Baptism on Whitsunday
I was baptised in St Mary’s Church, in North Melbourne, by none other than the Reverend Peter J Hollingworth. I[…]
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Mount Macedon
Today we went up to Mount Macedon with mum, dad, Douglas, Eddie Shen and his girlfriend. There is a war[…]
Read moreMy Boomerang Won't Come Back
Well, this was the hit song in the first week of my life.
Read moreAlfred Ernest Cramp
Ernest Alfred Cramp is my second cousin, twice removed. The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 24 April 1954 Page 19 of[…]
Read moreYap Yit Poh arrives in Derby
The ship, MV Gorgon, on which Yap Yit Poh was travelling, was a coastal trader belonging to the Blue Funnel Line. It[…]
Read moreYap Yit Poh Departs Singapore
Yap Yit Poh, departed Singapore for Australia to study Medicine at Sydney University under the Colombo Plan. The Singapore Free[…]
Read moreDouble Suicide and attempted Murder
This is one of the few stories in my family history that brought me to tears. It certainly shocked the[…]
Read moreOliver Hearn is expelled from the Australian Workers Union
My fourth cousin twice removed, Oliver Hearn (1904-1994), a president of the AWU, was expelled in what I guess was[…]
Read moreCourt Battle for the 40 Hour Working week
Eli James Harrison (1903-1976) was the husband of my 3rd Cousin, 3 times removed, Una Grace Maude Brown (1904-1990). He[…]
Read moreTheft Of Tubes And Petrol
One of my relatives, living a life of crime in World War II. Theft Of Tubes And Petrol ‘Most of[…]
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