by pppg | Jun 16, 2022 | Pioneers
The Paper Chase On receiving my great-great-grandmother, Dinah Davidson’s death certificate (1876) I saw that her father was Mark Coleman, farmer, and her mother was Mary Ann, maiden name Byrnes. This was to lead me into a wonderful adventure. Who were Mark and...
by pppg | Jun 16, 2022 | History
For the first 40 years of its history, Australia was considered purely a convict settlement. By 1820 however the Colony was seen as a country with potential. As early immigrants were mostly single men, males soon made up 73 % of the population. The British Government...
by pppg | Jun 16, 2022 | History
Although this address by Helen Doxford Harris concerns events during 1890-1900, the issues raised are equally relevant to Port Phillip Pioneers – How did working class women cope if they were sole parents? Most working class women could not afford to go to a...
by pppg | Jun 16, 2022 | History, Methods & Sources
Police Historian Gary Presland described early policing in the Port Phillip District and provided sources of information for reasearch. In May 1836, Police Magistrate George Stewart arrived in the Port Phillip District with Sergeant John Shields and Constable Timothy...
by pppg | Jun 16, 2022 | Methods & Sources
A few years ago [this was written in 2005] the Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages announced plans to release on CD the images and indexes of pre civil registration church records. Since then a number of articles on the subject have appeared in the...
