Mary Sinclair’s brother Henry also came out on the Tartar with the Sinclair family. Henry was 14 years younger than Mary and while she was married with a family, he was still single when they left Shetland. He was later to marry […]
Every now and then you come across a little gem on the internet. I was delighted to find Karli Florisson’s podcast “Wild: Stories from Western Australia’s Past” the other day. It is a wonderful collection of podcasts about various aspects […]
Battye’s History of Western Australia contains this description of the convict system in Western Australia. It is a helpful document for those studying family history in the State. APPENDIX 3. THE CONVICT SYSTEM. Recognising it to be the duty of […]
We know quite a bit about the Sinclair siblings, but very little about George, the youngest brother. Laurence, the oldest brother, is probably best known because of his role in the discovery of the Norseman goldfields and we also know […]
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