GSV Webcasts

Number of Webcasts = 138

Presenter: Penny Mercer & Patsy Daly

Penny Mercer describes the experiences of her ancestor Arthur Mercer who served with the AIF in WW1. Patsy Daly talks about her ancestor John Learmonth who was stationed in the…

Date Published: 08 Apr 2023 @ 2:23 am
Duration: 43 minutes
Presenter: Penny Mercer, Dawn Woods, Jackie van Bergen & Michael Considine.

Arthur Mercer's war story by Penny Mercer - Grandfather’s identity tags by Dawn Woods - Fred Schultz enlists by Janine Marshall Wood - Uncle Ru, boy soldier ; A strange…

Date Published: 07 Apr 2023 @ 1:57 am
Duration: 40 minutes
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Presenter: Martin Lock, Peter Collins & Gayle Nicholas

Martin Lock and Peter Collins provide an early history to Salisbury Plain together with a history of the Defence Forces training areas. Details of the Fovant Badges carved into…

Date Published: 07 Apr 2023 @ 1:54 am
Duration: 22 minutes
Presenter: Stephen Hawke

Stephen Hawke reviews a number of histories of the seven counties of south west England, including an excellent book by Philip Payton on Cornwall. Stephen also covers the…

Date Published: 05 Apr 2023 @ 11:19 pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Presenter: Denise Clarke

Denise discusses the history of her ancestors the Lascelles family who were involved in the English Civil War and the slave trade.

Date Published: 05 Apr 2023 @ 1:03 am
Duration: 20 minutes
Presenter: Val Noone and speakers

Acknowledging more than three decades of work by the Irish Ancestry Group (IAG), Dr Val Noone speaks with Carmel McEvey on Des Regan and the early days of the IAG; Anne Bladeni…

Date Published: 25 Mar 2023 @ 2:00 am
Duration: 79 minutes
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Presenter: Stephen Hawke

Stephen discusses William Bradbrooke's book 'The Parish Register' which was published in 1910. William, as the compiler, describes a number of interesting aspects of social…

Date Published: 25 Mar 2023 @ 1:45 am
Duration: 20 minutes
Presenter: Claudia Hull

Claudia Hull talks about her ancestors the Holmes family who were successful shipbuilders and shipwrights in County Durham, Auckland NZ and Melbourne.

Date Published: 25 Mar 2023 @ 1:35 am
Duration: 10 minutes
Presenter: Vicki Montgomery

The presentation examines the famines that occurred in Ireland and the various reports and Poor Law Acts instituted in an endeavour to alleviate poverty during the 19th century…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:54 am
Duration: 56 minutes
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Presenter: Charles Fahey

In this presentation Dr Charles Fahey describes the Soldier Settler Scheme in Victoria and examines the scheme and the effects on the farmers and the community. He also…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:47 am
Duration: 41 minutes
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Presenter: Colleen Arulappu

This presentation explores the lives of five Royal Navy Surgeon/Superindents charged with the onboard welfare of convict women transported to Tasmania. The medical journals…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:46 am
Duration: 39 minutes
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Presenter: Meg Bate

This talk outlines the development of the early colonial ports of the western district of Victoria. The sources of information available to assist you to research your…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:46 am
Duration: 22 minutes
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