In generations past, families used to gather & share history over dinner. These days, we can live anywhere in the world. It’s harder to pass stories onto the next generation.
Our mission is to share stories from history with future generations, so they aren’t lost.
Latest Articles
- Mystery – A Mackerel Lugger
The Smallest Boat to Sail from England to Australia When the Mystery set sail for Australia […] - Paranormal Happenings
Over the years, a number of unusual happenings have occurred, some within the family while others […] - Glenore – Whitemore (Tasmania)
The following history was written c1988 by Ivan Badcock with the view of it being included […] - Cornish Female Convicts Transported to Van Diemen’s Land
Around 24,000 women convicts were transported to Australia, with some 12,500 sent to Van Diemen’s Land […] - Newman Williatt (1797-1832) & family
Amongst Longford’s early residents were Newman Williatt and his wife Eliza and one child, they moved […] - Fires in the Bishopsbourne Area (1839 – 1982)
1839 – Minette, Liffey River – Colonial Times, 13 August 1839 House and out-buildings burnt to […] - Liffey Wesleyan Methodist church in Bishopsbourne later moved to Elphinstone, Cressy
Liffey Wesleyan Methodist Church in Bishopsbourne (1872-1909) moved to Elphinstone, Cressy, Methodist Church 1909-1947 At the […] - Perth (Tasmania) Methodist Church (later Uniting Church)
A history by Harry Bean printed and distributed for the 150-year celebration of the Methodist Church […] - Lee: Sir Walter Henry (1874 – 1963)
Early Life and Family Sir Walter Henry Lee moved from being a wagon builder at Longford […] - Ivan Badcock: Primary Schooling Bishopsbourne & Bracknell – 1948-1955
I commenced school at Bishopsbourne after the September school holidays in 1948 and remained there until […] - PAGE: John Thomas & Rose Alice Rebecca (nee McGiveron)
John Thomas Page (9/7/1872 – 20/6/1961) Our grandfather, John Thomas Page, was born in the Bracknell […] - GOODYER: John Eli & Susannah Sarah (nee Chapman)
John (1823 – 1908) a convict and farmer – Susannah (1827 – 1908) a mother and […] - Presbyterian Church, Evandale, Tasmania (now Uniting Church) & Reverend Robert Russell (1808-1877)
Attached is a history of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church and Reverend Russell, written and published in […] - Launceston Technical Schooling
The Launceston Junior Technical School, which commenced in 1919, grew out of the Government Launceston Technical […] - William Pritchard Weston (1804-1888)
Settler Farmer, Churchman, Artist, Justice of the Peace, Anti-transportationist, Municipal Councillor and Tasmanian Premier. When William […]
About History Over Dinner
A collection of articles written by historian Ivan Badcock and published online by his digitally savvy daughter Bec Badcock. It all started when…
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I am John Goodyer ( b ) 1952 Leeds, England. John Eli Goodyer ( b ) 1823 Bulkington, England. was…
Hello I am helping a friend trace some family history and need some info. I dont know if I have…
I really wanted to apply for do my father study in mechanical engineering as I live here at Launceston.
Hi there, my names is Maureen Martin Ferris. Sandra Duck and myself have been collecting Tasmanian Church photographs since the…
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an absolutely brilliant article . as i was reading it , it ran completely parallel to my family . william…