The Smallest Boat to Sail from England to Australia When the Mystery set sail for Australia in 1854, she was noted as the smallest vessel to attempt the voyage to date, length 36 feet, beam 11ft 6 ins and of 16 tons. As the day of sailing approached, excitement in Newlyn, a small village near […]
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Glenore – Whitemore (Tasmania)
The following history was written c1988 by Ivan Badcock with the view of it being included in the French-Badcock history book, “Go…..Be Fruitful and Multiply” , but was not included due to space limitations. Article revised April 2022 with photos added. Glenore – Whitemore By the 1850s many of the French and Badcock family members […]
Melvyn George & Evelyn Badcock (nee Richardson)
Grandfather, or Dad Dad as he was sometimes known by the grandchildren, was born at “Pleasant Hills”, Glenore, Tasmania on the 18 July 1879, the eighth child of an eventual family of 12 children born to William and Susan Badcock. His parents were mixed farmers and they, William and Susan, were to remain at the […]
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 […]