Professions and Occupations
Finding out what your ancestor’s occupation was might help you unravel the puzzle of why your ancestor resided in a certain place or had no permanent address.
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Category Archives: Flashback
The Opening of Gippsland Hospital, Sale – 20 August 1867
The Gipps Land Hospital to provide relief for “indigent” strangers who frequently came into Gipps Land in search of employment. The official opening was held on 20th August 1867. Continue Reading →
Inside The Penal Establishment at Pentridge in 1867
Flashback to 1867 and read about the internal arrangements and discipline of the Pentridge Stockade, in which the convicts were subjected to punishment for offences of a serious nature. Continue Reading →
Attempted Escape of Prisoners from Darlinghurst Gaol November 1864
The News As It Happened – An historic event in Sydney, NSW, when in November 1864 the prisoners attempted to break out of Darlinghurst Goal. Continue Reading →
NSW Public Schools Cadets Annual Rifle Meeting – 20 December 1898
Picture of the prize-winners from the NSW Public Schools Annual Rifle Meeting held on 20 December 1898. Continue Reading →
1867 The Year of the Floods in New South Wales
The year was 1867, the year that the greatest floods of record hit New South Wales. From April reports started to filter in of devastating floods throughout the state. The worst were to occur in June 1867 in the Hunter (Maitland and Newcastle), the Hawkesbury (Penrith, Windsor, Richmond, North Richmond, St Marys, Riverstone, Pitt Town, Cattai, and Sackville), the Blue Mountains (Bathurst), and in the Mudgee Region (Burrandong), which accompanied great loss of property and life. Following are some of the reports given at the time, including first-hand accounts of their bravery and loss. Continue Reading →
Menzies Pioneers First Social Gathering 1897 (Western Australia)
An article recounting the first social meeting of the “Menzies Pioneers” in 1894, where a number of the “pioneers” give us some original accounts from the first discoveries of gold in Menzies, Western Australia. Continue Reading →
A Visit to the Cascades Lunatic Asylum in 1882 (The Former Cascades Female Factory)
Scenes in a Lunatic Asylum was written by in 1882 by Mr. J. H. Glenny, upon his visit to the Cascades Lunatic Asylum in Tasmania. Continue Reading →
Eagle-Hawk Neck Peninsula – The Bulldogs Platform – Port Arthur
Contemporary account of the Bulldogs Platform Port Arthur in 1866 along with a picture of Eagle-Hawk Neck Peninsula – The Bulldogs Platform – Port Arthur in 1891 Continue Reading →
Swan River 1832
A letter penned by William Thomas Stocker of Van Dieman’s Land, giving an account of Swan River, Port Augusta, and King George’s Sound in Western Australia. Continue Reading →
Bendigo Government Camp 1853
Map of the Bendigo Government Camp in 1853 – Includes a list of 45 Government Officers who were stationed on Bendigo Government Camps in 1850s Continue Reading →
The Dandenong Ranges, Victoria (A Day’s Ramble) 1868
An account of a Day’s Ramble among the Spurs of the Dandeong 1868 – An historic illustration of the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria from 1873 Continue Reading →
Letter from The Hunter’s River – 1827
The second of two letters published in ‘The Australian’ in 1827, in response to the impressions given by a previous writer of five letters, published in the same newspaper, entitled “A Trip to the Hunter’s River”. Continue Reading →
Account of a Trip to Hunter’s River – In Five Letters – 1827
The first of five letters published in The Australian (Sydney, NSW) between 31 January 1827 and 14 February 1827. The author of these letters takes you on a contemporary tour of the Hunter’s River as he gives you an account of his trip in 1826/27. Continue Reading →
A Trip on the Hawkesbury – 1880
Published in early 1880 in the Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser the author takes the reader on a descriptive trip down the Hawkesbury river of New South Wales. Continue Reading →