Penny Mercer describes the experiences of her ancestor Arthur Mercer who served with the AIF in WW1. Patsy Daly talks about her ancestor John Learmonth who was stationed in the…
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Arthur Mercer's war story by Penny Mercer - Grandfather’s identity tags by Dawn Woods - Fred Schultz enlists by Janine Marshall Wood - Uncle Ru, boy soldier ; A strange…
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40 minutes
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Martin Lock and Peter Collins provide an early history to Salisbury Plain together with a history of the Defence Forces training areas. Details of the Fovant Badges carved into…
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22 minutes
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Stephen Hawke reviews a number of histories of the seven counties of south west England, including an excellent book by Philip Payton on Cornwall. Stephen also covers the…
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40 minutes
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Denise discusses the history of her ancestors the Lascelles family who were involved in the English Civil War and the slave trade.
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20 minutes
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Acknowledging more than three decades of work by the Irish Ancestry Group (IAG), Dr Val Noone speaks with Carmel McEvey on Des Regan and the early days of the IAG; Anne Bladeni…
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79 minutes
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Stephen discusses William Bradbrooke's book 'The Parish Register' which was published in 1910. William, as the compiler, describes a number of interesting aspects of social…
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20 minutes
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Claudia Hull talks about her ancestors the Holmes family who were successful shipbuilders and shipwrights in County Durham, Auckland NZ and Melbourne.
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10 minutes
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The presentation examines the famines that occurred in Ireland and the various reports and Poor Law Acts instituted in an endeavour to alleviate poverty during the 19th century…
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56 minutes
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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…
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41 minutes
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This presentation explores the lives of five Royal Navy Surgeon/Superindents charged with the onboard welfare of convict women transported to Tasmania. The medical journals…
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39 minutes
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This talk outlines the development of the early colonial ports of the western district of Victoria. The sources of information available to assist you to research your…
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22 minutes
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