Researching our Australian family tree with branches tracing back to Cornwall, England, Scotland and Ireland including our convict past. Surnames include, Lucas, Pinkerton, McLauchlan, Paton, Miller, Mundy, Prisk, Melrose, Bray, Hodges, Leahy, Davis, Wilkinson, Schofield, Brown, Cleary and many others. Using 'genetic genealogy' (DNA) to prove the paper trail and move beyond it. (aka Aussie Rhonda's Genealogy).
Unlikely source for Queensland Rural Towns History
In genealogy always look beyond the obvious and it will get you far. I stumbled across this website, ParanormalPARATEK. They research paranormal activity (which is interesting work in itself), but did you realise they also research the property they are investigating? They are putting together a 6 part series called "Queensland - Our history through time". Seriously, if your research centres around rural country towns these timelines are a fascinating pictorial history..
Queensland - Our History Through Time (Part 1) - PPQI
Part 1 covers - Allora, Dalby, Harrisville, Stanthorpe and Warwick
Queensland - Our History Through Time - (Part 2) - PPQI
Part 2 covers - Gympie, Goomeri, Maryborough, Childers
I struggled identifying some of the images for Maryborough, and there are some pics of the great 1893 flood, I still can't get over the height the water reached!
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