When you research a family story for a person living in the 1800’s and even into the early 1900’s you don’t expect a person to move very far in their life. There are some however that move due to circumstances such as running from the law, running from a family or external events such asContinue reading “The wanderings of John McCarthy”
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Grave Tales – Old Dubbo Cemetery
The tale of a journalist and writer turned man of religion is one of following passions and a true path. Frederick Sydney Wilson was a successful writer and editor of a Sydney newspaper before he turned his back on city life to join religion in the western towns of New South Wales. Frederick was bornContinue reading “Grave Tales – Old Dubbo Cemetery”
Lest we forget
The Young Chronicle, on 24 August 1915 highlighted the fate of cousins William Sydney McCarthy and Frederick Prothero on Gallipoli and Thomas Leslie Debnam on Malta. Their story is recounted below: Three Cousins. TWO DEAD, ONE WOUNDED. Soon after the war started three cousins, all fine stamps of hardy Australian manhood, left Young to doContinue reading “Lest we forget”
