Family History Mysteries

I came across Lady Janet Marion Clarke’s name when researching Harry Power the bushranger from Episode 23. After accounts of Power's ill health, he was released in 1885 based on the application of sev...

15 Touko 202424min

This episode is about Charlie Lee and his family. Charlie was one of the most notable Cobb & Co coach drivers with the Hay to Deniliquin and Deniliquin to Moama runs in southern NSW in the mid to late...

8 Touko 202427min

William Ah Ket was the first Chinese-Australian barrister in Australia. He fought against the White Australia policy and racist laws targeting Chinese workers. I came across William in my family tree ...

1 Touko 202439min

Sarah Maria Hyatt was known by many names throughout her lifetime. I was approached by her descendants to delve into her story - and what a story it is!

23 Huhti 202446min

When I was researching the Dickens brothers for Episode 26, I came across a bushranger I had never heard of. This sparked my curiosity. He was coined 'Captain Bluecap' because he suffered from opthalm...

16 Huhti 202454min

This episode is about Charles Frewen-Lord who was married to my great great grandmothers niece, Elizabeth Ann Ascot, the daughter of Thomas and Emma Ascot, who featured in Episode 6. Charles' arrival ...

10 Huhti 202425min

Sir Patrick Alfred Jennings was a pastoralist and politician who became Premier of New South Wales. From humble beginnings in Ireland, to slowly building his wealth in St Arnaud through owning a store...

3 Huhti 202424min

Two of Charles Dickens' sons, Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (known as Plorn to the family) and Alfred D’Orsay Tennyson Dickens (known as Skittles to the family), came out to Australia in the 1860s. Thi...

27 Maalis 202426min