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Category Archives: State Library of Victoria
War Records: WW1 Nominal Rolls at the Australian War Memorial
Miracles Do Happen! Harold George Turner, Service No. 5185, 1st Divisional Signal Company (SRSA GRG26/5/4/779) Do you have a name, service number or unit for the First World War or other conflicts before searching for them on the Australian War Memorial‘s … Continue reading →
Posted in Australian War Memorial, Photographs, South Australia, State Library of Victoria, Trove, Turner, World War I
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Tagged Afric, Australian War Memorial, Divisional Signal Company, Embarkation, Flickr, Harold George Turner, Honor, Honour Roll, Next of kin, Nominal Rolls, photographs, Pictorial, Service Records, ship, State Records of South Australia, Unit
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Trove Detective: Samuel Young’s Diary: A Dark & Stormy Night in the Gippsland Forest, 1902.
Cold Comfort in the Darkest Hour Bridge over Snowy River, Orbost (Harvey, 1890) SLVic H2009.100/119 After the child has put on his oldest clothes, the horses which are tethered outside the bank, are mounted and the brothers ride off at … Continue reading →
Posted in Chat with a Librarian, Family Stories, Gippsland, National Library of Australia, State Library of NSW, State Library of Victoria, Trove, Trove Detective, Young
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Tagged A. B. Patterson, Australian Poetry, Barker, Beveridge, Charles Hammond, Chat with a Librarian, e-book, forest, Jack Riley, Jensen, Library, Man from Snowy River, Mark Twain, Michael Leunig, Mt Buck, Norman Lindsay, Open Library, Orbost, Project Gutenberg, Sardine Creek, State Library, The Song that will live forever, Victoria
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Trove Detective: Samuel Young’s Diary: Crossing the Gippsland Lakes, 1902.
Still Day 2: Sale to Cunninghame aboard the ‘Omeo’ Wednesday March 26th, 1902. … Continue reading →
Posted in Ephemera, Family Stories, Maps, National Library of Australia, Places, Sale, State Library of Victoria, Trove, Trove Detective, Vic, Young
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Tagged copyright, Cunninghame, Gippsland, Holland's Siding, Kalimna, La Trobe, lake Victoria, Lake Wellington, lakes, Metung, Omeo, paynesville, postcard, Raymond Island, Reeves River, River, Sale, Seacombe, Steamboat
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Trove Detective: Samuel Young’s Diary: To Sale by Rail, 1902.
Day 2: Melbourne to Sale by Train Wednesday March 26th, 1902. Rail. River. Lakes. Wonderful to relate the child (Samuel) rose at 6.30 a.m. (what would D. think). After breakfast, he caught the train leaving for Sale at … Continue reading →
Posted in Family Stories, Museum Victoria, National Library of Australia, Pictures, Places, Research, State Library of Victoria, Trove, Trove Detective, Young
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Tagged Gippsland, melbourne, Omeo, Sale, Steamer, Swing Bridge, Victoria, Victorian Railways
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