Family History Mysteries

Alice Maria Ninness was born in 1874 in Patterson NSW. Maria was charged with stealing goods at 18, went to court to claim maintenance on an illegitimate child when she was 19 and was again in the pap...

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Wirth's Circus was Australia's largest and most prestigious circua company for eight decades. Billed as Australia's own 'Greatest show on Earth', the travelling circus held an international reputation...

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Wirth's Circus was Australia's largest and most prestigious circua company for eight decades. Billed as Australia's own 'Greatest show on Earth', the travelling circus held an international reputation...

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William Wilson skippered a number of riverboats on the Murray and it's tributaries. He was one of the few to tackle the Edward/Wakool river system.

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Agnes Denieff featured in an 1884 where she masqueraded as a man in Nagambie to steal items with an accomplice.

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Robert Barr-Smith left an estate worth nearly 1.8 million pounds when he died in Adelaide in November 1915. He was a well known philanthropist. His estate was the largest in South Australia until then...

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In 1935 in Victoria, Alfred Stoddart opposed the probate of his niece, Mrs Annie Catherine Sullivan. You can get early access to this episode by subscribing for only $5.00 per month!Click on the follo...

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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'

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