I came home late this afternoon, having made a stop at the office of my internet provider during the day, only to find I needed to re-establish my account. Oh my. So I start through the octopus - windows actually - and get stuck. I call customer service. This very nice customer service rep turns it into a very simple process but wants to confirm that I can actually surf the web before we disconnect. I tell him I will navigate to my blog. "oh, you have a blog?"
"yes, my great aunt's journey to Tasmania in 1912"
" my wife's family is from Australia...the capital.....uh"
"you mean Canberra?"
"yes, that's it!"
Wife, maybe you will find this little bit of someone else's family history - in the same country as your own - interesting. Cheers to your husband! He was most helpful!!!!
One hundred years ago, Georgie G. MacGillivray traveled to Tasmania with her sister, brother-in-law, and their two children. She would be nanny to the family while James William Fraser served as engineer to a hydro-electric plant project. I will post entries coinciding with their 100 year anniversary. Journal entries will begin August 3, 2012. Prior to that I will post background information on Georgie, James, other family members, and related topics.
...early 1900's advertisement...
...from Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office...
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