What’s new at www.FamilySearch.org
The new version of www.FamilySearch.org, which launched in Australia today, makes family history research more interactive with a pedigree chart into which new data can be added and easily manipulated. It is also conveniently collaborative, with added social media, photo and story elements that create a more personal family history experience for each user. Each...
Eugenia :: A true story of adversity, tragedy, crime and courage
From time to time, we’ll be talking to great Australian authors about their local history and what inspired them to start researching and writing their stories. This week we talk to Mark Tedeschi, author of Eugenia. Apart from being Senior Crown Prosecutor and a barrister for 35 years, Mark Tedeschi is an avid exhibiting photographer,...
Founders & Survivors Storylines new website is live. Explore Tasmania.
Explore all 21 Lifelines and immerse yourself in Mugsheets where you can find records for 69,669 Tasmanian convicts – and for many of them, using identity records – create a realistic face using our Facemaker Identikit tool. Founders and Survivors Storylines tells an extraordinary story about the making of modern Australia based on the world...
Expert Q&A – Thursday, May 2 :: National Archives of Australia Forced Adoptions History Project
The Inside History Expert Q&A is a great opportunity for people affected by forced adoption to touch base with us and share their experiences. However, the Archives’ responses will be limited to garnering those experiences and discussing them in general terms, rather than providing individual advice to those joining the Q&A. The National Archives of...
Win a double 3 day pass to the Byron Bay Writers Festival in August!
What is it about August that makes us smile? Is it that the sun is shining and winter is on it’s way out or is it the European holidays spent on the northern hemisphere beaches or is it the memories of roadtrips spent driving up and down the NSW North Coast searching for waves or...
Discover World War 1 at Sea :: Lecture at the ANMM, Sunday May 19
To mark the centenary of the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian National Maritime Museum in conjunction with Sea Power Centre – Australia will present the RAN Centenary Annual Lecture on Sunday 19 May 2013. This year, the lecture entitled World War 1 at Sea, will provide special insight and new perspectives on the Navy’s role...
Sydney’s first water supply. Our Tank Stream
Every year about 3,000 people enter the Sydney Living Museum ballot to get on this tour. I’d waited for years to tour the Tank Stream – it’s one of the pieces of Australian history that I heard about early in my life and I’d wanted to see this little waterway for myself for quite a while. Happily yesterday,...
Meet the Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office Q&A team
Got questions on Tasmania’s convicts, archives, old newspapers, maps and history? Ask your questions of the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office in our Expert Q&A this Thursday, 11th April at 8:30pm AEST. Share your photos on our wall, with your questions or email them to contribute@insidehistory.com.au When is the Q&A? :: NSW-ACT-VIC-TAS: 8:30-9:30pm AEST |...
