| Michelle R A Tea Tree Gully in the Land of Oz |
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| Genealogy, Ancestory, Visual Art Artist Trading Cards, Textile Art,, Mythology, Creative Writing,Eco Theology, Astronomy, Australian Flora & Fauna |
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| Boo Book? A Boo Book is an owl, Ninox novaeseelandiaea, a local inhabitiant of Australian suburbian gardens and bushland. It has a distinctive hanuting call ..... Boo Book - Boo Book A favourite mimic of didgerdoo players. The smallest of the Australian owls, it has brown feathers and eyes capped by white eyebrows giving it a startled appearance. |
| Ancestory is a religion for me! Checkout my wikispace DUGONG for Oz genealgy tips I've uncovered some curious things in my family's history My grandmother was born in the Adelaide Destitute Asylum, her mother's occupation listed as "doubtful". (well I guess that a nice way of saying the oldest occupation in the world!) My great great great grandmother died of an opium & belladonna overdose taken to ease bronchial problems. |
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| Dawnette and the Wonder Dogs My Great Aunt, a WW2 Entertainer She travelled around Australia with her troupe of performing dogs. Dawnette's web page |
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| Afghan Camel Traders,"Cameleers" travelling the same route as my Great Aunt who is in this photo (we still have her plate glass negatives). |
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| Iron Clad Houses Grey Hair Daze Fiacre's Garden Miss Dawnette Mirli Mirli Artworks More of my ATC's Kids ATC's Lighthouses Mermaids & Seal Folk Stray Cards Exhibition Dugong Wikispace (Oz genealogy links) |
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| I love swimming! (Henley-Grange Open Water Swim) |
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| I love this photo of my Grandfather and Auntie, c1946 Brompton SA. It's shows them in a relaxed and informal mood. He was a constant gardener. |
| (left) My Paternal Grandmother, Edith Alma "May" Richards nee Ladyman. She was born in the Adelaide Destitute Asylum. I am very proud of my family's grass roots beginnings. In early years my grandparents lived in a house with earth walls & flooring in Brompton SA This side of the fmaily arrived in SA in January 1839. On my mother's side, we were Irish Convicts transported to Tasmania and free settlers from Northern Ireland who came to Australia shortly after the potato famine. |
| Names in my family tree Aylett, Burnett, Conners, Dhu, Edmonds, Feehan, Gallaher, Grant, Holden, Honner, Ladyman, McClure, Mahoney, Manson,& Nesbitt Barr, Newell, Walsh, Richards, Turner, Waite, Whitesides These families originated from England, Cornwall, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales The earliest arrival to Australia was in 1839 to Adelaide. My husband's family includes Wilkey, Doig, White of Hope Valley SA, Oliver and Massey. |
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| Bush Bath Moorook SA Rabbiting Depression era |
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| ~Ceilteach Spirit Australian Dreaming~ |