Scotland in the 1800s Our Scottish heritage originates with a large family of Rosses from Ross-shire (seems like a good many people living in Ross-shire were named Ross!), some of whom came to Australia in the 1850s and 60s. There are many descendants of this … Continue reading Edderton
In July 1874 Kate Hickson was 29 years old, an unmarried Irish emigre who had arrived in Sydney, New South Wales with her younger brother George some ten and a half years previously, when they were respectively 19 and 18 years of age. For the … Continue reading A death in the family
My Irish great great grandfather wrote a book called Notes of Travel, in which he recorded impressions of a journey around the world with his daughter, Alice, in 1893. Alice was 20 years of age, born in Australia, unlike her father. John’s sudden and unexpected decision … Continue reading A visit to Killorglin in 1893
Killorgin houses seen beyond the old iron bridge – not yet built when the Hicksons left Killorglin, now only for walkers since the railway closed. Back in the middle of the nineteenth century a family named Hickson lived in Killorglin, Co Kerry, Ireland. Husband and … Continue reading The Killorglin Hicksons emigrate
Driving north from Newcastle on the Pacific Highway, the main route from Sydney to Brisbane, one passes Port Stephens, the huge and beautiful harbour which was once slated as a possible national capitol for Australia, before entering the so called Great Lakes District of the … Continue reading Great Lakes
Forgotten tales 