by pppg | Jun 13, 2022 | History, Methods & Sources
There were numerous newspapers published in the Port Phillip District prior to Separation. Here is a listing of some of the more notable of them. MELBOURNE “The Melbourne Advertiser” commenced on 1 January 1838. Regarded as being our first newspaper... by pppg | Jun 13, 2022 | History
On the 22nd October, 1841, the settlement of Melbourne was divided into four wards for the purpose of electing commissioners for the management of the Melbourne market established under the provisions of Act 3, Victoria No. 19 of the governor and Legislative Council... by pppg | Jun 13, 2022 | Methods & Sources
Copies of a number parish registers for the Port Phillip District are held by the Registry of Births, Deaths Marriages in Sydney. Here is a listing of their holdings PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT PARISH REGISTERS IN SYDNEY MELBOURNEBaptisms:Marriages:Burials:Church of... by pppg | Jun 13, 2022 | History
The record of the Inquest for Mathew Hogan was found at the Victorian Public Records Office (VPRS 24, Unit 8, File 43/1851). It was conducted by the Coroner J. H. S. Wilmot and held at the Prince Albert Hotel. This Hotel, run by proprietors Jeremiah Slattery and John... by pppg | Jun 13, 2022 | Pioneers
Since I began entering the details of our pioneering ancestors into the records from 1977 onwards, there have been many amazing co-incidences and stories that have emerged, but none more so than the tale which can now be told. Two men – James Sandle Ford,... by pppg | Jun 13, 2022 | Pioneers, Places
Tony Menhennitt of Rupertswood Mansions Pty. Ltd. gave us an insight into the history of the Sunbury property named “Rupertswood”. The mansion has been owned and lived in by several generations of the Clarke family, Hugh Victor McKay (of Sunshine...