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Nov 26, 2013 •
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Ever noticed that the block on the Melrose Drive /Derby Street corner, across Derby St from the 7 acre Tullamarine Reserve, is TRIANGULAR? That is because Post Office Lane, the northern boundary of Tr...
Nov 19, 2013 •
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It's amazing what you find when looking for something else.
You Yangs wrote that a daughter of John Batman had been buried on the Dennistoun pre-emptive right, Green Hills in the parish of Yangard...
Nov 7, 2013 •
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Hi XXX,
I am sure this lady could have told a few stories.
HADDON, MRS MARION
28th September 1934, Frankston & Somerville Standard
OBITUARY
MRS. MARION HADDON
PONEER OF THE PENINSULA.
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Nov 7, 2013 •
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steve74 keeps feeding me info. so I might as well use it. So the Darley/(Sarah) Wilson connection goes back well before their time near Westernport shores! I've written plenty about the Darleys includ...
Nov 5, 2013 •
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While consulting Doutta Galla parish maps to find when John Aitken had been granted section 8,I found one map with a large area of land outlined that only Dorothy Minkhoff and I would understand. Doro...
Nov 5, 2013 •
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JUNOR STEWART MICHIE GOYEN MCKENZIE WILSON CLARK MILLAR GILLIGAN DICKINS CALDOW OLIVER DAVIS STAPLETON SHARP WEIR STEEL SUMNER ANDERSON
See COMMENT of 2014-01-14 11:39:56.
AS THIS IS A ...
Nov 5, 2013 •
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by bluestonedreaming on 2012-02-04 22:02:25
Hi itellya,
just joined up family tree to tell ya thta i am enjoying your Tullamarine history notes very much! SInce moving to the corner of Melrose an...
Nov 4, 2013 •
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WE WANT LAND!
Just think,this letter was written at Pascoe Vale.
THE BEST WAY TO ESTABLISH A COLONIAL YEOMANRY.
Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1847 - 1851) Tuesday 21 August 1849 Edition: MORNING p 1...
Nov 4, 2013 •
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I had hopes of proving or disproving that Pascoe Villa, Pascoevale,which William Smith advertised for sale in the latish 1860's, shortly after the death of his wife (see my WILLIAM SMITH journal), had...
Nov 1, 2013 •
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SEE COMMENTS RE HENRY, FRED AND WILLIAM GODFREY.
The two Purves brothers built bridges in Van Dieman's Land before coming to the Port Phillip District. James,an architect, came out first and his br...
Oct 31, 2013 •
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ALEC. RASMUSSEN,TULLAMARINE, 1909- CIRCA 1929.
Alec Rasmussen transferred from Couangault, south of Gisborne,to Tullamarine S.S.2613 in 1909 and taught there for nearly twenty years. His picnics at ...
Oct 29, 2013 •
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There will be a reunion, (on April 26, 2014?), of descendants of George "Dod" Jennings and his wife, Hannah (nee Wiffen)to mark the 100th anniversary of the family's arrival in Rye. Details from Linda...
Oct 28, 2013 •
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WON'T SUBMIT. TRIED TO ADD AS COMMENTS ON EARLY SYDNEY RDS JOURNAL AND HERE, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 10 TRIES. SO FRUSTRATING! WILL TRY LATER.
By deleting William Smith's 1850 advertisement for the ORIGIN...
Oct 27, 2013 •
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Hey xxx, Tulla Primary are having a back to school day on the 1st November 9.30-11.30. Wasn't sure if you are aware of it. THAT'S NEXT FRIDAY!
How do you write thousands of pages of history in hal...
Oct 27, 2013 •
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THE CITY OF KEILOR RATES FEW MENTIONS IN A GOOGLE SEARCH. IT WILL NOW.
"In July 1975, when Keilor Council was sacked, and an administrator appointed,it was the first council to get the axe in the 1...
Oct 27, 2013 •
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SEE COMMENT 1. WOULD NOT SUBMIT HERE AS AN EDIT. SEE THE OTHER JOURNAL RE THE PASCOE VILLA ADVERTISEMENT.
I suspect that the above Pascoe Villa, was the former Young Queen Inn, on a small bloc...
Oct 26, 2013 •
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ADDITIONAL SURNAMES.
CONNOR, MCNAB, WILLIAMS, HEAPS, LLOYD, BLACKWELL, REDDAN, NASH, LEWIS, PARR, WALDOCK, SMITH, SNOWBALL, SWAN, TAYLOR,BOYD, ROBINSON, BEALE, FULLARTON, MORRIS, FAWKNER,DUHY, CURRY...
Oct 25, 2013 •
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As usual,it's a case of look for one thing,find another. I was after an article about William Ford's famous cook who been involved in the second war between England and America.Found it quickly and th...
Oct 23, 2013 •
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CORRECTION OF TEXT AND MUCH BACKGROUND INFORMATION WILL CONTINUE.
Due to faulty digitisation in trove, I often spend hours trying to find an article that I know perfectly well is there, because I ...
Oct 22, 2013 •
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Richard Broome's BETWEEN TWO CREEKS is an excellent history of the City of Coburg. I no longer have my notes but remaining memories of his information will guide my trove searches. I will not include ...