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Old Colonist mosaics inscripted

This is a sneak peek into edition 25 of Traces! By Beth M. Robertson, Manager of Preservation, the State Library of South Australia A unique collection of photographic mosaics depicting South Australian colonists has been inscripted into the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register. On 16 December 1871, businessman (and former convict) Emanuel Solomon placed an … Read on

Memories of a Melbourne childhood

This is a sneak peek into edition 25 of Traces! By Lorraine Evans On special occasions, my extended family would gather together at Gran and Pop’s to celebrate. There was always plenty of laughter and fun, and Aunty Sally was always the loudest in the room. Before she passed away at the age of 83, Sally wrote … Read on

Acts of bravery – lives saved at sea

This is a sneak peek into edition 24 of Traces! By Olivia Niethe For more than 140 years, the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of New South Wales (now the Royal Humane Society of NSW) has recognised bravery in saving human life, and reminds us that heroes are the everyday people who walk among us. … Read on

Minnie Berrington’s opal dreams

This is a sneak peek into edition 24 of Traces! By Marianne van Velzen Why would a good-looking, upper-class English girl choose to spend her life working as an opal miner in one of the most barren and unforgiving places in the world? That’s exactly what London typist Alice Minnie Florence Davies-Berrington did in 1926 when … Read on

Researching Chinese-Australian family history

This is a sneak peek into edition 24 of Traces! Through years of research, Mandy Gwan has discovered many details about her Chinese ancestry. I’ve known since I was a little kid that I have Chinese ancestry; it was never a secret. But I have no memory of being sat down at Grandma’s kitchen table with … Read on

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