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1 |
AITCHISON, Ray - The Americans in Australia
(AE Press, Melbourne, 1986) |
2 |
ANDERSON, Hugh - The Goldfields
Commission Report (Red Rooster Press, Melbourne, 1978) |
3 |
ANGUS, J Colin & FORSTER,
Harley W - The Ovens Valley - Wangaratta, Benalla, Bright, Beechworth and
District (Cypress Books, Melbourne, 1974) |
4 |
BATE, Weston Arthur - Lucky City:
the First Generation at Ballarat, 1851-1901 (Melbourne University Press,
Melbourne, 1978) |
5 |
BATE, Weston Arthur - Victorian
Gold Rushes (McPhee Gribble/ Penguin, Fitzroy, 1988) |
5(a) |
BISSET, Andrew - Black and White
Flowers - A History of Jazz in Australia (ABC Enterprises, Sydney, revised
edition, 1987) |
6 |
BLAINEY, Geoffrey - The Rush That
Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining (Melbourne University Press,
Melbourne, 2nd edition, 1969) |
7 |
BOWDEN, Keith MacCrae - Doctors
and Diggers on the Mount Alexander Goldfields (the author, Mulgrave, 1974) |
8 |
BOWDEN, Keith MacCrae - Goldrush
Doctors at Ballarat (the author, Mulgrave, 1977) |
8a |
BURKE, Sir Bernard - A Genealogical
and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry (Harrison & Sons, London,
2 vols, 1891) |
9 |
CHURCHWARD, LG - 'The American
Contribution to the Victorian Gold Rush', article in the Victorian Historical
Magazine (Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, June 1942, pages
83-95) |
10 |
COFFIN, Robert - The Last of the
Logan; The True Adventures of Robert Coffin, Mariner in the Years 1854 to
1859 Wherein Are Set Forth his Pursuit of the Whale, his Shipwreck on Rapid
Reef, his Life Among the Cannibals of Fiji, and his Search for Gold in Australia
as Told by Himself and Now First Published (ed Howard W Thompson, Cornell
University Press, New York, 1941) |
11 |
CROMPTON, Barry J - Australia and the American Civil
War (American Civil War Round Table of Australia Inc, Melbourne,
September 1989) |
12 |
FABIAN, Bertham - Australia: Being a Brief Compendium
of the Geographical Position, Topography, Characteristic Features,
Description of the Principal Rivers, Headlands, Productions, Climate,
Sailing Directions, etc, etc; the Whole Forming a Complete Hand-book
or Guide to the Gold Regions (GP Hughes, New York, 1852) |
13 |
FEELY, John A - Index to the Augus, 1846-1854 (Library
Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1976) |
14 |
FERGUSON, Charles D - The Experiences of a Forty-Niner
during Thirty-Four Years' Residence in California and Australia (ed
Frederick T Wallace, The Williams Publishing Co, Cleveland, Ohio,
1888) |
15 |
FITCH, Franklin Y - The Life, Travels and Adventures
of an American Wanderer: A Truthful Narrative of Events in the Life
of Alonzo P De Milt Containing His Life in the Gold Mines of California
and Australia (the author, New York, 1883) |
16 |
FORSTER, Harley W - The Central Goldfields (Cypress
Books, Melbourne, 1969) |
17 |
GAY, Theresa - 'The California and Australian Gold
Rushes as Seen by Amos S Pittman', article in the California Historical
Society Quarterly (March 1951, pages 15-37) |
18 |
GILBERT, Lionel - A Grave Look at History (John Ferguson,
Sydney, 1980) page 52 has a photography of the headstone of Bernard
Otto Holtermann, 'the Hill End goldminer and an earnest patron of
photography - St Thomas's Cemetery, North Sydney (1975)'Bernard
Holterman, born at Hamburg, 29 Apr 1838; died 29 Apr 1885, aged 47
years''Burlington OW Holterman, born at Burlington,
USAdied 27 June 1897, aged 20 years';Pages 60 & 61 shos
a 'ledger stone with a carved vessel commemorating Ellen Wilson and
Martha Hudson, who were accidentally burnt to death on the barque
Oregon on her passage from San Francisco to Sydney 29 Oct 1861 (Camperdown
Cemetery1978 photo)'So far I've checked pages 1-60 of this book
for American references and added them to this index |
19 |
GRAHAM, Elsie C - Births, Deaths & Marriages from
The Argus Newspaper, Melbourne, 1846-1853 (the author, Reservoir,
4 vols, 1983 & 1984) |
20 |
HARGREAVES, Edward Hammond - Australia and Its Goldfields
(H Ingram and Co, London, 1855) |
21 |
HARRIS, Helen Doxford & DAVIDSON, J - Grave
Reflections: An Alphabetical Listing of Burial Sites in the Central
Goldfields Area of Victoria, With a Selection of Tombstones of Interest
(the author, Melbourne, 1982) |
22 |
HARRIS, Helen Doxford - Digging for Gold - A Guide
to Researching Family & Local History in Victoria's Central Goldfields
(the author, Nunawading, Victoria, 1988) |
23 |
HENDERSON, Alexander - Henderson's Australian Families:
A Genealogical and Biographical Record (the author, Melbourne, 1941) |
24 |
JAMESON, RG - Australia and Her Gold Regions (Cornish
Lamport, New York, 1852) |
25 |
JOHNSON, Keith & SAINTY, Malcolm - Index to Birth,
Marriage, Death and Funeral Notices in the Sydney Morning Herald,
1851-1853 (the authors, Sydney, 1975) |
25a |
JOHNSON, Keith & SAINTY, Malcolm - Genealogical
Research Directory (the editors, North Sydney, 28 editions, 1981-2006) |
26 |
KEESING, Nancy - Gold Fever (Angus and Robertson, Sydney,
1967) |
27 |
LANGDON, Robert - American Whalers and Traders in the
Pacific: a Guide to Records on Microfilm (Pacific Manuscripts Bureau,
Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University,
Canberra, 1978) |
28 |
LANGDON, Robert - Thar She Went: An Interim Index to
the Pacific Ports and Islands Visited by American Whalers and Traders
in the 19th Century, Being a Supplement to 'American Whalers and Traders
in the Pacific: A Guide to Records on Microfilm' (Pacific Manuscripts
Bureau, research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University,
Canberra, 1979, pages 2-10) |
29 |
LEA-SCARLETT, EJ - Saint Thomas's Church of England,
North Sydney - Monumental Inscriptions in the Cemetery (The Society
of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, 1963) |
30 |
LEASKE, Brian Chalmers - Leaske's Genealogical Guide
to Some Australian Families, Their Antecendents and Genealogies (Australian
Genealogies Pty Ltd, Armadale, 1979) |
31 |
LONEY, Jack - Australian Shipwrecks, Volume 2: 1851-1871
(AH & AW Reed Pty Ltd, Terrey Hills, 1980) |
32 |
MACKNIGHT, Lorraine - Relations in Records - A Guide
to Family History Sources in the Australian Archives (Australian Government
Publishing Service, Canberra, 1988) |
33 |
MACKAY, Angus - The Great Gold Field: A Pedestrian
Tour Though the First Discovered Gold Districts of New South Wales,
in the Months of October and November, 1852 (the author, Sydney, 1853) |
34 |
MAXWELL, Eileen - The Story of Gulgong (the author,
Dubbo, 6th edition, 1982) |
35 |
MC KEOWN, Matthew - Some Memories of a Miner's Life
(Barnesville, Ohio, 1893) |
36 |
MELTON - Jim - Ships' Deserters, 1852-1900 - including
Stragglers, Strays and Absentees from HM Ships (Library of Australian
History, Sydney, 1986) |
37 |
MENDHAM, Roy - The Dictionary of Australian Bushrangers
(The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1975) |
37a |
MONAGHAN, Jay - Australians and the Gold Rush: California
and Down Under, 1849-1854 (Berkley, Los Angeles, 1966) |
38 |
MONIE, Joanna - Victorian History and Politics - European
Settlement to 1939: a Survey of the Literature (The Borchardt Library,
La Trobe University, Bundoora, 2 vols, 1982) |
39 |
MORGAN, Marjorie - The Old Melbourne Cemetery, 1837-1922
(Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies, Oakleigh, 1982) |
40 |
PHILLIPS, Alan & BUTLER, Reg - Register Personal
Notices, Volume 1, 1836-1859 (Gould Books, Gumeracha, 1989) |
41 |
POTTS, E Daniel & Annette - A Yankee Merchant
in Goldrush Australia: The Letters of George Francis Train, 1853-1855
(Heinemann, Melbourne, 1970) |
42 |
POTTS, E Daniel & Annette - 'The Negro and the
Australian Gold Rushes, 1852-1857', article in the Pacific Historical
Review (American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch, University
of California Press, Berkeley, USA, November 1968, pages 381-399) |
43 |
POTTS, E Daniel & Annette - Young America and
Australian Gold - Americans and the Gold Rush of the 1850s (University
of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld, 1974) |
44 |
ROBERTS, Nancy - Brighton Cemetery Headstone Inscription
Transcripts (the compiler, Brighton, Vic 5 microfiche, 1987) |
45 |
SERLE, Geoffrey - The Golden Age - A History of the
Colony of Victoria, 1851-1861 (Melbourne University Press, Melbourne,
1968) |
46 |
SHAW, John - The Concise Encycolpedia of Australia
(David Bateman Pty Ltd, Buderim, 1988) |
47 |
SKOVRON, Alex - The Concise Encyclopedia of Australia
and New Zealand (Horwitz Grahame, Cammeray, NSW, pages 426-427, 1982) |
48 |
STEPHEN, HWH - The Golden Yankee: A Tale of Life
and Adventure on the Diggings (Sydney, 1877) |
49 |
STONE, Derrick I & MACKINNIN, Sue - Life on the
Australian Goldfields (Popular Books, Frenchs Forest, 1984) |
50 |
STONE, Douglas M - Gold Prospecting (Outdoor Press,
Lilydale, 1979) |
51 |
SYME, Martin A - Shipping Arrivals and Departures
- Victorian Ports, Volume 2, 1846-1855, (Roebuck Society, Canberra,
Publication No 39, 1987) |
52 |
THOMES, William H - The Gold Hunter's Adventures,
or, Life in Australia (Lee & Shepard, Boston, 1869) |
53 |
TRAIN, George Francis - Young America Abroad, in Europe,
Asia, and Australia - A Series of Letters from Java, Singapore, China,
Bengal, Egypt, the Holy Land, the Crimea and its Battle Ground, England,
Melbourne, Sydney, Etc, Etc (Sampson Low, New York, 1857) |
54 |
TRAIN, George Francis - An American Merchant in Europe,
Asia, and Australia (GP Putnam, New York, 1857) |
55 |
TRAIN, George Francis - My Life in Many States and
in Foreign Lands, Dictated in my Seventy-Fourth Year (Appleton, New
York, 1902) |
55a |
TROY, Dawn - Guide to Shipping and Free Passenger Records
(Archives Authority of NSW, Sydney, Guide No 17, 1977) |
56 |
VINE HALL, Nick - Gore Hill Cemetery Transcripts (Royal
Australian Historical Society & Society of Australian Genealogists,
Sydney, 2 vols, 1976 & 1977) |
57 |
VINE HALL, Nick - Parish Registers in Australia (the
author, Middle Park, 2nd edition, 1990) |
58 |
VINE HALL, Nick - Tracing Your Family History in Australia
(Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1985) |
59 |
WELLES, CM - Three Years' Wanderings of a Connecticut
Yankee in South America, Africa, Australia, and California (American
Subscription Publishing House, New York, 2 editions, 1859 &
1860) |
60 |
WILLIAMS, John G - The Adventures of a Seventeen-Year-Old
Lad and the Fortunes He Might Have Won (the author, Boston, 1894) |
61 |
WITHERS, William Bramwell - History of Ballarat (Ballarat
Star, Ballarat, 1870) |
62 |
(NO AUTHOR) - The Age (Melbourne, newspaper, 1854-1860) |
63 |
(NO AUTHOR) - The Argus (Melbourne, newspaper,
1852-1860) |
64 |
(NO AUTHOR) Brighton General Cemetery, 1855-1988 (Brighton
Cemetery Trust, Brighton, 100 microfiche, 1988) |
65 |
(NO AUTHOR) Celebration of the Eighty-First Anniversary
of the Independence of the United States, by the American Citizens
Resident in Melbourne, Australia (Melbourne, 1857) |
65a |
(NO AUTHOR) - Concise Guide to the State Archives of
New South Wales (Archives Authority of New South Wales, Sydney, 1970,
Guide no 13, with annual Supplements 1971-80) |
66 |
(NO AUTHOR) Guide to the State Archives No 2, Colonial
Secretary, Part 1: Naturalization and Denization Records, 1834-1903
(Archives Authority of New South Wales, Sydney, 3rd edition, 1982) |
67 |
(NO AUTHOR) Guide to the Union Catalogue of Australia
(National Library of Australia, Canberra, 5th edition, 1984) |
68 |
(NO AUTHOR) Indexes, Early Church Records 1-1-1837
to 30-6-1853 (Office of the Government Statist, Melbourne, 32 microfiche,
1985) |
69 |
(NO AUTHOR) Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths
Registered in Victoria, 1853-1897 (Office of the Government Statist,
Melbourne, 754 microfiche, 1985) |
70 |
(NO AUTHOR) List of Holdings, 1985 (Public Record Office
of Victoria, Melbourne, 1985) |
71 |
(NO AUTHOR) New South Wales Civil Registration Index
to Births, Deaths & Marriages, 1787-1899 (Registry of Births,
Deaths and Marriages, Sydney, 437 microfiche, 1982) |
72 |
(NO AUTHOR) Newspapers in Australian Libraries - A
Union List: Part 2, Australian Newspapers (National Library, Canberra,
4th edition, 1985) |
73 |
(NO AUTHOR) Rookwood Bicentennial Project - Index,
Old Wesleyan, Old Catholic, Presbyterian, Independent, Minor Denominations
(Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, 8 microfiche, 1988-1990) |
74 |
(NO AUTHOR) Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, newspaper,
1852-1860) |
75 |
(NO AUTHOR) - The World Book Encyclopaedia (World
Book-Childcraft International, Inc, Chicago, Vol 8, page 243, 1981) |
76 |
(NO AUTHOR) - Victoria Electoral Roll, 1856-1857 (State
Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 39 microfiche, c 1988, ref LTGMF37) |
77 |
(NO AUTHOR) Victoria Police Gazette, 1851-1900 (copies
held State Library of Victoria and the Victoria Police Historical
Unit Two books are available, which index British army deserters,
including Americans, listed in this government publication The books,
compiled and published in 1988 by Mrs Yvonne Fitzmaurice, are Army
Deserters from HM Service, Volume 1, 1853-1858 and Army Deserters
from HM Service (In Australia & New Zealand), Volume 2, 1859-1870
& Miscellaneous Entries 1853-1870) In April 1990, copies (2 volumes)
were available for $A23 posted from the author, Victorian Address |
78 |
Anti-Gold-Licence Association Petition, Colony of Victoria,
June/July 1853 (Latrobe Library, Melbourne - MS ref 12440) |
79 |
Applications and Recommendations For Office (National
Archives, Washington, DC, ref RG 59) |
80 |
Ararat Advertiser Index, 1857-1863 (La Trobe Library,
Melbourne, 1982) |
81 |
Ballarat Star Index, 1854-1855 (La Trobe Library,
Melbourne) |
82 |
Ballarat Times Index, 1854-1855 (La Trobe Library,
Melbourne) |
83 |
Chief Secretary's Office, Index to Naturalization
Certificates, 1851-1920 (Public Record Office of Victoria, Melbourne,
ref VPRS 1190, microfilm VPRS 4396) |
84 |
Church Records, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Victoria,
1837-1853 (Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Melbourne) |
85 |
Church Records, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, New
South Wales, 1788-1856 (Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages,
Sydney) |
86 |
Civil Registration Records, Births, Deaths and Marriages,
New South Wales, 1856 to date (Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
Sydney) |
87 |
Civil Registration Records, Births, Deaths and Marriages,
Victoria, 1852 to date (Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages,
Melbourne) |
88 |
Colonial Secretary's Inward Registered Correspondence,
1851-1855 (Public Record Office of Victoria, Melbourne, ref VPRS
1189) |
89 |
Consular Despatches: Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney (National
Archives, Washington, DC, ref RG 84) |
90 |
Consular Records: Melbourne, Sydney (National Archives,
Washington, DC, ref RG 84) |
91 |
Enrolled Certificates, 1849-1876 (Archives Office of
New South Wales, Sydney) |
92 |
Foreign Immigration to the Gold Fields, New South Wales
and Victoria, 1851-1861 (MA Thesis, University of Sydney, Camperdown,
1946) |
93 |
Letter, Mrs Pauline J Myers, Victorian Address, 1 Nov 1990 |
94 |
Index to Naturalizations, 1849-1903 (Archives Office
of New South Wales, Sydney) |
95 |
Index to the Argus, 1854-1859 (typescript, compiled
by John A Feely; held Newspaper Room, State Library of Victoria) |
96 |
Interstate Inward Shipping Passengers Lists, 1852-1924
(Public Record Office of Victoria, Laverton, 197 boxes, ref VPRS
944) |
97 |
Inward Overseas Passenger Lists, 1852-1923 (Public
Record Office of Victoria, Laverton, 255 folders, ref VPRS 947) |
98 |
Inward Registered Correspondence - Chief Commissioner
of Police, 1852-1893 (Public Record Office of Victoria, Laverton;
515 boxes, ref VPRS 937) |
99 |
Inwards Shipping Lists, 1850-1860 (Archives Office
of New South Wales, Sydney, COD 99-106 (4/5241-5244) |
100 |
Maury Logs (National Archives, Washington, DC, ref
RG 27; these are a collection of ships' logs kept in the 1850s by
Capt Matthew Fontaine Maury (and others), who visited Australia on
the 'Magnolia' and 'Ocean Stead' |
101 |
Microfilm Copy of Passenger Lists of Immigrants from
Foreign (Non-British) Ports, 1852-1923 (Public Record Office of Victoria,
Melbourne, 95 rolls, ref VPRS 3505) |
102 |
Naturalization Certificates, Victoria, 1847-1903
(Australian Archives, Canberra, 3 MS volumes, ref CRS A725-727,
microfilm) |
103 |
Naturalization Index, Victoria, 1847-1903 (Australian
Archives, Canberra, ref CRS A3977 & CRS A728, microfilm) |
104 |
Office Correspondence: Melbourne (National Archives,
Washington, DC, ref RG 84) |
105 |
Outward Passenger Lists, 1852-1923 (Public Record Office
of Victoria, Laverton, 232 folders, ref VPRS 948; 121 rolls microfilm
ref VPRS 3506) |
106 |
Passengers from America, 1852-1855, Index (Public Record
Office of Victoria, Melbourne, c 8000 index cards, compiled by Mrs
Marjorie Morgan, c 1970 from shipping lists at the Victorian Public
Record Office) As at 8 Jul 93 N had made a transcript for surnames
AARON-CREGO |
107 |
Registers of Discharged Seamen and Deserters and Index,
1852-1925 (Public Record Office of Victoria, Laverton, 9 volumes,
MS ref VPRS 946; 2 rolls microfilm ref VPRS 2144) |
108 |
St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria - Transcription of Headstones,
1855-1987, typescript, compiled by Tony Miller, Melbourne, 4 vols,
1987; c 8000 inscriptions; indexed; copy held Genealogical Society
of Victoria, Melbourne, Apr 1990 A CDROM version of these transcripts
has since been published by the GSV, |
109 |
Letter, Mrs Mavis Andrews, Queensland Address; 3 Apr 1990 |
110 |
Oral, Mrs Fay Johnson, Professional Genealogist, 9
Murrumbeena Crescent, Murrumbeena, Vic 3163; ref Ovens and Murray
Advertiser (newspaper), 2 Nov 1865, p 3 and 7 Nov 1865, p 2 Copies
of this newspaper held at the Burke Museum, Lock Street, Beechworth,
Victoria, 4 May 1990 |
111 |
Newell Letter Books, 1853-1854 (Mitchell Library, Macquarie
Street, Sydney, NSW 2000) |
112 |
Letter Books of JB Dickinson, 1850-1854 (Special
Collections, Butler Library, Columbia University, New York City,
USA) |
113 |
Speech, AH Parvo, 'The American Presence in Australian
Mining', New York, 1 May 1986; copy held Western Mining Corporation,
Melbourne Library; ref N62/02019/0086 |
114 |
Letter, Ms Sandra Cowan, Victorian Address; 20 Jul 1990 |
115, |
Oral, Ron Weste, Victorian
Address, long-time resident of Ballarat; Mar 1990 |
116 |
Photograph, Mrs Kerrie Jollie, , Victorian Address; 22 Feb 1990 |
117 |
Letter, Mrs Joan Bell, New
South Wales Address; 28 Mar 1990 |
118 |
Letter, Mrs BJ Hodgetts New South Wales Address; 10 Apr 1990 |
119 |
Letter, Edward Little, Victorian
Address; 7 Apr 1990 |
120 |
Letter, Ms Helen M Cameron, Australian Capital Territory Address; 11 Mar 1990 |
121 |
Letter, Mrs Heather Ronald, Victorian Address; 14 Mar 1990 |
122 |
Letter, Mr CG Harvey, Australian
Capital Territory Address 13 Mar 1990 |
123 |
Letter, Ms Jan Montgomery, Victorian Address; 19 Mar 1990 On 26 Jul 1995, Mrs G
wrote from a new address, 3 Iluka Ave, Moama, NSW, 2731, to advise
of another living relative of this person, who was living in Scotland |
124 |
Letter, Mrs Ann Gresswell, Victorian Address; 21 Mar 1990 |
125 |
Letter, Mrs Milly Marsh, Victorian Address; 21 Mar 1990 |
126 |
Letter, Mr Dom Meadley, Victorian
Address; Feb 1990 |
127 |
Notes, Mrs Traci Goering, New South Wales Address; 1 May 1990 |
128 |
Letter, Mrs Sandra Smith, New South Wales Address; 17 May 1990 |
129 |
Oral, Mr Don Grant, Victorian
Address; Mar 1990 |
130 |
Oral, Ms Jo Ferguson, Victorian
Address; 9 Mar 1990 |
131 |
Letter, Mrs Joan Rutherford, New South Wales Address; 8 Oct 1990 |
132 |
Letter, Mr Brad Lapsley, Texas USA Address;1701; 20 Jul 1990 |
133 |
Notes, JM Cameron, Research Section, St Arnaud &
District Historical Society, Box 75, St Arnaud, 3478; c 1990, plus
newspaper article from the Mercury, 23 Oct 1895N has copies - see
Americans file |
134 |
Letter, Pauline J Myers, professional genealogist, Victorian Address; 4 Oct 1990 |
135 |
Letter, Mrs EM Harper, New South Wales Address; 25 Jun 1991 |
136 |
The Border Mail, newspaper, Albury, NSW, 22 Jun 1991 |
137 |
Letter, Mrs Judith Williams, New South Wales Address; Sep 1990client file 49, states
Francis Edward ST GEORGE was born in New York, son of Thomas St
George and Julia Hyers His father was an 'agent in Hidson Bay Co'
FES was married at Rockhampton, Qld to Elizabeth Phillips, when he
was 23, on 11 Sep 1861 He appears to have had a son Paul St George,
stepname Simms, who reverted to his St George surname as an adult
This Paul was the grandfather of Judith Williams |
138 |
Letter, 24 Jul 91, Mr Alan K Reynolds, Australian Capital Territory Address; a descendant, who
says Charles Reynolds was born in the USA about 1810 and m at Parramatta
in 1843 |
139 |
page 8 of BARNES, Audrey, BAYLISS, Jeanne & GOARD,
Paul - Our Ancestors, Volume One (The 1788-1820 Pioneer Association,
Croydon, 1991)yellow cover62 pagesindexedthis is a series
of articles about members ancestors, mostly without sources citesbut
some interesting family Letters etc are re-produced |
140 |
Letter, Alec Cameron, New
South Wales Address; 12 June 1991 |
141 |
About May 91 somebody in Melb, possibly Evelyn Brown
told me that had a US ancestor named John Cummins *1814-1900), born
in Vermont, her gt gt gt grandfather came to Australian gold rush
c 1850-1856, came after the California Gold Rush |
142 |
In May 91 at the Tassie Genie Congress, one of the
exhibitors, Helen Harris had a Victorian Goal record on display, which
mention MARY DUNCAN 'An American - has two children'convicted at
Melbourne, 5 June 1855 for stealing a tent fly'She was one of
16 names on a page from 'Return of Prisoners in the Female Gaol, Melbourne
recommended by the sheriff to be discharged before the expiry of their
respective sentences by giving them the advantage of obtaining Credit
in the shape of remission of their sentences as a Reward for good
conduct to relieve the Gaol from excessive overcrowding - Gaol No
572' |
143 |
Dr Alice Eicholtz, USA, Oral 29 May 91Is tracing
George Crichton MILN and his wife Louise Jordan MILN, who were in
Australia for about two years from 1888-1980 He was Director of the
Shakespeare Theatre Company in Adelaide and had two children born
in Australia |
144 |
On 2 Nov 91 a Vic genealogist came up to me and told
me about his ancestor Henry Mack (1832-1921) born in New York, who
came to Aust for the gold rush The speakers name was Ron Mack and
he was member of DOC group |
145 |
Researching 19th Century Police and Criminal Records
in Victoria, Australia (Harriland Press, PO Box 92, Forest Hill, 3131;
pub 1990)page 47 |
146 |
HARRIS, Helen Doxford & PRESLAND, Gary - Cops and
Robbers - A Guide to Researching 19th Century Police and Criminal
Records in Victoria, Australia (Harriland Press, PO Box 92, Forest
Hill, 3131; pub 1990)page 112 |
147 |
HARRIS, Helen Doxford & PRESLAND, Gary - Cops and
Robbers - A Guide to Researching 19th Century Police and Criminal
Records in Victoria, Australia (Harriland Press, PO Box 92, Forest
Hill, 3131; pub 1990)page 113 |
148 |
n Feb 92 I there was a both at AIGS Bendigo which had
some unpublished Cem Transcripts of Bendigo Cemetery One entry I
noticed read: 'ANDERSON, RB, died 9 Mar 1918, aged 67, JP for Vic,
NSW & USA' |
149 |
- Letter Traci GOERING, Burri heights, NSW 2537; 29
Apr 92 |
150 |
page 4 - UHL, Jean - Sailing Ships, Shipwrecks &
Crime in the 19th Century - A Handbook for Historians, Genealogists,
Shiplovers and Criminologists, based on Supreme Court Records, Criminal
Sessions, 1840s-1860s (Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies,
Oakleigh, 1985) |
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