HEADLINES OF OLD: August 2023

Tuesday 29 August 2023

FEMALE CONVICTS.... Trove Tuesday 29th Aug 2023

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Female convicts formed a large part of the workforce in the new colony, as well as many of them becoming married either to their employer, or if both were considered of showing good behaviour, some married a fellow convict. They don't seem to feature as often in the summaries of our history as the males do... then again, there were far more males than females.

The following items list the conditions that female convicts were subjected to and there are articles that explain the conditions of their employment, either in or out of the Female Factory. Some items posted were to advise the community that more females will be available to hire as servants, etc.

Such hard times, yet these people helped to found our country.

Click on the images to enlarge or use the underlined links to read the original.

Commercial Journal and Advertiser (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840), Saturday 2 November 1839, page 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226454183

Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Monday 16 February 1863, page 7 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244290193

Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Saturday 30 May 1885, page 6 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111015709

Parramatta Female Factory

Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate (NSW : 1900 - 1914), Tuesday 15 May 1906 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108708064

Parra Girl

NOTE: There are lots of references to female convicts on TROVE, and Tasmania in particular, has great convict records.

Female Convict Records Tasmania

also

Convict Records of Australia and Female Convicts Australia

Index Female Factory Parramatta, 1826-1848

to name but a few. You can also search other posts in this blog via the search bar at the end of the page.

Tuesday 22 August 2023

NATURALISATION CERTIFICATES Trove Tuesday 22nd August 2023

These are a selection of events over various months, and states published in the Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Each page may have several dates.

You can click on the image to enlarge or click the link to go to the original. These notices include the address that the person mentioned was living at when the certificate was granted.

Where these posts can help is by looking for electoral rolls, newspapers, and maybe even cemeteries to see where your 'lost' people had been living at various times.

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), Thursday 20 October 1938 (No.60), page 2443 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232655203

Tuesday 15 August 2023

TROVE TUESDAY 15th Aug 2023 MILITARY PROMOTIONS & TRANSFERS

These notices list appointments, promotions and transfers within the military forces of the Commonwealth. They are from a number of states and even include some retirements. Perhaps you'll discover something about one of your ancestors. You could also try one or more of other sites such as

https://trove.nla.gov.au and NameSearch.aspx

for possible further information.

Please click on included images to enlarge.

While these notices are from 1905, you can find other years to explore.

One hint you may not have thought of is that forenames have sometimes been switched around for some reason, in that Ronald Paul Smith, may have been known as Paul Ronald Smith... always keep an open mind.

You can find further information re the illustrated uniforms here

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), Saturday 8 July 1905 (No.36), page 577 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232348082

BRAIDWOOD, NSW. 1904 0R 1905. GROUP PORTRAIT ENTITLED `SONS OF THE EMPIRE, BRAIDWOOD IMPERIAL ... | Australian War Memorial

1905 OR 1906. GROUP PORTRAIT OF NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NEW SOUTH LANCERS AT A ... | Australian War Memorial

VICTORIA BARRACKS, MELBOURNE, VIC. 1905. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF 3RD LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT ... | Australian War Memorial

GROUP OF OFFICERS AND NCOS, NSW MILITIA, C. 1905. | Australian War Memorial

More information may be found at the

Australian War Memorial..

Tuesday 8 August 2023

TROVE TUESDAY 8th August 2023 MISSING PERSONS

These are selected randomly and are from between the years 1921-1960. They are all sourced from TROVE.

Two hints that some may not think of...

* don't dismiss these notices because of where they are published ...our ancestors often moved around more than we realise.

* whenever you're searching for a particular name, and come across the same or very similar surname, it is often worthwhile to save the information in a 'Maybe' file...particularly when looking for those 'missing'. Often just forenames were changed e.g. Browne became Brown, or they abbreviated from names like Woodward to Wood... I'm sure you have found some variations in your own trees.

You know the drill, click to enlarge... happy hunting.