Family History Mysteries

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'

8 Maj 202516min

Hi all,I am introducing some episodes that are 15-20 minutes long - keep an eye out for them. Enjoy!

8 Maj 202530s

Lorna Whyte was a nurse and Sister Berenice Twohill was a nun. They were both prisoners of war in WW2. This is their story and the story of their families.

7 Maj 202541min

Johann Wilhelm Theodor Ludwig von Blandowski was a Polish born explorer, natural scientist, zoologist and artist, who led a Victorian government expedition tothe junction of the Murray and Darling Riv...

7 Maj 202530min

On the 15 March this year, ABC Wimmera did a story on a mystery solved 100 years after Maria and Louisa Langley were buried in an unmarked grave in Edenhope cemetery. So who were Maria and Louisa Lang...

4 Maj 202531min

John William Alexander Jackson, known as Bill, Billy and Jacko was born in bred in Gunbar NSW and enlisted in WW1 underage. On 8th September 1916, that he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his action...

4 Maj 202535min

Price Maurice was a South Australian pastoralist, who upon his death in 1894 was described as 'A Rich Australian'.

29 Apr 202537min

Harry Darby was born in Mansfield Victoria and made it rich on the Edie Creek Goldfields in Papua New Guinea.*Warning – there is information pertaining to suicide in this episode which may be distress...

29 Apr 202528min