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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...
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
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 town...
HMS Orpheus The object of this project is to identify the 213 passengers aboard The Orpheus on 12 Sept. 1826 and link their trees to this project.=====Main Resource Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild protected under international copyright law HMS Orpheus was a Jason-class Royal Navy corvette that served as the flagship of the Australian squadron. Orpheus sank off the west coast of Auckland, Ne...
Historical criminals, thieves and vagabonds Famous historical criminals are those individuals whose criminal behaviors became widely known to the general public for their unscrupulous acts. Aim of this project is to list people worldwide who have been convicted of serious crimes, or are notable for their criminal activities in the past. This is a worldwide project Australia Ivan Milat (...
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. The Assembly has 25 members, with five members coming from each of five electorates with identical names and boundaries as the single-member districts that return Tasmanian me...
Explorers of Australia This is a short list, there are pages also dedicated to State explorers that I think could possibly all be included here for now. Reference The photo is of the ill fated Calvert Expedition complements State Library of South Australia A Alexander MacPherson (explorer) John Allen (miner) George Austin Said Ameer (camel driver) B Thomas Baines Henry L...
Siia projekti soovime Genist kokku koguda tuntumaid eestlasi Austraalias läbi kõigi ajajärkude. Kasulikku teavet: *
Prime Ministers of Australia Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia - 1 January 1901 to 24 September 1903 Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia - 24 September 1903 to 27 April 1904, 5 July 1905 to 13 November 1908 and 2 June 1909 to 29 April 1910 Chris Watson, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia - 27 April 1904 to 18 August 1904 Sir George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Aust...
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...
Irish Australians (Irish: Gael-Astrálaigh) are an ethnic group of Australian citizens of Irish descent, which include immigrants from and descendants whose ancestry originates from the island of Ireland. Irish Australians have played a considerable part in the history of Australia. They came to Australia from the late eighteenth century on as convicts or settlers, and contributed to Australia's...
Ovaj projekt je o iseljenim Splićanima i njihovoj migraciji u Argentinu, Australiju, Chile, USA, New Zealand / This is project page about of emigrants people from a Split, who were migrated and immigrated to the Argentina, Australia, Chile, USA, New Zealand. Izvor : Članak od gđa. Branka Bezić-Filipović, Hrvatska matica iseljenika-Podružnica Split: Splićani izvan Splita , BAŠTINA 34 121-142, ...
Freemasons in Australia - Masonic LodgeFreemasons, or simply "Masons," have been an important part of Western culture for centuries and have immeasurably shaped the world through their leadership, altruism, public service, and character. Although the most famous Freemasons have been presidents, CEOs, and other public figures, the vast majority of Freemasons were and are small-town members worki...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
-2011-05-30-09:48-jMu-Coöperation, collaboration & addition of information more than welcome! AUSTRALIAN Coffee Corner Please join this meeting-point to improve your interests in genealogy. It has been started for people of Australia looking for European ancestors and other Australian geni-users who can share there information about how to find your relatives in a country where distances ...
Scottish emigration to Australia" The links between Scotland and Australia stretch back to the first British expedition of the Endeavour under command of Lieutenant James Cook who was himself the son of a Scottish ploughman. Cook navigated and charted the east coast of Australia, making first landfall at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770. His discoveries and reports by Cook's expedition would lead to...
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...
The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan, named after the island of Bougainville. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied grand strategy in the South Pacific. The campaign took place in the Northern Solomons in two phases. The first phase, in which American troops landed and held...
There are lists that exist of "confirmed" Old Lutherans and their migration. This is a list that went to Australia. Work in progress...Windows users hit CTRL = F keys to search page.If your ancestor is found on this page, and has no image, please feel free to use the "Lutheran Rose" included in this project, they might really like that :)In a July 8, 1530 letter to Lazarus Spengler, Luther inte...
The ship Australia , 600 tons, Captain J. Meyer, from Hamburg 7th September 1850, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 15th December 1850.Sources:* The Ships Passenger List This is a great time to add the profile to an Occupation Project and also to the country they settled FROM, Irish ; German and Prussian ; English ; Cornish ; Scottish
The bad ship Beejapore brought 967 government-sponsored emigrants from Scotland to Australia in 1852-3, including about 240 Paisley weavers. Half of the adults were said to hail from the Isle of Skye (Source: ?). The passengers included 342 children; 56 passengers died en route, mostly of measles, 55 of them children (including newborn infants) and one a teenager. The makeup of the passengers w...
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...
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...
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*...
The Scarborough arrived in Botany Bay on 26th January 1788.Captain John Marshall Surgeon Dennis Considen 208 male convicts Alphabetical list of crew, marines, wives, passengers and convicts A* Joseph Abbott - Joseph Abbott [Marine "Scarborough" 1788] Henry Abrams Henry Abrams [Convict "Scarborough" 1788] John Adams John Adams [Convict "Scarborough" 1788] Richard AGLEY Richard Agley [Convict "...
Prussian (German, Polish, Slav, Russian, Wendish) settlement in South Australia==Prussians began to settle in Australia in large numbers in 1838, with the arrival of immigrants from Prussia to Adelaide, South Australia. Prussian immigrants were prominent in settling South Australia and Queensland. Between 1850 until World War I, German settlers and their descendants comprised the largest non-Br...
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...
Bound for TasmaniaPortal page for projects related to immigration to Tasmania.14 June 1825 – the colony of Van Diemen's Land is established in its own right; its name is officially changed to Tasmania on 1 January 1856. The first settlement was made at Risdon, Tasmania on 11 September 1803 when Lieut John Bowen landed with about 50 settlers, crew, soldiers and convicts. The site proved unsuitab...
Departed England 13 May 1787 and arrived at Botany Bay 20 Jan 1788. 100 male convicts & 24 female convicts boarded. Ships Master was Thomas Gilbert.Geni Event - list of crew, marines, wives, passengers and convicts A* Acres, Thomas Thomas Akers [Convict "Charlotte" 1788] Alexander, John John Alexander, Convict "Charlotte" 1788 Alexander ANDERSON Alexander Anderson [Marine "Charlotte" "Lady Pen...
Obituary - Tasmania 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 th...
Welcome to the New South Wales, Australia Portal on Geni=This is a sub-project of the Australian Portal This New South Wales Portal has been created to: * Link together existing New South Wales, Australia projects * Encourage new New South Wales, Australia projects to be created * Encourage collaboration between New South Wales-based Geni users, and Geni users worldwide who have New South Wales...
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
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 ** Croa...
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...
Irish emigration to Australia=Irish Australians form the second largest ethnic group in Australia, numbering 1,919,727 or 9.0 per cent of respondents in the 2001 Census.Irish settlers – both voluntary and forced – were crucial to the development of the Australian colonies from the earliest days of European settlement. The Irish first came over in large numbers as convicts (50,000 were transport...
Irish Australians (Irish: Gael-Astrálaigh) are an ethnic group of Australian citizens of Irish descent, which include immigrants from and descendants whose ancestry originates from the island of Ireland. Irish Australians have played a considerable part in the history of Australia. They came to Australia from the late eighteenth century on as convicts or settlers, and contributed to Australia's...
The Pepperell family tree is a mess thanks to contradicting information on MyHeritage.com. I am hoping together we can fix it.
Lithuanians began coming to Australia as early as 1830 after the uprising against regime of the Russian Empire. After the WWI Lithuanians from Scotland started moving to Australia and by 1939, there were 1000 Lithuanians in Australia. After WWII aproximately 10 000 Lithuanian refugees were relocated to Australia. This project aims to gather notable people who resided in Australia and were of Li...
Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards of Tasmania, Australia Image Right - St John the Baptist Church Cemetery, Buckland >Reference: Australian Cemeteries The aim of this project is to gather together information regarding cemeteries and graveyards in the area which either have available transcriptions or have been photographed and transcribed. Please update the project by adding l...
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...
"Lord Sidmouth" brought convicts to Australia 3 times1st - 1819 2nd - 1821 3rd - 1823This project is for the 3rd voyage, which left England on and arrived in Hobart on Monday 10 February 1823 and in Sydney Harbour on 28 February 1823.Carried - 97 Female Convicts (+23 Children) & 21 Free Women (+49 Children) Convict Passenger List - project is included in The History Link Project - Trace your an...
Plantagenet Cousins: Selected Descendants of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou in Australia, America, Africa, Europe and Asia : Biography, History and Genealogy. 360 Genealogies with full lines and biographies.by: Book by Ian Fettes and Leo Van de Pas 2007If you are lucky enough to own this book, please join this projectLines of Descent - Name - Relationship on Geni - Page Number* Line 1 - Werner von ...
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 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...
The Premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia. Before the 1890s when there was no formal party system in South Australia, MPs tended to have historical liberal or conservative beliefs.Image right: a photograph of former South Australian premiers Robert Richards, Sir Richard Layton Butler , Hon Lionel Laughton Hill , Sir Henry Newman Barwell and Sir Tho...
Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards of the Australian Antarctic Territory, Australia Image Right - Grave of "Mr. Antartica" near Mawson station From Icy resting place for Australian Antarctic pioneer The aim of this project is to gather together information regarding cemeteries and graveyards in the area which either have available transcriptions or have been photographed and tra...
This project focuses on the athletes who are representing Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.==The Athletes=====Archery===* Alec Potts * Ryan Tyack* Taylor Worth* Alice Ingley===Athletics===* Liam Adams* Dane Bird-Smith* Peter Bol* Josh Clarke* Rhydian Cowley* Chris Erickson* Ryan Gregson* Alex Hartmann* Luke Mathews* Sam McEntee* David McNeill* Brendon Reading* Jef...
Lost and found in Australia==This project is designed to re-unite families to lost individuals on the tree.How many of us had that "Uncle" or "Best Mate of Dads" that did not seem to have any family? How many times in your research do you find someone, who, is a mystery, you want to add him to the tree, but, have no idea where he/she belongs.This is a way to honour that person, and, a place whe...
The Premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly will nominate its leader to be Premier. The nominated politician is then invited by the Governor of Tasmania to act as their principal adviser.Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in ...
The following is a list of Australian Penal Colonies.=Cockatoo IslandLocated in New South Wales . Opened in 1839 and closed in 1869=Rose HillLocated in New South Wales . Opened in 1788.=Sydney CoveLocated in New South Wales . Opened in 1788.=Moreton BayLocated in Queensland. Opened in 1824.=RedcliffeLocated in Queensland. Opened in 1823 and closed in 1824.=Maria IslandLocated in Tasmania . Open...
List of Governors of Queensland ==# The Rt Hon Sir George Bowen GCMG ( wikipedia entry) # Colonel Sir Samuel Blackall ( wikipedia entry) # The Most Hon Marquess of Normanby GCB GCMG PC ( wikipedia entry) # Sir William Cairns KCMG ( wikipedia entry)
Hi all Relatives,Hope all good with you all.>>>> New Project Concerning a WEBSITE to be Created and LINKED to the Family Tree and related to the Family History, Work Status_Career-Path, Events, Photos of all Elders_Ancestors as well as Recent Photos of Family_Relatives_Friends_Acquaintances, Get-Togethers, Situations, Circumstances_Conditions and FORUM Discussions with a Separate Section Page d...
It is believed that the eastern coast of Australia reminded Captain James Cook of the coast of South Wales (especially the Vale of Glamorgan coast, which he knew), hence the name he gave to it, "New South Wales". The first European colony in Australia was in New South Wales, beginning with the First Fleet of 1788. Welsh people numbered amongst these first settlers, and continued to arrive in th...
The West Coast Eagles, also known simply as West Coast or The Eagles, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Based in Perth, Western Australia, it represents its home state and the Perth metropolitan region. It trains at Lathlain Park and plays its home games at Perth Stadium, also known as Optus Stadium, in Burswood, having previously ...
Historical Timeline of South Australia - researched and updated by Geni users. The projects included in this project are similar to census data, in that the lists were published at the time and include names of those who attended. To confirm a persons presence and standing in the State, these projects will prove invaluable. ==1830* Sturt arrived at Goolwa , having charted the Murray River. ==18...
Huguenots were French Protestants, the term possibly deriving from mispronunciation of the Swiss-German Eidgenosse, meaning sworn companion or confederate. They were at the centre of political and religious disputes in France in the 16th and 17th centuries. Under Henri II (1547-59) they formed a powerful group which included the king of Navarre and Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France, and was...
Obituary - Western Australia 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...
Patrick de Size and Bridget Evans arrived in South Australia on the "William Nichol" on 7th July 1840 with some of their children.Please add profiles of the ancestors and decedents that have been matched by DNA testing. This usually requires a few results and some are not able to be shared, please be scientific in your approach in adding profiles.If you have been tested and feel you are connect...
This is an Australian portal page similar to the Occupations Portal , with two separate lists, Crime and Punishment. Please add persons who committed crimes and were deported to Australia, the crimes can have been committed anywhere, the punishment must have taken place in Australia. When we work in migration areas, often the occupation, place born and in many cases in Australia the crime and p...
This project will list Australians who broke with their families, disappeared or are missing. Once they are located and added to the project, the listings can be removed.It could include adoption, abduction and missing records from conflicts, iether national or personal.listing here may assist families who have lost connection to their ancestors and possibly solve cases where mothers never hear...
The ship Zebra, 350 tons, Captain Dirk Meinerts Hahn, from Altona 12th August, Hamburg 21st August 1838, arrived at Holdfast Bay (Glenelg) 28th December 1838 & Port Adelaide, South Australia 2nd January 1839, Dr. Matheison, ships' surgeon and a crew of 16 men.Along with 189 German Emigrants, it carried with it 100 barrels of pork, 100 barrels of flour, 2 boxes boots and shoes, 18 water casks & ...
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...
Within weeks of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 and the establishment of Sydney, New South Wales as the first permanent European settlement, Thomas Barrett became the first person to be executed in Australia under British law. Most of the earlier hangings were for stealing, one person hanged for stealing bread due to hunger. These people escaped the gallows in England, to, some of them, ...
The Coromandel arrived at Portsmouth on 12 January 1802 and departed from Spithead in company with the Perseus bound for Port Jackson on 12 February 1802. She came direct, the first convict ship to do so, and arrived in Port Jackson on 13 June 1802. ==Sources* Jen Willetts, Convict Ship Coromandel 1802 Only one prisoner died on the voyage out138 Male convictsShip Master* Alexander SterlingShip ...
"Indefatigable" was a convict ship and she came to Australia twice# 1812# 1815This project is for the second voyage which left England in 1814 and arrived in Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW on 26/4/1815. She transported 200 male convicts with 2 dying enrouteLISTS* Abraham, James* Anthony, Michael* Arnold, Mark* Bainbridge, James* Baker, John* Bakes, Edward* Bannister, Joseph* Barwell, Charles* Bell, ...
The "Queen" was a convict ship with the Third Fleet and it left Cork, Ireland in April 1791 and arrived in Sydney Cove on 26/9/1791 carrying 133 male convicts + 22 female convicts. 7 male convicts died on the voyageList of Passengers* Blow, William* Burr, Stephen* Cameron, Duncan* Cummings, William* Higgins, Tobert* Jamieson, William - William Jamieson, Free Settler "Queen" 1791 Kelly, James - ...
This is a project for all of Graham Bartlett's Family Trees . The aim is to put down all descendants from the family tree onto Geni. If you would like to help, then please send a collaborator a message.If you get invited unexpectedly, that means that you might manage some profiles that have people on the family tree.APPROXIMATE COMPLETED STATUS ON TRANSFER TO GENI: (FYI these are all the family...
Prosperity in a new land - AustraliaWe have been talking about "following the money" as a way to find the ancestry of our Pioneers. This project will list pioneers who:1. Came to the country with very little2. Became very prominent in the new country 3. Became wealthy in the new country 4. Were heavily sponsored in fields such as arts, politics or businessPlease add profiles to this project tha...
Most are aware of the wonderful network of photo volunteers at Find A Grave Site and Billion Graves who have teamed up with Geni.Com Billion Graves Team Project The process involves requesting a photograph on the site for a specific profile, the request is broadcasted to all volunteers in that area. This is a test project to co-ordinate a specific area IF you place a request for an area on Find...
List of Lieut.-Governors in the South ==# Colonel David Collins ( wikipedia entry) # Edward Lord# Captain J. Murray== List of Lieut.-Governors in the North ==# Colonel William Paterson ( wikipedia entry) # John Brabyn# Major G.A. Gordon# Captain J. Ritchie== List of Governors of Van Dieman's Land ==# Colonel Thomas Davey ( wikipedia entry) # Colonel William Sorell ( wikipedia entry) # Colonel S...
DNA tests have been taken by a large section of our population and, many of us have found we stem from non European families. Australia is a very diverse country, and was settled from all over the globe. The resilience of Australians can probably be accredited to this fact.This project hopefully will help family researchers, accompanied by the dna results and matches, we may find some connectio...
Port Arthur is a small town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. Port Arthur is one of Australia's most significant heritage areas and an open air museum.The site forms part of the Australian Convict Sites, a World Heritage property consisting of eleven remnant penal sites originally built within the British Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries on ...
The Independent Order of Rechabites (IOR), also known as the Sons and Daughters of Rechab , is a friendly society founded in England in 1835 as part of the wider British temperance movement to promote total abstinence from alcoholic beverages. Always well connected in upper society and involved in financial matters, it gradually transformed into a financial institution which still exists, and s...
English Emigration to Australia== Please add profiles to the relevant State or Territory bellow ==Timeline==* 13 May 1787 – The 11 ships of the First Fleet leave Portsmouth under the command of Capt Arthur Phillip. Different accounts give varying numbers of passengers but the fleet consisted of at least 1,350 persons of whom 780 were convicts and 570 were free men, women and children and the nu...
"Admiral Gambier" was launched 24/9/1807 and she made 2 voyages to Australia - Voyage 1 - sailed from Portsmouth, England on 2/7/1808 and arrived Port Jackson 20/12/1808 with 200 male convicts - Left Port Jackson on 28/3/1809 - Voyage 2 - sailed from England on 12/5/1811, stopped in Rio de Janeiro and arrived in Port Jackson on 29/9/1811 with 200 male convicts - Left Port Jackson on 2/12/181...
Often referred to as the "Fifth Fleet" many ships arrived in Australia between 1947 and 1966. Less in the later years. The "refugees" from war torn Europe were part of the true building of our Nation and character.With them they brought a "work ethic" that built our Nation to the strength and prosperity that it enjoys today. This was a time of "Nation Building" and a time when any man could bec...
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...
"Southworth" deaprted 23/6/1830 and arrived in Van Diemen's Land with 160 convictsConvicts* Matthew Adam* James Adams* Edward Agar* John Allen* Thomas Amor* Archibald Anderson* William Anderson* Richard Aspden* John Aspinall* Richard Banks* John Barns* Benjamin Beckett* John Bentley* Joseph Brackenbury* Joseph Brierley* Edward Brown* Thomas Burns* Isaac Burrows James Collins - see James Collins...
Rajah - Sailed on 1st April, 1841Arrived 19th July, 1841 at Van Diemen's Land 180 convictsConvicts* Mary Adshead* Agnes Agnew* Jane Alcock* Elizabeth Alexander* Margaret Anderson* Catherine Angus* Elizabeth Archer* Mary Bailey* Mary Maria Bailey* Sarah Bailey* Mary Bannon* Elizabeth Barnes* Elizabeth Barrett* Sarah Beckwith* Elizabeth Bell* Petus Bevington* Ann Bogle* Jane Bowie* Charlotte Boyc...
The "Providence" made 3 journeys to Australia# arrived 2 July 1811 New South Wales# arrived 7 January 1822 New South Wales# arrived 16 May 1826 Van Diemen's LandThis project is for the first journey* left England on 10 December 1810 and arrived 2 July 1811List of convicts A* Thomas ANGLIM B* Michael / Nicholas BALFE* Andrew BARCLAY - crew* William BARCLAY - crew* Denis BEGLEY* James BRADLEY - ...
Irish Australians (Irish: Gael-Astrálaigh) are an ethnic group of Australian citizens of Irish descent, which include immigrants from and descendants whose ancestry originates from the island of Ireland. Irish Australians have played a considerable part in the history of Australia. They came to Australia from the late eighteenth century on as convicts or settlers, and contributed to Australia's...
The Commissioners of Police Australia - State and Federal===Federal* Sir Colin Woods KCVO CBE QPM 1979–1982 * Major General Ron Grey AO DSO 1983–1988 * Ronald "Peter" McAulay AO QPM 1988–1994 * Mick Palmer AO APM 1994–2001 * Mick Keelty AO APM 2 April 2001 – 2 September 2009 * Tony Negus APM 7 September 2009 – 30 September 2014 * Andrew Colvin OAM APM 1 October 2014 – current Reference ===Sout...
Heroes Bravery Kindness and Valor - AustraliaA place for the brave recognized or not. Not all heroes and acts of kindness or bravery are recognized with medals and notability. Many acts of bravery were not acknowledged or recorded. Please add your ancestors who were heroes, who were brave and who saved lives. Please make sure their story is written on their profile page so visitors may read abo...
Married abroad - marriage notices with overseas references - AustraliaIf an Australian has married abroad or parents live overseas, the information is not always in our local records.We will list those announcements here until the person is placed on the tree, or, add them to the project if profiles are created but not yet connected to the tree.This is a project to assist research, not a projec...
List of Lieut.-Governors of Western Australia ==# Captain Sir James Stirling RN ( wikipedia entry) == List of Governors of Western Australia ==# Captain Sir James Stirling RN ( wikipedia entry) # John Hutt ( wikipedia entry) # Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Andrew Clarke KCH ( wikipedia entry) # Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Irwin ( wikipedia entry)
South Sea Islanders living in AustraliaSouth Sea Islanders refers to Australian descendants of people from the more than 80 islands in the Western Pacific – including the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides ) in Melanesia and the Loyalty Islands , Samoa , Kiribati , Rotuma and Tuvalu in Polynesia and Micronesia – who were kidnapped or recruited between the mid to late 19th ce...
Executed - Western Australia project focused on persons executed under the law of Western Australia, Australia. Please also add profiles to the geni project Hangings if executed in that fashion.==Executed===Long Island, Houtman Abrolhos* Jeronimus Corneliszoon - 2 October 1629 - Hanged as party to the murder of 125 men, women and children* Lenert Michielsz - 2 October 1629 - Hanged as party to ...
Stowaway is someone who hides on a vessel for free passage or as a fugitive. These persons, if caught are reported in the Police Gazette. List them here and we may find them on the tree. Please add profiles of Stowaways to this project.==1885TASMANIAN INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) HOBART, Nov. 26. At the City Police Court this morning, James Livingstone was charged with being a s...
Obituary - Victoria 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 th...
The Penfold One Name Study=is registered with The Guild of One-Name Studies under study number 4433. [ Guild of One-Name Studies is the world's leading organisation for one-name studies. A one-name study is a project researching facts about a surname and all the people who have held it, as opposed to a particular pedigree (the ancestors of one person) or descendancy (the descendants of one pers...
The Children's Friend Society =====Image right - Boy ploughing at Dr. Barnardo's Industrial Farm, Russell, Manitoba, 1900. In 2010, the photo was reproduced on a Canadian postage stamp commemorating Home Children emigration. ===== Image right - Collections Canada Public Domain, Wiki Commons The Children's Friend Society (CFS) was founded in London in 1830, as "The Society for the Suppression of...
List of Governors of South Australia ==# Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh KH ( wikipedia entry) # Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler KH ( wikipedia entry) # Sir George Grey KCB ( wikipedia entry) # Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Holt Robe ( wikipedia entry) # Sir Henry Fox Young KCMG ( wikipedia entry)
This is a portal page to list DNA projects within the Northern Territory Australian gene pool .We have an opportunity to really work together, if you are from the Northern Territory Australia and have been tested please request to collaborate here.If there is a conflict where DNA is not confirmed, please start a discussion under the profile and add the profile to this project. (If you cannot ad...
A significant number of Australian Convicts and early Free Settlers and Marines already exist in Geni. When duplicates are created it takes hours and hours to merge them in and to clean up tree and data conflicts. The earlier we can detect duplicates the less duplicates will be created (This has been proven by The Medieval Tree Cleanup Project) Why do duplicates get created? * new Geni users do...
She was of 350 tons and skippered by Master John Mason. Built at the Thames in 1786. She operated in England until 1797 when her registration was transferred to Fort Royal, Martinique, after which, little is known.Her first journey was as a convict ship with the First Fleet. She initially carried around 31 marines, 16 marines wives, 6 children, 25 crew and 47 female convicts with 2 male convict...
Overview ====A list of Speedway Riders from Australia. A list of riders and a brief history of their achievements and time frame from the beginning of the sport around 1929 in Maitland NSW and Bathurst NSW.* For more information about Geni Projects, see the Geni Wiki Projects Page. * If you would like to contribute to this page, please feel free to edit it. Click here for instructions about usi...
Channel Islanders settlement in Australia is a project to trace those families who originated from the Channel Islands that settled in Australia.Please add your profiles here and they will be traced in History Link . Add people who were born in the Channel Islands and who actually traveled to Australia only. Add all in a family including children.==Related Projects==* Channel Islanders arrivals...