A simple question, but answers on Google seem to get it wrong.
1840, 1857, 1868, 1897?
Example answers include:
Transportation was not formally abolished until 1868, but it had been effectively stopped in 1857 and had become unusual well before that date.… Read the rest
As I have Scottish heritage in my Ancestry, I found this interesting, and some readers on here might too.
From email received on 30th July 2021.
This week at Findmypast we’ve published 10.7 million new records to … Read the rest
On the 29th April 1770, 250 years ago today, Captain James Cook made first landfall in what is now called Botany Bay in Sydney.
Cook had travelled from Britain on the ship HMS Endeavour, having left Plymouth on the 26th August 1768.
This voyage took them around New Zealand before … Read the rest
It is well known that Australia was home to many convicts that were transported from Britain.
About 162,000 British Convicts were transported to the penal colonies of Australia between 1788 and 1868.
What might not be … Read the rest
Pozieres, a small village in the Somme valley in France, was the scene of bitter and costly fighting for the 1st, 2nd and 4th Australian Divisions in mid 1916.
The village was captured initially by the 1st Division on … Read the rest
