A history by Harry Bean printed and distributed for the 150-year celebration of the Methodist Church in 1988. Correction: Sir Walter Lee became Premier of Tasmania for the first time in 1916. He later became Premier of Tasmania again in 1923 and 1934. Perth Church Closing Service, 8 October 2002 Pictured (L-R) – Ray Hanham, […]
Lee: Sir Walter Henry (1874 – 1963)
Early Life and Family Sir Walter Henry Lee moved from being a wagon builder at Longford to becoming Premier of Tasmania. He was also a devout Methodist and a local preacher. He was born in Longford on the 9th of April 1874 the seventh child of Robert (1836-1907) and Margaret (nee Flood) Lee (1837-1907) and […]
Ivan Badcock: Primary Schooling Bishopsbourne & Bracknell – 1948-1955
I commenced school at Bishopsbourne after the September school holidays in 1948 and remained there until the end of the school year in 1954, going onto Bracknell for the 1955 year. The headmaster and only teacher when starting school was Mr. Harry McGuire who was quite young and newly married and had till wars end […]
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 area on 9 July 1872, the second child and son in an eventual family of fourteen children born to Robert and Ellen Page. Of the 14 children, there were 11 boys and three girls. The first child, William was […]
GOODYER: John Eli & Susannah Sarah (nee Chapman)
John (1823 – 1908) a convict and farmer – Susannah (1827 – 1908) a mother and mid-wife John and Susannah were my g.g.g. grandparents and though now separated by generations of ancestors still hold a special place and connection in our family. This is due to them having reared our grandmother Rose who lived with […]
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 February 1964 by historian Mr. Karl von Steiglitz to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the Church. Some recent photos have been added. Candelabrum By Ivan Badcock – 18 May 2022
Launceston Technical Schooling
The Launceston Junior Technical School, which commenced in 1919, grew out of the Government Launceston Technical School, later known as the Launceston Technical College, and till 1960, they had close associations. On the establishment of the Junior School, the former school became known as the Senior School with the College premises for many years being […]
William Pritchard Weston (1804-1888)
Settler Farmer, Churchman, Artist, Justice of the Peace, Anti-transportationist, Municipal Councillor and Tasmanian Premier. When William Pritchard Weston, the son of John Weston a surgeon of London, left England in 1823 aboard the “Adrian”, he was 19 years of age and was carrying a letter of recommendation from a friend at the Colonial Office, London […]
John Alexander Herbert & Hannah Bolton (alias Ann Moor)
John Herbert was the fifth person listed for Australia First Fleet – Scarborough. Hannah Bolton was on the Second Fleet – Lady Juliana. Children (all born on Norfolk Island) Charlotte b. 1792 d. after 1805 Elizabeth b. 1794 d. 1794 Norfolk Island James b. 1795 d. 1858 Longford Jemima b. 1797 d. Probably Tasmania Elizabeth […]
Lieutenant George Briscoe Skardon RN (1786-1850)
Ship’s Officer RN, Settler Farmer, Magistrate, Justice of the Peace and Churchman. On the 10 April 1826, George Briscoe Skardon, at the age of 40 years, received a location of 2,000 acres at Norfolk Plains about five miles west from Longford, Tasmania and three miles east from the later township of Bishopsbourne, with the area […]