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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