ships’ surgeons in an authoritative and fascinating account of this little-known field of maritime history. Sydney Street Directory 1924 (Wilson) – DATA CD – $29.50 Wilson’s Sydney and Suburbs Street Directory for 1924 contains over 100 maps of the city, suburbs and Blue Mountains – which also shows Sydney Harbour, the Municipalities and Shires, the railways, tramways and main roads. Google Your Family Tree: Unlock the Hidden Power of Google – D. Lynch – $44.95 The contents of this new book will help you understand and use dozens of specialized commands to dramatically improve your search skills. Many of these commands seem custom built to help with our pursuit of our family heritage. The great news is that most are easy to master and perfectly suited for finding people, places, and events. A special command even lets you narrow results by date range to filter results more quickly. K & Company Ancestry.com 12×12 Double-Sided Paper Pack – Scrapbooking – $25.00 K & Company has teamed with Ancestry.com to bring you a beautiful, comprehensive, family history scrapbooking collection! Ideal for those creating a whole heritage album … this paper pack from K & Company’s Ancestry.com range, contains 36 12×12 double-sided pages (3 x 12 different designs). Scrapbooking Family Heritage: Treasury of Favourites – Stationery – $25.50 This collection of heritage articles which have appeared in the ‘Creating Keepsakes’ magazine over a period of five years will show you design ideas, give you journaling jumpstarts, and tips for restoring damaged photos.

Digital Restoration From Start to Finish: How to Repair Old and Damaged Photographs – Ctein – $59.50 ‘Digital Restoration From Start to Finish’ 2nd edition guides you step-by-step through the entire process of restoring old photographs and repairing new ones using Adobe Photoshop, Picture Window, and now Photoshop Elements, for those that don’t have Photoshop. Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History – M. Herber – $75.00 ‘Ancestral Trails’ includes information on research in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, as are the latest developments in information technology applications on CD and through the internet. This new edition is illustrated throughout and contains detailed lists of further reading. It is the essential companion to all family historians researching in the United Kingdom. Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History – Scrapbooking – $69.50 Irish Records: Sources for Local and Family History is designed to facilitate Irish family history research by providing a comprehensive listing of the record sources available for each county in Ireland. Indeed, there are records which can answer vital questions about Irish records: Where did they live? Who were their relatives? What were their occupations? Such sources as civil registers, censuses, land records, and church records are available to those who know where they can be found. Family Tree Maker 2011 Platinum Australia and New Zealand Edition – Software – $99.95 Family Tree Maker 2011 provides users with the tools they need to build their family tree, record their memories, as well as organise their family photos, stories, videos and audio clips in a way that will help them easily capture and share the story of their ancestors. National Burial Index For England and Wales (3rd Edition) – DATA CD – $69.50 The NBI has always been a great resource for those researching burial records in England and Wales, and with the increase of around an extra 6 million records since the 2nd edition, how can that not be useful?

Tasmanian Pioneer Index 1803-1899 – DATA CD – $220.00
The Tasmanian Pioneer Index is an index of all birth, death and marriage records for the period 1803-1899 which were created by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Tasmania. This is an index of over 425,000 records of baptisms, births, deaths, burials and marriages in the Australia state of Tasmania between 1803 and 1899.

OpticFilm 7400 Film/Slide Scanner – Scanner – $399.00

Reunion for Macintosh Version 9 – Software – $149.50
What is Reunion? Reunion is a genealogy software program — a ‘family tree program’ for the Macintosh. Reunion helps you to document, store, and display information about your family — your ancestors, descendants, cousins, etc. It records names, dates, places, facts, plenty of notes, sources of information, pictures, sounds, and videos. It shows family relationships in an elegant, graphic form — people and families are linked in an easy-to-understand fashion.

New Zealand Electoral Roll 1935 Volumes 1-20 – DATA CD – $129.50
This compendium contains the electoral rolls for all New Zealand districts for 1935 – almost 20,000 pages. Entries are arranged alphabetically within each district. You will find the details of about 900,000 people who were entitled (and registered) to vote.

Australian Cyclopedias Compendium Set – DATA CD – $199.50
The Australian Cyclopedias are an incredibly important resource for all historians researching Australian history, but just what are they, and what do they contain? Firstly the definition of ‘cyclopedia’ from the dictionary states that it is a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty. This pretty much sums up what these Cyclopedias are … multi-volume sets, which contain so much biographical and social history of the era, that nothing really compares.

So here is the latest collection of news from Australian genealogy, history and heritage groups. This covers  news from any group, society, museum, archive office throughout Australia. Some of the following news articles have been submitted to us, while others have been found from websites, newspapers and other articles.

We love promoting genealogy and history throughout Australia and the smaller groups are just as important as the big state societies. So if you have news, events, need help or donations, or just have a request please advise, we’d love to hear.

NEW SOUTH WALES
Coffs Harbour – Coffs Harbour Museum gets a new home
The Coffs Harbour Regional Museum will soon have a new home after the local council bought the local heritage listed police station and courthouse. The council successfully bid $800,000 at a weekend auction of the Harbour Drive site. Mayor Keith Rhoades says efforts have been made to find a new home for the museum since it was flooded in March last year. He says the building should be ready for occupation in early December. You can read the full report on the ABC News online.

Queensland
Edge Hill – Cairns Historical Museum
The Cairns suburb of Edge Hill has a fascinating history that many people may not remember. From a Sikh crematorium to Chinese market gardens, the history is rich. The area also played an important role during WW2 with the construction of fuel tanks and also a US army base. To see a few photos in this collection, have a look at this story on the ABC Brisbane site. If you have more from this area the Cairns Historical Museum would love to hear from you.

Toowoomba – Cobb and Co. Museum reopens
The Cobb and Co Museum has just reopened after undergoing an $8 million redevelopment. Fourteen months in the making and has almost doubled the museum’s size. This redevelopment has completely transformed the Cobb and Co Museum with every gallery being totally redesigned, and features a unique heritage trades training complex that will breathe new life into traditional skills from Queensland’s past, as well as a new interactive gallery to showcase Australia’s National Carriage Collection and the legend of Cobb and Co. Coaching. For more on this you can read about it in The Chronicle or the ABC News Online.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide – Migration Museum request for information
The Migration Museum has launched an exciting new project called ‘Hostel Stories’. The aim of the project is to collect records of migrant hostel life, which will culminate in an exhibition in 2013. Thousands of migrants passed through SA’s migrant hostels (Elder Park, Gepps Cross, Glenelg, Rosewater, Pennington/Finsbury, Smithfield, Willaston and Woodside) from the 1940s to the 1980s. The hostels were temporary homes to a wide range of migrants, from Displaced Persons and refugees, through to Ten Pound Poms. The opportunity to gather first-hand accounts of day to day life in the hostels is diminishing as the years pass by. This project will help ensure that the memories are captured for future generations. The Museum is keen to hear from people who would be willing to be interviewed and loan, donate or have relevant material scanned. Please complete the registration of interest form, or phone (08) 8207 7570.

Arno Bay – Arno Bay Uniting Church Centenary
The Arno Bay Community Church will celebrate its 100 years of service on October 30-31. A concert, church service and pooled lunch will be held. Phone (08) 8628 0119 or (08) 8628 0007 for more information.

Hahndorf – Stories of Hahndorf project
The Hahndorf Academy has been busy collecting oral histories of long standing Hahndorf residents to add to its Stories of Hahndorf Project. Many of these people have been living in the district for several generations, and so have a very strong connection to the town. Local resident, 81 year old Gordon Kramm has kept a diary for the last 68 years. His recollections were recently added to the Project, and tell of the changing face of the town.

Hahndorf – History panels tell of the towns heritage
Hahndorf historian and author Reg Butler, has just completed new research on the early history of settlement in the area, from the time of the Peramangk people. His work will be featured on seven panels – made from weatherproof and vandalproof aluminium – to be installed along a walkway at St Paul’s Lutheran Homes in Hahndorf. They are scheduled for unveiling in mid-October.

Kadina – Kadina World War I Memorial Arch Updated
Kadina Memorial High School has received a ‘Saluting their Service’ grant from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, enabling the restoration of the school’s World War I memorial archway, which included making two new entries on it. The names of two local nurses who served, Maud Gurner and Lorna Simon have now been permanently etched so as to be remembered for their contribution to service.

Meadows – Meadows Primary School Centenary
The Meadows Primary School centenary reunion will be held on October 31, 10am-5pm. The school is seeking all past staff and students, as well any class photographs. Register your name and contact details with Allan (Midge) Hartwell (08) 8388 3238, Murray Hartwell (08) 8381 9302 or mpsreunion@meadowsps.sa.edu.au.

Port Pirie – 100 Years of Secondary Schooling
Port Pirie is celebrating a century of secondary schooling by holding a host of celebrations on 29-31 October. Fri: registration and displays. Sat: time capsule and wine tasting. Sun: dinner and cabaret at the Northern Festival Centre, $40 per ticket, or BYO BBW at Woodland Park. Please contact Maria Sgherza on (08) 8632 1763 or email: maria.sgherza@johnpirihs.ca.edu.au for more information.

Renmark – Paddle Steamer ‘Industry’ Centenary Celebrations
April 1-3, 2011 is when the centenary celebrations for the Paddle Steamer ‘Industry’ will be held on the Renmark Riverfront. The committee is seeking photographs, information and memorabilia on the historic, fully-restored and operational paddle steamer ‘PS Industry’. Any paddleboats between Renmark and Goolwa that are interested in participating should contact Massey 0438 412 826 or PO Box 292, Renmark, SA 5341. For info of the weekend’s events contact Sandra on (08) 8595 5565.

South Australia – Austin 7 Club of SA request
The Austin 7 Club of SA is searching for films and photos relating to any Austin 7 Club events held over the past 50+ years. Copies will be made and the originals returning. If you can help out please contact Ralph Drage (08) 8251 2637. If you’d like to know more about this club visit their website.

VICTORIA
Carlton – Melbourne’s Italian Museum
Australia’s first museum dedicated to the celebration of Italian-Australian history and culture is about to be opened in Carlton. The $1.45 million Museo Italiano Cultural Centre at Carlton – which includes a museum and cultural centre – will be launched with a street party attended by Premier John Brumby on Sunday, 3rd October.  More information can be found in the Melbourne Leader.

Geelong – Geelong Heritage Centre Cycling Exhibition
Geelong will host the 2010 UCI Road Cycling World Championship. Each day during the UCI Road World Championships, the Geelong Heritage Centre will be open for the public to visit (no admission charge). Centre staff will be available to assist visitors with questions about the history of Geelong and the Barwon Region, carry out their own family history research or discover more about the history of Geelong. The Heritage Centre will also have a special exhibition of historic photograph images and collection items telling the story of the history of cycling in Geelong. Extended opening hours Wed 29/9 10.00-7.00pm, Thu 30/9 10.00am-7.00pm, Fri 1/10 10.00am-7.00pm, Sat 2/10 10.00am-7.00pm, Sun 3/10 10.00am-6.00pm.

Merbein – Merbein Uniting Church Centenary
Tuesday 24th August 2010, saw the Merbein Uniting Church celebrate 100 years! With guest Speakers: Eric Wilson and Fred Curtis, the history of the Merbein Uniting Church – which began with the Methodist congregation, then amalgamating with the Presbyterian congregation, which then become the Merbein Uniting Church.

We love promoting genealogy and history throughout Australia and the smaller groups are just as important as the big state societies. So if you have news, events, need for help or donations, or have a request please advise, we’d love to hear.

NEW SOUTH WALES
Barellan – Return to the ‘Good Old Days’ weekend
Barellan will be bringing back the “good old days” this September when it hosts a weekend of events that will transform the town to yesteryear. Two days of displays and competition for working clydesdales and heavy-horse teams will be the feature of the weekend, to be held September 25 and 26 at the Barellan Showgrounds, and will culminate in a Guinness world record attempt for the largest number of working clydesdales in harness. Other activities taking place over the course of the weekend will include market stalls, hay rides, horseshoe toss, whip-making demonstrations, a camp-oven dinner, a grand parade, a cow milking competition, a butter churning, damper-cooking competition, bush poetry, carriage driving and more. Committee member Laura Curran promised the event would have something for everyone. Read more in The Irrigator online.

Maitland – Coalfields Heritage Group
Alexander Galloway set up his photography studio in Coalfields in 1905. Little girls with ringlets in their hair and ruffles on their dresses; uniformed men on their way to war; and black-faced miners walking the dirt roads home after a day spent in the bowels of the earth were all captured by his photography, and sealed in glass negatives at his photographic studio. Now after 80 years of being stored in boxes under a house, buried in floodwater and mud, these images can again be seen, as the Coalfields Heritage Group has been fortunate enough to have the WWII era glass negatives donated to them thanks to the new owner of the house. You can read more about this story (and see some of the spectacular photos) in the Maitland Mercury online. One example of his photos below.

Wyong – Wyong Family History Group
The Wyong Family History Group have released a new book titled “Central Coast Roll of Honour”. In 400 pages, with 138 photos, this book includes the full names, rank, type of service and date of death (where known) of over 12,000 men and women of the Central Coast who were in the Armed Forces. You can order copies of this from the Wyong FHG, by sending payment to PO Box 247, Wyong, NSW 2259, the cost is $49.00, plus postage $10.00. You can find this book and other titles listed on their website.

NORTHERN TERRITORY
Alice Springs – Hartley Street School Celebrates 80 Years
The Hartley Street School in Alice Springs is celebrating its 80th Anniversary with a reunion of former students and teachers on September 24-26. Celebrations include a reception, bus tour, dinner dance and farewell barbecue. For more information contact Mary Blaiklock (08) 8952 1330, 0409 821 330, mblaiklock@bigpond.com. You can read more about the history of this school here.

QUEENSLAND
Birkdale – Annual Highland Gathering
A grand time was had by the hundreds of people who headed to Judy Holt Park at Birkdale in early August for the annual Highland Gathering. Spectators were treated to an extravaganza of excitement and entertainment. While miniature cattle provided intrigue, battling knights wielding swords, highland dancers, of course the pipe bands, and of course stalls with historical items of Scottish and Celtic design and customs, plus expert advice on genealogical knowledge, for those keen to discover their heritage, saw clusters of interested visitors throughout the day. The full story can be read online at the Bayside Bulletin.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Brinkworth – Brinkworth History Group
The Brinkworth History Group was recently presented with a cheque for $5960 as part of the History SA Community Museums Program Grants. Fred Groom, who accepted the grant on behalf of the group said that the State Government, through History SA, has realised the importance of preserving the heritage of the State and making that history accessible to future generations. You can read the full story in the Flinders News online.

Belair – Gepps Cross Primary School Closing
The Gepps Cross Primary School is closing at the end of the year. A reunion for all past students and staff will be held on Friday, 17 September 1.00pm-6.00pm at the school. For more information contact the school on (08) 8262 3256.

Kadina – Kadina Church of Christ turns 110
On August 15th the members of the Kadina Church of Christ celebrated the Church’s 110th anniversary, by holding a special service to re-dedicate the property and acknowledge the contributions of current and past members.

Kadina – National Trust, Kadina Branch
Members of the Kadina branch of the National Trust are still searching for a plaque erected in memory of the bandsmen aboard the Titanic. Chairperson Jean Hutchings said the plaque disappeared many years ago, but “we do have a photograph to show us where it is on the bandstands”. Measuring 48cm wide by 61cm deep it features the inscription “This stand was erected to the memory of the bandsmen of the ill-fated Titanic by the members of the Kadina town, U.L.U., and the federal bands, 1913”. If anyone has information or photographs of the plaque, please contact the National Trust at Kadina, you can find their contact details on the National Trust website.

Port Broughton – Brush With Our Heritage Art Prize
Artists from across South Australia are invited to enter the Port Broughton ‘Brush With Our Heritage’ art prize in which the first prize is $1000 for a work in any medium reflecting the heritage of Yorke Peninsula. Bob and Marjorie Brown, long-time supporters of the town and community say “we would like to see the history of the region preserved and believe that this art competition is an excellent way to do that, and inspire a new generation to take a closer look at the heritage of Port Broughton and the Yorke Peninsula”. Entires must be submitted by 25 October, with winners being announced in november. For more information or the fill in an Entry Form visit the Palate2Palette website, or send them an email Palate2Palette@bigpond.com.

VICTORIA
Edenhope – Edenhope and District Historical Society
I’d like to welcome the Edenhope and District Historical Society to the world of blogging and Facebook.I see they’ve been busy during August setting up these. So now there is no excuse for not keeping up to date with the latest happenings from this Victorian Society – follow their blog, or become a fan on Facebook.

Merbein – New book available
A book about Merbein’s centenary celebrations is generating a lot of buzz in Victoria’s northernmost town. The town of Merbein turned 100 in August 2009 and the milestone was celebrated with events such as a street parade, a photographic competition, sporting events, displays and open days. Now a year later Bernadette Wells, Merbein District Historical Society member, is launching the book of those celebrations … “as it was such a marvellous community event that it had to be recorded somewhere.” The 234 page book, titled “Merbein: Celebrations of a Centenary”. Copies of the book can be bought from Bernadette Wells (03) 5052 2288, visit the Merbein District Historical Society website.

Moonee Ponds – Essendon Historical Society
Two hundred years of local history for $5-00! To celebrate its 40th anniversary the Essendon Historical Society are making all 4 volumes of Annuals of Essendon available at this bargain price. The author Bob Chalmers has recorded in chronological order the events that have occurred in Essendon and district since 1802 to the year 2000, the entire project taking 9 years, and recorded in over 1500 pages. This offer is open until the end of September 2010. To purchase please write to: Essendon Historical Society, 768 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, Vic, 3039. Postage on application (03) 9370 4607 or visit the Society’s website.

Shepparton – Shepparton Heritage Centre
2010 marks Shepparton’s 150 year anniversary, of being Gazetted a Township. Members of the Shepparton Heritage Centre are researching a  book detailing Shepparton’s progress over the 150  years.  The book will blend narrative with many historic events, and anecdotal stories.  It will feature many previously unpublished photos, and a selection of the illustrations will form a photographic exhibition. If you able to help out the Heritage Centre with any information or photographs that you don’t mind being published please contact Peter Ford – Heritage Centre Secretary – phone: 03 5821 7717 a/h or visit the Shepparton Heritage Centre website.

Remember to look back at our past Australian History News posts, as each does have events and information that is still relevant.

We love promoting genealogy and history throughout Australia and the smaller groups are just as important as the big state societies. So if you have news, events, need for help or donations, or have a request please advise, we’d love to hear.

AUSTRALIA
Early Australian history – Facebook Group
If you are a Facebooker, and have ain interest in the early colony history of New South Wales, Norfolk Island, and Tasmania 1788-1820, you might like to join the  Facebook Group dedicated to just this.

NEW SOUTH WALES
Leeton – Henry Lawson Cottage
For the first time since the completion of extensive restoration work during over two years, Henry Lawson Cottage will be open to the community. In 1916, Australian poet, Henry Lawson was employed as a publicist for the MIA on a salary of two guineas a week and the use of the cottage, which he occupied with his housekeeper. The two bedroom cottage was originally constructed in 1912 and is one of the earliest surviving examples of the cottages provided by the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Trust for new settlers. More on this can be read online.

Sydney – Sydney The Master Genealogist (TMG) User Group
The Sydney User Group of The Master Genealogist (TMG) family history software. The group meets once every three months at the Society of Australian Genealogists headquarters at 120 Kent Street in Sydney.  To share our experiences with TMG and learn from each other. The Sydney TMG Group is an active one, and is one that is embracing social media, you can find them through their websites, mailing list, blog or Facebook:

Websites:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TMGSydney/
http://tmgsydney.wordpress.com/

Mailing list asking and answering questions:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TMGSydney/

Blog:
http://tmgsydney.wordpress.com/

Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/TMG-Sydney/138659666162627

Tintaldra – Book Launch for “Grandie”
The Tintaldra Store and Tea Rooms at 11am, Saturday 11 September is the setting for the launch of the new book “Grandie: Sydney Grandison Watson, King of the Upper Murray and his sons to the Gulf of Cape York” by Norman C. Hutchinson. Sydney Grandison Watson settled at Walwa on the Upper Murray in 1845. ‘Grandie’ as he was known expanded his pastoral holdings to around 100,000 acres and became known as the King of the Upper Murray. In 1864 Grandie employed Edwin Jephcott to build the Tintaldra Store, which is still in use. Following the book launch, the store owner will provide visitors with “A Taste of the Past’ with Aussie Stew, Drover’s Damper with Golden Syrup, and Tank Water Tea, together with some bush poetry and music. For more information about the launch please contact Greg Blackmore blackmoregreg@bigpond.com.

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane – Brisbane The Master Genealogist (TMG) User Group
Peter Collins the convenor the of the Brisbane TMG User Group has created a group on Facebook for those that wish to interact with others using TMG.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=189821235613

Slade Point – New Book released with another in the works
Slade Point is a peninsular suburb north of Mackay, was named by Captain James Cook. The history of Slade Point has been recorded in a book. More than 80 people recently gathered to celebrate the launch “Stories from Slade Point” in which the editors have preserved a wealth of information and stories of ordinary people from the early days in a permanent record of Slade Point. One of its editors is now looking for someone to write a history of Slade Point Primary School before its 75th anniversary in 2014. Copies of “Stories from Slade Point” can be purchased from the Slade Point Post Office, Finch Street, Slade Point, Qld 4740 fax: (07) 4955 1401. You can read the full article in the Daily Mercury online.

South West Queensland – Request for Information
Julie Dern is compiling a South West Queensland Pioneer Register up to 1900 which will record people who lived in towns and areas along and south of the Warego Highway, including Augathella, Birdsville, Charleville, Condamine, Cunnamulla, Dirranbandim, Eulo, Goondiwindi, Injunde, Miles, Mitchell, Morven, Mungindi, Quilpie, Roma, St George, Surat, Taroom, Thargomindah, Toompine, Wallumbilla and Wyandra. No closing date has been set at this stage, but it is like to be at least 18 months. It has not yet been decided whether it will be published in book of CD format. If you would like to submit some information, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Julie Dern, PO Box 197, Warren, NSW 2824 or email: juliedern@westnet.com.au.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide – Kohlhagen Family History
A second edition of the ‘Kohlhagen Family History’, published in 1983 is currently being compiled. Information is being gathered from families descending from two Kohlhagen brothers, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm and Christian David Andreas, who arrived in Adelaide in 1846. Information is sought from descendants from any Kosher, Bertram, Hasch, Clifton, Cox, Coles, Whitbread, Carrick, Carlisle, Horsler, Gwilliam, Wardley, James, Clarke, Hickey, Drage and Denyer families who may be connected. Contact Mecklenberg1846@hotmail.com or PO Box 2531, Bowral, NSW 2536.

Clare – Chigwidden Family Reunion
Descendants of Alexander and Elizabeth Chigwidden, who came to South Australia in 1839, are invited to attend a family reunion and book launch to celebrate 170 years of the family’s arrival to South Australia. The gathering will be held at Clare on Sunday, October 3. Contact Gerald Lally for details (08) 8843 8007 or gahllally@activ8.net.au.

Cockatoo Valley – Barossa Goldfields Historical Society
The Barossa Goldfields Historical Society are inviting you to an Open Day on Sunday 26th September 2010, from 9.30am-4.30pm for a day of Gold Panning, Mining and Local History Displays, Guided Walks, Blacksmithing, Cross Cut Sawing. Bring a picnic, and enjoy the endless billy tea and damper. Held at Bowden’s Cottage, which is 4km up Goldfields Road (turn off the Williamstown Road onto Balmoral Road and next left onto Goldfields Road). Cost adult $5, child (5-17) $3, family $14. For more information contact Bob on his mobile: 0407 712 621, or visit their website.

Hahndorf – Wiki
The historic town of Hahndorf was established in 1839 and is a small town with a village type atmosphere. The Hahndorf Wiki (‘Hahnwiki’) is a ‘Wiki’ Resource for the Hahndorf Community including its Residents, Community Organisations, and History and Heritage. It is a combined interconnected community website documenting, exploring and discussing anything and everything concerning the town of Hahndorf, as does include a lot of history of the town and its early settlers. http://hahndorf.wikispot.org/

Kadina – Dressing of the Graves Nominations Open
South Australia’s Kernewek Lowender, the world’s largest Cornish Festival is held bi-annually in the towns of Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo, and attracts over 30,000 visitors. This cultural festival has street processions, church services, craft displays and so much more. Many visitors are particularly proud of their Cornish ancestry and cultural and historical aspects of the festival are very popular.
The next Kernewek Lowender will be held between 9-15 May 2011. The Dressing of the Graves is one event that is held during the Festival, this honours the graves of early pioneers in the district. Nominations are now being taken for the next Dressing of the Graves, but do close on 30 September. A total of 30 will be chosen, with nominators informed on 30 November. For a copy of the criteria contact the Copper Coast Farm Shed Museum and Tourism Centre, The Farm Shed, 50 Moonta Road, Kadina, SA 5554, phone (08) 8821 2333, email info@kernewek.org.

Norwood – Norwood Football Club
Beneth sepia photos of footballers in knickerbockers and a wall-sized honour roll dating back to 1878, the history of the Norwood Football Club is being painstakingly collated, piece by piece. The Club’s History Committee made up of supporters and past players had pulled together a collection of more than 1000 items, including old guernseys, blazers and membership badges. But the collection is far from complete, and they have now put the call out wider for any memorabilia (badges, team photos, individual player photos or other items). The aim is to put the club’s treasures on permanent display once proposed new clubrooms are built at the ground in coming years. If you have any items you would like to donate please call (08) 8362 6278, email: general@norwoodfc.com.au or visit the Premiers Bar at Norwood Oval on Thursdays 10.00am. You can read the full article from the Leader Messenger online.

Quorn – Quorn Football Club Reunion
The foolball club are planning a reunion for their Senior Grades 1946-1978 to be held in 2011. They have put the call out for memorabilia and are looking at getting in touch with former players. Contact Bronwyn Rigden (08) 8648 6332 or jeremyrigden@aapt.net.au if you can help out.

Ramco, Waikerie and District – Waikerie District Historical Society
The Waikerie and District Historical Society is requesting photographs and information to enable to be prepared. They are seeking photographs and information on the Ramco Institute, early sporting clubs that no longer exist, post offices, shops, businesses, first settlers and also any memoirs. The same information also required for Waikerie. They will be happy to have copies made and return to originals to you. If you can help out you can contact: mkthiel@bigpond.com or Box 383, Waikerie, SA 5330 or Meredith Arnold (08) 8541 2091 or c/- Post Office, Waikerie, SA 5330.

TASMANIA
Tasmania – Help Needed to Identify Church
The Launceston Historical Society reports that Marcus Bastiaan is compiling research on the Australian artist Frederick McCubbin’s life and lesser known artworks. He is hoping to identify this Tasmanian church which is attributed to McCubbin. The artist was born in 1855 and died in 1917. Please email Marcus if you can help with any information marcusbastiaan@hotmail.com.

VICTORIA
Bendigo – Cornish Association of Bendigo and District New Publication
The Cornish Association of Bendigo and District has just released a new CD for Cornish researchers. If you had a Cornish ancestor who “kicked a stone, dug a hole, attended a church service, got married, had children, or died in Bendigo” then this CD is for you. On it you will find the names of thousands of Cornish people who came from Cornwall to help make Bendigo the city it is today. Also listed are the names and addresses of people who are researching the various names. There is a list of over 2000 Cornish Mining Captains and two complete books on Long Gulley, the Cornish Hub of Bendigo. Priced at $25 inc P&P. To order please contact Tom Luke by email: tomluke@westnes.com.au or post a cheque to him at 1 Linsley Way, Wantirna, Vic 3152.

Ocean Grove – New Geelong Publication Available
The people behind Bellarine On-line (Susie and Pam) have done a magnificent job in compiling their latest publication “Scots in Geelong and District to 1860” which has just been released. Available on CD for $25.00 (+$3.00 postage), or book (print on demand) for $50.00 (+$12.00 postage), these can be purchased by sending a cheque or money order to: Bellarine On-Line, PO Box 639, Ocean Grove, Vic 3226. You can find out more about these titles by checking our Susie’s website.

We love promoting genealogy and history throughout Australia and the smaller groups are just as important as the big state societies. So if you have news, events, need for help or donations, or have a request – please advise, we’d love to hear.

AUSTRALIA
Mostly Unsung – Military Research and Publications
Mostly Unsung provides a unique research facility into Australian military history from the First Fleet to the present day. The owners of Mostly Unsung, Neil and Sylvie Smith also undertake British military research at The National Archives, Kew, London on a regular basis. The next visit is planned for August 2010. Research tasks are welcome. The rate for a typical research task for a World War One or 19th century British service person is a very reasonable $70 maximum – payable on completion. More information is on the Mostly Unsung website.

NEW SOUTH WALES
Wentworth – Wentworth Public School 150th Anniversary
Wentworth Public School’s 150th birthday celebrations proved to be a huge success over the  June long weekend. The celebration saw about 500 past students and teachers commemorate the milestone three day. Visitors were treated to dinners, heritage displays, performances and old time games as part of the celebration. Principal Warren Davies said the event was a great success and they were looking into holding more reunions. The full article can be read here.

QUEENSLAND
Toowoomba – Toowoomba and Darling Downs Family History Society
The Toowoomba and Darling Downs Family History Society have produced two very popular Biographical Pioneer Register series. They are now about to be expanded to a new Edition which will cover the time period up to 1920, and are calling for submissions from members of the Society and the wider community. Do you have family from the Downs who settled here before 1920? If so, you are welcome to submit details by 17th December 2010. You can find out more information about this, including an index to those already in Vol 1 and 2 on the Society’s blog.

Townsville – Furber Family Reunion
Anyone who is related to the Furber family in anyway is invited to the Furber Family Reunion. It is being held on 18-19 September 2010 at Tom’s Tavern, 186 Nathan Street, Aitkenvale (Townsville), Qld. It is 22 years since the last one was help so it is said this is ‘long overdue’. For more information contact Rowena on (07) 4941 5268 , Kaylene (07) 4778 0035 or Rose-Maree (07) 4776 0001. Or if your are on Facebook RSVP to the Furber Family Reunion event.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Cudlee Creek – Millbrook Primary School Closure
Sad news has been reported in the local ‘Courier’ newspaper about the little Millbrook Primary School which has been running for 131 years, will be closing its doors at the end of 2010, due to lack of enrolments. The school Principal, Sam Stamos said the end of the year would feature an appropriate celebration to say goodbye to the school, which has survived the Ash Wednesday bushfires, and the flooding of the Millbrook township for the reservoir.

Moonta – Horn’s Re-enactment
The Yorke Peninsula Country Times recently reported on a symbolic re-enactment of William Horn’s horse ride from the Copper Coast to Adelaide on 2 June 1861, to lodge a claim for the Moonta Mines copper mining lease for W.W. Hughes. This re-enactment took place as part of the Copper Coast 150 Sesquicentenary. After breakfast at Queen Square in Moonta which included being presented with a scroll which was handed to Adelaide Lord Mayor Michael Harbison at the end of the ride. More can be read about the re-enactment online.

Northfield – Ross Smith Secondary School Closure
The Ross Smith Secondary School will no longer exist as from 2011, and memorabilia is being sought from their past students and also students of Nailsworth and Northfield High Schools and Technical Schools. Items such as photographs, trophies, uniforms, workbooks etc. are what the Enfield Heritage Museum are looking for to set up a display. If you would like to donate, lend or allow to be photographed any items please contact Ian McColl by phone (08) 8261 7544 or email: ian.mccoll@rosssmith.sa.edu.au.

Port Adelaide – South Australian Maritime Museum
The Port Adelaide Heritage Project reported that in April/May 2010 archaeologists excavated several small trenches in the basement of the South Australian Maritime Museum. Part of the reason for this was to investigate and record details of the construction of the museum, and also search for artefacts that relate to its past function and use. The museum building was constructed as two separate buildings, one in 1854 the other in 1857, and they are among the oldest buildings at the Port. They were used to store good that had arrived on board ships. The full article about the excavation can be found on page 12 of the Port Adelaide Heritage Project [PDF link]

South Australia – Queen’s Birthday Honours
June 14th is an important day not only as that is the day Australia celebrates the Queen’s Birthday, but also because that is the day when Australians across the nation who have made a significant difference to their communities get recognition. Along with the 600+ people who were recognised are the following two (I know there are many more who deserve mentioning though).

Wayne Stidston PSM (Public Service Medal)
As the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) commemoration and project officer, Mr Stidston created the Adelaide Memorial Walk in 2003 to guide students and teachers around 11 of Adelaide’s city war memorials. The walk ends inside the National State War Memorial and highlights the 5500 South Australian’s who died in World War I. Stidston’s commitment to developing commemorative activities for the DVA was recognised with a Public Service Medal as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

John Dnistriansky (Medal of the Order of Australia)
John Dnistriansky’s earliest memories are of the sea voyage from Europe to Australia in 1949 when he was just 5. Born in Germany to Ukrainian parents, Mr Dnistriansky, now 65 says my parents gave me the love of the Ukraine even though I wasn’t born there … Ukrainian history and culture are very important to me. He is the president of the Association of Ukraines in South Australia, and has revived the Ukrainian Community Language School from just a handful of students to 50, as well as organising events which incorporates their traditional culture. As acknowledgement for his services to the Ukrainian community, Mr Dnistriansky was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

TASMANIA
Campbell Town – Richardson Family Reunion
More than 200 years of Richardson family history came together at a reunion held at Campbell Town, Tasmania in June. Isaac Richardson and his brother Simeon were transported to Van Diemens Land in 1831 as Swing Rioters, before setting up their lives at Campbell Town. Fourth-generation descendent Beverley Richardson said more than 200 people took part in the reunion, with people coming from every corner of the country. Family members were asked to bring historic items relating to the family. “One of the things I liked the most was a set of paintbrushes that belonged to one of the descendants on the first family line … they were used by a father and grandfather to paint carriages in the early 1900s, and the pair went on to make cars.” A book compiled by Mrs Richardson was also launched during the reunion, detailing the history of the family. The full report is on the Northern Midland News website.

Port Arthur – Port Arthur Historic Site
Congratulations must go to the Port Arthur Historic Site as it has been honoured with one of Australia’s leading awards for the third year in succession. The Site was named ‘Australian Gourmet Traveller’ Magazines Best Heritage Experience at a ceremony held late May. You can read the report online on the Gourmet Traveller site.

VICTORIA
Ngallo – Ngallo Football and Netball Club Reunion
The Ngallo Football and Netball Club is celebrating 100 years with a reunion on 31st July and 1st August 2010. Match, dinner dance and raising of the time capsule, together with a book launch is all part of the weekends activities. More information from Aaron Oakley on mobile: 0418 820 632 or email: aaronoak@bigpond.net.au.

We love promoting genealogy and history throughout Australia and the smaller groups are just as important as the big state societies. So if you have news, events, need for help or donations, or have a request, please advise, we’d love to hear.

NEW SOUTH WALES
Bega – reunion
The Bega District News recently made mention of the recent Wood family reunion. The reunion centered on the descendants of Peter Horsman Wood (1838-1907) who once lived at Yarranung from 1869 to his death in 1907. When the Wood brothers arrived in Sydney in Jun 1860, Peter came to Bega while his else brother John went droving in Queensland and lost touch with the family. John spent his time well, and recorded his experiences in the form of a novel. The recently published “Tom Hurstbourne or A Squatters Life” can be bought from various bookshops. For more on this book there is a good write up on the GG Books site.

Hunter Valley – website
If you have queries or research relating to the Hunter Region (which encompasses Maitland, Morpeth, Murrurundi, Newcastle, Paterson, Raymond Terrace, Seaham, Stroud, and Wollombi), the Hunter Valley Genealogy website has a forum you can put queries on.

Taree – Manning Wallamba Family History Society
2010 marks the 25th year of the Manning Wallamba Family History Society, and they have been celebrating with various events throughout the year already. One thing they are doing all year is asking founding and long-term members to contribute their memories of the early day of the Society. These are being published in their quarterly journal The Fig Tree, which you can find on their website.

QUEENSLAND
Nerang – Gold Coast Family History Society
The Gold Coast Family History Society (GCFHS) recently became an affiliated library of the Famiy History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Access has been granted to over 2.4 million rolls of microfilm and 727,000 microfiches sheets. These can be ordered online at Family Search and viewed at GHFHS library for a nominal charge.

Warwick – Smitten family history
Lindsay and Marcella Berry of Warwick have been painstakingly penning books on their family history. But these books are not available in any old book store. They are for the Berry’s personal library, a documentation of their lives for future generations. The series is called Smitten and the Berrys have already finished the first three instalments, with another four in the pipeline. Starting with themselves and recording their own history, they say there is plenty to come, with some future editions set to date back to their ancestors. The full article can be read on the Warwick Daily News.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Avon – Town history
The South Australian country town of Avon held a reunion as part of SA History Week and at the same time the local district hall’s 50th birthday. Avon was once a vibrant little farming village and many have a story of either growing up in the community or visiting for some reason. Although this is a little late, and missed the reunion as they were asking for people who had stories relating to the town and its residents to contact them, I have no doubt that those organising the event would still love to hear from anyone who would like to pass on their stories. Email avon5501@yahoo.com.au or mail RSD Box 1050, Avon SA 5501.

Lobethal – Lobethal Museum
Also as part of the SA History Week 2010 celebrations, the Lobethal Museum recently celebrated it’s 50th Anniversary. This church museum also houses the little seminary, erected in 1845, the first three Australian-trained Lutheran pastors graduated in 1855. For inquiries regarding the museum please phone Rose on (08) 8389 6825.

Lobethal – National Costume Museum
‘The Courier’ newspaper recently reported that the privately owned National Costume Museum which has been on diplay in the former Onkaparinga Woollen Mill at Lobethal, now has a new home. Previously reported on Postcards, the owners of this spectacular 4000 piece collection, which contains items of clothing dating from 1812 through to 2000, rejected numerous offers from overseas buyers, as they wished for the collection to stay in South Australia. The collection will be left to the National Trust and it will be housed at the Millicent National Trust Living History Musuem.

Quorn – Quorn Masonic Lodge
Quorn Masonic Lodge No. 59 are celebrating their centenary on July 10-11 2010.  Photographs are wanted for inclusion in booklet and for display on the weekend. Also, photographs of the building in Railway Terrace when occupied by the Salvation Army until 1908 and Quorn High School from 1909-1923. Phone Maureen (08) 8648 6420 or email emmccoll@yahoo.com

Tea Tree Gully – Library Local History Room
The City of Tea Tree Gully Local History room has embarked on a project to dicover more about the story of the men listed on the plaques on the War Memorial arch. Twenty-four men’s names are recorded on this memorial. Sixteen were born in this area, went to school, worked and married local girls from this area. Five paid the supreme sacrifice. Each one has an incredible story to tell. To learn more about this and other local history, contact the Tea Tree Gully Library Local History Room on (08) 8397 7467 or www.teatreegully.sa.gov.au.

Scott Creek – Scott Creek History Group
The Scorr Creek comminuty recently celebrated the opening of new clubrooms at the Scott Creek Oval. The Scott Creek History Group was involved by setting up a display of photographs tracing the history of the oval.

Wallaroo – Welsh history
The Yorke Peninsula Country Times reports that as part of the St David’s Day Copper 150 sesquicentenary celebrations held in Wallaroo, local historian and chairperson of the Wallaroo Heritage and Nautical Museum and National Trust, Colin Boase, presented a brief synopsis of the Welsh influence in Wallaroo and the history of the Welsh churches. As the Welsh were experts in the field of smelting, their services were much sought after in the 1860s. A number were brought direct from Wales to settle in Wallaroo. The full article can be read online here.

South Australia – Historic Buildings in Danger
The Sunday Mail recently had an article making mention that 100s of ‘character’ buildings and old homes across South Australia are at risk of demolition because of a perceived “lack of will” towards protecting the state’s heritage. In a survey it found about half of SA’s 66 councils (mostly rural), do not have heritage lists or registers that protect buildings of local significance. Among the 29 councils without heritage protection are Yankallila, Naracoorte Lucindale, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Yorke Peninsula and the cradle of the state’s mining past, the Copper Coast. You can read the full article here.

VICTORIA
Brighton – Brighton Historical Society
The Brighton Historical Society was a recipient of the Sir Rupert Hamer Records Management Award for providing greater understanding and access to community archives for cataloguing their entire map and plan collection. Volunteers contributed more than 500 hours to digitise the maps and plans. The originals are now preserved and copies are made available for the public to use. Fantastic work!!

Drysdale – Bellarine Historical Society
Congratulation to the Bellarine Historical Society, on their recent Sir Rupert Hamer Records Management Award. They were recognised for their work digitising and indexing original school registers. The project began after a committee member retrieved from the rubbish old records from two schools closed in the 1990s. The historical society has also transferred the original registers, indexes and photographs to PROV, and written a brief history of each school. So many records would be lost without groups like this historical society. Thank you for helping to preserve history!!

St Kilda – Jewish Museum of Australia
Recent news on the Tracing the Tribe blog mentions that The Australian government will contribute $200,000 to develop the Zelman Cowen Gallery of Australian Jewish History at the Jewish Museum of Australia. The museum is planning to raise $1.5 million to bring the project to life. The government hopes its contribution will encourage the Jewish and general Australian community, State government and other sectors to support the project. The Jewish Museum of Australia was established to explore and share the Jewish experience in Australia and benefit Australia’s diverse society.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Harvey Districts – Oral Histories Online
This site provides information on the collections of Oral Histories recorded by members of the Harvey Districts Oral History Group. Also, includes Cemetery Records and other articles of  historical interest relating to the Shire of Harvey and surrounding areas.

We love promoting genealogy and history throughout Australia and the smaller groups are just as important as the big state societies. So if you have news, events, or need help, or have a request please advise, we’d love to hear.

NEW SOUTH WALES
Broken Hill History – Facebook Page
There is a Facebook page which has just started up for those wanting to find out and share information about Broken Hill, particularly relating to the 1920s-1950s era.

Port Macquarie and Districts Family History Society – Port Macquarie
The Port Macquarie and Districts Family History Society have been busy compiling  the “Port Macquarie-Hastings Pioneer Register 1821-1900″, a new book due to be released soon. This will be available direct from the Society only, and they currently have a special offer of $25.00 per book (+ postage) for orders received before 31^st May 2010 (the price will normally be $30.00). To place your order, click here to print the pre-order form, and post the completed form to the Secretary with payment. The Society does have a website you can visit for more information.

QUEENSLAND
Central Queensland History – Wiki
The Central Queensland History Website has now become a Wiki, this means the site will be user editable (very soon). So if you’ve got an interest in the history (people, places, business, and events relating to the Central Queensland area) keep an eye on this one.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide Northern Districts Family History Group – Salisbury
News from the Adelaide Northern Districts Family History Group is that they continue to grow. Their Legacy User Group is an active part of their group, and their “Adelaide Family Tree Maker User Group” has just had its first official meeting this month, which appears that it will be as successful as the Legacy User Group has been. As part of their continued growth, they now have acquired their own Domain Name:  andfhg.org.
If you wish to find out more about the Adelaide Northern Districts Family History Group, check out their website.

Golden Grove Uniting Church - Golden Grove
Do you have any family links with the settlement of Golden Grove? Discover the part that the early Scots played in settlement here from 1846. As part of SA History Week, the Golden Grove Uniting Church will have a display on Wednesday 26th May, that showcases the spiritual, educational, working and social lives of the pioneer families. Entry is free, and light refreshments are provided. Open from 10.00am-4.00pm.

Kensington and Norwood Historical Society – Norwood
2010 is the Kensington and Norwood Historical Society’s 31st year, and to commemorate  has published a book containing a walking trail map and information about the plaques the Society has installed, which celebrate significant people and places in Norwood, Kensington, Kent Town and Marryatville. The book ‘Now and Then’ is available direct from the Society.

VICTORIA
Cornish Association of Bendigo and District – Bendigo
The Cornish Association of Bendigo and District is now on Facebook.
And if you wish to check out the Society’s website, you can find them here.

Hopetoun Cemetery Preservation Group – Bacchus Marsh
The Hopetown Cemetery Preservation Group is looking for photographs and information about the St Laurence O’Toole Chapel building also used as the Hopetown Denominational School, situated at the base of Anthony’s Cutting, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. If you can help out contact the: Hopetown Cemetery Preservation Group, PO Box 175, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria 3340 (email: bammlove@westconnect.com.au)

Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society – Port Melbourne
We’re 150 years old … 2010 marks 150 years since Sandridge (later Port Melbourne) achieved local government. So keep an eye out for an exhibition at Port Melbourne Town Hall around the middle of the year. Their website has more information.

Prahran Mechanic’s Institute – Prahran
Short History Prize
In keeping with the Prahran Mechanic Institute’s objective to encourage and facilitate historical research, we invite you to participate in our Short History Prize 2010.

Entries are to: be non-fiction, be up to 15,000 words, cover the history of a place or aspect of a place in Victoria (Australia), and to be written by a member or members of a Victorian historical society or similar organisation.

The prize is: $1,000 (being $500 for the author/s and $500 for the associated historical group), and the closing date: 4pm Friday 27 August 2010 and winner announced Monday 25 October 2010

For further details and an entry form, all enquiries to be directed to Tim at library@pmi.net.au or (03) 9510 3393

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Heritage Listing for Soldiers’ Park - Collie
It has recently bee reported that Soldiers’ Park in Collie, which has been central to ANZAC Day celebrations since 1921, will now be permanently listed on the State Register of Heritage Places. To read the full article click here.

Margaret River and Districts Historical Society – Margaret River
The Margaret River and Districts Historical Society’s website reports that the Society has begun the digitisation and preservation of their collection of photographs and documents. However “progress has been less speedy than we would have wished owing to time constraints on our members and the single computer available to us, but we hope to have the initial collection uploaded to the Mosaic system within two years, and protected and archived in approved materials at about the same time. Of course we welcome new additions to our collection and these will be included after the original collection is dealt with. When the collection is securely uploaded, it will hopefully be viewable in a public domain.” If you wish to contact the, their details are on their website.

Australia

Anzac Book 1916 – DATA CD – $23.50
‘The Anzac Book’ contains a range of interesting information, such as: the Landing at Gallipoli, Glimpses of Anzac, Army Biscuits and the Book of Anzac Chronicles. Illustrations and photographs of different aspects and experiences of the war and the battle at Gallipoli are also included.

New South Wales Government Gazette Compendium 1841-1850 – DATA CD – $299.50
Full of fascinating information, both historical and genealogical, you will find information such as land transactions, legal notices, horse and cattle impoundments, partnerships, licences, government contracts and an enormous amount of information relating to convicts, such as Certificates of Freedom, Tickets-of-Leave Granted, Tickets-of-Leave Cancelled, Absconders from Employment, Lists of Runaways Apprehended … and so much more. So if you’ve got an interest in New South Wales during this period – you’re bound to find something of interest.

Kenilworth Centenary 1850 to 1950 – DATA CD – $9.50
While not a large book, the ‘Kenilworth Centenary’ describes in brief the history of the discovery and early settlement of the Upper Mary Valley country, which includes Kenilworth and other areas and places surrounding the Brisbane River in Queensland.

Brands Directory of South Australia 1938: Sheep Brands – DATA CD – $27.50
What information can be found in a brands directory? You will find an image of the brand registered, certificate number, former brands, name of proprietor, run where the brand is to be used (address), and nearest post town to the run.

Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac 1891 – DATA CD – $23.50
Almanacs are a useful resource for being able to ‘add flesh to the bones’ in finding out more about your ancestors and the society in which they lived, their occupation, the town they lived in, the businesses in the district and the cost of items at that era.

Victorian Directory 1914 (Sands and McDougall) – DATA CD – $47.50
A massive directory of over 3000 pages, this Sands and McDougall directory, which in 1914 was in its 58th year of publication, consists of not only a Melbourne directory, but also its Suburbs and the country areas too.

New Zealand

Going Abroad: The MacGibbon Family and Other Early Scottish Emigrants to Otago and Southland, New Zealand – J. MacGibbon – $49.50
The author’s great-great grandfather, also named John MacGibbon, took his family to the ‘ends of the earth’ in 1849, emigrating from Scotland to New Zealand. “Going Abroad” looks at why they did it, how they did it, and how they managed in the new country first in Dunedin and then further south in Mataura and Gore.

Your Family’s History: Research, Write and Publish It – J. MacGibbon – $13.50
John MacGibbon is a professional writer and publisher, and in “Your Family’s History” he passes on valuable tips and strategies gleaned from his own research, writing and publishing journey, as well as his work with other authors. It is expanded from talks he gave at the National Library of New Zealand in 2009.

From Gallipoli to Palestine: The War Writing of Sergeant G.T. Clunie of the Wellington Rifles 1914-1919 – K. Clunie & R. Austin – $55.00
From Gallipoli to Palestine provides the reader with a view of the historic Anzac operations at Gallipoli, then the successful campaign in Egypt and Palestine.

England

Town Map Yorkshire: Rotherham 1922 – Map – $9.00
The large scale plans of the Ordnance Survey are quite unique. In a clear and attractive manner they have portrayed the English towns and villages in detail over the last 150 years. They show not just the streets, but virtually every house; the complete track layouts of railways and tramways are given; factories, mills and docks are all shown. The maps contain all the fascinating minutiae that is the lifeblood of history and have become the most complete record of the places where our ancestors lived and worked.

Medals: The Researcher’s Guide – W. Spencer – $24.95
This exceptional guide to researching medals shows how to trace individuals and actions using Britain’s best record collections. In combines in a single volume the unique resources of the National Archives and the India Office records at the British Library, featuring military and civilian awards, orders, decorations and medals from 1793 to 1992.

Court Leet Records of the Manor of Manchester 1586-1602 – DATA CD – $25.00
Compiled and Edited by John Harland, F.S.A. Published in 1865, this CD contains transcripts of Court Leet Records for the Manor of Manchester, 1586-1602, containing many names of people in connection with land transfers, markets, local disputes, etc. A fascinating insight into life in Tudor Manchester. Also contains an Appendix detailing the local government and social conditions of the people of Manchester during the Tudor period. Complete with an index.

Scotland

History of the House and Clan of Mackay – DATA CD – $34.50
This a history absolutely packed with family and historical material found nowhere else and detailing the history and descent of this great Highland family.

The Lordship of the Isles: Wanderings in the Lost Lordship – DATA CD – $34.50
It is a fascinating history written for the layman and intending above all else to make clear the meaning of the history of this region.

History of the MacDonalds and Lords of the Isles – DATA CD – $34.50
In the 19th century, Alexander Mackenzie was the premier historian of the great Scottish families, and his extensive study of the Donald family long has been the standard by which such histories have been judged. Mackenzie studied the Donalds as the royal family of the Isles, the last of those who held semi-independent kingdoms in the west of Scotland.

Loyal Lochaber and its Associations – DATA CD – $34.50
Lochaber is a district in the south of mainland Inverness, and is bounded by Perthshire, Argyllshire, the Great Glen, and Badenoch. It was a region long isolated from the rest of Scotland, and until the appearance of the railroad in the 19th century, long retained its strong Celtic and Viking character and its preoccupation with a series of great families who for centuries had defined the course of its history.

The History of the Mackenzies with Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name – DATA CD – $34.50
This is an extended account of the Mackenzies of Kintail and Seaforth, as well as the branch families, of which there are dozens. It is both history and genealogy and an excellent example of the best the 19th century could produce.

The MacQueens of Queensdale: A Biography of Col. James MacQueen and His Descendants – DATA CD – $34.50
This work includes much material on the MacQueens in America, and the extensive index is an excellent guide to all the names besides MacQueen which figure prominently in this genealogy. Among those most often encountered are: Alexander, Baker, Black, Blue, Bracy, Bunting, Cunningham, Currie, Dick, George, Ledbetter, MacCallum, MacDonald, MacEachin, MacInnis, MacIntyre, MacKinnon, MacLaurin, MacLean, MacLeod, Moore, Morrison, Newsom, O’Neal, Pittman, Powell, Sinclair, Smith, Wade, and Whitlock.

Scrapbooking

Bazzill Basics 12×12 Family Story – Scrapbooking – $2.40
The Bazzill Basics Heritage range of papers has such a beautiful classic look to it. Using cream heavy-weight paper, and printed with brown and black on it – this Family Story page allows for just that – you to write either your own memories, or those of other family members.

Bazzill Basics 12×12 Family Group Chart 1 – Scrapbooking – $2.40
This is one of the nicest family tree scrapbooking papers I’ve ever seen … and it includes decent sized boxes for the photos, and reasonable space to write your details. This sheet allows for parents, and 4 children. If you have more children, you can always get some of Family Group Chart 2, which has room for another 6 children.

Bazzill Basics 12×12 Family Group Chart 2 – Scrapbooking – $2.40
This is page 2 of the Family Group Chart from Bazzill Basics, and is needed if you have more that four children in a family. This is printed in the same format as Chart 1, heavy-weight card, brown and black printing on cream card, large photo boxes, and reasonable space to write.

Bazzill Basics 12×12 Family Generations Chart – Scrapbooking – $2.40
If you’re creating a family tree heritage scrapbooking album, you will need a pedigree chart, and this is an ideal one for you. One the pages in the Bazzill Basics Heritage collection – this four generation chart allows you to fill in from yourself, back to your great grandparents.

Bazzill Basics Heritage Note Cards (Horizontal) – Scrapbooking – $2.40
So you’re creating a heritage album, and have some pages with photographs – these journalling boxes are a lovely (and easy) addition to your page. Journalling doesn’t mean writing a whole story, just a few lines about the photo, or people in the photo.

Bazzill Basics Heritage Note Cards (Vertical) – Scrapbooking – $2.40
A heritage album is not complete without some photos, and with photos comes journalling. This page from the Bazzill Basics Heritage collection comes as a 12″x12″ sheet which contains six journalling boxes each vertical, (there is another page which has them horizontal). Each measures 14.5cm x 10cm (5 1/2″ x 3 1/2″), and they are printed on heavy-weight cream coloured card and co-ordinate with other papers in the Bazzill Basics Heritage range.

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Australian Soldiers’ Pocket Book 9th edition – DATA CD – $19.50
The ‘Australian Soldier’s Pocket Book’ was published in 1943 during the Second World War. This small pocket-sized book could be carried everywhere and provided Australian soldiers with a wide range of useful information about the requirements of war service and many other important details.

New South Wales Telephone Directory 1946: Section 7, North and North-Western Districts – DATA CD – $14.50
This particular volume of the New South Wales Telephone Directory covers the North and North-Western districts in New South Wales, which includes over 250 exchanges, including: Armidale, Beaufort, Boggabilla, Collarenebri, Dundee, Emerald Hill, Glen Innes, Goondiwindi (Qld), Gunnedah, Hanging Rock, Inverell, Jeogla, Kerringle, Lightning Ridge, Merrywinebone, Moree, Narrabri, Orita, Pilliga, Quirindi, Rob Roy, Sapphire, Tamworth, Tenterfield, Texas (Qld), Uralla, Warialda, Wee Waa and Yooroonah.

Queensland Government Gazette 1876 – DATA CD – $47.50
The Government Gazettes were weekly newspapers (although there were extra issues produced as well), and this CD contains all issues that were released for the year 1876. Full of fascinating information, both historical and genealogical, you will find information such as government notices, public works notices, land sales, tenders notices, appointees to government positions, appointments of magistrates and Justices of the Peace, crown land leases, deceased estates, dissolution of business partnerships, bankruptcy and insolvency, notices or rewards for lost or stolen property and stock, unclaimed letters, unclaimed property (railways) and so much more.

South Australian Records Prior to 1841 – DATA CD – $19.50
‘South Australian Records Prior to 1841′ contains records, information and a brief history about the individuals who discovered, explored and named parts of South Australia.

England

Yorkshire Parish Registers: Sheffield 1560-1719 – DATA CD – $35.00
Transcripts of the parish registers for the town of Sheffield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Now updated to contain three volumes.

Yorkshire Parish Registers: Huggate 1539-1812 – DATA CD – $25.00
Transcripts of the parish registers for the village of Huggate, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Covers baptisms, marriages and burials from 1539-1812. Complete with name index and place index. Transcribed by Miss Edith Hobday in 1901.

Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time 1896 – DATA CD – $25.00
Written by P.H. Ditchfield, this title gives an account of local observances, festival customs and ancient ceremonies surviving in Great Britain as at 1896. It provides descriptions of the ancient folk-customs still being performed in villages the length and breadth of England.

Tracing Your Criminal Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians – S. Wade – $39.95
Did you have a criminal in the family, an ancestor who was caught on the wrong side of the law? If you have ever had suspicions about the illicit activities of your relatives, or are fascinated by the history of crime and punishment, this is the book for you.

Scotland

The Red and White Book of Menzies: The History of Clan Menzies and Its Chiefs – DATA CD – $34.50
The 19th century sought to provide a complete chronological account of the descent of great Scottish families from earliest times onward. This monumental work is best consulted for the period after the time of Lord Robert, Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland, ca. 1177-1266. It continues in increasing detail through the 62nd Chief, Captain Neil James Menzies, providing for each chief valuable information, both genealogical and historical. Additional material is provided on the tartans, rules for weaving the various Menzies setts, the various arms and armorial bearings of branches of the family, mottoes, war cries, badges, banners, pipers, bards, piobaireachds, and much other information nowhere else available. According to the clan society itself, though, considerable caution should be used when dealing with the earlier materials.

The Irvines of Drum and Collateral Branches – DATA CD – $34.50
“This work is intended to give not only a genealogical list of ‘The Barounes of Drum’ and their descendants, but to sketch, through them, the social and political position of those barons in Scotland who although not Peers, were yet classed as part of the nobility of the land.” So begins Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Forbes Leslie in his estimable history of the Irvines of Drum. He begins with a discussion of the region of Drum itself, and then moves on to the name and arms of Irvine. His extensive genealogical account of the family then begins with Alexander Irvine, who was granted a charter by King Robert Bruce (but about whom little else is known), and continues from William de Irwin of Drum (ca. 1332) in strict chronological fashion down to Alexander Forbes Irvine, the proprietor of Drum at the time the book was originally published. There is as well much supplemental material, including Ane Account of the Family of Drum from 1404, a list of charters and deeds in the archives at Drum, collateral branches of the Irvines, parish ministers bearing the surname of Irvine, and more.

Hamilton Family History from The Scots Peerage – DATA CD – $34.50
Here are presented the genealogical and historical records of all branches of the Hamilton family holding titles of nobility.

History of Stirlingshire – DATA CD – $34.50
This enormous study of Stirlingshire written by William Nimmo, and later corrected by William Macgregor Stirling, provides chapters on most matters of interest to Scots of the day.

Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch – DATA CD – $34.50
Inverurie was the name of both a town and a parish in Garioch district, Aberdeenshire, with the town situated at the confluence of the rivers Ury and Don. It therefore is part of the history of the northeast of Scotland.

Edinburgh – DATA CD – $25.00
Published in 1906, this book written by M.G. Williamson and illustrated by Herbert Raiton provides the reader with a historical and topographical account of the city of Edinburgh, and contains over 50 illustrations.

Stationery

Bumper Sticker: Genealogy, When You Confuse the Dead and Irritate the Living – Sticker – $5.00
Here is a fun one for you. Removable bumper sticker.

Bumper Sticker: Genealogists Never Die, they Just Lose their Census – Sticker – $5.00
After many requests, the publisher has had this classic quote made into a removable bumper sticker.

A4 Library Album – Stationery – $42.50
If you’re after a classy-looking, good quality, hard cover binder to store your photographs or documents, this is for you.

Premier Certificate Binder – Stationery – $137.00
Covered in acid free library buckram and lined with acid free paper, this new box binder enables the storage of certificate in a safe enclosed container which will stack or stand on shelves. It will hold up to 40 pockets safely and securely and will take both our Polypockets and A4 Landscape Pockets. It is a safe archival storage binder for your precious birth, marriage and death certificates.

Bean’s Gallipoli: The Diaries of Australia’s Official War Correspondent – K. Fewster – $29.95
‘Bean’s Gallipoli’ reveals the innermost thoughts, hopes and criticisms of the man who, more than any other, shaped the Anzac legend.

Australians Volume 1: Origins to Eureka – T. Keneally – $59.95
In this first volume of a unique history of Australia, ‘people’ are always centre stage, as bestselling author Thomas Keneally brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story. Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and soldiers, patriots and reformers, bushrangers and gold seekers, it is from their lives and their stories that he has woven a vibrant history to do full justice to the rich and colourful nature of our unique national character.

Thoughts on Convict Management – DATA CD – $23.50
This volume is set out in two parts. The first section focuses on the management of convicts. The second section contains miscellaneous information, such as information on crime in, and emigration to Van Diemen’s Land, introduction of Representative Government and Management of Aborigines.

Railway Guide of New South Wales 1886 – DATA CD – $19.50
The ‘Railway Guide of New South Wales’ was published as a convenient reference for tourists, excursionists and other people who travelled by train.

Queensland Government Gazette 1888 – DATA CD – $47.50
Now that the Government Gazettes are on CD you can search for any name or place easily. But they offer researchers much more than simply names and places. They will help you reconstruct events and circumstances in the life of individuals and communities. Listing the names of people, together often with either a residence or occupation, this is useful for any historian, as it helps to reconstruct events that happened over 120 years ago.

From Settlement to City: A History of Tea Tree Gully 1836-1993 – DATA CD – $29.50
In this history of the district of Tea Tree Gully, originally published in 1976, Ian Auhl has traced the occupation and settlement of the district and the growth of its seven early villages and townships: Houghton, Hope Valley, Highbury, Tea Tree Gully, Modbury, Golden Grove and Inglewood. He has also included the story of local government in the area since its beginnings in 1853 and has added a brief summary of the growth of the recently proclaimed City of Tea Tree Gully.

England

The Returns for Yorkshire West Riding of the Poll Tax 1379 – DATA CD – $25.00
Published in 1882, this is a copy of the 1379 Poll Tax Returns for the West Riding of Yorkshire. The returns are arranged by wapentake, then sub-divided into towns and villages. Many hundreds of names of men and women are listed. An excellent resource for family historians with Yorkshire ancestors.

Lancashire Parish Registers: Burnley 1562-1653 – DATA CD – $25.00
Transcripts of the parish registers for the Parochial Chapelry of Burnley, covers 22,975 acres and comprising Burnley (including Townley with Brunshaw), Habergham Eaves, Ightenhill Park, Reedley Hallows (including Filly Close and New Laund Booth), Briercliffe with Extwistle, Worsthorn with Hurstwood, and Cliviger. Complete with indexes of places, names and churchwardens.

Cornwall Parish Registers: Illogan 1720-1812 – DATA CD – $21.00
Covering the 1720-1812 period, the baptisms for Illogan are on this CD-ROM. These transcriptions are taken from the actual parish records, BTs & FETs available at the County Records Office, Truro, Cornwall.

Cornwall Parish Registers: Illogan 1813-1840 – DATA CD – $21.00
Covering the 1813-1840 period, the baptisms for Illogan are on this CD-ROM. These transcriptions are taken from the actual parish records, BTs & FETs available at the County Records Office, Truro, Cornwall.

Ireland

Families of County Kerry – M. O’Laughlin – $69.95
‘Families of Country Kerry’ includes: Catholic and Protestant; native Irish; settler families from England, Scotland, and Wales; County Map; Coats of Arms; and more. Information contained here-in dates from the earliest times to the modern era.

Families of County Limerick – M. O’Laughlin – $69.95
Families of County Limerick is a book that focuses exclusively on families of County Limerick. Part of the Irish Families Series, it includes: maps, heraldic arms, illustration, and covers Catholic and Protestant; native Irish; settler families from England, Scotland, and Wales and more. Information contained here-in dates from the earliest times to the modern era.

Evils of the State of Ireland – DATA CD – $21.50
Published in London in 1837 by J. Hatchard & Son, John Revans’ “Evils of the State of Ireland; their Causes and Remedy – A Poor Law”, a publication that witnesses a second edition, before the eventual passing of the 1838 Poor Law Act and its implementation in Ireland. Containing some 153 printed pages “Evils of the State of Ireland” represented one of the more benign paths of social policy that could have been adopted by the British Government and implemented in Ireland.

Evicted Tenants in Ireland – DATA CD – $24.00
The collection of information issued by the Estates Commissioners’ Offices, which is republished here on fully-searchable CD-ROM, was originally issued in four separate collections, one for each of the four provinces of Ireland; the title page that introduces each of the four provincial parts of the publication reads as follows: List of Persons who have lodged Applications with the Estates Commissioners as Evicted Tenants, or as the representatives of Evicted Tenants, and who have been noted as suitable for holdings.

Scotland

Leslie Family Records – DATA CD – $34.50
This CD contains a collection of articles relating to the history of the Leslie family.

Memorials of Angus and the Mearns – DATA CD – $34.50
The full title of this work is “Memorials of Angus and the Mearns: Being an Account, Historical, Antiquarian, and Tradionary, of the Castles and Towns Visited by Edward I, and of the Barons, Clergy, and Others, Who Swore Fealty to England in 1291-6; Also, of the Abbey of Cupar and the Priory of Rostinoth”.

Douglas Family History from the Scots Peerage – DATA CD – $34.50
Here are presented the genealogical and historical records of all branches of the Douglas family holding titles of nobility that are in Sir James Balfour-Paul’s ‘bible’ The Scots Peerage.

Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: The Official Guide – National Archives of Scotland – $29.95 NEW EDITION
Written by the keepers of the records themselves, this official handbook is written in a friendly and accessible style for the family researcher. It shows you how to find, whether in person or online, records of births, marriages and deaths, wills, church registers, taxation lists, censuses, military records, property records and much more. Using this book, you can hold the pages of the past in your hand and shine a light on who your ancestors really were.

General

Family Tree Legacies: Preserving Memories Through Time – A. Stacy & D. Haddad – $45.00
This customizable family keepsake is the perfect place to record and share your family’s story. ‘Family Tree Legacies’ helps you keep track of basic information and special memories, including traditions, heirloom histories, family records, newsworthy moments, family migrations and immigrations, old recipes, important dates and much more.

How to Do Everything Genealogy – G. Morgan – $39.95
‘How to Do Everything Genealogy’ explores basic rules of genealogical evidence, evaluation of source materials, research methods, and successful techniques for web-based research. You’ll get new information on DNA-based records, social networking sites, blogs, podcasts, the latest hardware and software and much more.

Geographical Dictionary or Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies 1848 – DATA CD – $29.50
Part dictionary and part gazetteer, this is a magnificent reference work for locating places and geographical features around Australia in the 1840s.

New South Wales Telephone Directory 1939: Sydney – DATA CD – $29.50
This New South Wales Telephone Directory includes the city and surrounding suburb exchanges of Sydney including: the City North, the City South, Ashfield, Castle Hill, Liverpool, Manly, Sutherland and many more.

Queensland Government Gazette 1884 – DATA CD – $47.50
Tens of thousands of ordinary people and localities, small and large, are mentioned EVERY YEAR in Government Gazettes. But they offer researchers much more than simply names and places. They will help you reconstruct events and circumstances in the life of individuals and communities.

Tasmania Post Office Directory 1918 (Wise) – DATA CD – $29.50
This directory covers both Hobart and Launceston, as well as naming the trades and residents in over 450 towns and districts throughout Tasmania.

Torrens Valley Historical Journal No. 71 (June 2009) – Torrens Valley Historial Society – $8.00
The volume continues on with references from ‘The Observer’ newspaper, which was a weekly paper that came out on Saturdays. All references which relate to the area of interest (Torrens Valley region) are noted, with the exception of the District Council reports and Parliamentary Debates.

The Colony: A History of Early Sydney – G. Karskens – $59.95
‘The Colony’ is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It is an intimate account of the transformation of a campsite in a beautiful cove to the town that later became Australia’s largest and best-known city.

On the Home Front: Melbourne in Wartime 1939-1945 – K. Darian-Smith – $32.95
What really happened on the Australian home front during the Second World War?
Kate Darian-Smith’s classic and evocative study of Melbourne in wartime draws upon the memories of men and women who lived through those turbulent years when society grappled with the tensions between a restrictive government and new opportunities for social freedoms.

England

Highways and Byways in the Lake District – DATA CD – $24.00
The Highways and Byways in the Lake District contains just over 320 printed pages, including a map of the Lakes marking the route taken by the author, Arthur Granville Bradley and more than 100 pen and ink illustrations by Joseph Pennell, providing as with all of the Highways and Byways series a wonderful mix of topography, local history and folklore, which perhaps more than ever allows the reader to rediscover parts of Britain that have long disappeared under a morass of concrete, which is perhaps fortunately less the case with the Lake District than other areas of Britain.

Acta Regia – DATA CD – $35.00
This is an account of the Acts, Treaties, Letters and Instruments between English Monarchs and foreign powers, as well as details of many Public Acts relating to various domestic matters. Covering hundreds of years – from the beginning of the reign of Henry I to the 10th year of the reign of Charles I, the book also contains biographical details of each monarch

Over 800 pages of information – a real treasure trove of English history. Includes a comprehensive index. An essential reference book for every historian.

The Brave Men of Eyam, Derbyshire – DATA CD – $25.00
A tale of the plague year, including three letters written by William Mompession. With over 260 pages this is fascinating reading for those with an interest in this Derbyshire town.

Reminiscences of Dollar, &c. – DATA CD – $20.00
Or … ‘Reminiscences of Dollar, Tillicourty, and other districts adjoining the Ochils, with notes on Progress, Scientific Discovery, and Invention of New Spinning Machinery, during the last Hundred Years’ to give it its full title. This is an interesting local history book about the Scottish village of Dollar in Clackmannanshire (home of the famous school Dollar Academy) and its surroundings. Written by William Gibson, and originally published in 1883.

Scotland

Bibliography of the Gordons – DATA CD – $34.50
Written by John Malcolm Bulloch, and published 1924, he explains that the Gordons were and are a family with many cadet lines and an enormous number of family members scattered throughout Scotland. Therefore, compiling a bibliography of the books written by or about them is a daunting task indeed.

Two Scottish Soldiers and a Jacobite Laird and His Forbears – DATA CD – $34.50
Originally published 1898, this 191 page work contains three separate articles or chapters loosely tied to three distinct military experiences or careers. The first is an account of Bridagier Ferguson, a Protestant who was a member of the Scots Brigade assembled in the Netherlands for the ill-fated invasion of England and Scotland in 1685. He served with Monmouth then, and with Prince William in 1688. He was at Killiecrankie, but later joined the Cameronians and served with Marlborough in his campaigns in the early 18th century.

The House of Gordon – DATA CD – $34.50
Published in three volumes, from 1903-1912, this massive study of the Gordons in Scotland is a testimony to the importance of this great noble family which for centuries played such a major role in the national life and politics of Scotland.

A Brown Family Sourcebook – DATA CD – $34.50
“A Brown Family Sourcebook” is a collection of articles relating to the Brown Family compiled together on a CD-ROM.

Stationery

3L Keepsake Envelopes (pack of 10) – Stationery – $5.50
These clear, self-adhesive and archival safe Keepsake Envelopes allow you to preserve special souvenirs and keepsakes on your layout without damaging the rest of the project.

Certificate Tabbed Dividers (set of 5) – Stationery – $14.95
Set of 5 tabbed dividers to enable separation of pockets in the certificate binder into your own grouping (i.e.: family groups, births, deaths, marriages etc.). Made from cream acid free card. Can also be used in the certificate binders.

Seven Gypsies Memorabilia Envelope Album – Stationery – $15.50
A perfect album for your small heirlooms. This 7 Gypsies string-tie album contains 10 envelopes in a spiral binder (measuring approx 5″ x 7″). The heavy weight cover is a perfect protection for the envelopes inside. You can embellish the outside of the envelopes with photos and stickers while storing memorabilia inside, or just write a note about what the item inside is, and where it came from.