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Category Archives: Bowning
Photo Dig: Bowning, NSW
Moving Mountains Recently, I visited Bowning where Mount Bowning is clearly visible on the Hume Highway just pass Yass, to conduct a building survey for my studies. This involved researching the history of Bowning and the surrounding area and focussing … Continue reading
ADB: Australia’s First Three Fleets 1787-1791
While having a quite coffee at the National Library of Australia cafe I came across an article in their June 2016 magazine on the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB). My blog on Parramatta Cemetery contained information on first fleeters buried … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian War Memorial, Australian War Records, Bowning, Parramatta, Parramatta, Research, St John's Parramatta
Tagged #freeadvice, Alt, Borrowdale, Clements, David Oberg, Dodd, First Fleet, Fred March, Freeman, Herbert, Hughes, Kelly, Killpack, Knight, March, Martin, McManus, Oberg, Palmer, Second Fleet, Third Fleet, Wright
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From Bowning to Elizabeth Farm, Parramatta NSW
William Swann and his family are rather interesting. William Swann was born near Bradford in England and arrived in Sydney in 1864 after spending nearly four years at sea before he explored outback NSW and worked along the Australian coast. … Continue reading
Posted in Bowning, Newspapers, Places, Swann, Trove Detective, Uncategorized
Tagged Bowning, Devlin, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Farm, isabel longford, Macarthur, museum, Swann, teacher, William
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Bowning, NSW. Beginnings & Endings
The State Records of New South Wales holds an amazing assortment of archives. While exploring the School archives I came across this wonderful photograph of Bowning Public School from about 1900 in their Photographic Collection. Bowning Public School, c. 1900. … Continue reading
Posted in Bowning, Schools, State Records of NSW
Tagged 1900, Bowning Public School, New South Wales, State Records
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