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Friday 6th September 2024
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By Mrs Julie Martin

 

Thanks, Marcia Watson, for alerting us to the GLAM Workbench. It’s revealed that my paternal great-grandfather was a feminist! In 1894, he signed the South Australian Women’s

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Tuesday 2nd July 2024
Wednesday 14th June 2023
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By Ms Christine Christine Harris

The Enrolled Pensioner Guards (EPGs) who arrived on the 1863 Lord Dalhousie, built in 1847 had previously been employed as a

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Saturday 18th February 2023
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By Ms Christine Christine Harris

DSC07438The Eastern Australia Interest Group met on Feb 18 and saw a general presentation on cemeteries in and around Sydney.  The presentation concluded with the announcement of a series of Blog posts that will start here on the website on March

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Wednesday 28th September 2022
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By Ms Christine Christine Harris

Devonshire Street Cemetery, Sydney, 1902. Digital ID 17420_a014_a0140000258The Devonshire Street Cemetery (also known as the Brickfield Cemetery or Sandhills Cemetery) was located between Eddy Avenue and Elizabeth Street, and

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