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Australian vaudeville, Rev F. A. Marsh, Philo-Semitism in Cromwell's England, Washington Territory pioneer Alonzo M. Poe, and the Darjeeling tea industry to 1947 - 'strangers in a strange land'.

03 July 2019

A Melbourne foundation-stone mystery

I recently had the enjoyable opportunity to make a presentation to the Victorian Lodge of Research. The presentation was titled A Melb...

14 June 2019

The DNA search for ancestors of 麥世鹏.

The aim is to find the home village of 麥世鹏 . For those of you following this story for my first outline of ‘ Mak’s life ' and ...

24 April 2019

Are you a Mak 麥?

If you are, you may have a part to play in solving an Australian mystery! How to write the surname. Courtesy of Wiktionary . ...

26 March 2019

Baptists in Early North America Volume 3 - Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptists

I read Janet Thorngate’s book in one day and thoroughly enjoyed it - and the escape from the 21st Century. If you have an interest in the d...

28 February 2019

Alonzo Marion Poe grows up

Alonzo Marion Poe awoke early on Tuesday 6 May 1845. ‘Marion’ was a naive 19-year-old eager for adventure with nothing keeping him in Misso...

14 February 2019

The Mystery of Mak Sai Ying: What’s in a name?

Governor Macquarie proclaimed 29 January 1818 a public holiday in the newly named continent of 'Australia' to celebrate the thirtie...

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