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Get Ready for South Australia’s 2019 History Festival?

by Alona Tester | Apr 14, 2019 | Events, General | 0 |

The official launch took place, the program is online, the program guides sent out, so it’s...

Traces Magazine – Issue 6 (March 2019)

by Alona Tester | Apr 3, 2019 | Genealogy Australia, Products | 0 |

For Australian history lovers and genealogy buffs you’ll be pleased to hear that Issue 6 of Traces magazine is out now.

Who Do You Think You Are? Australia Season 10 (2019) Starts Soon

by Alona Tester | Apr 3, 2019 | Genealogy Australia, General | 2 |

2019 marks the 10th anniversary of the Australian edition of the celebrated genealogy series...

Trove Newspapers Update (November 2018-March 2019)

by Alona Tester | Mar 31, 2019 | Genealogy Australia, General | 1 |

During the past few months Trove has added over 2 million more pages to their historical newspapers collection, taking the current total to over 222 million pages, These are all online, and free, for everyone to use.

Applications for the National Library of Australia’s 2019 Community Heritage Grants Are Open

by Alona Tester | Mar 24, 2019 | Societies | 0 |

The National Library of Australia (NLA) is calling for applications for the 2019 Community Heritage Grants. The grants of up to $15,000 are available to community groups around the country to help preserve and manage locally held, nationally significant cultural heritage collections of documents and objects for future generations.

Are You Descended From Anyone on this List?

by Alona Tester | Mar 11, 2019 | Events, General | 1 |

George Wyndham purchased a property in Branxton, NSW in 1828, naming it Dalwood. From 1828 through until 1900 there were hundreds of convicts, indigenous people, free settlers, colonial born employees and German vine-dressers who worked there. The Dalwood Restoration Association are looking for descendants of those who worked there …

Learn to Tell Stories Through Photography – Enrol in “The Photo Essay” UTAS Online Course

by Alona Tester | Mar 5, 2019 | Events, General | 0 |

Applications for the University of Tasmania’s (UTAS) online course “The Photo Essay” are now open. This course teaches you how to tell stories through photography, and about going deeper than a single image.

State Records of South Australia Turns 100!

by Alona Tester | Feb 28, 2019 | Societies | 0 |

Happy 100th birthday to the State Records of SA. And thankyou for the incredible job you do in preserving, and archiving the equivalent of about 83km of records. Find out what events they have in store to celebrate throughout 2019

Australian Genealogy and History Snippets – February 2019

by Alona Tester | Feb 27, 2019 | General | 0 |

A job opportunity, new websites, unmarked graves, more records online, a new bus service, and more … here’s the latest collection of history and genealogy related news from around Australia.

Applications Open for South Australian Anzac Day Commemoration Grants 2019-2020

by Alona Tester | Feb 19, 2019 | General | 0 |

Councils, schools, universities, museums, RSL clubs, military groups, individuals and other community groups around South Australia like to honour the locals who were involved in war. But creating and maintaining memorials, or other projects does cost money, so at least for those in South Australia, the Anzac Day Commemoration Fund Grants are ideal.

Give a Little Back – Australian Genealogy Transcription Projects

by Alona Tester | Feb 17, 2019 | General, Records | 4 |

Transcribing is a fantastic way to give a back to the genealogy community. But what genealogy projects (other than the Trove newspapers of course) are available for Australians to transcribe? You might be surprised.