I've been researching my family history for over thirty years. Along this genealogy journey I have been supported by hundreds of books...

 I wrote this article that was published in The St Vincent's College Annual at the end of 2003 after I had returned to my Alma Mater  a...

Being celebrated around Australia this week is   Children's Book Wee k . My involvement with the event goes back to 1967 when I was a Li...

On a recent visit to Ramsgate,Kent in England I came across "The Ramsgate Home for Smack Boys" and  wondered who were "The...

My Dad, Allan John Curry , used to talk about his time at Bangaroo Public School near Canowindra , NSW . He enjoyed his school days. To...

This post first appeared on the GeniAus Blog on 3 September 2010. The Sydney Grammar School and SCEGGS Darlinghurst links from 2010 are dea...

Our state family history conference commenced today and is on over the weekend but I am not there. I had a more important appointment with ...

It seems as though the commercialisation of religious and other commemorative events is not a new thing.On this day on 1929 a gentleman from...

Sometimes a word just resonates. When I saw the word Grottoes on the latest Sepia Saturday blog post I immediately knew which photo I just h...

1851 'Local Intelligence.',  Bathurst Free Press  (NSW : 1849 - 1851), 29 March, p. 3, viewed 12 September, 2012, http://nla.gov.a...

Exterior St Vincent's College Chapel Every day during my school years at St. Vincent's College, Potts Point I was required to...

.......was the first line of our school song at St. Vincent's College , Potts Point in inner city Sydney NSW. Although there were few f...

Reading this post " C rowds honour schools' amazing records" in the Daily Mercury from Mackay Queensland reminded me of the ...