Tag Archives: Australia

Sunday Stamps – Australia

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Julie Goucher

This week’s contribution continues with my month long  A-Z Challenge theme of Australia and links in nicely with the Saturday Sepia post for this week Published Australia 2000 Close up shot! Submitted as Sunday Stamps hosted by Viridian’s Postcard Blog

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Weekend Cooking – Aboriginal Style

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Julie Goucher

For the month of April I have been taking part in the  A-Z Challenge and this year I have used the theme of Australia. You can read the various posts via this tag line. Over the last couple of weeks other … Continue reading →

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Postcard Friendship Friday – Phillip Island

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Julie Goucher

Again, it seemed fitting this week to share a postcard that complements the A-Z Challenge; my selected theme for this month long posting is Australia. You can read the various posts via this tag line. Phillip Island is in Victoria, and … Continue reading →

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Sunday Stamps – Black Swans

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Julie Goucher

As I didn’t have anything suitable for the poetry theme this week, I went with this one, that fits with my A-Z Challenge theme of Australia. The swan on this stamp looks so graceful, its poetic. Black Swans are quite … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday 121 – Flight

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Julie Goucher

Continuing the theme of Australia for the A-Z Challenge, you can read my posts HERE, whilst following the theme for Sepia Saturday.  This is a photograph from Archive Flight Magazine in 1971 showing the Royal Australian Flying Doctor Service. Taking … Continue reading →

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Postcard Friendship Friday – Map of Australia circa 1916

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Julie Goucher

It seemed fitting this week to share a postcard that I am using to illustrate one of the A-Z Challenge; my selected theme for this month long posting is Australia. You can read the various posts via this tag line … Continue reading →

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John Hunt Butcher & his link to sheep..

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Julie Goucher

I was having a trawl through the Australian Newspaper Archives a while ago and came across this article which relates to my Butcher ancestors from Hascombe Surrey. John Hunt Butcher had inherited the estate called Park Hatch at Hascombe Surrey. He … Continue reading →

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Curious Customs

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Julie Goucher

I have been catching up on my reading and came across an interesting article on the BBC website – Concealed Shoes: Australian Settlers and an old superstition. In order to ward off evil spirits, shoes were placed within the confines … Continue reading →

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New Research Territory…….

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Julie Goucher

In the early 1990s I spent a year living in Australia, using the home of my Mum’s first cousin as a base. I was made to feel so very welcome and I do believe, that upon his arrival in Australia … Continue reading →

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Australia: The Bombing of Darwin & One Family’s Story by A. A. Gallagher

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Julie Goucher

I came across this via Amazon UK (also available via Amazon US) and downloaded the material as I was interested to read further. In recent weeks, as this is the 70th Anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin by the Japanese, there … Continue reading →

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