One possible re-enactment for next year could be the reading of the witty and intense correspondence between Henrietta Heathorn, of Jamberoo,( her father Henry operated a brewery at the Woodstock Mill near Jamberoo, and a business partner of the Menzies) and her fiance of nearly ten years, Thomas Huxley, who went on to be a famous scientist, [...]
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Huxley and Heathorn, a scientific love story that started in Jamberoo
Posted in Kiama Family History on September 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Early History of Women’s Right to Vote revealed in Kiama!
Posted in Kiama Family History on September 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Document from the campaign for the women right to vote. Vida Goldstein rain for the senate, the first woman to do so, in 1903 in Victoria.
http://www.foskc.org/goldstein.htm
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0218b.htm
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The Cocks family of Kiama
After a visit this week September , 2007) by South Carolinean Rotarian Exchange students, a search of the Pilot’s Cottage archives has uncovered a certificate entitling [...]
Samuel Charles book being prepared?
Posted in Kiama Family History on September 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Recently the Pilot’s Cottage was visited by descendants of Samuel Charles as part of family history research and they were bowled over by the amount of detail that was on display, including the model of the first Kiama, the role of his daughter in the opening of Kiama Harbour, the photograph of his home Eureka [...]
