FRIDAY FOSSICKING 9th June 2023

GENERAL

GSQ Blog.. ‘Remembering Jane’ Janice Cooper

National Archives Aust. newsletter incl. Boom to bust..online, Dark MOFO:stories after dark- Hobart, Offenders in the collection Brisbane, 

19th Century copyright records Adelaide, Connections/Mura gadi/ Canberra....

Cairns Family History newsletter  incl. Shadows from the Past, learn how to organise your records... Cairns Family History 40th birthday celebration .. read newsletter for details of celebration.

Queensland State Archives newsletter incl. celebrating our volunteers..       warmer weather album online... 

Learning from the Archives - Architecture and research on Indigenous housing  11am, Sat 10 June 2023 In person & livestream

Register now 

Missed our May QSA Talk Finding your image presented by Christopher Bentley or simply want to rewatch? Tune into the recorded presentation watch now. 

State Library Qld Simon Beard, the visionary behind the internationally acclaimed streetwear brand Culture Kings, 

joins us in conversation for our next Game Changers event. 

6 – 7:15pm, 14 June | slq Auditorium 1 | Free and ticketed.

Australian War Memorial newsletter incl. Big Things in Store is set to return on Saturday, 2 September 2023!  Learn more

Mulga is a daily newsletter from the Memorial’s Published Collection, made by the 11 Lines of Communication Sub-Area in the Northern Territory between 1942 and 1945. Learn more

National Library Australia 

Newsletter incl....

Grit & Gold: Tales from a Sporting Nation

Book event: In conversation with Inga Simpson

* Bookshop stocktake closure...The National Library Bookshop will be closed for their annual stocktake from Monday 3 July to Tuesday 4 July inclusive. Online orders may be placed during this period, but they will not be processed until Wednesday 5 July.

The National Archives UK newsletter incl.   Queen of Codes Friday 7 July, 14:00  > Book now and a whole lot more...

Outback Family History  Repeat Week well worth rereading...

Peter Dennis P D Kavanagh – Detective    

Harry ‘Tambo’ Taylor – Stockman of the Never Never

James Shaw – 1st Mayor of Coolgardie   

A Very Pretty Wedding – James Faull & Annie Nutman

JSTOR Daily

Bugging Out        The Women Who Preached in Their Sleep

We Got Social Media Wrong. Can We Get AI Right?

How Prisoners Contributed During World War II

Masculinity, Boxing, and the “Wild Brawl” That Changed the Sport

The Birth of the Modern American Military Hospital

Why We Connect with Vincent van Gogh's Paintings

Atlas Obscura

Inside Roadside Americana    What Do You Call a Summer Visitor?   Mushroom Beach House The California Dream Art Show 

The First Cross-Country Road Trip   Cherimoya (unusual  fruits)

Equality House    Enchanted Woods at Winterthur Gardens

The Strawberry Moon Marks Summer’s Start   Grand Canyon Odyssey

Repurposing Transportation    Kelp Seed Banks    ‘Dance of the 41’

A Possibly Radioactive Fountain of Youth  Mysterious Flowers

Dumplings Sold By a Former Monk  A Square Inch of Silence 

Yoshiya Nobuko Memorial Museum  Real Animal Crossings

The Last Days of Berlin’s Gas Streetlamps   Area Codes Logic

A Psychedelic Log Home  World’s Longest Place Name

Where Janis Joplin Serenaded Audiences   A Cave of Giant Crystals

Breathtaking Dark Sky Sanctuary  Royal Cambodian Recipes

A Century’s Worth of Shipwreck Photos  Bon Scott's Grave

Magnetic Termite Mounds  Unique Summer Activities Marble Bath

The Last Versailles Border Stone  Inside an Elephant’s Head

A Window Into The Past, While Grocery Shopping, 

An Ad Made of Pine, Tunnel Turned Trail  An Iconic Film Tunnel

A Border Through The Trees   Valley of the Mills   

Florida’s Natural Wonders    Everything Is Bigger In Texas

Smithsonian

The 15 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2023   Florida Keys   

The U.S. Is Giving Away Lighthouses for Free 

This Engineered Beach Is Good for Endangered Sharks and Tourists 

Five Reasons to Take a Road Trip Through Mississippi 

You Can Now Make a Reservation to Go Through Security at These Airports

Antarctica's Blood Red Waterfall 

Henri Matisse's Stunning Apartment Overlooking the French Riviera Is for Sale 

The Return of Mermaidcore

Explore the Nine Newest National Recreation Trails 

Danish Golden Age Painters Used Beer Leftovers to Prep Their Canvases

Why Did the Water in Venice's Grand Canal Turn Bright Green?

France Just Banned Short-Haul Flights. Why Are So Few Routes Affected? 

A Brief History of Traveling With Cats 

Activists Work to Protect Cairo's City of the Dead From Demolition 

Irish Genealogy

Ireland's first settlers may have arrived from Wales - IrishCentral 

Ireland sees massive increase in dual Irish-US citizens during Irish Census 2022 

Survey names most popular staycation locations in Ireland - IrishCentral 

Midland Remembers: Tom McCann's proud Irish family history 

I never thought I cared about my family history, and then I went to Ireland 

Who Are Conan Gray Parents? Meet Irish Ancestry Father And A Japanese Mother 

Always Interesting

allenrizzi To Be Or Not To Be    Raining Tuna  O-gyee  What Has And Hasn’t Changed

Humoring the Goddess Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Simone Crestani  Tiffany Arp-Daleo  Faerie Paths — The Beautiful Lady (La Bele Dame)  Shary Boyle   This Is Your (miniscule) Chance!       Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Alexis Auguste Delahogue    

Bird on a Ladder   Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Sarka Evans

Geniaus Memories - Snapped by Susan

Brotmanblog: A Family Journey My Grandson’s Bar Mitzvah

Pauline Conolly  THE LUX STOVE  THE ULVERSTONE FIRE OF 1921

Anne's Family History A portrait of William Snell Chauncy (1820–1878)

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland #OTD in Irish History | 5 

June:

Tales from the Grave Suspected murderer had an artistic talent

Tracking Down The Family Book Review: Scottish Genealogy – The Basics and Beyond by David Dobson

Reviews

Theresa Smith

Book Review: Scrublands by Chris Hammer

Book Review: The Secret Life of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

Better Reading

Book of the Week: Untethered by Ayesha Inoon    READ MORE

One More Time by Mandy Magro        READ MORE

House of Longing by Tara Calaby   READ MORE

Kookaburra Cottage by Maya Linnell   READ MORE

Drowning by T. J. Newman      READ MORE

Podcast: Lisa Barr on What it Means to be a Woman on Fire      LISTEN HERE

BE Better Podcast: Helen Jacobs on How to Follow Your Heart     LISTEN HERE

Penguin Books Australia

Pageboy     Elliot Page      TELL ME MORE  

     

Audiobook month is here! FIND OUT MORE

Cross Down  James Patterson  TAKE ME THERE

Fearless  Jelena Dokic SEE MORE

The Interpreter Brooke Robinson  READ A SNIPPET

None of This is True  Emily Henry

and from my blogs..

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 2nd Jun 2023, Ned Kelly records, long list entries for literary award, beneath Paris streets, origins of Baked Alaska, 107 yr old Irish farmer speaks of changes, book reviews,

Christopher Columbus’s tomb, USA’s oldest yarn shop, 100 years since Irish Civil War, great blogs, platypuses return to Australia’s oldest national park and so much more..

Feel free to share..

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2023/06/friday-fossicking-2nd-jun-2023.html

As They Were

IGP ARCHIVES May 2023, Cavan, Cork, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Limerick, Tipperary, Tyrone, Wexford.. incl. church records, headstones, miscellaneous, census substitutes... many thanks to Christina and all the volunteers…

Feel free to share

https://astheywere.blogspot.com/2023/06/igp-archives-may-2023.html

Headlines of Old

SHIPPING LISTS..Trove Tuesday 6th June 2023, S.S. Coogee, details of passage, S.S. Mongolia, Departure from Coff's Harbour..S.S. James Cook..timber, S.S. Maranoa.. passenger list, S.S. Wodonga..many passengers listed.. Included is news of large loads of timber from Coff’s Harbour… shipping played a vital part of movement of goods as well as passengers…

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/06/shipping-liststrove-tuesday-6th-june.html