FRIDAY FOSSICKING 24th Nov 2023

 

GENERAL

GSQ Blog   

Arriving under protection. Janice Cooper    "A story about early women immigrants, this one centres on some under the Bounty scheme."

State Library Qld newsletter incl. 

Charlie's War Book Launch,    Cake the podcast

National Library of Australia (N.L.A.) Nov. newsletter

incl.

Meet the ‘Courageous Kids’ by reading an extract from each story on our website. 

We’re updating how you log in to our catalogue & eResources 

Online services unavailable on 9 and 10 December 2023

TROVE newsletter click here incl. With Pencils Poised  Natural History Books  Women in Wartime

    * PLANNED MAINTENANCE

Trove will be unavailable from 6pm AEDT Saturday 9 December until 12pm AEDT Sunday 10 December 2023 so the National Library of Australia can undertake planned maintenance. 

Trove will also be unavailable over the weekend on 13 and 14 January 2024. Further details about this planned maintenance will be published closer to the time. Find out more 

Outback Family History

The Larkinvillians –     Milly Soak – an oasis in the desert

W H J Carr-Boyd: Explorer – Prospector – Raconteur

Murder and Suicide at Nannine –

Smithsonian

The Globe-Trotting Scholar Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aztecs 

How Princess Diana's Death Transformed the Royal Family 

See the Face of an Inca Teenager Killed in a Ritual Sacrifice 500 Years Ago

Drayton Hall: Where People Fought for Freedom & Fostered Self-Sufficient Communities 

Sealed French Love Letters Read for the First Time in 265 Years 

Declassified Cold War Satellite Photos Reveal Hundreds of Roman-Era Forts 

Before He Rose to Power, Adolf Hitler Staged a Coup and Went to Prison

Watch the Trailer for 'Masters of the Air,' Steven Spielberg's Long-Awaited Follow-Up to 'Band of Brothers'

Filmmakers Stumble Upon 128-Year-Old Shipwreck in Lake Huron

Modern Medicine Traces Its Scientific Roots to the Middle Ages 

JStor Daily

A Centennial Celebration of Spring and All    

Maps, Power, and Identity  A History of Garbage

The Care of the Dead: A Reading List  Yay for the Youth Hostel!

The Unusual, Unexpected Erechtheion

The Long Shadow of Adelbert von Chamisso

Atlas Obscura

The Scam Houses a Con Artist Built    Resurrecting Germany’s Mite Cheese ‘Welcome to Cleveland’ Sign (in Wisconsin)

The World’s Greatest Dictionary Collection   Plautilla Nelli’s 'Last Supper'  Imperiled Native American Sacred Sites  S.K. Pierce Mansion

A Dangerous, Deadly Stone  The Big Fish Supper Club  A Pink Pond

How Do Electric Eels Mate?  Brain and Rose Soufflé

The Evolution of Canned Food   The World’s Only Ventriloquism Museum  Cats Now Roam Where Caesar Was Murdered

The Palace of the Winds  India  Descend Into a Blue Whale  

World's Largest Chile Pepper    Inside a Spaceship House

The Optical Trickery of Lake Sørvágsvatn  ‘Wine Cathedrals’

Explaining New Jersey’s Italian Accent  Need Ideas For Dinner?

The Feast That Preceded The First Thanksgiving  The Triadelphia Bell

A Heroic Horse   Phraya Nakhon Cave  Does That Rock Have a Face?

This Was Paul Revere’s Capture Site   A Restaurant Celebrating Indigenous Heritage   Giant Origami Sculptures in the Desert

Where’s the Spiciest Place in the World?  Scotland’s Oldest Tartan

The Mother Vine (est. 400 yrs old) The Mystery of the Painted Fish

Leftover Star Wars Sets    A Pie for Every American State

French-Fried Turkey Breast

PODCAST Dolly Parton’s Dreambox    PODCAST The Tiny Bread Box  PODCAST A Mysterious Arizona Sinkhole  PODCAST How a Dutch Bar Provided Refuge

Always Interesting

Pauline Conolly The Magnifying Glass 🔍     THE OXFORD MURDERS – A REVIEW

The Legal Genealogist Sixty years ago today

Humoring the Goddess Faerie Paths — Stones  Fred Danziger

Mikey the Spirit Guide?  Clark Sorensen  Faerie Paths — Faerie Dances  Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Graham Franciose

I Can’t Believe I Still Do It   Precious Lovell    Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Alex Pardee

Anne Young  Susan Augusta Chauncy at Dunolly January 1866

Ann Jane and F J Cross at Sebastopol 

Jennifer Jones The Earl Grey Orphan Emigration Scheme

Shauna Hicks  Diary of an Australian Genealogist: My Genealogy Weeks 16 Oct - 17 Nov 2023

Deep in the Heart of Textiles One Warp, Six Variations

allenrizzi The Wren Whisperer

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland #OTD in Irish History | 20 November:

Reviews

Theresa Smith

Book Review: Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

Book Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Pre-Release Book Review: Sisterhood by Cathy Kelly

Better Reading

A MEGA Drop of New Podcasts...

Podcast: Bryan Brown on His Legendary Career, from Acting to Writing    LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Trent Dalton on Finding Light in the Darkest of Places

LISTEN HERE

BE Better Podcast: Kaz Cooke on Menopause   LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Antony Loewenstein on the Escalation of the Israel-Palestine Conflict LISTEN NOW

Podcast: Chris Hammer on Journalism, Crime and How His Writing Has Evolved      LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Robyn Davidson on Trekking Across 1700 Miles of the Australian Outback LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Rachelle Unreich on the Brilliant Life of Her Mother

LISTEN HERE

Book of the Week: The Talented Mrs Greenway by Tea Cooper

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Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly READ MORE

Penguin Books Australia

An Unlikely Prisoner    Sean Turnell     READ A SNIPPET

Unruly David Mitchell START READING

Peggy & Molly             LOOK INSIDE

The Corsican Shadow    Dirk Cussler  TAKE ME THERE

and from my blogs...

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 17th Nov 2023, Poor Law Unions, Treaty of Versailles, The Poppy Lady,  What skulls told us, world's oldest pyramid, underground dungeon, mystery of a gravity hole, earth crater used to train astronauts, podcasts, great blogs, book reviews, museum of censored art and a whole lot more..

Feel free to share, the title is the link..

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2023/11/friday-fossicking-17th-nov-2023.html

Headlines of Old

"FAMOUS" CONVICTS Trove Tuesday 21st Nov 2023, difficult times, yet some did prosper..both with their standing in the community as well as succeeding financially. I, like many others, have convicts in my family tree who became respected citizens in their new lives…Feel free to share… the title is the link…

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/11/famous-convicts-trove-tuesday-21st-nov.html