29 November 2018

Alonzo Marion Poe did not marry Sallie Burnett!

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A minor matter of historical fact about Washington Territory pioneer Alonzo Marion Poe needs to be decisively corrected.  He married ...
08 November 2018

Michael Farrell: building a life

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Life in Cork Michael Farrell was the first Farrell in the family to arrive in Australia. There is much we don't know about his li...
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02 October 2018

"Wretched strangers": Shakespeare’s plea for tolerance towards immigrants in 'Sir Thomas More'

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By Andrew Dickson ‘The Book of Sir Thomas More’ is the only surviving literary manuscript in Shakespeare’s hand. Andrew Dickson describ...
10 August 2018

A book you should read - Waste of a Nation: Garbage and Growth in India

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Waste of a Nation: Garbage and Growth in India   by Assa Doron  and Robin Jeffrey My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book turned out to be mor...
16 May 2018

What are my top six posts?

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Here’s the latest countdown… Number 6 Joseph Swan: engraver, publisher and supporter of the arts . One of my more respectable...
02 May 2018

The search for William Romulus Powe's father

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For a long time, I’ve tried to find the ancestry of my ancestor William Romulus Powe. Finding William Romulus Powe - ‘WRP’ – in the firs...
26 April 2018

Farrells in the Family and some Riverina Rogues

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At last, I’ve begun to learn more about the Farrells in the Family… What follows is based on notes jotted down on pieces of paper follo...
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