This is your page to communicate with fellow readers about First Fleet or other Australian historical
interests. Please send your
enquiry or reply with any attachments to
secretary@fffmidnorthcoast.com.au.
We will post it to this page.
Microfiche and Archive Records
Does anyone have a use for, or know someone who can use the following items:
- Microfiche Reader & microfiche in a four-drawer cabinet with Victoria: Early Church Records: Births 1853-1895: Births 1896-1913: Marriages 1853-1913: Marriages 1914-1930: Deaths 1854-1945: Deaths 1946-1980.
- Consise Guide NSW: Pioneer Index: Federation Index & Between the Wars Index.
Books for sale:
"The Pioneer Register" (second edition) Volume IV (compiled & edited by Dr C J Smee)
"A Patchwork Heritage - thirteen Australian Families" (by Sally White)
"The Newport Story - 1788-1988" (by Guy Jennings)
Deniliquin Research books (by Deniliquin Family History Group Inc):
- "Deniliquin Lawn Cemetery Transcriptions 1977-1999"; including children's cemetery & rose garden, and war cemetery
- "Obituaries & Profiles" Early residents of Deniliquin - Book One
- "Obituaries & Profiles" Early residents of Deniliquin - Book Two
- "Deniliquin General Cemetery - Headstone Transcriptions 1860 to 1999"
"The Hawkesbury Pioneer Register" (by Hawkesbury Family History Group, Windsor NSW)
"Valley of Gold" (by Jackie French) (a collection of children's stories we can all enjoy)
"Faulconbridge" (Springwood Historical Society - author Allan E Searle) Short history of an area first given the names of Faulconbridge
and Numantia in 1877.
"The Victorian Historical Magazine" Vol.43 167th issue Feb 1972 - contents: The passing of Harold Edwin Williams; Two Melbourne
Builders, 1853-1900; Thomas Mitchell's Route in Nth-West Victoria; The Victorian Horse Artillery.
"The Story of Hartley & its Historic Court-House NSW" (by WC Foster, WL Havard & BT Dowd)
"Church Heritage" Journal of the Church Records & Historical Society (Uniting Church in Australia NSW Synod) - 18 issues from March 1994
to September 2002 (including Newsletters for same time period)
"A Delectable Parish - Prospect & Seven Hills" 1923 (by William Freame) - An original book signed by author.
For more information contact Glenda Smith on email millewah3@bigpond.com or phone (02) 6550 6301
From: John Marsden, Forster, NSW
Thanks for getting this started Malcolm. I'm searching for any Fleeters connected to the following Fleeters:
My maternal side: Owen Cavanough, marine, and his wife Margaret Darnell, convict. Plus Benjamin Cusley, Marine.
My paternal side: Thomas Harmsworth, Marine, his wife Alice Harmsworth and daughter Ann Harmsworth.
My paternal side is on this website www.john-marsden.com
I am happy to be contacted direct via email johnmar01@gmail.com
or by phone (02) 6555 6133 or 0416 150 242.
Pat Kennedy #8147.1 of Central Coast Chapter has published a 200 page book (A4) "Legacy of Andrew Goodwin & Lydia Munro". If you are interested in purchasing a copy, please email Pat at: patk1254@gmail.com. Its price is $25 plus postage (Australia) $13.40.
