Family History Mysteries

David Irvin was 22 when he enlisted in WW1 in 1915. Only 10 months after arriving on the front he was declared missing in action at the Battle of Fromelles. 90 years later DNA solved the mystery of wh...

11 Dec 202417min

John Massey Thompson joined bushranger Captain Thunderbolt’s gang in 1865 and called himself 'The Other Thunderbolt'.

11 Dec 202454min

James Pope died at the Somme in France only four days after his 20th birthday. This is his story.

8 Dec 202417min

Kitty Rowan was born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland in 1792. At the age of 25, Kitty received sentence of 7 years transportation to VDL after being found guilty of stealing linen. This is Kitty and ...

8 Dec 202445min

Stephen Hart was once one of the most infamous bushrangers in Australia. Now he is often an afterthought, as the “other Kelly”. According to an article in the Evening News, Sydney, 14 February 1879, “...

4 Dec 202425min

I had the pleasure of recently interviewing my great uncle, Jim Maher, who turned 100 years old in April. He talks about growing up in Wanganella in southern NSW and rearing his family in Ballarat. It...

4 Dec 20241h 2min

Simon Fahey Porter was a 28 year old teacher who loved poetry when he enlisted in WW1.

1 Dec 202420min

On 24 October 1831, Isabella and her sister Rosannah were convicted of housebreaking and aged just 19 and 17, were sentenced to transportation for seven years to Van Dieman's Land.

1 Dec 202430min