Journeys through the past: Inside History’s September-October issue, the transport edition, has landed! From carriages to railway, lighthouses to paddle steamers, we look at how your ancestors moved around.
- Margaret Simpson, from the Powerhouse Museum Sydney, guides us through the history of carriage transport, from horses to bullocks, buggies to wagons
- Meander along the Murray-Darling and explore the paddle steamers of yesteryear
- Read about our iconic lighthouses from the Bass Strait to Rottnest Island
- Meet two young heroines from the 19th century whose dramatic shipwreck rescues saved lives and made headlines around the world
- Return to the Parramatta Female Factory to discover its link to convict architect Francis Greenway and Australia’s first female riot
- Mark Tedeschi reveals how a chance encounter with a Sydney tram driver in 1941 secured his grandfather’s release from a World War II internment camp
- Learn about the French teenagers planning their journey down under for a multimedia project to commemorate the Anzac diggers at Vignacourt
- Hear about the musical legacy of a renowned West Australian cellist who, in 1925, eschewed the opportunity to play with Europe’s finest orchestras to teach music at a small regional school
- Plus, the new online resource profiling Sydney’s aldermen and councillors
- William Hall’s photographic journey along the Hawkesbury River
- The Benevolent Society’s call-out for descendants of the Society’s five founders
- Photo-dating expert Margot Riley’s examination of a photograph with a legendary family history
- The Coalfields Heritage Group’s new projects to showcase the Hunter Valley’s mining history
- The State Library of Queensland’s Australian South Sea Islanders project
