Tasmanian Tiger Snake There are only three species of snakes in Tasmania, the tiger, copperhead and the whip snake, the latter being the smallest and the least seen. The tiger snake is so named as it sometimes has striped bands around its body. It is the largest and most aggressive of the three varieties and […]
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McGiveron Family
James McGiveron (1823-1889) and Sarah Jane Goodyer (1846-1927) James McGiveron, sometimes known as McGivern, arrived in the Australian Colonies as a convict, reaching Norfolk Island on 11 January 1846. He departed from London on 29 August 1845 aboard the 528-ton convict transport, “Mayda”, captained by Master May and was carrying 195 male prisoners. The voyage […]
IVAN JOHN BADCOCK – Church Life
Sunday School I grew up in a Methodist family and have remained a member all my life, although since 1976 is now known as the Uniting Church in Australia. My baptism occurred at the Bracknell Methodist Church on 28 November 1943, travelling there by horse and jinker. Bracknell was four miles from Bishopsbourne but the […]
William & Susan Ann (nee Scrivener) Badcock
William Badcock (1 August 1841 – 18 May 1911) and Susan Badcock (nee Scrivener) (22 July 1843 – 18 October 1922) were my great-grandparents. William and Susan, after marriage in 1864, lived all their lives in the Glenore, Tasmania district, first going to the property “Mayfield” on the now known Hagley Station Road but soon moving south on that road to […]
Ivan John Badcock at work – Launceston Benevolent Society
For 7 years, 2001 to 2008, I worked as Administrator for the Launceston Benevolent Society. The Society is the oldest of its kind in Australia, being established in September 1834, for purpose of providing assistance to the destitute and poor in Launceston and such other parts of Tasmania as the committee of management may determine. […]
Henry Reed (1806 – 1880)
Landowner, Shipowner, Merchant, Philanthropist, Evangelist “…… everything he touched turned to gold” The history includes extracts from two family history books Early Years Henry was born at Doncaster, Northern England, October 28, 1806, the youngest of four children, his mother Mary Ann (nee Rockliff), (1773-1839) and father, Samuel Reed (1773-1813). Samuel held a position in […]
The Second World War 1939-1945
The Second World War commenced on the 1st September 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany, with British Commonwealth countries, including Australia, joining in. In 1941, war expanded to the Pacific region when Japanese forces attacked United States forces at Pearl Harbor on 7 December. Many […]
Ploughing in Tasmania
The plough is an important implement in farming and has been so for centuries. Its purpose is to help in preparing a seedbed for crop planting. It is uncertain when the first plough reached Northern Tasmania, the Colony’s major cropping region. In 1805, with the settlement facing starvation, Lieut. Gov. William Paterson wrote to Gov. […]
M.V. Cartela – An Historic Vessel
The Cartela (the Tasmanian Aboriginal name for a bull seal) became well known to me when travelling daily to work from the eastern shore to central Hobart on the western side of the River Derwent. This became necessary due to the Tasman Bridge becoming badly damaged and unusable when the bulk ore carrier, Lake Illawarra, […]
Uncle Tom’s “T”
Uncle Tom (Thomas Parsons), as he was locally known, was the proud owner of a “T” Ford car, which he purchased in 1943. Previously, it had been owned new by a nearby friend, Henry Hingston, but Henry had died in January 1943. The car had been placed for sale in a Launceston used car sale […]