Wareena and the Ned Kelly connection
I don’t usually go in for gratuitous mentions of Ned Kelly but he has left a legacy all around the north east of Victoria and south east of New South Wales so can’t be ignored. Mentions of him pop up in the most unlikely places and today’s mention is...
Corinya – home of the Callander family
Corinya, home of the Callander family, well known in Wangaratta for their Big Store (later Coles) in Murphy Street is up for sale. Images of the house and details including that it has a maid’s bedroom can be found on the Stockdale and Leggo advertisement here....
The Tippet family and World War One
An interesting piece in the Border Mail about the Tippet family in Wangaratta. Percy’s spot sheds its full stop on Tippet family tree A small reserve of land on the corner of Tone Road and Green Street has been named Percy Tippet Reserve in honour of Percy Albert...
The Man Who Wrote His Own Death Certificate
How many of us can claim that the information on a death certificate is as accurate as if the deceased gave the information themselves? The subject of the following post is interesting on a whole host of levels, not the least of which is the fact that he filled out...
The Donegal Relief Fund 1858
Research of our Irish forebears is difficult most of the time. Late civil registration in Ireland, an English, Anglican leaning aristocracy in Australia that thought recording someone as being born in “Ireland” was adequate, excruciatingly common surnames...
Trove Tuesday – Wangaratta 1863 – Part 4
Following on from the last Trove Tuesday we continue reading an account of Wangaratta published in the Ovens & Murray Advertiser (O&MA) in January 1863. Having reviewed the temples of Bacchus, we naturally turn to the temple of Themis. This is represented by a...Wangaratta Rate Books to be digitised
I’m so excited about the news that the very active and vibrant Wangaratta Family History Society will be digitising and indexing Wangaratta rate books over the next few years. Just can’t wait!...
Trove Tuesday – Wangaratta 1863 – Part 3
Following on from the last Trove Tuesday we continue reading an account of Wangaratta published in the Ovens & Murray Advertiser (O&MA) in January 1863. As in all Australian cities, the public-houses of Wangaratta are a prominent institution, six in number;...
Trove Tuesday – Wangaratta 1863 – Part 2
Following on from the last Trove Tuesday we continue reading an account of Wangaratta published in the Ovens & Murray Advertiser (O&MA) in January 1863. A tannery has been lately established in Templeton-street, and but for the doubts entertained by the...
Sepia Saturday – A quartet of hotels
Choosing images for this week’s Sepia Saturday was quite easy. The challenge was to show a quartet of photos using the themes of towns, hotels or main streets. I knew immediately that I wanted to look at four hotels in Wangaratta. At first I wanted to feature...
Trove Tuesday – Wangaratta 1863 – Part 1
In January 1863 the Beechworth based Ovens & Murray Advertiser (O&MA) published a fascinating and at times hilarious account of Wangaratta. The report is important as the office of the Wangaratta Dispatch (later Despatch) was destroyed by fire sometime in the...
Sepia Saturday: The punt on the river and other tales
Sepia Saturday is this week inspired by floods and weather events. This is an opportunity to touch on some early history of Wangaratta and its relationship with the two rivers that have been so much a part of the town’s beginnings, it’s triumphs, and...Sepia Saturday 219 – Arches and significant buildings
This week’s Sepia Saturday is brought to us by the themes of domes, arches and significant buildings. I thought this would a good time to give a quick tour of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Wangaratta and quickly outline the many ways that my maternal family connect...
Sepia Saturday- Backyards and plagues
This Sepia Saturday was inspired by an image of backyards in some of Sydney’s slums that were decimated by the Bubonic Plague in 1900. My contribution will look at a backyard in another time and place, but one nonetheless touched by a plague that had tragic...
Sepia Saturday – The Jackel boys
To kick off my first Sepia Saturday I’m starting with a rather poor image of my maternal grandfather and his four brothers. The boys were the sons of Olive Isabella (nee Cordy) and George Oliver Jackel. George was named Oliver George at birth but the family...
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