In 1924 Grandfather Page (John Thomas) purchased an American made Vaughan portable drag saw to help with his timber cutting operations. He continued to use it for almost 30 years until going blind in the 1950s. Over the near 30 years from purchase he cut vast amounts of timber with the machine. On several occasions, […]
Mother’s Day
A few thoughts about Mother’s Day originally prepared by Ivan Badcock as a handout for the Mother’s Day service at Uniting Church, Whitemore in 2008.
Badcock Family Achievements
The pages in this article are scanned from the French Badcock family history book called ‘Go Be Fruitful and Multiply’ published in 1990. Achievements included until the 13th May 1989. Sunday, 30 May 2021: Post edited to include a photograph of David Russel Badcock’s grandfather Russel the soldier. Written by Ivan Badcock
Badcock Family Bible
A gift from William Badcock (1841-1911) to his new wife Susan Ann Scrivener (1843-1923) on their wedding day The family Bible was a gift at their marriage on 14 May 1864 with family Births, Marriages and Deaths later recorded. After the death of Susan it passed to their youngest daughter Leila Kate Smith who in […]
Goss: Robert & Susannah + Family
Robert Goss (1818-1886) and Susannah (nee Cheston) (1824-1908) Robert and Susannah with two children, Ellen (5) and William Moore Goss (circa.2 months) arrived in Melbourne on 7 June 1855. They were travelling aboard the new (1854) Boston built, 1 790 ton extreme clipper “Blanche Moore”. A few days later they boarded the 176-ton coastal steamer […]
Page: William & Sarah + Family
The Page family were the last of my British ancestors to arrive in Australia with William being my g.g. grandfather with connection continuing via his son Robert. The family emigrated from Norfolk, England and arrived at Launceston on 28 August 1857 with their 10 children travelling with them. The emigration listing records six of these […]
Volcanoes & Their Impacts
In mid-April 2010, over a number of days jet aircraft were grounded throughout Europe as a safety precaution because of potential damage to aircraft engines from clouds of volcanic ash sweeping over Europe. Around 1,000 flights were cancelled affecting 8 million passengers. The cost to the airline industry alone was estimated at near two billion […]
Little Hampton Methodist Church
The Little Hampton Wesleyan Methodist Church came into existence in 1875 when the building was moved onto site at the western corner of the Little Hampton farm property. It had been built in 1863 at Maitland on the two thousand two hundred acre property granted to William Pritchard Weston. This land had been let out […]
Food & Drinks
BACON At Green Rises and “Stoke” a good number of pigs were reared and killed with the meat being cured for bacon. A lot of this was supplied to the Brisbane Hotel in Launceston. With the pig enclosures not being as strong as could have been, the pigs sometimes escaped causing havoc. All of grandfather’s […]
Launceston & Western Railway Company Limited
The Launceston & Western Railway was officially declared open for business on Friday, February 10, 1871 now 135 years ago. On completion, it was described as the greatest work ever undertaken in Tasmania to that time. Its length was 45 miles and ran from Deloraine to the Port of Launceston, with the rail gauge at […]