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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