May 26, 2012

Angustown Primary School

Angustown State School

After moving frequently about the Corop and Echuca districts early in their marriage, Edward and Sophia Gorey settled at Angustown near Whroo in 1889. A list provided to the Education Department about 1890 shows that four children of Edward Gorey were attending the recently opened Angustown State School. These would have been Charles, Elizabeth, William [...]

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Anzac Day glorified

Anzac commemoration

Anzac Day has captured the public imagination in Australia. My Anzac Day reflection is to acknowledge that all four of my grandfather’s brothers served in the First World War. I remember attending April 25 parades as a cub scout in Traralgon where the returned soldiers outnumbered the spectators. There were Boer War veterans in the [...]

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Great Scot, I’m royal (not)?

Robert Bruce

This is a remarkable genealogical story. What I write here is based on facts as far I can establish them. If these facts are proven I can claim descent from Robert the Bruce, other Scottish kings, Henry II of England and even Fergus of Ireland and Scotland. I registered at www.ancestry.com.au this morning. I hit [...]

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Internet Archive Machine

Michael Gorey website historic snapshot

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine offers hours of browsing fun. The archive contains 100 terabytes and 10 billion web pages archived from 1996 to the present. You simply enter a web address to be taken back in time to cached pages of that site. This is potentially embarrassing for web site owners. My own site [...]

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The Middlesex

Barque Middlesex

This is a poor scan of a watercolor painting of the “Barque Middlesex” by RH Shadlow. I haven’t been able to find a better copy of this, or any reference to Shadlow. If anyone knows how I can contact the artist please let me know. My great-great grandparents James and Elizabeth Gorey arrived in Port [...]

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