HAPPY FATHERS DAY from us at GFHS
HAPPY FATHERS DAY from us at GFHS TIDBITS The origins of fathers day have a number of apparent beginnings, like the Americans supporting a following that a terrible mining disaster that killed 360 men in June 1908 be honored though more likely Sonora Dodd’s...
Andrew Fisher – Miner, Engine-Driver, Politician, Diplomat
Andrew Fisher – Miner, Engine-Driver, Politician, Diplomat Our last blog featured a brief story of Margaret Jane Irvine. With occupations of Miner, Engine-driver, Politician and Diplomat this is the story of her husband, Andrew Fisher Andrew Fisher Pledged...
Margaret Jane Irvine, wife of Andrew Fisher
Margaret Jane Irvine, wife of Andrew Fisher This blog features a brief story of Margaret Jane Irvine, wife of Andrew Fisher. From humble beginnings, her story takes her from Gympie as the daughter of a Mine Manager to the wife of a Prime Minister and then to London...
Through the Mary Valley in 1911 – Part 3
Through the Mary Valley in 1911 – Part 3 This Blog post is part 3 in this series of articles which were published in the newspapers in 1911 and which gave a fairly detailed insight into what was happening on our farms in different areas around our district....
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