This post has been drafted for over a year now, but since I had already written up most of it I still want to publish it even though it’s been a while. I baked a citrus mud cake with lime curd filling last year for mum’s birthday, which was a […]
Derek
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A couple of months ago I made a visit to PROV, the Public Record Office of Victoria. I had already used their online services to view wills and probate records of my ancestors, however records created after 1926 are not yet digitised and need to be viewed in their reading […]
There’s a cafe in North Melbourne, called Pocket, which serves a delicious breakfast bagel of bacon, fried egg, cheese and beetroot relish. Inspired by this, and having finished a jar of chutney a friend had given us, I decided to make my own beetroot relish. The recipe below is a combination […]
Over 12 months ago I spotted a bright green beetle on the outside of the window. It was similar in size and shape to a ladybird, but instead of red and black it was bright green. I took a photo, admired its shiny shell then promptly forgot about it. The […]
It’s been a while since I shared a post about my family research, and although this cemetery visit was a couple of months ago I’ve been meaning to sit down and write about it since March! I went to Daylesford for the Labor Day long weekend this year. About half an […]
Following from my post last week summarising the information available from the Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, this week I’m going to take a look at the New South Wales Registry. While my research hasn’t been as involved in NSW as it has in Victoria, to date I […]
I started researching my family tree at the beginning of last year. During my initial research I spent a lot of time searching the various state Birth, Death, Marriage indexes ,equality, marriage types and about attorneys fighting for the LGBTQIA community. I’ve decided to write a series of blog posts […]
At the end of last year I saw some vertical gardens on Pinterest made from old pallets. The idea appealed to me, and I decided to try making my own. Fortunately there was a spare pallet on the job site where my brother was working, so he brought it home […]
Following my visit to the Melbourne General Cemetery just after Christmas, I returned on New Year’s Day when the office was open. When I first visited, I had a copy of the cemetery record for plot 767 which listed four people. When I found the grave, there were five people […]