Open your eyes to Australia
© Ian Jenkins
Searching for George Chandler on Ancestry I came across a conviction for delinquent behaviour in 1900 when he was 13 years old. The warrant states, “He is habitually wandering about the streets in no ostensible lawful occupation”. Continue reading “A Sobraon Boy”
© John Low
I discovered the accompanying photograph some years ago in the archives of the City of Sydney. Photographic collections such as theirs generally include a good proportion of images depicting people, buildings and other objects now long gone and can often seem like ‘cabinets of curiosities’, full of secrets and lost histories.
© Dudley C. Pye A.M, J.P
The years 1947-1953 were the most significant of my life. From my first job as a dairy farm worker at 10 bob a week, until my enlistment as a soldier in the Regular Army, those years would provide the pattern for future endeavours.
Continue reading “Dudley C Pye: Six of the Best”© Chris Woodland
The Deua River begins its U-shaped course to the coast in the wild mountain ranges that finger out from the tablelands towards the NSW south coast. The clear descending waters commence their seaward voyage in the area of the Bendethera caves, once an isolated farm, now part of a national park. Continue reading “Neta Davis: Deua River Woman”