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...

3 Jul 202442min

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...

26 Jun 202446min

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

26 Jun 202434min

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...

18 Jun 202439min

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, ...

18 Jun 202447min

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...

12 Jun 202439min

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...

12 Jun 202454min

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...

6 Jun 202446min