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Family History, Rural life, Social Life

Walking With Ancestors

February 1, 2022January 10, 2022 Kandos History

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.

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Rural life, Social Life

What’s a Wool Press?

December 27, 2019July 6, 2021 Kandos History

Is it any surprise then that many Australians in the nineteenth century, especially those newly arrived, saw opportunity in sheep farming? Little labour (most of the year) and big returns.

Tagged Farming, pioneers8 Comments
Aboriginal History, Family History, Rural life

Land, Lots of Land

October 6, 2019July 6, 2021 Kandos History

It was a familiar scene: a rough dirt road, dry creek bed, scrubby bushland. I saw no evidence of cultivation or construction, just shadows, silence, rustlings. But overwhelmingly I felt a sense of connection. I belonged there. I had sprung from this spot.

Tagged Family History, landscape, pioneers8 Comments
Aboriginal History, Local History, Rural life, Social Life

Roaming Around the Long Paddock

July 12, 2019July 6, 2021 Kandos History

It might surprise you to learn that TSRs are part of Kandos history.

Tagged landscape, Local History, pioneers7 Comments
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