Get Ready for South Australia’s 2019 History Festival?
The official launch took place, the program is online, the program guides sent out, so it’s...
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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia Season 10 (2019) Starts Soon
2019 marks the 10th anniversary of the Australian edition of the celebrated genealogy series...
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Trove Newspapers Update (November 2018-March 2019)
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.
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Are You Descended From Anyone on this List?
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 …
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Learn to Tell Stories Through Photography – Enrol in “The Photo Essay” UTAS Online Course
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.
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Australian Genealogy and History Snippets – February 2019
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.
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Applications Open for South Australian Anzac Day Commemoration Grants 2019-2020
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.
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Give a Little Back – Australian Genealogy Transcription Projects
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.
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Search Millions of Marriage Records on Ancestry FREE (14-17 February)
In case searching the 400 million marriage records on MyHeritage for free wasn’t enough, now...
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Star in Ancestry’s Next TV Commercial
Has Ancestry helped you find interesting facts about your family? Were you surprised by your DNA results? Have you connected with long lost relatives? Or been inspired to travel somewhere new? Ancestry Australia are looking for member stories to feature in a new Ancestry TV commercial!
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Traces Magazine – Issue 5 (December 2018)
Issue 5 of “Traces”, Australia’s history and genealogy magazine is out now. And as...
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Australian Genealogy and History Snippets – December 2018
From time to time I come across all sorts of interesting history and genealogy related tidbits. This is a compilation of the latest ones …
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