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Wimmera...way back when: July 2015
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This blog provides information, stories, links and events relating to and promoting the history of the Wimmera district. Any additional information, via Comments, is welcomed. Monday, 27 July 2015. Treasure trove of the Wimmera. Good news on the 'Wimmera in Photographs'. The photographs in the collection have been available on the library's website. From September 2014, well now they are also available on 'Trove'. To search for the 'Wimmera in Photographs'. In the search box then click on the Search.
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Campaspe Genealogy: April 2015
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A blog by Campaspe Regional Library to talk about genealogy and family history, ask questions, highlight useful sites and share tips. Thursday, April 30, 2015. British Red Cross WW1 Volunteers. Over 90,000 people volunteered for the British Red Cross at home and overseas during World War 1. They performed all kinds of roles from nurses to air raid wardens. The British Red Cross. The personnel records for surnames starting with A through I are currently available. Volunteers are updating the site with...
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Casey-Cardinia: Commemorating the Great War: 1914 - 1918: November 2014
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Casey-Cardinia: Commemorating the Great War: 1914 - 1918. Thursday, November 20, 2014. Berwick Footballers who enlisted. This is a report from the Berwick Shire News. Berwick Shire News March 8, 1916. Http:/ nla.gov.au/nla.news-page8579525. Hugo (Richard Hugo Turnbull Avard) (SN 1851) Hugo worked for the Post Office before he enlisted on September 11, 1915. He returned to Australia on September 26, 1917. This is a report from The South Bourke and Mornington Journal. November 27, 1915. Eric Alexander....
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Casey-Cardinia: Commemorating the Great War: 1914 - 1918: The first Anzac Day commemorations
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Casey-Cardinia: Commemorating the Great War: 1914 - 1918. Thursday, April 30, 2015. The first Anzac Day commemorations. I have found some reports about the commemoration of ANZAC Day in 1916 in the region. The local papers had lots of reports about fund raising events, send-offs for the local boys who enlisted and sad news about injuries and deaths but I was interested in any reports that specifically referred to Anzac. The Lang Lang Guardian. There was an article in The Argus. Of April 22, 1916 which in...
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Casey-Cardinia: Commemorating the Great War: 1914 - 1918: July 2015
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Casey-Cardinia: Commemorating the Great War: 1914 - 1918. Thursday, July 9, 2015. Pearcedale Great War Soldiers. This is a list of soldiers with a connection to the town of Pearcedale. There may be some I have missed, if you know of any, then please let me know. You can read more about this book and Pearcedale here. If you want to borrow the book, click here. George Ormond (SN 965) George was a 25 year old orchardist when he enlisted on August 17, 1914. His next of kin was his father, Joseph, of Pear...
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Bringing the Victorian Archives to you. A New Year = New Records. Some records at PROV are closed to public access for up to 100 years since the record was created and you could be waiting even longer if a certain volume of records covers a long time period - you have to wait for 100 from the last entry in the volume. Here is a short selection of what has been opened up as of the 1st of January, or you can view the complete list on the PROV website. Divorce Case Files Ballarat, Ballarat Courts, 1940.
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Wimmera...way back when: Battling on the land
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This blog provides information, stories, links and events relating to and promoting the history of the Wimmera district. Any additional information, via Comments, is welcomed. Thursday, 23 July 2015. Battling on the land. These government records will help family and Australian history researchers understand the individual experience of a soldier settler, as well as the historical context of the Victorian Soldier Settlement Scheme. One of these is William Edward Bradshaw. William enlisted with the Austra...
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Casey-Cardinia: Commemorating the Great War: 1914 - 1918: 1914-1918 Victorian Newspapers: commemorating the World War 1 centenary.
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Casey-Cardinia: Commemorating the Great War: 1914 - 1918. Sunday, March 22, 2015. 1914-1918 Victorian Newspapers: commemorating the World War 1 centenary. The State Library of Victoria has helped digitise and make available online via Trove. 216 Victorian community newspapers from the Great War period. These papers can be searched through a portal on the State Library website - www.slv.vic.gov.au/digitised-wwi-victorian-newspapers. Here's a list of the papers which covered the Casey Cardinia region:.
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