A Quick Guide to our History
This page is a 'Quick Guide' to some pretty interesting and amazing stories which are contained within the covers or on the platform of this e-Book. There's some stuff that's hidden under obscure sections and headers that could easily be overlooked, which would be a tragedy for you, the reader of our family's history, to miss.
LINK to SS Atalanta Diary the diary of a 15 year old boy who was a fellow passenger with the Hope family on their voyage to Australia. An incredible insight into what the voyage was like, through his eyes, of course!
LINK to Neighbour MacKinnon for:
- Wax Matches v Safety Matches
- 1890 Bank Crash
- Mail from Home
- Stage Coaches
- William Hope: The Entertainer and Entertainment
- The Gold Rush
- Poisoning of rabbits
- Captain Foster Fyans
- The Ghost Tree
- Pom-Pom
LINK to Neighbour Minogue for:
- Cousins, Neighbours and Living in the Bush - lots of fun and happy stories dotted throughout, along with moments of tragedy
- Alice Hope's (nee Armstrong) Biscuit Recipe
LINK to Early Scotland for:
- Scottish Naming Patterns
- Scottish Census
LINK to DeGrey Letters for:
- Interesting accounts of life in the Ourback for this pioneering family of Edgars, who were amongst the first white settlers in North-West Western Australia during the period of 1877-1890.
Society of Edgar Families Newsletters from the early 1900s:
- Newsletters from 1937 until mid-way through WWII (1941/42)
LINK to Home Page