Family History Mysteries

I came across an article on a shearer who had killed a workmate on a property near Deniliquin. He was named ‘The Derwent Nugget’. This got me intrigued and I delved into finding out more about this ma...

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Rose Lodge is an historic home in Deniliquin that was built by John Broughton in 1865. This episode tells the story of John Broughton and his family. *Warning: there is some graphic information in th...

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William Westwood, known as Jackey Jackey was an English-born convict who became a bushranger in Australia in the 1840s.

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Frank Gardiner, born Francis Christie, was an Australian bushranger who led the gang that robbed a gold escort at Eugowra NSW in June 1862.  It is considered the largest gold heist in Australian histo...

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Mary Ann McCaffey, as Mary Robinson, popped up in an interesting article in 1883 in the Deniliquin Pastoral Times, when the law caught up with her for obtaining goods and money under false pretences, ...

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Frank Gardiner, born Francis Christie, was an Australian bushranger who led the gang that robbed a gold escort at Eugowra NSW in June 1862.  It is considered the largest gold heist in Australian histo...

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Brothers William and Charles Mustey emigrated to Australia in 1849. Their brother Robert followed with his wife and children in 1852 and their sister Eliza with her husband in 1862. This episode tells...

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Daniel Morgan was born on the 30 April 1830. He was born John Owen or Jack Fuller, the illegitimate son of George Fuller and Mary Owen. Morgan has been described as "the most bloodthirsty ruffian that...

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