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Ireland Calling: The Gathering 2013
Reblogged from A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND: In the closing days of 2012 we read that our young people are leaving this country at the rate of 200 a day, a level of emigration not experienced since the...
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Being mum…
Terrified of heights will I ever get used to my eldest chickadee’s delight in throwing himself out of aeroplanes? … There’s been a hiatus of some 10 years whilst Cullen focussed on finalising his PhD,...
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Celebrating our South Australian Pioneering Spirit
On this very day, 150 years ago, my 26 year old Great Great Grandmother, Susan (Kelleher) Nicholls was plying her Needlework talents to feed her 3 daughters, Catherine Ann, Mary Anne and Margaret....
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Cousins catching up…
The machine picked up the rather tentative message… “Catherine, it’s David Ha(r)bel here” and, as quick as “Jack Flash”, I was out of my chair, sprinting across the room and fumbling for the “talk”...
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Australia Day 2013 ~ Remembering Susan Kelleher & Harry Crout…
It is with great pleasure that I take up Helen Smith’s 2013 Australia Day Challenge. Helen writes: “Australia Day, 26th January is a day we celebrate what makes us Australian. Regardless of whether...
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Reconciling Black & White Australia
I well remember the sob in mum’s voice as she spoke about how her Grandmother was abused and often called a “filthy Irish bitch” as she walked through the streets of her country town on the way to do...
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Lessons from my children… loving life
It seemed like a Nanosecond … blink blink blink … and is only now that I’m able to begin with the processing. As I wrote, back on 16Jan2013, my eldest child has returned to the delight of throwing...
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Are Ye Right There Michael… are ye right?
Come take a little trip with me through the West of County Clare, Ireland… the Homeland of my Great Great Grand-mother Susan Kelleher, to the accompaniment of Percy French’s rollicking tune; Are Ye...
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Tombstone Tuesday: Your tombstone stands among the rest…
“Your tombstone stands among the rest, Neglected and alone. The name and the date are chiselled out, On polished, marbled stone. It reaches out to all who cares, It is too late to mourn. You did not...
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The Year that was… International Women’s Year, Australia, 1975.
“Well Kathleen, you choose which one of them will go through High School. Of course Catherine doesn’t count because she’ll just get married, have children and leave.” ~~~~~~~~~ This makes my dad sound...
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The Remembering of Jarren Vaughan Habel…
Today, as I awoke, all that kept running through my head was “Tá Brón Orm” (the sadness is upon me) for today is my beautiful baby boy’s 43rd birthday. I’ve written about Jarren Vaughan and his early...
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THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY: Combating SIWOTI…
Thinking… navel gazing… reflecting… call it what you like. I love it! From the time I was “knee high to a grasshopper” I’ve always wondered WHY? … asked endless questions and no doubt driven those...
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Maritime Monday: Good News on the Nashwauk Anchor
At long last the process to put the Nashwauk Anchor back on public display has commenced and I sure am smilin’… The City of Onkaparinga,South Australia is taking it to public consultation and is...
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TROVE TUESDAY: Busting the myth of the Nashwauk Anchor…
Our Australian Digitised newspapers, provided free of charge by the National Library of Australia, are not only interesting and entertaining but provide a wealth of information for those researching...
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Musical Memories on Mother’s Day 2013…
Remembering my beautiful Mother… Kathleen Mary (Allan) Crout (31 Mar 1925 – 7 Sep 2007) and dedicating this enchanting song to her this Mother’s Day, 2013. The lilting voice of “Geraldine Sexton” drew...
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MARITIME MONDAY: Anniversary of the wreck of the Nashwauk…
It was a dark Sunday morning, on this day 158 years ago, as my Great Great Grandmother Susan Kelleher and her sister Bridget were sailing north along the coast of South Australia and were only 40...
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TROVE TUESDAY: Susan’s first 15 years in South Australia…
It’s now 158 years since by Great Great Grandmother, Susan Kelleher, arrived in South Australia from Ireland, aboard the ill-fated Nashwauk and I was wondering what life was like for Susan, after her...
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The passing of an era…
“Ta bron orm” … the sadness is upon me. The passing of an era happened less than 24 hours ago. My Uncle Leslie Eden Crout died in Canada, aged 97. He’s the younger of my dad’s two half brother and I...
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Cousins cousins everywhere…
Something rather strange, and amazing, is happening in my life right now. Sadly since mum’s death, a couple of years ago, I’ve become alienated from my three siblings and some of their children, for...
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On this day… 31 July 1848 in Kilrush, Ireland.
“On this day (31 July) in 1848, Captain Kennedy reports to the Commissioners that in the previous three weeks the eviction of 97 families, numbering 513 souls, has been carried out in the Kilrush...
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