HARD TO BELIEVE.. TROVE TUESDAY.. 28th Jan 2020

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HARD TO BELIEVE

MERCURY  (Hobart, Tas.- 1860-1954)  20 Jul 1946   nla.news-article26185106.3 

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Not quite ready to return to the serious research as yet? 

Then take a few moments to read some of the weird and dare I say, wonderful, snippets from TROVE..

Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser (NSW : 1868 - 1931), Friday 2 Oct  National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129673123

Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser (NSW : 1868 - 1931), Friday 28 Nov 1924     National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121770123

Examiner (Launceston) 5 Aug 1935  National Library of Australia  
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51948606




Illawarra Mercury 4 Jun 1943

Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), Saturday 28 September 1895, page 35  National Library of Australia  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161828272

Laverton and Beria Mercury (Laverton, WA : 1899 - 1921), Thursday 16 September 1920,
page 2  National Library of Australia  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255630811

Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), Friday 19 July 1946, page 1  National Library of Australia

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231574698

DESERTING WIVES AND FAMILIES......Trove Tuesday 21 Jan 2020

Deserting Wives & Families

The Police Gazettes are a wealth of information...though these are all from the NSW Gazettes, they are available for other states... You could be surprised as to what you will find in them.

Deserting wives and families was frowned upon and was considered a punishable crime. These items are full of interesting facts... they give the names, including aliases if applicable, area of abode, full descriptions of the deserter, clothes they had been wearing, whether they left on foot or horse, etc. They are a veritable Pandora's box for researchers.

To their credit, they also post if a warrant has been cancelled... but not often as to why.

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New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 25 Feb.1880 National Library of Australia.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.newsarticle251642230

DESERTING WIVES AND FAMILIES, SERVICE & C.

26 May 1880

New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 14 Jul. 1880National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251642646

29 Jan 1896





10 May 1899

11 Aug 1928

I was quite interested when I saw the name of DILLON in the page above.. but didn't know whether to feel relieved or miffed when I discovered it wasn't one of my Dillons.

21 Nov 1928

Have you recognised any ancestral names, perhaps a 'maybe' ? We would love to hear if one of those mentioned belongs to you...

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