by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | History, Pioneers
The flow of German immigrants to Australia was advantageous both to them and to Australia, but only a small number came – 5,600 from 1847 to 1850. Many of the men were trained vinedressers and agriculturists. There was a depression in the Port Phillip District... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
I located the following article written about my great-great-grandfather, Michael Hogan. It appeared in the “Farmer’s Journal and Gardener’s Chronicle” (Melbourne, Vic.: 1862-1864), Friday 29 July 1864, page 4... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
For many years, I put aside my father’s papers after his death fearing that they would just resurrect his obsession about his great-grandfather Thomas Halfpenny. Until the mid 1970s dad believed Thomas was a good up-standing Melbourne Citizen but that changed... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers, Places
KIRK’S HORSE BAZAAR( Source of Image: “The Australasian Sketcher” of 4 September 1875 ) The section of Bourke Street between Elizabeth and Queen Streets in Melbourne was the location of numerous horse related businesses in the... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
Samuel Moss Solomon (“Shlomo the Pencil Maker”); Trevor Cohen (centre); and Michael Cashmore Trevor Cohen’s family, incuding Jewish and Christian believers, is very complicated because over generations there have been continual duplications of given... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Ships
The “Duke of Portland” 533 tons As She Prepares to Leave for Australia( Source of Image: “Illustrated London News” of 13 April 1850 ) The “Duke of Portland” was one of the better ships that brought settlers to Port Phillip in the...