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The mystery of Kelvin Grove

Posted on 21/04/2013 by admin21/04/2013

Most people will be familiar with the suburb of Kelvin Grove in Brisbane.  However, several people have found that some early birth and marriage certificates in the Mackay district have this place name recorded on them. Joyce Jensen solved the … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Daniel Shepherd

Posted on 21/04/2013 by admin21/04/2013

From Mackay Genie Gossip Newsletter 53 Obituary in the Mackay Daily Mercury  27 Nov 1913, supplied by Viv Shepherd, great grandson of Daniel Shepherd Death removed one of the early settlers of Mackay yesterday in the person of Mr Daniel Shepherd, … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Tagged Daniel Shepherd, ironmonger, Mackay

Homebush – glimpses of the past

Posted on 21/04/2013 by admin24/04/2013

Homebush was once a large and thriving community in the environs of Mackay. The Queensland Post Office Directory for 1893 describes Homebush as an “agricultural township, situated 15 miles SW of Mackay and 8 miles from the Eton railway station. … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

James and Mary Ready

Posted on 19/04/2013 by admin21/04/2013

Taken from Mackay Genie Gossip Newsletter 13 Contributed by Carmel McDonald and Dawn Bilney James and Mary Ready (nee Hayes) came from Ireland; James from Limerick and Mary from Tipperary. They met and married in Sydney in 1858, living on … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Tagged James Ready, Mackay, Mary Ready, Range Hotel, The Leap, Traveller's Rest Hotel

The Story of Mary Ann Morris (nee Ruddell)

Posted on 19/04/2013 by admin19/04/2013

Contributed by Joyce Jensen, granddaughter of Mary Ann Morris Mary Ann Ruddell was the eldest child of three children born to William Ruddell a linen weaver, and Ann Eliza Hanney. She was born on 14th October 1858 in Lurgan, County … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

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