by pppg | Jun 28, 2022 | Methods & Sources
I am sure that our Pioneer Ancestors would be amazed at the resources that are available to us in “tracking them down”! Technology has moved so rapidly that every time you blink a new and exciting way of searching and communicating becomes available. It... by pppg | Jun 28, 2022 | Pioneers
Edmund Charles Hobson was born at Parramatta, New South Wales on 10 August 1814, the son of Edmund Hobson of the Commisariat and his wife Malvina (nee Luttrell). About 1816 he was sent to Van Diemen’s Land to be raised by his maternal grandparents, Edward... by pppg | Jun 28, 2022 | Former Members
Marie Teresa Orr joined the Port Phillip Pioneers Group Inc. in 1985 as Member No. 537, having proved descent from Charles Thompson who arrived in the Port Phillip District on board the “Medway” on 9 August 1849. Marie was elected to the PPPG Committee in... by pppg | Jun 28, 2022 | History
Paul Balassone and Robert La Nauze spoke at our July meeting about the development of Melbourne’s sewerage system. The fact that the system was designed and built so long ago and has served the Metropolis for so many years is testament to the skills of our... by pppg | Jun 28, 2022 | Ships
The “Lady of St. Kilda” was a yacht of about 136 tons that was launched in 1834 in Dartmouth, Devon, England and wrecked in 1844 at Tahiti in the South Pacific Ocean. During those ten years she had an eventful life and is today remembered in the name of a... by pppg | Jun 28, 2022 | History
The first visit to Australia by a member of the British Royal Family commenced in 1867 when Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., the second son of Queen Victoria, arrived in “H.M.S. Galatea” from England via the Cape of Good Hope. He...