Shorts Episode #1 - The Gun Shearer
Ivan Orchard, a champion shearer in the 1930s, tragically died in a plane crash, aged only 41.Check out a clip of Ivan shearing on my Facebook page 'Family History Mysteries'
8 Touko 16min
Introduction to new 'Shorts' episodes
Hi all,I am introducing some episodes that are 15-20 minutes long - keep an eye out for them. Enjoy!
8 Touko 30s
Episode 180 - An Unmarked Grave
On the 15 March this year, ABC Wimmera did a story on a mystery solved 100 years after Maria and Louisa Langley were buried in an unmarked grave in Edenhope cemetery. So who were Maria and Louisa Langley and why did it take 100 years to find where they were buried?*Warning- there is graphic information contained in this episode*
4 Touko 31min
Episode 181 - The Youngest Australian VC Recipient
John William Alexander Jackson, known as Bill, Billy and Jacko was born in bred in Gunbar NSW and enlisted in WW1 underage. On 8th September 1916, that he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on the night of the raid that cost him his arm. The announcement came 5 days before his 19th birthday. As well as being the youngest Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, he was also the only soldier of the 17th Battalion’s to have been decorated with this medal during WW1.
4 Touko 35min
Episode 179 - Price Maurice
Price Maurice was a South Australian pastoralist, who upon his death in 1894 was described as 'A Rich Australian'.
29 Huhti 37min
Episode 178 - Harry Darby
Harry Darby was born in Mansfield Victoria and made it rich on the Edie Creek Goldfields in Papua New Guinea.*Warning – there is information pertaining to suicide in this episode which may be distressing*
29 Huhti 28min
Episode 177 - The Kennedy Murrays - Part 4 - The Kennedy Murrays family tree and its unexpected links to MacGregor ancestry in Scotland
My guest is Cameron Richards, a descendant of Kennedy Murray, who has recently released a book, “Prosperous: The Kennedy Murrays and the origins of historic Evandale”. He has joined me to talk about what prompted him to delve into Kennedy Murray and the mysteries he has uncovered in his family history research.In this episode, Cameron talks about the astonishing discoveries of the Scottish ancestry of Kennedy Murray and outlines the next generation of Kennedy Murray descendants.Cameron is a semi-retired Australian professor with extensive lecturing experience in the Asia-Pacific region. In his semi-retirement his other main interest has been researching and writing his family history. LinksCameron's book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Prosperous-historic-Evandale-Colonial-Australia-ebook/dp/B0DQ4D52WJCameron's family history website: https://www.cameronkrichards.net/kennedymurrays/
27 Huhti 24min
Episode 177 - The Kennedy Murrays - Part 3 - Kennedy Murray Jnr and The Lost History of Evandale
My guest is Cameron Richards, a descendant of Kennedy Murray, who has recently released a book, “Prosperous: The Kennedy Murrays and the origins of historic Evandale”. He has joined me to talk about what prompted him to delve into Kennedy Murray and the mysteries he has uncovered in his family history research.In this episode, Cameron tells the story of Kennedy Murray Jnr, and the lost history of Evandale.Cameron is a semi-retired Australian professor with extensive lecturing experience in the Asia-Pacific region. In his semi-retirement his other main interest has been researching and writing his family history. LinksCameron's book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Prosperous-historic-Evandale-Colonial-Australia-ebook/dp/B0DQ4D52WJCameron's family history website: https://www.cameronkrichards.net/kennedymurrays/
27 Huhti 54min
