by Karen | Nov 24, 2023 | Australian Colonial History, Biographies, Family History, Mariners, Social History
Part 1 – Dickens’ London Francis Foote – The Convict Francis Foote, aged about 17, arrived in the Colony of New South Wales on the convict ship ‘Bengal Merchant’ 23 July 1838, one of 270 male prisoners. All the prisoners’ physical descriptions were...
by Karen | Oct 5, 2023 | Biographies, Family History, Mariners, Social History
The following article has been compiled from my research into Albert Edward Tambling aka Thompson. Do You Know Him? “Albert Edward Tambling, an ex-service man and a native of Bath, Somerset, England, who was last heard of as residing in or about Sydney in 1924. His...
by Karen | Mar 31, 2021 | Biographies, Brisbane History, Family History, Social History
The beginnings of the first dedicated children’s hospital in Brisbane, Queensland. Mrs Mary McConnel was the instigator and driving force behind the Sick Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, but there were many women at her side who have, over time, been...
by Karen | Nov 20, 2020 | Australian Colonial History, Biographies, Family History, Social History
The following is an excerpt from an account I wrote on several ancestors, including Matthew Charles Thomson, or better known as Charlie. He arrived in Queensland, Australia from Kilmarnock, Scotland in the 1860s. This excerpt is from his later years. While W & M...
by Karen | May 28, 2020 | Australian Colonial History, Biographies, Family History, Social History
Finding Frederick Foot. There is little available information on the Frederick Foot who informed Governor Gipps of the murders of a large group of Aboriginal people (Wirrayaraay) at Myall Creek, Liverpool Plains in 1838. In all accounts he is usually described as a...
