Blogs I Follow
- Ancestor Chasing Kerryn’s blog about her Upper Edi and Essendon family members
- East Clare Emigrants
- Empire Called and I Answered – blog A blog about participants in WWI who had a connection to Essendon or Flemington
- Empire Called and I Answered – database Database of Essendon or Flemington participants in WWI
- Genealogists for Families KIVA microfinance
- George Griffith's NZ Goldrush Adventure
- InfoLass A blog by Liz Pidgeon, librarian with the Yarra Plenty Regional Library
- RHSV News News from the Royal Historical Society of Victoria
- Sepia Saturday
Category Archives: On This Day
On This Day In Wangaratta – 4th July 1875
This day marks the 140th anniversary of the death of George Moore at the tender age of 28 years. George died at the home of his parents on the One Mile Creek after a four week battle with typhoid fever. … Continue reading
On This Day in Wangaratta – 22nd June 1857
Bushranging has long been a part of Australia’s history and folklore. We have all heard about the big stories, but we probably don’t realise that bushranging occurred regularly in poorly policed areas and that Wangaratta was one such place, until … Continue reading
On This Day in Wangaratta – 15th June 1930
On this day in Wangaratta the famous female aviator Amy Johnson landed at Bowser. The landing was quite a coup for the town as Wangaratta was the only stopover on her route from Canberra to Melbourne. Newspaper reports put the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Johnson, Bowser airstrip, Godfrey Ernest Roberts, Major de Havilland
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On This Day in Wangaratta – 9th June 1896
On this day in 1896 Dr William Joseph Carroll passed away after battling pleurisy for six weeks. He was only 41. Dr Carroll was born in Dublin to wealthy former Lord Mayor Sir William Carroll (also a doctor) and Margaret … Continue reading
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