Their generation and their parents’ were referred to as currency lads and lasses. These free young colonials were thriving in the climate and landscape of Sydney, judged to be fitter, healthier and happier than their forbears.
Category: Family History
A Mother’s Solace
One day in late January 1947 Flora opened a typed two-page letter that began, ‘Dear Mrs Clarke…I was a friend of your daughter Mary...was with her when she was last seen.’
Solace in a Stained-Glass Window
Light of the World, the largest window, the oldest, set in the most prominent place behind the altar and, at that time, probably the most recognised...It was the subject of sermons, speeches, letters to the editor and news articles. Over 300,000 people saw it at Sydney Art Gallery.
A Constipated Hippopotamus
"A book rather gets its hands around your throat and shakes you until your fillings fall out."
Walking With Ancestors
I ask myself why am I drawn to family history, a passion I have had for forty years, a passion aroused by stories of fame (or at least brushes with fame) and fortune (or at least the desire for it). But I am not alone. Genealogy research is a booming business.
How the McGraths Progressed Kandos
According to the Mudgee Guardian Kandos Stores had “a distinct air of progressiveness”. Double-fronted, two-story, with overhead balcony and paved entrance, it was built with CCCs locally manufactured ash and cement concrete blocks, 9 inches by 18 inches.
Four Hundred and Three Postcards
Most of my four hundred and three postcards are about travel – the great Australian pastime of the last four or five decades – leaving home, coming home and, for the recipient, staying home.
The Emergence of Lue
the beginning and emergence of Lue village
Thrills and Throbs at Kandos Picture Show
On 15 July 1933 Kandos Talkies would treat you to a double-bill, Beauty and the Boss, a “radiant romance, spicy and snappy – She had ‘IT’ but she hid it”; and “a sparkling satire Once in a Lifetime which reveals what goes on in the private offices of Hollywood film studios”!
A Woman in History
That was Meg’s secret, like many women at that time. Keeping it secret enabled her to gain employment and a husband.
Dabee Country
They were absentee landowners, colonial gentry, fraternising with their peers, making deals, raising capital and writing letters to public officials and newspapers. They paid an overseer to manage their holding.
Kandos History 