Episode 287 - Jonathon Harris - Part 1
A listener got in touch to share her story on one of her convict ancestors, Jonathan Harris. He married three times and had a total of 17 children! His children also had large families!
29 Jul 32min
Episode 286 - Pablo Fanque - Part 2
The name Pablo Fanque popped up when doing the Burton’sCircus episode – Episode 263.William Darby Banham was born in 1828. It is likely that Pablo Fanque, a renowned circus owner in Britain, born Will...
26 Jul 25min
Episode 286 - Pablo Fanque - Part 1
The name Pablo Fanque popped up when doing the Burton’sCircus episode – Episode 263William Darby Banham was born in 1828. It is likely that Pablo Fanque, a renowned circus owner in Britain, born Willi...
22 Jul 48min
Episode 285 - Albert McGowan
In October 1911 the Echuca Riverine Herald reported that Albert George McGowen, born Albert Walkerden, was charged with bigamy and sentenced to two years imprisonment.
19 Jul 32min
Episode 284 - Major Bidwell
Major Bidwell was jailed in Victoria Australia for 2 years for bigamy in 1911. This was not the last that Australia nor other countries around the world heard of him!His aliases included: Mervyn/Mervi...
15 Jul 39min
Episode 283 - Colin Gardner
Colin Gardner’s children from his first marriage contested his will where he left a bulk of his estate to his second wife and the children from his second marriage in 1922.
11 Jul 39min
Episode 282 - James Hardy Vaux
James Hardy Vaux claims the rare distinction of being transported to Australia three times, but what really distinguish him is him being the author of the first full length autobiography and first dic...
7 Jul 33min
Episode 281 - Isabel Horsfall
When Isabel Lippe nee Horsfall died in 1921 her husband was not included in her will. He contested it and it went all the way to the High Court.Why did Isabel omit her husband from her will?
4 Jul 47min
