tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22542933956117828062024-03-14T03:58:02.807+11:00Irish Wattle BlogCome find your ancestor!Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-80321719251286831872013-01-27T17:21:00.000+11:002013-01-27T17:22:08.338+11:00Findmypast adds 21m new Irish BDM records<b><a href="http://www.findmypast.com.au/" target="_blank">Findmypast.com.au</a></b> just added 21 million new Irish Birth, Death and Marriage records (1800s – 1950s) to its already extensive collection of historical records.<br />
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“The addition of 21 million new birth, marriage and death records to our website means we will now have more than 60 million Irish records on our website, including census and parish records,” said Vicki Dawson, General Manager of <b><a href="http://www.findmypast.com.au/" target="_blank">findmypast.com.au</a></b>. “There has never been a better time for people to explore and discover the details of the lives of their Irish ancestors.”<br />
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Births, deaths and marriages are central events in peoples’ lives and people researching their family history can use these to develop their family tree. <a href="http://www.findmypast.com.au/" target="_blank"><b>Findmypast.com.au</b></a> carries the most detailed and thorough collection of Irish records ever seen in one place – providing a fascinating insight into Ireland’s history and making Irish family research easier and more accessible than ever before.<br />
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Findmypast is a proud partner of <b><a href="http://www.thegatheringireland.com/" target="_blank">The Gathering Ireland</a></b>, a year-long celebration in 2013 of Ireland and all things Irish.<br />
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The Ireland birth, death and marriage collection is also available across all the findmypast sites: <a href="http://www.findmypast.ie/"><b>www.findmypast.ie</b></a>, <b><a href="http://www.findmypast.co.uk/">www.findmypast.co.uk</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.findmypast.com/">www.findmypast.com</a></b>.<br />
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Read the <b><a href="http://blog.findmypast.com.au/2013/01/new-irish-birth-death-marriage-records/" target="_blank">findmypast.com.au blog - Ireland Births and Deaths 1864-1958</a></b>.Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-89943515518705240302013-01-21T21:21:00.001+11:002013-01-21T21:31:22.390+11:00The last Irish convict exiles to North America<br />
At <b><a href="http://irishwattle.com/" target="_blank">Irish Wattle</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.insidehistory.com.au/" target="_blank">Inside History</a></b> we were very excited over the weekend to get an email from a Canadian researcher who has been looking for her Irish convict, Hugh Giffen, for many years, even to the extent of recently visiting Northern Ireland to seek information on him.<br />
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She had found details of his trial in August 1789 at Carrickfergus Assizes, where he was sentenced to transportation for stealing three sheep and a firkin of butter but had reached a dead end. In contacting us, it seems she assumed that Hugh had been transported to Botany Bay, but had not found a trace of him, as we didnt either on on going through our records of the 1790s.<br />
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However, a check through Bob Reece’s excellent book “<b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Irish-Convict-Transportation-South/dp/031223211X" target="_blank">The Origins of Irish convict transportation to New South Wales</a></b>’ and we hit gold. We found that Hugh Geffin [sic] had been transported on the final shipment of Irish convicts to America, sailing on the ship the Duke of Leinster which departed from Dublin on 7 November 1789. The prisoners had been offloaded at Barbuda in the Leeward Islands and others at Antigua in the same group of islands and further reading of the relevant chapters of Reece’s book will make it clearer what likely happened to him.<br />
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Within hours our researcher, mentioning that the temperature in her vicinity was currently –8C, had answered and I quote “You can’t imagine the excitement your email has caused. I will be writing to the <b><a href="http://www.antiguamuseum.org/Home.html" target="_blank">Museum of Antigua and Barbuda</a></b> to see if they have information on Hugh Giffen...’<br />
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She will be keeping us posted on her progress. What excites us is that this is the first contact we have had with a descendant of a convict who was one of the last to be exiled to North America immediately before the beginning of transportation of the Irish to Botany Bay.<br />
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<br />Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-56735416996180572772012-10-23T11:58:00.003+11:002012-10-23T11:58:22.973+11:00Talk :: Rebels, Priests & Love Letters, Nov 17<br />
Our editor, Cassie Mercer, is presenting at the <b><a href="http://www.sag.org.au/events/list-of-events.html" target="_blank">Society of Australian Genealogists</a></b> on Saturday, November 17.<br />
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<b>Topic: <i>Rebels, Priests & Love Letters</i></b><br />
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The Minerva arrived in Sydney on 11 January 1800, sailing up the harbour past the gibbeted body of another Irish convict, Francis Morgan, whose body was swinging from Fort Denison. The ship brought the first of the rebels who were involved in Ireland’s uprisings between 1797 and the Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798.<br />
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Cassie Mercer will present brand new research into the lives of the rebels. Hear about their trials, which had captivated Ireland at the time. Some had chosen voluntary exile, others were tried by court martial. There were also rebel priests and urban criminals, both male and female on board. Hear from the convicts themselves, through letters they wrote to their family. Within months of arrival some were planning to take over the colony by converging at Parramatta in September 1800. Learn about their fate as they struggled with life in Sydney.<br />
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<b>Where: </b>120 Kent Street Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia<br />
<b>Phone: </b>02 9247 3953<br />
<b>Book: <a href="http://www.sag.org.au/events/list-of-events.html">http://www.sag.org.au/events/list-of-events.html</a></b><br />
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Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-41096698387594918122012-10-11T08:27:00.001+11:002012-10-11T08:27:40.686+11:00Deniliquin Genealogy Muster :: 12-13 October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Irish Wattle is looking forward to attending the Inaugural <b><a href="http://members.bordernet.com.au/~denifhg/genie%20muster.html" target="_blank">Deniliquin “Genealogy Muster”</a></b> tomorrow and Saturday, 12 - 13 October 2012.</div>
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Come and trace your family history. Get assistance to knock down those Irish family history brick walls at the Deniliquin Genealogy Muster.</div>
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<b>When: </b>Friday 12th & Saturday 13th October 2012.</div>
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<b>Where: <a href="https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Deniliquin+RSL+Club&hl=en&ll=-35.535055,144.967754&spn=0.009709,0.016952&fb=1&gl=au&hq=RSL+Club&hnear=0x6adf2ed987c5d8ad:0x40609b49043ca70,Deniliquin+NSW&cid=0,0,8315822344082800319&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A" target="_blank">Deniliquin RSL Club</a></b></div>
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<b>Cost: </b>$10 entry fee per day gives access to seminars & Main Hall.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.bbfhs.org.au/" target="_blank">Botany Bay Family History Society</a></b> is proud to be hosting the <b><a href="http://www.conference2012.org.au/" target="_blank">28th Annual Conference of the NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies</a></b>. There is an exciting lineup of speakers, exhibitors and events to entertain and inform you. We'll be there to help with your Irish ancestry questions and for our big book sale!</div>
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<b>Where: </b>Tradies, 57 Manchester Road Gymea - <b><a href="https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Tradies,+57+Manchester+Road+Gymea&hl=en&ll=-34.031501,151.088147&spn=0.008731,0.018625&fb=1&gl=au&hq=Tradies,+57+Manchester+Road+Gymea&hnear=Tradies,+57+Manchester+Road+Gymea&cid=0,0,7350368260977334766&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A" target="_blank">click here for map</a></b></div>
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We're looking forward to meeting everyone at the Expo. Don’t forget to <b><a href="http://irishwattle.com/products" target="_blank">check out our series of books on Irish convicts</a></b>, and because stocks are running low and we are clearing the decks for the latest book on the Minerva convicts, all books will be reduced from <b>$50 to $30 </b>just for the conference! Hope to see you there!</div>
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<br />Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-5551254898935028452012-09-01T09:04:00.002+10:002012-09-01T09:04:35.083+10:00Visiting the Irish Memorial in Waverley CemeteryRecently we visited the Irish Memorial at Waverley cemetery in Sydney's eastern suburbs. The marble and mosaic structure was built in 1898 to commemorate the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and the part played by <b><a href="http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dwyer-michael-12896" target="_blank">Michael Dwyer, 'the Wicklow Chief'</a></b>.<br />
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Michael Dwyer, born in Wicklow, Ireland, in 1772, was 26 when the 1798 Rising against English rule began. He led the English on a merry dance until December 1803, when he surrendered on condition he and his colleagues be sent to America. The English reneged and sent them to Botany Bay aboard the Tellicherry in 1806.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/digital-gallery/lachlan-macquarie-visionary-and-builder" target="_blank">Governor Lachlan Macquarie</a></b> gave him a full pardon in 1814. Dwyer died 11 years later, aged 53, and was buried in <b><a href="http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/aboutsydney/historyandarchives/SydneyHistory/SocialHistory/OldSydneyBurialGround.asp" target="_blank">Sydney's Devonshire St cemetery</a></b> (where Central Station now stands).<br />
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In the lead up to the centenary of the uprising, the Irish community in Sydney campaigned to have a memorial erected for the Wicklow Chief and his colleagues. The £2000 needed was raised by the Irish in Sydney, country towns in NSW and in Queensland, Victoria and New Zealand.<br />
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On 22 May 1898, Dwyer's remains, and that of his wife's, were moved from Devonshire St to the memorial in Waverley. It was the largest funeral Sydney had seen with 400 horse-drawn carriages following the hearse in a procession of 10,000 people watched by 100,000 others.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Grave of Michael Dwyer - Wicklow Chief Waverley cemetery Irish memorial, Sydney Source: <b><a href="http://irishwattle.com/" target="_blank">Irish Wattle</a></b></span></div>
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[1] <b><a href="http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/aboutsydney/historyandarchives/SydneyHistory/SocialHistory/OldSydneyBurialGround.asp" target="_blank">Old Sydney Burial Ground - City of Sydney</a></b></div>
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[2] <b><a href="http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/archives-in-brief/archives-in-brief-69" target="_blank">Archives In Brief 69 - Cemetery records, State Records NSW</a></b></div>
[3] <b><a href="http://librarycatalogue.randwick.nsw.gov.au/webquery.dll?v1=pbMarc&v4=766128&v5=3X&v8=766129&v9=0&v10=N&v11=288329&v13=4A&v20=4&v23=0&v25=929.5%20WAV&v27=19502&v35=%7B%5D0%5B%7D%7B%5D0%5B%7D%7B%5D0%5B%7D%7B%5D0%5B%7D&v40=242287&v46=766129" target="_blank">Waverley Cemetery, NSW transcriptions & index, Randwick Library</a></b><br />
[4] <b><a href="http://www.findmypast.com.au/articles/world-records/full-list-of-australasian-records/life-events-bmds/waverley-and-south-head-cemetery-transcriptions" target="_blank">Waverley & South Head Cemetery Transcriptions, Findmypast AU</a></b><br />
[5] <b><a href="http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/library/local_studies/local_history_fact_sheets" target="_blank">Waverley Council Local History Fact Sheets</a></b><br />
[6] <b><a href="http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/library/local_studies/waverley_cemetery_whos_who" target="_blank">Waverley Cemetery Who's Who</a></b><br />
[7] <b><a href="http://www.sag.org.au/downloads/CamperdownCemetery.pdf" target="_blank">Society of Australian Genealogists :: Camperdown Cemetery guide</a></b>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-61566640235523371892012-06-17T17:58:00.001+10:002012-06-17T17:58:46.739+10:00Unlock the Past Queensland Expo :: June 25-27<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpxn44JZ7ltfERVpuIa3JN5USDpbr6ai6_1sce6PWoWgj9Z0uBL5HSORLtneRrg92uu5TDRRcGJ-G7nRHUtYguOXv1cqRqMLqYuDEk7c6LyqMSo0ctVOVHSkzbe6QQSHRGpZAyqJBNkXY/s1600/qldexpo12-200.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpxn44JZ7ltfERVpuIa3JN5USDpbr6ai6_1sce6PWoWgj9Z0uBL5HSORLtneRrg92uu5TDRRcGJ-G7nRHUtYguOXv1cqRqMLqYuDEk7c6LyqMSo0ctVOVHSkzbe6QQSHRGpZAyqJBNkXY/s400/qldexpo12-200.gif" width="200" /></a>
I grew up on the Sunshine Coast and then lived in Brisbane while I studied at the University of Queensland. Those early years in Queensland, writing stories for my Mum and "publishing" them for the family set the scene for what I am and do today. That's one of reasons I love coming back to Queensland and what a happy coincidence it is, that I'm able to combine work and play in June, at the History and Genealogy Expo in Queensland, 25-27 June 2012.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.insidehistory.com.au/" target="_blank">Inside History Magazine</a></b> will be exhibiting at the expo with <b><a href="http://irishwattle.com/products" target="_blank">Irish Wattle</a></b>, along with over <b><a href="http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/events/unlock-past-queensland-expo-2012/exhibitor_list" target="_blank">50 other family history and genealogy specialists</a></b>. There are 39 main talks by 18 presenters from 5 states and the UK, plus 28 free presentations including 2 from myself; "Who was the real Captain Starlight?" and "Writing local and family history for magazines".<br />
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The featured visiting presenter is <b><a href="http://thefamilyrecorder.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Audrey Collins</a></b> from the United Kingdom's <b><a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/" target="_blank">National Archives</a> </b>and the expo kicks off her Australian speaking tour, which also takes in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. We're excited to meet her and look forward to her talks in Canberra and Sydney, hopefully we'll see you there - <b><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3422228979/collinseminar2012s/30740919603" target="_blank">book your tickets now so you don't miss out</a></b>!<br />
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Also, the good people at <b><a href="http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/blog/1/2012/win-exclusive-passes-queensland-expo-and-audrey-collins-tour" target="_blank">Unlock the Past</a></b> are giving away exclusive Platinum, Gold and Silver passes to the expo and Audrey Collins tour. To enter, <b><a href="http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/blog/1/2012/win-exclusive-passes-queensland-expo-and-audrey-collins-tour" target="_blank">go to the Unlock the Past blog</a></b> and answer the question, "<i>tell us “specifically” what you are looking forward to at the events</i>".<br />
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So, how do you get to enjoy all of the above? Join us at the expo. We've included some directions below:<br />
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<b>Where:</b> <a href="https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Centenary+State+High+School,+1+Moolanda+Street,+Jindalee,+Brisbane&hl=en&ll=-27.536758,152.940416&spn=0.009913,0.018947&fb=1&gl=au&hq=Centenary+State+High+School,&hnear=0x6b914e1ecff80fd5:0x96c6338ea32ba984,1+Moolanda+St,+Jindalee+QLD+4074&cid=0,0,10038720026531493520&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A" target="_blank"><b>Centenary State High School, 1 Moolanda Street, Jindalee</b></a><br />
<b>When: </b>The Expo is running over three days including Monday evening:<br />
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<li>Tuesday, 26 June: 9am - 5pm</li>
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We'd also recommend the Expo Gold Tickets, which for $50 pre-booked allows you to attend as many presentations as you can, saving and learning lots along the way! Or you can just book your expo ticket and pay for the presentations you attend on the day. <b><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com.au/event/3152534315/qldexpo2012b/30740919603" target="_blank">Click here to book your expo tickets</a></b> and then invest in your <b><a href="http://www.gould.com.au/Unlock-The-Past-Queensland-Expo-2012-Gold-Ticket-p/utpeq12gt.htm" target="_blank">Gold Ticket via Gould Genealogy</a></b>.<br />
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We love questions, so drop by say hello and browse through our books - they will be 10% off for the expo. See you there!Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-52386009765379376862012-02-13T21:38:00.005+11:002012-02-13T22:03:57.031+11:00Love letters from Ireland 1799Joseph Davis (c1760-1823) was a convict found guilty of high treason on Dublin in 1798 and sentenced to transportation for seven years. He was one of a large number of men who had been apprehended for administering an unlawful oath (considered a rebel offence by the authorities) on 1 October 1797. The group were given time to put their affairs in order before leaving the country. While on board the Minerva in Cork harbour awaiting transportation to Sydney, Davis penned an emotional love letter to his wife. The letter survives to this day.<br />
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<i><b>My dear Mary</b>,<br />
This day I received your letter and it gives me great satisfaction to find in the post circumstances that you, my mother and the four children are well. I hope little young John will get over the cough. I am myself tolerable well in health.… I often think of our mutual attachment to each other and my children but them times are over. I am very sure we will soon sail. Every preparation denotes it. However let me be in my part of the world, you, your mother and the children will be my chief concern. I wish I could in some measure think my health be better. I am exactly nine months on board this day and 18 months in confinement. …I hope you have fortitude to withstand this great trouble and distress for tho we may be separated in this life, we should get happiness. Pray keep up your spirits we may meet again. I am extremely sorry to hear a complaint of [my daughter] Sally, I thought she promised to have better times and I strictly desire for her to mind her schooling and every other thing you or her grandmother desire for her to do. She must know how such things put me in my present situation. Not being with her, therefore inform her if she has any respect for her father, that she will mind his direction or she will repent when it’s too late.I have not a sufficiency of words to acknowledge the kindness of your mother to you and the children, she has my prayers. I don’t know what might have been the consequences only for her, and I request she will continue her kindness and to pay a strict attention to the morals of the children.…The complaint of that lump in my belly is much the old way, no tenderness here will do any service. The reality I can’t say I got my health very bad but is entirely unable to bear hardship, sometimes weakness bordering on fainting attacks but wear off again.When you have an opportunity, give my best respects to Mr and Mrs Spencer, your sister Anne… Give my respects to the two Goodmans and Mr Donney with them, let them know Brady and Mulhall [also on board the Minerva] and the remainder of us seven are well. It gives me great pleasure to hear from you and often wonder at your neglect (I forgive you) and your mother has me affection with you the same as ever…Show this letter to my friend and cousin, [he] is next to your mother and the children… grant him peace in this life and happiness in the next. Give my duty to your mother, my love and blessings to the children and I hope Sally will be an ornament not a discredit to me. Many times I think of them, therefore I desire that they will take your advice on every particular and mind their education, particularly if in any way able to give it them and the blessing of God almighty be with you and mother is the wish of your ever loving husband. <b>Jos. Davis.</b><br />
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N.B. If anything comes relative to my pardon or any attention in the family send me and if we go away too suddenly I am afraid you or your mother will not survive to see the children provided for but I pray God you both may… I would be contented if you write, don’t forget the directions, Capt Cox, Minerva, love from me. </i> <br />
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This is an extract from the forthcoming book by Barbara Hall on the convicts of the Minerva, which arrived in Sydney in 1800. The book is scheduled to be published by <a href="http://irishwattle.com"><b>Irish Wattle</b></a> in 2012. Stay tuned for more soon!Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-80324303189497701032011-01-09T00:11:00.001+11:002011-01-09T00:11:26.825+11:00Stand up for the Parramatta Female Factory<div class="post-body entry-content" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 498px;">Issue 1 of <i><a href="http://www.insidehistory.com.au/">Inside History</a></i> brought you the story of the wonderful and unique female factory precinct at Parramatta in New South Wales.<br />
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The buildings in the precinct date back to 1819 and are an incredibly important part of Australia's heritage. It was in convict institutions such as these that the Australian spirit of mateship and comraderie, a sense of humour and standing up for the underdog were developed.<br />
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It's estimated that one in seven Australians are descended from someone who went through the Parramatta Female Factory. That means you either are related, or you know someone who is. And many of the women who spent time there were exiled from Ireland.<br />
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It's incredible to believe, but these historic buildings are not on the national heritage list and thus protected, even though they predate other world heritage listed convict sites such as Port Arthur in Tasmania, and Sydney's Cockatoo Island.<br />
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On the state government-owned site at Parramatta are two Francis Greenway buildings, original walls dating back to 1819, and the third class sleeping quarters with turnkey’s apartment, completed in 1825. All are in need of protection and conservation. One Greenway building is now a building society, and the matron's quarters, meeting and administration rooms are used for storage and training. The third class sleeping quarters and turnkey’s apartment in recent years has been a storage facility for broken beds, then computers.<br />
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And right now the Parramatta Female Factory needs your help more than ever, especially the third-class quarters, known as Building 105.<br />
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Sydney Western Area Health Services have lodged an application with the NSW Heritage Office seeking approval for alterations to be made to this building for the purpose of housing internal computer equipment and cooling systems. The proposed changes to Building 105 will not only seriously damage the historical fabric of the structure, but it will also deny access by the public to this important building.<br />
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Gay Hendriksen, from the Female Factory Precinct Action Group, is calling for people to sign a petition to help save this precious area. Their goal is to get 5000 signatures, and you can do your bit to help <a href="http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/savethefemalefactory">here</a>.</div>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-51267951680766631672010-10-06T22:56:00.000+11:002010-10-06T22:56:25.835+11:00Our latest book is here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAimRgjFj1vmgByW9eDE_u78v40voCf_iNlPJH1PFMV_i0XJcQe1q67uJpi4F-VWeid_aptYMA7nZQw2qdtz2RmxRJrgXDcw4qiZ-KGDVU2PImJ_ttHP5nyUeF23Yo9nobA9sGKBszwfg/s1600/One__family_history_cover_HR+copy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAimRgjFj1vmgByW9eDE_u78v40voCf_iNlPJH1PFMV_i0XJcQe1q67uJpi4F-VWeid_aptYMA7nZQw2qdtz2RmxRJrgXDcw4qiZ-KGDVU2PImJ_ttHP5nyUeF23Yo9nobA9sGKBszwfg/s320/One__family_history_cover_HR+copy.png" width="222" /></a></div><i><br />
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<i>One Family History: 220 Years in Australia</i> is the latest edition to the Irish Wattle stable. Meticulously researched by Neil Hall and Barbara Hall, <i>One Family History</i> is the story of a family whose first Australian ancestor was sent on the Second Fleet, arriving in Sydney in June 1790. The book tells of other arrivals, convicts and free, up to 1825; when all those from whom the current family are descended had arrived in the colony.<br />
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The family names Hall and Readford occur again and again throughout this history: but there were other family names too. In placing this family history in a broad social and historical context the book provides an interesting, detailed and easy to read story of one family in Australia. This is a family history that is contemporaneous with the history of Australia.<br />
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Unique facts and much evidence not previously published and certainly not readily available are presented in this publication. The book provides an example of good practice in family history writing. It has been thoroughly researched, it is well written and provides detailed stories and insights into the lives of convicts, their 19th-century descendants and the more recent generations, including those still living.<br />
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<i>One Family History: 200 Years in Australia</i> is available for purchase by contacting <a href="http://www.irishwattle.com/">Irish Wattle</a>.<br />
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Historic Houses Trust NSW has opened their latest exhibition at Hyde Park Barracks: <a href="http://www.hht.net.au/whats_on/exhibitions/exhibitions/convict_sydney">Convict Sydney</a>. Irish Wattle visited this impressive show earlier this week, and loved it!<br />
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Just some of the features include wonderful murals depicting life before transportation, and after arrival; a giant map that guides you through the streets of early Sydney; and touch screens allowing you to scroll extracts of the Barracks Benchbook, where crimes and sentences were recorded. <br />
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Details for the exhibition are below. To find out more, go to the <b><a href="http://www.hht.net.au/whats_on/highlights/exhibitions/convict_sydney">Historic Houses Trust</a> </b>or follow on <b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/hhtnsw">Facebook</a></b> for updates on all their brilliant work!<br />
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<b>Location: <a href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Queens+Square,+Macquarie+Street,+Sydney,+NSW+2000&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=31.241818,51.152344&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Macquarie+St,+New+South+Wales+2000&z=16">Queens Square, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000</a></b><br />
<b>Contact: </b> 02 8239 2311<br />
<b>Admission:</b> Adult $10 I Child /Concession $5 | Family $20 | Members free<br />
<b>Hours: </b>Daily 9.30am — 5.00pm<br />
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Its a great way to spend a morning and to get to know Sydney's convict past!Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-34478882501078263662010-08-18T13:36:00.005+10:002010-08-18T17:26:02.444+10:00Spotlight on: James Meehan, convict surveyor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZS_F12uas0unRTdMK_n93NC6MBuWry7TNUduD2P_kSMpi6wsEjHHZBD6U2fOZI5i-aWSm0F0WwFxroDSV_4JxTFIVFcEmLucMOyRC9j0vioT8ZQBGtEZvjid9e0ReahXkXXpDy-cM9dk/s1600/field+book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZS_F12uas0unRTdMK_n93NC6MBuWry7TNUduD2P_kSMpi6wsEjHHZBD6U2fOZI5i-aWSm0F0WwFxroDSV_4JxTFIVFcEmLucMOyRC9j0vioT8ZQBGtEZvjid9e0ReahXkXXpDy-cM9dk/s320/field+book.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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</div>These days every part of the world has been mapped and surveyed, and even our houses can be zoomed in on thanks to Google street view. Imagine then the role of the first surveyors in the early colony, and the significance of their findings.<br />
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One of these surveyors was James Meehan (1774-1826) from Offaly in Ireland. In 1796, when he was 22, he joined the Society of United Irishmen as a schoolteacher and surveyor. After surrendering voluntarily, he was charged with being a member of an illegal organisation and transported for life to New South Wales. <br />
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When he arrived in Sydney aboard the <i>Friendship</i> in 1800, he was assigned to work in the Surveyor-General’s Department where he was immediately successful. By the time Lachlan Macquarie took up his position as Governor in 1810, Meehan was holding a ticket-of-leave and was Acting Surveyor-General.<br />
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The two became good friends and Meehan accompanied the governor on many tours of the colony. Meehan was also relied on by Macquarie to enact his vision of opening up the colony through the issue of land grants. In return, Macquarie supported Meehan’s application to become Surveyor-General of New South Wales. The British Government proved not as supportive of emancipists as Macquarie, and subsequently John Oxley was appointed in his place.<br />
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The field book pictured above dates from 1804 to 1808 and documents Meehan's work in surveying the settlement in Sydney and across the Cumberland Plain. Now thanks to the Land and Property Management Authority of New South Wales, you can <a href="http://www.baseline.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/fieldbooks/fieldbook7-zoom.html">explore the book online</a>.<br />
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And more than 200 years later, <a href="http://www.irishecho.com.au/2010/07/30/james-meehan/4414">a stone statue of Meehan </a>is being made and will be placed in the wall of the heritage-listed Lands Department building in Bridge Street, Sydney later this year.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Notes: Additional information courtesy of State Records NSW and the Land and Property Management Authority of New South Wales. Field book collection, State Records NSW: NRS 13889 [SZ864]</span>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-31494430066512914002010-08-16T17:20:00.000+10:002010-09-19T18:01:21.887+10:00George Massey, gentleman convict<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">On August 1795, the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>Saunders Newsletter</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">in Dublin published a letter written by convict</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>George Massey. </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">In it, Massey wrote that "tea, of the quality sold [in Dublin] for 6 shillings per pound, sells [in Sydney] at a guinea, sugar 2 shillings per pound, soap 4 shillings, and bad rum 28 shillings per gallon."</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Massey was a former Bank of Ireland employee who'd been convicted of embezzlement. The explanation given for his crime was that he'd recently married and launched he and his wife into a style of living they could ill afford. He tried to cover up his crime by saying she was an heiress, but the truth about him cooking the books soon became clear.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Massey was sentenced to transportation for life and arrived aboard the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33cc00;"><a href="http://irishwattle.com/products/9/a-nimble-fingered-tribe-the-convicts-of-the-sugar-cane-ireland-to-botany-bay-1793"><i>Sugar Cane</i></a> </span></b>in 1793. Read more about him in A Nimble Fingered Tribe by Barbara Hall, available through <a href="http://www.irishwattle.com/products">Irish Wattle</a>.</div>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-30593916442826291552010-08-08T00:09:00.005+10:002010-08-08T00:13:13.139+10:00Convict sites awarded World Heritage status<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Eleven of Australia's historical sites were given World Heritage status this week. Together, they illustrate the key aspects of the convicts' experience in the penal colony. Established by the British empire across the 18th and 19th centuries, many of the sites housed or employed tens of thousands of men, women and children condemned to transportation. The sites now protected are:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><ul><li><a href="http://www.kavha.gov.nf/">Kingston and Arthur’s Vale Historic Area</a> (Norfolk Island)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.oldgovernmenthouse.com.au/">Old Government House and Domain</a> (Parramatta)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.hht.net.au/museums/hyde_park_barracks_museum">Hyde Park Barracks </a>(Sydney)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.cockatooisland.gov.au/about/history/">Cockatoo Island Convict Site</a> (Sydney)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.convicttrail.org/">Old Great North Road</a> (New South Wales)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.femalefactory.com.au/">Cascades Female Factory</a> (Tasmania)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.portarthur.org.au/">Port Arthur Historic Site</a> (Tasmania)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/coal-mines/index.html">Coal Mines Historic Site </a>(Tasmania)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.woolmers.com.au/">Brickendon–Woolmers Estates</a> (Tasmania)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/darlington-probation-stn/index.html">Darlington Probation Station</a> (Tasmania)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/Pages/default.aspx">Fremantle Prison</a> (Western Australia)</li>
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</div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Want to experience Parramatta as it was in Governor Macquarie's time? View the district through the eyes and voices of the soldiers, settlers, rogues and clergy who roamed the streets of the city in colonial times with a terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">iPhone App</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> by Parramatta City Council. </span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This fun and interactive tour takes you on a journey with a lively account of Macquarie's vision for the remote penal colony. This free app is brilliantly produced, with terrific voiceovers (I loved the accents of the narrators) and lovely images. Don't have an iPhone? Until 28 July you can hire an iTouch for free from Riverside Theatres. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For more information, contact <a href="http://www.discoverparramatta.com/events/entertainment_live/digimacq_the_spirit_of_macquarie_in_parramatta">Discover Parramatta</a>.</span></span></div>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-36971647969843835112010-07-15T21:47:00.005+10:002010-07-15T21:58:34.187+10:00Favourite flickr - Ships from ANMM<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anmm/4360792107/" title="Untitled, Hugh Crawford in two views off a rocky coast by Australian National Maritime Museum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4360792107_86e9bf64d4.jpg" width="500" height="313" alt="Untitled, Hugh Crawford in two views off a rocky coast" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Hugh Crawford near a rocky coastline. Source: ANMM flickr</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Featured on the <b><a href="http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm">Australian National Maritime Museum</a></b> (ANMM). The ship transported cargo and passengers between London, Hobart and Sydney during the early 1800s. It is a rare depiction of an early ship associated with trade in colonial Australia.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anmm/4361511050/" title="The barque Success off Point Piper by Australian National Maritime Museum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/4361511050_505f38f470.jpg" width="500" height="336" alt="The barque Success off Point Piper" /></a></div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; ">Convict ship Success off Point Piper. Source: ANMM flickr</span></div></span><div><br /></div>Built in 1840, Success achieved great fame in the twentieth century for being an original convict transport.<br /><div><br /></div>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-61049660918150748902010-07-03T19:34:00.009+10:002010-07-03T20:03:04.978+10:00Hyde Park Barracks wants your reunion photo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfm-TSYi7My9Iu5N_MrC01nmsQVJOKaoAfYrh1AoOQulwa1h-LAWeB96DYa6e7rUJpybJok3pfNmI9UNGrC9Oif5R-VESH7-CMcdnCu_E8RdwK7JFLpp9HIoiVCBlwBAVmQ-xve7A9Gw/s1600/Hyde+Park+Barracks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 359px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfm-TSYi7My9Iu5N_MrC01nmsQVJOKaoAfYrh1AoOQulwa1h-LAWeB96DYa6e7rUJpybJok3pfNmI9UNGrC9Oif5R-VESH7-CMcdnCu_E8RdwK7JFLpp9HIoiVCBlwBAVmQ-xve7A9Gw/s400/Hyde+Park+Barracks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489615068410679234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Hyde Park Barracks. Source: http://www.hht.net.au</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>The <b><a href="http://www.hht.net.au/museums/hyde_park_barracks_museum">Hyde Park Barracks</a></b> is putting together a new semi-permanent exhibition about convicts in Sydney. A component of the exhibition discusses the legacy of convicts and the many descendants of convicts alive today who are very proud of their ancestry.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are looking for a photograph of a large family reunion of people descended from a convict. It would be preferable to have descendants of a convict who resided in the Hyde Park Barracks, but any Sydney-based convict would be welcome.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you recently had a family reunion of convict descendants, had a group photograph taken and are happy to have this on display in the Hyde Park Barracks, please contact Kate Bruxner at the <b><a href="http://www.hht.net.au/museums/mos">Museum of Sydney</a></b> on 02 9251 5988 or email kateb@hht.net.au.</div><div><br /></div><div>Source: The <b><a href="http://www.sag.org.au/">Society of Australian Genealogists</a></b>, June newsletter</div>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-33387840833268328572010-07-01T10:19:00.013+10:002010-07-03T19:37:26.988+10:00Check out Ask about Ireland<div>It seems that everytime we go onto the <b><a href="http://www.askaboutireland.ie/">Ask about Ireland site</a></b>, there is something new and interesting. The Ask about Ireland team is definitely providing one of the best resources we know for Irish history online.<div><br /></div><div><div>For example, we found out today that the centre of Cork city is built on a number of marshy islands on the River Lee. The word 'Cork' comes from the Irish word 'corcach' which means a marsh. A map of 1545 brilliantly outlines the different islands. The first settlement near the city was not on the islands themselves but a monastery founded south west of the islands.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dZSHmJ2HlxAUucKREr7KRDUlV9jgZOkW2H_A8VKoN_hulHQFgpOPItDq61LYVgUqjySOR0GOxM6f6p2gXtZ0X_HDNCMkvGvqG2ycLBnUsgagwQwYMT1TvQPTgmbMBThXxvklEYwwCXA/s1600/1545-map-of-cork.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dZSHmJ2HlxAUucKREr7KRDUlV9jgZOkW2H_A8VKoN_hulHQFgpOPItDq61LYVgUqjySOR0GOxM6f6p2gXtZ0X_HDNCMkvGvqG2ycLBnUsgagwQwYMT1TvQPTgmbMBThXxvklEYwwCXA/s400/1545-map-of-cork.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488729841114265410" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Early map of Cork City, 1545 Source: Ask about Ireland</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div>AskAboutIreland is an initiative of Irish public libraries together with local museums and archives which aims to digitise and publish the unique and the unusual material from their local collections to create a national Irish online resource for culture.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Want more info? We'd highly recommend a visit to <b><a href="http://www.askaboutireland.ie/">Ask about Ireland</a></b>. You can also follow Ask about Ireland on <b><a href="http://twitter.com/askaboutireland">twitter</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ask-About-Ireland/264798967738">Facebook</a></b>. Enjoy!</div></div>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-22089943236484511592010-06-28T17:43:00.014+10:002010-06-28T18:43:55.634+10:00Ideas Worth Spreading - TEDx Sydney<div>How Mary Victor O'Reeri used her connection with the land to trace Irish Sister Bernadette O'Connor, lost in the Kimberley region of Western Australia:</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="450" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UYAR-UYo04w&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UYAR-UYo04w&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="325"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Mary Victor O'Reeri - Indigenous Australian Wisdom: TEDx Youtube</span></b></div><div><br /></div>Want more info? Go to the <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDxTalks">TEDx YouTube Channel</a></b> or <b><a href="http://tedxsydney.com/">TEDx Sydney</a></b>.Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-78338292073816898922010-06-22T21:30:00.003+10:002010-06-22T21:42:48.483+10:00New records on Irish Genealogy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPQEIlIRpn3kpUtI-RRJlQlf59LjtT1xOlunx0Kcq0yd6Z1dxRjUwhyphenhyphenoydlU-QvirAqsS0V0zmWmLggcQ84JjD8ihuU9o5_FgqjzrB-l-E1FHY4XqrZzAjoj-1Pa_8E-ZZCVoL5MZP8Q/s1600/diocese2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPQEIlIRpn3kpUtI-RRJlQlf59LjtT1xOlunx0Kcq0yd6Z1dxRjUwhyphenhyphenoydlU-QvirAqsS0V0zmWmLggcQ84JjD8ihuU9o5_FgqjzrB-l-E1FHY4XqrZzAjoj-1Pa_8E-ZZCVoL5MZP8Q/s200/diocese2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485562069141557106" /></a>The 2nd phase of <b><a href="http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/index.html">irishgenealogy.ie</a></b> has been launched, by Ireland's Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport and the Archbishop of Dublin. This launch makes available church records for free and allows you to <b><a href="http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/">search</a></b> for these by name, location and date.<div><br /></div><div>Additions include pre-1900 Church of Ireland records such as church baptism, marriage and burial records for Dublin City, Carlow, Cork and Kerry. Also, some additional Roman Catholic parish records from the Diocese of Cork & Ross have been added.</div><div><br /></div><div>What's next? Work on complete Roman Catholic records for Dublin City and South & West Cork is progressing and their release is expected soon.</div>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-35652327669474467942010-06-20T22:20:00.004+10:002010-06-20T22:37:49.703+10:00Voices from Ireland<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5GBHimGFLBaaMaQfA1G5gWG2Tc14Gh-R9Z9140Rv-bOMM9Kp0MutCHKEt60wpcb1c8LcO1NrnckThzq-8lJywzCn9e1TLkSZabhvt1J-sBpmNRQfKWzIwjrcRav8bAV0SedjgX0_yRQ/s1600/Name+of+the+rose+in+blarney+castle_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5GBHimGFLBaaMaQfA1G5gWG2Tc14Gh-R9Z9140Rv-bOMM9Kp0MutCHKEt60wpcb1c8LcO1NrnckThzq-8lJywzCn9e1TLkSZabhvt1J-sBpmNRQfKWzIwjrcRav8bAV0SedjgX0_yRQ/s320/Name+of+the+rose+in+blarney+castle_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484833676551830466" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Want to learn about Ireland's culture firsthand? Visit <a href="http://www.podcasts.ie/">podcasts.ie</a> to listen to many of Ireland's best contemporary writers talk about Ireland's history, people and literature.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's a terrific place to discover Ireland, whether you're a homesick expat, or are planning your first visit. The land of saints and scholars, it's history, prose, poetry, myths and legends are all waiting for you at podcasts.ie - and all for free!</div>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-79025463910550659552010-06-04T23:46:00.007+10:002010-06-05T00:04:04.080+10:00A cup of tea with..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRtA6dmDT4uQXkOPMhAf5YausNnh4gwj-rwCyase9-SqA7SkX9IXrquhk5fUqEsjJ7ZP64Aw2Up7BOFBK8N-WWbv4-vRoS7eA6PygJ790RMpMrfCnQew9xHckXouyQBJDXt62rQneryU/s1600/image-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRtA6dmDT4uQXkOPMhAf5YausNnh4gwj-rwCyase9-SqA7SkX9IXrquhk5fUqEsjJ7ZP64Aw2Up7BOFBK8N-WWbv4-vRoS7eA6PygJ790RMpMrfCnQew9xHckXouyQBJDXt62rQneryU/s320/image-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478916538275469890" /></a><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;">Welcome to our new series, where once a month we'll chat to an archivist or historian about what's happening in the world of genealogy</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;">.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-AU">Christine Yeats is the Manager, Public Access, at </span><a href="http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/">State Records NSW</a><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-AU">. Cassie Mercer talks to her about the archives office’s latest convict databases, and what’s on the books for the future.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-AU">CM: Your role at State Records involves looking after many documents of historical importance. Do you find yourself walking around Sydney and thinking about what was there previously? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-AU">CY: Definitely, you can’t help but have an interest in the history and what the records tell you and translate it to the built environment. One of the interesting things about archives I think is they inform so much about our heritage and you really can’t have assessments of heritage or considerations of heritage without reference to the official sources and other documentary material. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-AU"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Are there any stories you’ve come across of people finding forgotten treasure?</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:262.25pt"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU">There is always the potential, say in the correspondence records of the Colonial Secretary, that you’ll come across something that’s not so much hidden in the records, but may be described in such a way that it’s not apparent what they are. </span><span lang="EN-US">All of it has the potential to make people say, that’s fantastic. A lot of it is the tried and proven genealogical path – convict records and shipping records – but there is a tremendous amount of other records that are rarely used and which still have that wow factor. We have had some terrific finds but often it’s a rediscovery. We might find a really beautiful map or a really beautiful plan. We’ve got some Burley Griffin drawings of towns. Then of course there are other things that might be a collection of records, for instance, about a bushranger. The records might be documents and newspaper clippings, but together they tell you this fantastic story.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-AU"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">The one-stop-shop for your <a href="http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/news/researching-your-convict-ancestors-on-our-website-has-never-been-easier">convict databases</a> is a wonderful resource for historians. How did the project come about?</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">These were indexes that we had on the site already but we decided to promote them in a different way by amalgamating them into a single database. The prompt was really the fact that we acquired the Ticket-of-Leave index of 1810 to 1875. The combined database has had an amazing effect. People have really taken to it and love it. So it’s been a really interesting initiative. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">I was intrigued by the database called Convict Bank Accounts…</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Yes, it’s easy to stereotype and think they were all people who were very poor. Many of them were of course, but a lot of convicts came here with money because they originated from all walks of life. They put their money into an account and then they would collect it at the end of their sentence. It made such a difference to people to have a bank account and money. I was reading something recently about Sydney in the early days and how expensive it was. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">But of course it didn’t stop people being consumers. There is a lot of material in the records about people importing stuff into the colony, and it wasn’t simply food and alcohol and so on, they were also bringing the latest fashion from England and Europe. Although it took a long time to get the goods here, people were ultimate consumers; they were dealing and making money and all sorts of things.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p>They were quite entrepreneurial, weren’t they.</o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Extremely so. People were looking at ways of making money and generating revenue.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p>Tell me about upcoming projects.</o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Well, we’re continuing to add to the website. One of the major projects that we’re working on, which will probably take a few more years, is to list the loans files for the soldier settlement project. This is part of an Australian Research Council project with Monash University and the University of New England to really promote the collection which is hardly ever used, primarily because there were no indexes or registers [for the records]. We had probably 1km of files but no way of really accessing them with ease. So it’s been a really worthwhile project. That’s one of the major ones.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">There is an index of publicans’ licences from the 1830s that will be on the website soon we hope. There are also some additions to the divorce indexes. So there are a few things like that happening.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Over the next few years, they’ll be a lot more listing and indexing [online] and probably also a jewel box approach – an online exhibition with some interpretations and some transcriptions.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US">Sounds wonderful. We’re already looking forward to it.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;"><b>State Records NSW is located at:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sydney Records Centre: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">2 Globe Street The Rocks Sydney</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Western Sydney Records Centre: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">143 O’Connell Street Kingswood</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/digital-gallery/bushrangers/bushrangers">Image: New South Wales Police - Particulars of deaths and bodily injuries sustained by the police from bushrangers 1862-1870</a></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></div>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-26713818124052983352010-05-27T21:31:00.014+10:002010-05-31T17:00:43.561+10:00Irish Wattle in the press<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbpz1lOkK-V3ipTpWt5Wf65mHMUK9aZfwZjxcLsxSLYBDck97Jt3I0JcvOMgFeNyVH2K-yocjy4-Pjl4M8hOhrGdVUIjAp4XAAWMDOdqpA92gPeANWZfiSeMXorUeUM_jDacZsMLrwd8/s1600/1.+The_Irish_Vanguard_Final_Cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbpz1lOkK-V3ipTpWt5Wf65mHMUK9aZfwZjxcLsxSLYBDck97Jt3I0JcvOMgFeNyVH2K-yocjy4-Pjl4M8hOhrGdVUIjAp4XAAWMDOdqpA92gPeANWZfiSeMXorUeUM_jDacZsMLrwd8/s320/1.+The_Irish_Vanguard_Final_Cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475917719823068658" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We're delighted to be reviewed in the May 2010 issue of <i>Labour History</i>, the journal of the Business and Labor History Group at the University of Sydney. Here's an extract from the review of <i>The Irish Vanguard</i>:</div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">"Biographical details about these unfortunate travellers and their shipmates have been pieced together by Barbara Hall in this fifth in her series of books about convicts on the five ships sent from Ireland<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>before 1800. The book is structured as a biographical dictionary with an entry for each convict. Hall counts as her major achievement ‘the collating and publishing, for the first time, of a large number of<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>trials and/or crimes’. I would add as an equally important contribution her painstaking pursuit of what happened after they disembarked.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">…</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Barbara Hall’s study of convicts on the <i>Queen</i> makes a valuable contribution to understanding Australia’s earliest days of settlement by turning our attention to individual men and women who had not come of their own free will to a land they experienced as wilderness, but many of whom nevertheless took to the life of the pioneer and brought up families whose descendants are now interested in their stories. For academic historians following patterns as well as individuals, these biographical outlines offer texture and detail. The unevenness of the sources, the scarcity of information, are themselves reminders of how precarious the original venture really was – especially for those whose survival depended on navigating through both the convict system and the strangeness of an utterly foreign place."</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the terrific review!</p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-80676464118579377882010-05-24T23:09:00.005+10:002010-05-24T23:20:31.955+10:001798 Rebellion and the Act of Union<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib02TI9gNzOTUc9YXOEoAeNPTpBykzRIFsF5aOC7DjAogzuyxxQoVInit5Bs0GIVls_2VbE5gPiHD8GwlVUrv3k8BqkrcfmrAllA46qxsxr8INDyhQbTS6bTxG4KjFvvlmTqB-BI48jZ8/s1600/Scenes-from-the-Irish-Rebellion-of-1798.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib02TI9gNzOTUc9YXOEoAeNPTpBykzRIFsF5aOC7DjAogzuyxxQoVInit5Bs0GIVls_2VbE5gPiHD8GwlVUrv3k8BqkrcfmrAllA46qxsxr8INDyhQbTS6bTxG4KjFvvlmTqB-BI48jZ8/s400/Scenes-from-the-Irish-Rebellion-of-1798.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474824602822700674" /></a><br />On this day in 1798 the famous Irish rebellion against British rule had begun, which ultimately failed and lead to the transportation of hundreds of Irish patriots to Australia. <div><br /></div><div>Want more? Find out more at <b><a href="http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/history-of-ireland/a-history-of-ireland-feat/1798-and-the-act-of-union/">Ask About Ireland</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">. AskAboutIreland is an initiative of public libraries together with local museums and archives in the digitisation and publication of the original material from their local studies' collections. </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Image courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx">National Library of Ireland</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></b></div>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2254293395611782806.post-50915893448432879452010-05-18T21:04:00.010+10:002010-05-18T21:57:45.776+10:00Irish Wattle partners with Tourism Ireland!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrL9EMCOlCreGFnm_SH9ryRa8BVL7wK3xDxlZqkN8gjuX4LQTdbEGJp1R2iTMZH0hzerf8Gn6sT42obWOg5t8D4zddF786mZMP1gMKs1T05hNQ0HKTAz5VnUIsLx6sKLyvToG6WolEv0/s1600/Kinsale+SW+Cork.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrL9EMCOlCreGFnm_SH9ryRa8BVL7wK3xDxlZqkN8gjuX4LQTdbEGJp1R2iTMZH0hzerf8Gn6sT42obWOg5t8D4zddF786mZMP1gMKs1T05hNQ0HKTAz5VnUIsLx6sKLyvToG6WolEv0/s200/Kinsale+SW+Cork.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472564911247178802" /></a><div><br /></div><div>We're delighted to be working with <b><a href="http://www.discoverireland.com/au/">Tourism Ireland</a></b> as we continue our research into the lives of the first convicts to be transported from Ireland to Australia. Stay tuned for more details!</div><div><br /></div><div>Visit <a href="http://www.discoverireland.com/au/"><b>Discover Ireland</b></a><b> </b>to learn more about the beauty of the Emerald Isle, plan your trip there or just <b><a href="http://www.discoverireland.com/au/ireland-places-to-go/explore-by-map/">explore</a></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Want more? Follow GoToIrelandOz on <b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/discoverirelandoz">Facebook</a></b> and <b><a href="http://twitter.com/GoToIrelandOz">Twitter</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> for updates on travel deals, </span><a href="http://www.visitdublin.com/Competitions/PhotoCompetition/dublin.aspx">competitions</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> and the island of Ireland.</span></b></div>Inside History magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869850049987387419noreply@blogger.com0