by pppg | Feb 17, 2025 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History
Address at the PPPG General Meeting on 9 November 2024 by Dr Fred Cahir When Dr. Fred Cahir, Professor of Australian History at the Federation University of Australia addressed the P.P.P.G. meeting, he talked about how thousands of colonists were rescued by Aboriginal... by pppg | Feb 17, 2025 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Pioneers, Uncategorized
“On a delightful spring day in August,1864, Mrs John Duff was alone with her three children Jane Cooper, aged 7 years, Isaac Cooper, 9, and their step-brother, Frank Duff, 4, in their cosy little shepherd’s home of bulloak slabs with its gumbark roof and floor... by pppg | Oct 23, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Pioneers, Places
Watson and Hunter were a powerful Scottish pastoral company formed in Edinburgh in 1838. It had wealthy and aristocratic backers including the Marquis of Ailsa the chief of Clan Kennedy. The Watsons were famous cattle breeders and perfected the breed Aberdeen Angas a... by pppg | Oct 23, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Uncategorized
How Christmas was celebrated between about 1830 and 1851 in the Port Phillip District seems to have depended on one’s status in the new colony. If you were a convict, you probably came across from Van Dieman’s Land and might have had Irish or English roots. If you... by pppg | Jul 28, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Ships, Uncategorized
In her July 2024 talk to the PPPG, Elaine Race discussed he importance of Bass Strait to shipping, starting with those early explorers and cartographers who mapped that portion of the Australian coast at great risk to themselves and crew. The fragility of their... by pppg | Jul 2, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Places, Resources
John Hodgson (1799-1860), merchant, was the first owner of St Heliers before selling the property (due to insolvency) to Edward Curr in 1842 at a great bargain price at a sheriff’s sale. It was then a 4-roomed cottage before Curr built a new house in...