by pppg | Jun 21, 2022 | Methods & Sources
There is a saying ‘know thy family, know thyself’ and I think we would all agree that we are influenced in some way by the folk who have gone before us, but how many of us have explored our DNA? I have had my Y-DNA taken and the 25 marker result...
by pppg | Jun 21, 2022 | Pioneers
Her Colourful and Globetrotting Life I have old gran Treacy to thank for becoming a member of the Port Phillip Pioneers Group in November 1985. It was while talking to a cousin about the family, that I discovered to my delight that old gran Treacy had arrived in the...
by pppg | Jun 21, 2022 | Pioneers
From Lasswade, Scotland Thomas was born on 11 April 1791 at Lasswade, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland and christened on 24 April 1791 at Lasswade. He was one of ten children, four girls and six boys born to Robert Millar ( a farmer ) and Christian Rye who were married...
by pppg | Jun 21, 2022 | Pioneers
John Batt gave an interesting insight into the life and personality of James Bonwick, a man with a passion for hard work. A man who became a teacher, a school inspector, an historian, a gold prospector, an author, an archivist and a journalist. James Bonwick was the...
by admin | Aug 1, 2022 | Record Of References
We suggest you read the Explanatory Note before you access these images for the first time, and use the separate Index to find names you might be interested in. The Record is organised by the initial letter of pioneers. Due to the number of images, they are divided...
by pppg | Jun 20, 2022 | Pioneers
Agnes Buntine (nee Davidson) was eighteen when she arrived in Port Phillip with her family, on the “Glenhuntly in April 1840. Agnes married widower Hugh Buntine in October 1840 and on hearing of Angus McMillan’s discoveries of suitable land in Gippsland...
