Short Stories of the Blackmores, Suttors, Kinlesides, Watsons, Farrs, Gordons, Blacks and others.
Pioneers Hectic Road to Riches Encountering bushrangers and aborigines, escaping death many times by a hair's breadth, discovering mystery and tragedy, George Black found life an adventurous cavalcade, but he won through to success. George Black was born at Lawgrove, his family's estate in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1813. Upon the death of his father, a … Continue reading George Black of Tarwin
Lewis Kinleside Blackmore, Service Number 33660, enlisted in the RAAF on the 9th September 1940 at age 23 and trained as an Aircraft Fitter II (a) at Ultimo, Canberra, Ascot Vale and Wagga Wagga. On the 2nd July 1941 he was posted to RAAF Station Darwin and was promoted to Leading Aircraftman on 1st October … Continue reading Lew Blackmore at RAAF Darwin 1942
Jane Drummond Gordon Blackmore (1881 - 1942), a daughter of Edwin Gordon Blackmore CMG and his wife, Eleanora Elisabeth (nee Farr) married Doctor Granville Gilbert Sharp (1878 - 1964). Jane Sharp (nee Blackmore) with daughter Nancy Hilda Sharp At the time of Edwin Gordon Blackmore’s stroke in 1907 at the age of 70, and his … Continue reading Dr Granville Sharp and Jane Blackmore
Families sometimes wonder how to pass the history of previous generations down to the next generations. If you are lucky and have already been on the receiving end of some work done by past generations you have something to work with especially if you have photos as well as stories, after all a Family Tree … Continue reading The Strangers in The Box
John Gordon and the Florida Land Claims The miniature shown in this picture is of John Gordon of South Carolina. Jean Verbeek's grandfather inherited it in the Williams of NZ bequest in 1942. It is now in her sister's possession (Eleanora Mary Courtnage). Spain held Florida from around 1512 (first settlement 1565) and from 1763 … Continue reading Ten Million Acres
In October 1876 three Watson brothers left from “Walwa” on the Upper Murray in Victoria, following a survey trip by Greg, one of the brothers, in 1875, to settle on the Gregory River at “Gregory Downs” some 120 kilometres south of Burketown, arriving in August 1877. Two of the brothers, Harry Frederick and Philip Sidney … Continue reading Gregory Downs Station – Old Photographs
The End of an Era : Julia Farr Centre Guest Post by North Road Cemetery, Adelaide This week, as International Women’s Day is celebrated (2023) the North Road Cemetery in Adelaide pays tribute to Julia Warren Farr (nee Ord). Julia Warren Farr (nee Ord) It is interesting to note that it was announced this week … Continue reading Julia Farr Centre, Adelaide.
In 1876 three Watson brothers came from “Walwa” on the Upper Murray in Victoria following a survey trip the previous year, to settle on the Gregory River at “Gregory Downs” some 120 kms south of Burketown.Two of the brothers, Harry Frederick and Philip Sydney were twins aged only 19 at the time and the youngest … Continue reading Watson Bros to Gregory Downs
The Royal Flying Doctor Service from the Mt Isa base and Dr Ian Robinson were regular visitors to Gregory Downs for the clinics conducted there and at other locations around the Gulf country and Mt Isa district. Dr Ian Robinson treating a patient with VH-FDR in the background. The RFDS aircraft was a Beechcraft Queen … Continue reading The RFDS and Foxtrot Delta Romeo
Salvador Rosa National Park Crystal clear springs add more than ten million litres of water a day to peaceful Louisa Creek and the Nogoa River as they meander beneath a backdrop of rocky sandstone crags and spires. Salvator Rosa National Park is at the western edge of the Central Queensland Sandstone Belt and roughly midway … Continue reading The Cungelella Cattle Mystery
Struth it's Blackmores 