Victoria

Dr Geraldine Moore speaks on "The politics of the Victorian Education Act of 1872”, and the impacts of the withdrawal of public funding for Church schools. Five of Geraldine’s great-grandparents were either Irish born or of descent. Her talk includes the different decisions her Irish ancestors made regarding their children's education after the Act was passed.

In this presentation Dr Charles Fahey describes the Soldier Settler Scheme in Victoria and examines the scheme and the effects on the farmers and the community. He also discusses the records that are available for researching soldiers and their farms.

Jenny discusses the 19th century shipwrecks on the coastline of Victoria through the lens of three vessels, the Sacramento, Joseph H Scammell and the Schomberg.

Patrick Ferry, the Victorian State Manager of the National Archives of Australia, provides a very interesting and engaging overview of records that will assist family history researchers and how to find them in the NAA catalogue.

Patrick Ferry, the Victorian State Manager of the National Archives of Australia, provides a very interesting and engaging overview of records that will assist family history researchers and how to find them in the NAA catalogue.

Dr Presland discusses the landscapes of Melbourne at the time of the original inhabitants. He examines the changes made by Europeans and the effects of those changes to the landscape.

This presentation discusses the very extensive collection of maps of Victoria, Australia and other parts of the world held at the State Library of Victoria. The SLV’s online collection of war related maps are discussed with charts from the 1830’s until the 1990’s. These include maps from British India, and where Australian troops were deployed in the Middle East and Europe during WW1.

Sewerage plans are a greatly underutilised resource which show every building in an area covered by the local sewerage scheme. This presentation looks at the plans of the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works and the Geelong Water and Sewerage Trust.

In this presentation Jane Vanderstoel discusses her research of her families that resided in Maldon for many generations. Discusses the Maddocks, Stevenson, Langsford families.

John Wroe describes the conditions onboard the immigrant vessels travelling to Victoria. He discusses the length of the voyage, the food and health hazards, the shipping companies and the evolution of ship designs and the routes.