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A Woman in History

June 1, 2020July 22, 2020 Kandos History

That was Meg’s secret, like many women at that time. Keeping it secret enabled her to gain employment and a husband.

Tagged family history, Local history, social life12 Comments
social life

Devotion to Motherhood

May 9, 2020 Kandos History

Some cultural celebrations have an obscure origin. Not Mother’s Day. Its founding is indisputable.

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Aboriginal history, family history, Local history, Rylstone, social life

Dabee Country

April 17, 2020April 16, 2020 Kandos History

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.

Tagged Aboriginal history, family history, Farming, Local history, pioneers, Rylstone12 Comments
family history, social life

A Coded Letter

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 Kandos History

One of the things I love about old letters is the language that plants them in the past. Things like "the blinking b battery", "thingamajig", "going goodo", "oh gee", "a fair cow", "cheerio", "the old mob".

Tagged family history, social life19 Comments
Rural life, social life

What’s a Wool Press?

December 27, 2019December 27, 2019 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

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