Are any of your ancestors mentioned in the list below?
I wonder how many of those listed actually claimed the money involved. Perhaps they did claim and it changed their lives.
Before you ask, I doubt that any unclaimed money would still be available now, some over a hundred years later...still, it's always interesting to see our ancestors names mentioned and wonder...
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Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), Saturday 31 July 1909, page 4
View of Norrish Street, the main street of Tambellup, Western Australia
- Own work CC BY-SA 4.0Tambellup Times (WA : 1912 - 1924), Wednesday 2 January 1918, page 4 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211143638
Fitzroy Bridge, Rockhampton, 1918. View of the Fitzroy Bridge during the flood of 1918. Men, women, and children are standing in the foreground of the photograph looking at the overflowing waters of the Fitzroy River. Two of the spectators have cycled down to the riverbank. Sandbags have been put in place near the bridge to contain the deluge.
Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), Thursday 25 April 1918, page 6
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette (Cue, WA : 1894 - 1925), Friday 28 March 1924, p
View of Tweed Heads from Razorback, 1926 In the foreground is Caen Brea a notable Tweed Heads residence. The house was built by the Morley Family circa 1922.
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Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW : 1914 - 1949), Tuesday 16 March 1926, page 2
Geraldton Express (WA : 1906 - 1928), Wednesday 27 February 1924, page 1
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article259113077
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