Tuesday 13 September 2016

TROVE TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER, 2016 : CHRISTMAS GIFTS CHOICES 1913










Bellingen's very own Paradise
The Hammond and Wheatley Emporium in the 1920s. Photo: courtesy of the Bellinger Valley Historical Society.






HAMMOND & WHEATLEY
COMMERCIAL EMPORIUM
BELLINGEN

New South Wales



CHRISTMAS OFFER 1913

How times have changed... maybe these days, you may be offered a calendar. Which of these delights would you ask for, or would you even feel comfortable going to the office to ask?




Article courtesy of TROVE ... Raleigh Sun, Friday 12 December, 1913

A tempting array of merchandise on display
The Hammond and Wheatley Emporium interior, 1917. Photo: courtesy of the Bellinger Valley Historical Society.



Today's Paradise
The Hammond and Wheatley Emporium as it stands today. Photo: courtesy of Gordon Smith. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Australia.





Full page below, click to enlarge..


You can read more about the history of Hammond & Wheatley
The building is still very much in use, only now it has many shops within the shop 
and is well worth a visit. There is sure to be something of interest to catch your eye.




Wednesday 7 September 2016

TROVE NEWSPAPER TITLES SOON TO COME






NEWSPAPER TITLES COMING

The newspaper titles listed below are planned for delivery to Trove. If you are interested in a particular title you may like to subscribe to the web feed which alerts you to new titles as they are added to Trove.
Titles are listed by state/territory and then alphabetically by title. These titles have been funded for digitisation by various contributors which are indicated in square brackets after the title name.
Titles will be removed from this list when they are available on Trove.
ACT
  • Canberra News (1939-1940); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
NSW
  • The Australian Star (1887 - 1892); [State Library of New South Wales Digital Excellence Program]
  • The Bee of Australia (1844); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Blackheath Bulletin (1926); [State Library of New South Wales Digital Excellence Program]
  • The Colonial Observer (1841-1844); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Commercial Journal and General Advertiser (1835-1840); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Commercial Journal, General Advertiser & Odd Fellows' Advocate (1845-1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Cumberland Times & Western Advertiser (1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Dispatch (1843-1844); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent (1887-1932); [State Library of New South Wales Digital Excellence Program]
  • The Examiner (1845-1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Free Press & Commercial Journal (1841-1841); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Hunter River Gazette & Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, & News (1841-1842); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Le Courrier Australien (1955-2011); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The New South Wales Examiner (1842); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Omnibus & Sydney Spectator (1841-1843); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Parramatta Chronicle (1843-1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Satirist & Sporting Chronicle (1843); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Sentinel (1845-1848); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Society (29 Jan 1887); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Star (1845-1876); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Star (1909-1910); [State Library of New South Wales Digital Excellence Program]
  • The Star & Working Man's Guardian (1844-1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Sun & New South Wales Independent Press (1843); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Sun : Sunday Edition (Sydney, NSW : 1910); [State Library of New South Wales Digital Excellence Program]
  • The Sunday Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1903 - 1910); [State Library of New South Wales Digital Excellence Program]
  • The Sydney Dispatch (1844); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Sydney Free Press (1841-1842); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Sydney Mail (16 March 1932 - coloured / special Bridge edition); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Sydney Record (1843-1844); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Teetotaller & General Newspaper (1842); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Temperance Advocate & Australasian Commercial & Agricultural Intelligencer (1840-1841); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Tharunka (1953-2010); [University of New South Wales]
  • The True Sun & New South Wales Independent Press (1844); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts & General Literature (1843-1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
QLD
  • Bundaberg Daily New-Mail (1940); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Bundaberg Daily News and Mail (1925-1940); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Coolangatta Chronicle (1926); [Gold Coast City Council Library]
  • Daily Record (1897-1922); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Herbert River Express (1910-1954); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • North Queensland Register (1892-1954); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • South Coast Bulletin (1950-1954); [Gold Coast City Council Library]
  • Townsville Evening Star (1889-1940); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
SA
  • Australische Zeitung (1875-1916); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Express & Telegraph War Edition (1916-1917); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
TAS
  • The Teetotal Advocate (1843); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Tasmanian Colonist (1851-1855); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
VIC
  • The Bendigo Independent (1902-1918); [joint sponsorship by State Library of Victoria and Sidney Myer Fund]
  • Gippsland Farmers' Journal (1893-1896); [Latrobe City Libraries]
  • Illustrated Australian Mail (1861-1862); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Jamboree Daily & supplements (1934-2007)[Scout Association of Australia - Victorian Branch]
  • Kerang New Times (Vic. : 1901-1913); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Kerang Times (Vic. :1889-1901); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Melbourne Advertiser (1838); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Melbourne Courier (1845-1846); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Melbourne Punch (Dec 10, 1925); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Melbourne Times (1842-1843); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Melbourne Weekly Courier (1844-1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Port Phillip Gazette & Settler's Journal (Vic. : 1845 - 1850); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser (Melbourne) (1845-1848); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (1839-1842); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Seamen's Strike Bulletin (Aug 1919); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882-1904); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
WA
  • The Avon Gazette & Kellerberrin News (1914-1916); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Empire (1907-1908); [Fremantle City Library]
  • The Hannans Herald (1895-1896); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • Mail (Fremantle, WA : 1904-1905); [Fremantle City Library]
  • The Malcolm Chronicle and Leonora Advertiser (1897-1905); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • Murchison Advocate (1911-1912); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • The Possum (Fremantle, WA : 1890); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • The Possum (Perth, WA : 1887-1888); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • W.A. Bulletin (1888-1890); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]

Tuesday 6 September 2016

TROVE TUESDAY 06 SEPTEMBER, 2016... RE JOHN DILLON











JOHN DILLON

John Dillon was my great uncle, brother to my Irish grandmother, Bridget Teresa Dillon.

 I have heard various stories about him, some maybe a little far fetched, but with the help of TROVE, our wonderful digitised media site, I have learnt a bit more. 

I knew he died young from family stories, I knew he worked felling trees, but I knew little else. One of his brothers, my Great Uncle Martin told me two stories about him... one that he had a brush with notoriety....

http://thebackfenceofgenealogy-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/tall-but-true.html

and the other was that he had won a lottery and was returning home, after celebrating at the pub, when he was robbed. I had dismissed this story, as none of my family had heard it. I thought perhaps it was just a tall tale... however, I have just found a notice in TROVE which gives at least a little credence to the story...



Dec 14, 1915...
This morning, before Messers Monahan and McNamara, Hugh Colvin was charged with stealing £5 from John Dillon; accused pleaded guilty. Fined £8, and restitution of £5 to complainant, or two months hard labour in Grafton Gaol.

No mention of a lottery win, but I wonder... As I read this item for the first time, I had a very strange feeling, as if I was meant to find that just now. I felt that somehow, I at last had a connection to a Great Uncle I never knew.


From news 'back home', John loved Australia and planned his future here, hoping that more of his eleven siblings would also emigrate. Michael was here originally, followed by Molly (Mary), then John. Later, Bridget, my grandmother, would also settle in Australia, but by then, John had died as a result of an accident.


Mrs. G. McDermott as mentioned was his widowed sister, Molly (Mary), who had been married to Edward Gerard McDermott, known as Gerard, about July 1917. Sadly, Gerard was killed in WW1 in April, 1918, then just five months later, Molly was to lose her oldest brother.

 John is buried in an unmarked grave in the Catholic section of the Coffs Harbour cemetery.

As well as finding the notice of the robbery, I also found this Bereavement Notice.. as with the funeral notice, it has left me with another question to be answered ... who was the aunt, Mrs. M. Casey? Was she a Dillon, or perhaps a McGuane.. at least the Bereavement notice has defined which Pine Creek in NSW she lived, at Bonville, which is near Coffs Harbour.


There is a possibility that she was Mrs. Laura Annie Casey, wife of Michael and sister of John's mother, Ellen/Nellie McGuane... still to verify. If so, that's a whole lot further than I have had on the McGuanes previously... this story remains unfinished.



Though I never knew my Grandmother, Bridget, as she died when my Mother was just eleven, I did know and love her sister, Molly.. Aunt Molly was such a warm and loving person, with a wicked sense of humour. My mother and her sisters told me that she and my grandmother were very much alike.  Though we only knew each other through years of letter writing, I also became very fond of Great Uncle Martin... and his sister, Helen, who married Michael Maloney, as we also wrote to each other. They have all passed now. I did get to meet a daughter of another of the siblings, Susie, when we went to New Zealand. When Cath opened the door to us, not knowing we were even coming, she hugged me before I could introduce myself.. and knew straight away that I was Peggy's daughter.. She had met Mum, Dad and my youngest brother some years before. I am rarely told that I look anything like my mother, so that was a surprise. As for her, she was so much like Mum's sister, Betty, that I was taken aback... even more so when we were invited in, as her house was decorated in the same colours and a similar style...strange how there was such similarity and yet they had never met either. Family ties run deep.