Random thoughts and observations
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
James and Elizabeth Gorey were Victorian pioneers. They left Ireland before the potato famine and arrived in Port Phillip (Melbourne) before the gold rush when the population was about 15,000 people. They were assisted immigrants under a scheme sponsored by the New South Wales colonial authorities. James and Elizabeth originally settled near Bulleen, north east [...]
