I’ve followed the making of the film The Legend Of Ben Hall right from its beginning as a proposed short film in 2014. I’ve been interested in Matthew Holmes’ films because he filmed part of one, Twin Rivers, near my old home in Murray Bridge, South Australia which had a number of my friends and … [Read more…]
Whilst doing some research for someone else today I was thrilled to find this baptism record because it gave more clues than just the baptism and I haven’t seen one with this extra information before. On the second row from left to right it has the date of birth, 5 Feb 1865, date of baptism … [Read more…]
Not far from where I live in Felixstow, South Australia is the River Torrens. I have always loved rivers and spent many hours watching the River Murray when I lived at Murray Bridge. The recent flooding in South Australia has provided for some interesting viewing and photography. I’m no great photographer and I use my … [Read more…]
Wheal Watkins is an old lead and silver mine in the Adelaide Hills of South Australian near Glen Osmond. I went to an open day on Sunday held by the Burnside Historical Society. Dave Monceaux was the knowledgeable guide who gave us a surface tour. You can go in a couple of metres to … [Read more…]
I was browsing through Facebook today and came across this picture in a genealogy group I’m part of. Thanks to Karen for posting the photo. This piqued my interest as a number of my ancestors moved from South Australia to Victoria, Australia and sure enough my 3x great grandfather James Heeps is in the picture. … [Read more…]
I have been enjoying others’ birthplace charts today and here is mine. It is a pedigree chart which starts with me and each spot shows where the person was born. All my direct ancestors came to South Australia, some settled here and others went to Victoria during the gold rush. 11 South Australians 7 Victorians … [Read more…]