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Dressing the Past: Part 4- Using a photo to research Family History

Posted on September 30, 2022 by TinaSeptember 30, 2022
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Photos illustrate what is happening at a particular time and place in a family’s history. They also, usually illustrate the best of a family. Photos are about presenting an appearance. In particular, early photos are often staged with all members … Continue reading →

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Dressing the Past

Posted on July 16, 2022 by TinaSeptember 30, 2022
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Impacts on the Clothes people Wore Social, environmental and cultural events all impact the clothing people wear and how they wore them. During the nineteenth century, there were a number of events that impacted the availability of clothing, colours and … Continue reading →

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Fernleigh from Construction to Destruction: Part 2 Edward Atkins Jnr.

Posted on July 15, 2022 by TinaJuly 15, 2022
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Edward Atkins Jnr was born on the 10th of January 1852 in West Pennant Hills. Edward Atkins Jnr, like his father, also known as Edward Atkins, was a successful Nurseryman. He married Maria Allsop in 1878 and the family made … Continue reading →

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Clothing of the 1860s-1890s

Posted on July 15, 2022 by TinaJuly 16, 2022
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Women’s wear of the 1860s -1870s While the sewing machine was invented in the late 1770s, it did not become readily available until the 1860s. In Australia, the first sewing machine factory, built by Singer, was constructed and began selling … Continue reading →

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Dressing the Past; Clothes and their impact on daily life.

Posted on July 14, 2022 by TinaJuly 15, 2022
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This post is going to be a series of posts about a dress that I made over a year ago that was based on an unknown photo in my Great Aunty Margarets collection. The photo was one that she had … Continue reading →

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Fernleigh from Construction to Destruction Part 4- Nursing Home

Posted on February 13, 2022 by TinaJuly 15, 2022
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On the 30th of March 1945, George Stark died leaving Fernleigh to his sons Kenneth Lawrence Stark and Arthur Campbell Stark. Once again Fernleigh was sold, this time to Mary Jane Elizabeth Clark and Eric Charles Clark. The Clarks had … Continue reading →

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Collecting by Caravan

Posted on February 12, 2022 by TinaFebruary 12, 2022
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The below article was remembered by one of Nancy’s grand nieces. The cottage and the fireplace in the article were donated to the council. Unfortunately, it was not looked after well and eventually became infested with white ants. This meant … Continue reading →

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Ragged Schools

Posted on February 12, 2022 by TinaFebruary 12, 2022
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On researching the Gransden family I was struck by the fact that Mary Ann Gransden nee Stone had left her husband in 1852 to strike out on her own. In 1852 this is an extremely unusual thing for a woman … Continue reading →

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Historical Pensions Part 3- Greenwich Pensions continued

Posted on April 13, 2020 by TinaApril 13, 2020
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Edwin Gransden- Greenwich Pensioner I found Edwin Gransden in a different way to finding George Lockwood. Unlike George, I wasn’t looking at census papers. Initially, I was trying to find Edwin Gransden’s arrival in Australia. Eventually, I found Edwin as … Continue reading →

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Fernleigh from Construction to Destruction- Part 1

Posted on February 9, 2020 by TinaOctober 6, 2020
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Fernleigh was a house very close to where I live. I had no idea it existed until I read an obituary notice for Mary Atkins nee Annetts, my three times great grandmother. The funeral notice for Mary Annetts read- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28274767 … Continue reading →

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