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In the most recent subject I am doing for the Diploma of Family History at UTAS the focus is on Place, Image, Object. The idea is to look at places, images and objects to provide context for family history. One … Continue reading
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My computer is dying so I have not been able to put anything up on my blog for a while. More is coming but I need to get a new computer first. I have been creating an annotated map for … Continue reading
Link to Part 1 For the next couple of years the Washington Irving with Durant as Captain did a number of runs between London and Sydney. In 1856 the ship arrived in Sydney in March. This time the Washington Irving had … Continue reading
Link to Part 2 In 1855 Edwin Gransden arrived in Sydney on the Washington Irving, Captained by Isaac Durant. Durant had only been Captain of the Washington Irving for a short time with a Captain John Jones being the Captain prior … Continue reading
On the second of June 1797 John Lees arrived in Sydney Cove aboard the Ganges.[1] Unlike many of those who were coming to Sydney, John was not a convict. He was there as one of the soldiers. John served in … Continue reading
Robert Scott was fifth Mate on the Earl Cornwallis. During his time on the Earl Cornwallis he wrote a series of more than ten letters to friends and family in England and Scotland. The ninth letter held a description of … Continue reading
Sydney N.S.Wales, 21st August 1801, Gentlemen, By the way of India I had the honor of writing you, a duplicate copy of which accompanies this. The Earl Cornwallis arrived here the 10th June. By that ship I received your letters … Continue reading
Soulden Lawrence first started working in Law in 1774. He was well known by 1794 he had become a judge and a Knight. He transferred to the Kings Bench where he served for fourteen years before returning to the Common … Continue reading
Nash Grose was a Justice of the Kings Bench. In 1766 he joined the bar and was considered a Barrister of note. Justice Grose became a Judge in 1780 and was considered to be a Sound Judge with very little … Continue reading
On the 28th of March 1799 at the Lent Assize at Tauton Castle Mary Stevens first encountered Justice Buller. Justice Buller had a reputation as a hasty and prejudiced judge who had once declared that a husband could thrash his … Continue reading