by pppg | Jun 21, 2022 | Pioneers
John Batt gave an interesting insight into the life and personality of James Bonwick, a man with a passion for hard work. A man who became a teacher, a school inspector, an historian, a gold prospector, an author, an archivist and a journalist. James Bonwick was the...
by pppg | Jun 20, 2022 | Pioneers
Agnes Buntine (nee Davidson) was eighteen when she arrived in Port Phillip with her family, on the “Glenhuntly in April 1840. Agnes married widower Hugh Buntine in October 1840 and on hearing of Angus McMillan’s discoveries of suitable land in Gippsland...
by pppg | Jun 20, 2022 | Pioneers
I started researching my family history in the mid-1960s and quickly discovered that my 2nd great grandfather, John McNaughton, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1814. But I was never able to find out anything about his parents. I corresponded with some hard-working,...
by pppg | Jun 20, 2022 | Methods & Sources, Pioneers
Edward Gifford Pryce was born on 26 August 1814 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, the son of Edward Pryce, merchant, and his wife Eleanor, nee Gifford. He was educated for the ministry at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A.1837). On 21 April 1840 he arrived at Sydney, New...
by pppg | Jun 20, 2022 | Methods & Sources
For many of us, computers have become an essential tool in searching for information about our ancestors. Joy Roy, FGSV (1998) who is a member of GUM (Genealogists using Microcomputers) group, author of several books, and principal researcher for...
