Victoria

Irish sources at State Library Victoria

Kevin Molloy speaks about the State Library Victoria’s collections of Irish and Irish-Australian materials which includes personal papers, book collections, manuscripts, records of clubs and societies, newspapers and journals. The SLV is looking to expand its collections with correspondence, diaries, photographs, and oral histories.

Webcast Duration
24 minutes
Presenter
Kevin Molloy
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Why Did They leave? Exploring the Migration of OUR Ancestors from Ireland

In this presentation Margaret Vines examines the migration of people from Ireland to Australia. She considers the choices, the push and pull factors and other reasons for their decision through the eyes of her family ancestors.

Webcast Duration
32 minutes
Presenter
Margaret Vines
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Exploring the Collections of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria

Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, describes the extensive range of collections held by the Society and how they may be able to assist family historians. For example, they hold a unique collection of documents entitled the Victorian Pioneer Register. The collection contains documents completed by colonists who arrived in Victoria prior to 1856 who were invited to provide information about themselves and their families.

Webcast Duration
44 minutes
Presenter
Jillian Hiscock
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Introducing the Wodonga Family History Society

This presentation outlines the activities of the Wodonga Family History Society and how, with their resources and experience, they are able to assist individuals to trace their family history in the area. They have extensive holding of records relating to north-eastern Victoria.

Webcast Duration
21 minutes
Presenter
Pat Hopkins & Wendy Cooksey
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My Family and the 1880s Melbourne Land Boom

During the 1880s the city Melbourne expanded and developed dramatically. Land prices boomed and a great number of people invested in housing developments. In the 1890s the boom collapsed leaving many insolvents. Penny Mercer looks at these times through the lens of her family. Mentions her Davies, Mercer and Hearle families.

Webcast Duration
43 minutes
Presenter
Penny Mercer

The Life of a Squatter in the Port Phillip District 1837-1854

In this presentation Martin Playne examines the lives of squatters in the early period of the Port Phillip settlement through the eyes of a squatter on the Campaspe River. He then contrasts this with the story of an ancestor who was an early settler on the Mornington Peninsula.

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Webcast Duration
45 minutes
Presenter
Martin Playne
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