Tag Archives: James Meldrum

1856 politics Wangaratta style

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Jenny Coates

The political and social alignments of the early residents of Wangaratta have long fascinated me. Who socialised or was in business with whom, was an indicator of town and sometimes family dynamics. While there were clearly divisions in Wangaratta, they … Continue reading →

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The Donegal Relief Fund 1858

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Jenny Coates

Research of our Irish forebears is difficult most of the time. Late civil registration in Ireland, an English, Anglican leaning aristocracy in Australia that thought recording someone as being born in “Ireland” was adequate, excruciatingly common surnames and unimaginative christian … Continue reading →

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Trove Tuesday – Wangaratta 1863 – Part 2

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Jenny Coates

Following on from the last Trove Tuesday we continue reading an account of Wangaratta published in the Ovens & Murray Advertiser (O&MA) in January 1863. A tannery has been lately established in Templeton-street, and but for the doubts entertained by the … Continue reading →

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