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Objective This project will collect and merge the profiles for any convict, free settler arrival or military personnel into Western Australia commencing with the establishment of the Swan River Colony in 1829. Historical Summary In 1826, the first British military outpost was established at King George Sound. This was followed by the establishment of the Swan River Colony in 1829, with townsi...
The Parkhurst boys were juvenile offenders from the Isle of Wight's Parkhurst Prison, who were transported to the Australian and New Zealand colonies between 1842 and 1861. Under the scheme, the boys were to be granted pardons under certain conditions such as permanent exile from England and, in the case of younger boys, undertaking apprenticeship in the colonies. 1,499 boys are recorded as bei...
Welcome to the Western Australia Portal on Geni=This is a sub-project of the Australian Portal This Western Australia Portal has been created to: * Link together existing Western Australian * Encourage new Western Australian projects to be created * Encourage collaboration between Western Australian-based Geni users, and Geni users worldwide who have Western Australian interests and connections...
The Greaves family of South Australia by records appears descended from the Greaves family of Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire UK, and this project, over time will confirm this or not via DNA. Thomas Greaves was born on November 2, 1824 the son of Thomas Greaves and Susanna Coates. Thomas Greaves married Harriet Knightly and they migrated to Australia in 1849 aboard the Derwent from Londo...
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Earl Grey famine female orphan emigration scheme===Scope==The scope of this project is to identify the girls and the families of the orphan girls who were part of the Earl Grey emigration scheme to Australia between 1848 and 1850. ==Explanation of Earl Grey’s Famine Orphan Scheme==The Orphan Emigration Scheme commenced in October 1848 and when it was wound up due to opposition from the Austra...
Please relate and index Australia-based DNA projects here . Australia DNA Projects (alphabetically) DNA - New South Wales Portal DNA - Northern Territory Australia Portal DNA - Queensland Australia Portal DNA - South Australia Portal DNA - Tasmania Australia Portal DNA - Victoria Australia Portal DNA - Western Australia Portal
Lady Julianna - departed 29 July 1789 arrived 3 June 1790. Master Thomas EDGAR, 35 crew, 226 female convicts boarded (222 arrived)A* ABORROW Ann Ann Aborrow [Convict "Lady Julianna" "Scarborough" 1790] ABRAHAMS Roseanna Roseanna Juliana (Abrahams) Nichols [Free Settler "Lady Penrhyn" "Prince of Wales" 1788] ACTON Sarah Sarah Acton [Convict "Lady Julianna" 1790] * ALLEY Richard Richard Alley, Fr...
Persons executed under the Australian Law in the State of Tasmania. Please also add profiles to the geni project Hangings if executed in that fashion.==Tasmania - incomplete * Thomas England - about Mar 1806 - Hanged at Port Dalrymple for theft of pork from government stores at Port Dalrymple* James Keating - 14 April 1806 - Hanged at Hobart for theft of pork from government stores at Port Dalr...
This project is to capture all the convicts and free settlers who arrived in Australia on board the "Neptune" on 27 June 1790. The "Neptune" left England on 19/1/1790The second fleet earned the nickname of "The Death Fleet" as of over 1000 convicts, half arrived sick and 270 died enroute.The Neptune had the highest mortality rate of 150.The Neptune carried* 42 male convicts* 78 female convicts*...
Australian Artists This project includes famous Australian painters, sculptors, actors, writers, directors, musicians, composers, poets, photographers and performance artists. Composers Miriam Hyde AO, OBE Movies, cinematography, actors Cate Blanchett Mary Byrne Mitch Connolly Russell Crowe Errol Flynn Mel Gibson
Dunera Boys / Internees===The hired Military Transport Dunera was a British passenger ship built as a troop transport in the late 1930s.As the storm clouds of war gathered in the late 1930s, thousands of German refugees - either Jewish or politically opposed to the Nazis - fled to Britain for sanctuary. Little did many of them know they would soon be deported to Australia in one of the more not...
A project to collect and merge the profiles for any convict, naval personnel or free settler arrivals on the Second Fleet from England to Australia, 1789.=Second Fleet= From Wikipedia The Second Fleet is the name of the second fleet of ships sent with settlers, convicts and supplies to colony at Sydney Cove in Port Jackson, Australia. The fleet comprised six ships: one Royal Navy escort, four c...
Welcome to the Australian Portal on Geni This Australian Portal has been created to: Link together existing Australian projects Encourage new Australian projects to be created Encourage collaboration between Australian-based Geni users, and Geni users worldwide who have Australian interests and connections Promote and facilitate Australian genealogical research Promote Australia, i...
Russian Australians comprise Australian citizens who have full or partial Russian heritage or people who emigrated from Russia and reside in Australia.===The first wave 1880–1905The first major wave of Russian emigrants to Australia began in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, largely Jews from the Baltic and south west of Russia escaping anti-Semitism and a wave of pogroms which r...
A project to collect and merge the profiles for any convict, naval personnel or free settler arrivals on the Third Fleet from England to Australia, 1791.=Third Fleet= From Wikipedia The Third Fleet consisted of 11 ships which set sail from United Kingdom in February, March and April 1791 bound for the Sydney penal settlement, with over 2000 convicts. The passengers consisted of convicts, milita...
Calling all Parsons! Let's link our family trees together. == Parsons (surname) Parsons as a surname has an occupational meaning, and refers to a parson's servant or a person that worked in the parson's house. Another meaning of the surname is the parson's son .Notable people with the surname of Parsons include:*Alan Parsons (born 1948), British musician and record producer*Albert Parsons (1848...
List of Australian Divisions in World War II* 1st Armoured Division* 2nd Armoured Division - also known as the 2nd Calvary Division and 2nd Motor Division* 3rd Armoured Division - also known as the 1st Calvary Division and 1st Motor Division* 1st Division* 2nd Division* 3rd Division* 4th Division* 5th Division* 6th Division* 7th Division* 8th Division* 9th Division* 10th Division* 11th Division...
Obituary - Queensland Portal - A sub project of Obituary Portal Obituaries are an excellent way to find information, or confirm facts about a persons life, relationships, occupation and ethnic background. Eventually this will become a portal for minor projects that will be sorted by year of death.If you find a person on the tree, or add someone that has his/her obituary here, please copy it to ...
Centenarian - Australia Project. Please add persons who lived to 100 years or more. Alice Philpott 1906 -2007 This project is included in The History Link Project - Trace your ancesters! you can add projects here
Croatian Emigration indicates that of the Croatians who were reported to have "emigrated", at least 30% eventually returned to their homeland. Hrvati izvan domovine / Croatians outside the homeland Adresar trgovaca, obrtnika i drugih uglednijih pripadnika iz Hrvatske, Dalmacije i Istre nastanjenih u Americi, Africi, Aziji i Australiji iz popis hrvatskih družtava i hrvatskih novina u Ameri...
In the mid-1800s Kashubians migrated for economic reasons. After the Franco-Prussian War and the unification of Germany under Bismarck, Kashubians were met with institutionalized hostility. Life was very harsh for the Kashubs. It was illegal to use Polish or Kashubian in public, especially in church. Many priests were imprisoned or exiled. Churches were left with no parish priests. As a result,...
A project to collect and merge the profiles for any convict or naval personnel arrivals on the First Fleet from England to Australia, 1778-1788.=First Fleet= From Wikipedia First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which sailed from Great Britain on 13 May 1787 with about 1,487 people, including 778 convicts (192 women and 586 men), to establish the first European colony in Australia, in Ne...
Welcome to the Tasmania, Australia Portal on Geni=This is a sub-project of the Australian Portal This Tasmania Portal has been created to: * Link together existing Tasmania, Australia projects * Encourage new Tasmania, Australia projects to be created * Encourage collaboration between Tasmania-based Geni users, and Geni users worldwide who have Tasmania, Australia interests and connections * Pr...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature. Place project portals Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. Geographical Australia Canada Europe Al-Andalus Austro-Hungarian-Empire Belarus Czech Republic-Bohemia Croatia