Trove Tuesday: Linesman Disappears

Searching through Trove looking for something to blog about for Trove Tuesday and I came across the following article that was printed in the Victorian newspaper The Argus on Tuesday 4 March 1930.

The article details two separate tragedies that occurred in the Murray River, both within the State of Victoria in Australia. Both accidents, although occurring approximately 290 kilometres apart in the regional towns of Swan Hill and Yarrawonga, occurred on the same day and resulted in the deaths of three individuals.

DROWNED IN THE MURRAY. (1930, March 4). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 7.
Retrieved November 3, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4072499

The second accident mentions the drowning of a Reginald G. Auld in Yarrawonga. An extract of the incident is as follows:

LINESMAN DISAPPEARS.
Told Companions He Was All Right.
YARRAWONGA, Monday. - Mr. Reginald G. Auld, aged 30 years, telephone linesman, of Lewisham road, East Prahran, was drowned in the River Murray yesterday. Auld, who was a good swimmer, went with Messrs. C. J. Howard, H. W. Daly, V. Davis, and F. G. Bohin, from Tungamah to Bourke's Bend. After the party had been swimming for about an hour it was noticed that Auld appeared to be in difficulties. The other men swam out to him, but he said that he was quite all right. Later, seeing Auld still in difficulties, they swain back, but before they reached him he sank. The body was recovered this morning.

Having not come across the name of Reginald G. AULD before during my Auld research, a quick search of the Victorian BDM indexes reveal his full name to be Reginald George AULD. Reginald was the son of George AULD and Ellen Jane DONOGHUE. Only thirty years of age at the time of his death at Yarrawonga, he was born circa 1900 in Euroa, Victoria. Preliminary research also reveals that Reginald was one of nine children born to George and Ellen - his other siblings were:

• Sidney David AULD (b.1888 - d.1942) - name also listed as Sydney
• George AULD (b.1890 - d.1959)
• Amy Mabel WADSWORTH nee AULD (b.1893 - d.1977)
• Ada Ellen OBRYAN nee AULD (b.1895 - d.1969)
• James Albert AULD (b.1897 - d.1971)
• Ormond John AULD (b.1900 - d.1947)
• Mary Estrella AULD (b.1901 - d.1973)
• Jessie Doris AULD (b.1906 - d.1973)

Interestingly, based on the consecutive index numbers listed, it would appear that Reginald George AULD may have been the younger twin of Ormond John AULD. Although only a supposition at this stage, further research would need to be carried out in order to verify ... maybe Trove holds the answer to this question.

Trove Tuesday: Auld Ebenezer Kirk

It has been a while since my last post as my wife and I have had a trip to the UK and been busy with coding, redesign and relaunch of the Claim a Convict website. To add to this we have started up a transcription project for the Claim a Convict website so that we can add new convicts to the site.

...plus in what spare time I have, I have been playing around with the Trove API.

Trove API

The Hawkesbury Library Service undertook a two year digitisation project of the Hawkesbury newspapers in conjunction with the National Library of Australia. Completed in 2011, these wonderful resources can now be searched as part of the Trove Digitised Newspapers.

The newspapers digitised by the Hawkesbury Library Service include the following titles:

• Australian, Windsor, Richmond & Hawkesbury Advertiser 1873 - 1899
• Hawkesbury Advocate 1899 - 1900
• Hawkesbury Chronicle & Farmers Advocate 1881 - 1888
• Hawkesbury Courier & Agricultural & General Advertiser 1881 - 1888
• Hawkesbury Herald 1902 - 1945
• Windsor & Richmond Gazette 1888 - 1955
• Windsor Express & Richmond Advertiser 1843 - 1844

Individual titles can be searched, or they can all be searched as a collective as part of the whole Trove newspaper collection. But unfortunately searching a subset of titles is not an option. This is were the Trove API comes into itself.

Last month I started playing around with the Trove API and have now made a little website called Hawkesbury Newspapers, which enables the visitor to search the subset of Hawkesbury titles. Although I only just got the basic search feature working, it is interestingly none the less playing around with the Hawkesbury subset.
  

Auld Ebenezer Kirk

Using the basic searching that I have online currently, I searched for "Auld"...as I do. The following article on the Auld Ebenezer Kirk of the Hawkesbury stood out, as Ebenezer Church is just up the road.

Celebrating their 118th Anniversary in 1927, the Reverend John Hay Goodlet Auld was in attendance.  

Source: OUR OLDEST CHURCH. (1927, February 4). Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved April 15, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85950712

Trove Tuesday: A marriage in Borneo

For todays Trove Tuesday post I would like to share an illustrated article that I came across and to also share, by way of a walk through, the process I underwent in order to identify the person and link them into one of the Auld branches I had previously identified.

To be married in Borneo

The following illustration printed in the South Australian newspaper The Advertiser in March 1949 relates to an upcoming marriage of Patricia Auld and Richard Rennick. The couple are to married in Kuching, Borneo.

Source: To Be Married In Borneo. (1949, March 16). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 8.
Retrieved September 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36357428

Tracing Patricia Auld's ancestry

My initial response was - who was Patricia? The answer wasn't far away...at the top of the page to be honest! From the information provided we now know Patricia's full name to be Patricia Bayliss Howard Auld and that she was formerly from Adelaide, now living in Kuching, Sarawak.

Source: About People. (1949, March 16). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 8.
Retrieved September 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36357367

Searching further afield I stumbled upon the archived newspaper The Sarawak Gazette provided by the Sarawak State Library. Details of the upcoming marriage was printed on the front page in the 7 March 1949 edition of the Gazette.

Source: Forthcoming Marriage. (1949, March 7). The Sarawak Gazette, p.1. Retrieved September 3, 2013, from http://www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/gazette_uploaded/1371429520.pdf

Patricia is listed as the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs P. H. Auld. Continuing the search I took a chance and checked the service records on the National Archives of Australia website. The WW2 Service Record catalogue entry for Patricia Bayliss Howard Auld lists a Patrick Auld as next of kin with a birth date of 1 December 1921. This date was confirmed back on Trove with the birth notification that appeared in the Chronicle newspaper:

Source: Family Notices. (1921, December 17). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), p. 55.
Retrieved September 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87559350

A further search revealed a marriage for Captain Patrick H. Auld MC, son of George Auld, to Marie English, daughter of J. W. English.

Source: Family Notices. (1919, November 15). The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), p. 8.
Retrieved September 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63764957

I have previously blogged about Patrick Howard Auld MC for Trove Tuesday back on 2 July. Now to enter all of this new information into the Auld database!

Trove Tuesday: Troves notification service

Several weeks ago in the course of researching Auld obituaries, I came across an article which was part way through the digitisation process. For users of the Digitised newspapers on Trove, these articles will be noticeable by being grayed out and the words [coming soon] appended to the end of the newspaper article title. An example of a current article (as of today) that is part way through this process follows:

Example of notification service on Trove. Retrieved August 13, 2013.

Having an interest in the obituary article I had found, I signed up to the notification service by typing in my email address into the field provided then I clicked on the "Email me when available" button.

Last Saturday evening I was pleasantly surprised to see an email from Trove with the following subject heading:

Trove - National Library of Australia - newspaper/magazine article availability notification

On opening the message the text reminds the reader of what article(s) have changed status on Trove and have completed the quality assurance process and is now available for general access. All of the articles that have changed status are then listed, for example the obituary I was after had the following text:

The following article has completed quality assurance processing and is now available for you to access:
  Newspaper/magazine: Queensland Times (Ipswich) (Qld. : 1909 - 1954)
  Issue: Monday 31 May 1909
  Page: 7 Edition: DAILY
  Article: OBITUARY.
  Web URL: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/112057171

I proceeded to click on the link provided and the article was displayed in my browser. A few corrections to the text later, as well as tagging the individuals and places mentioned in the text, and the text was ready to use in my research with the citations conveniently provided by Trove.

Another newspaper comes online

With the notification I received from Trove, I am also alerted to the fact that another newspaper is now available, or is in the process of coming online. In this particular instance the newspaper is the Queensland Times (Ipswich) and covers the period 1909 - 1954. Some background history to the publication is also available on Wikipedia.

The article found relates to an obituary for John Livingstone Auld which was printed in the Queensland Times (Ipswich) on 31 May 1909.

Obituary of John Livingston Auld

Source: OBITUARY. (1909, May 31). Queensland Times (Ipswich) (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 7 Edition: DAILY.
Retrieved August 13, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112057171

Trove Tuesday : Identifying James Muir

Last week the resources of Trove were utilised to help build a family profile of James Muir (see Trove Tuesday : The family of James Muir). This week I will go one better and explain how a newspaper article helped identify one of the carte de visite photographs contained in the Georgina Auld nee Muir album that is currently being scanned.

Obituary notice for James Muir

From the results seen last week whilst searching the newspapers, it was noticed that when James Muir's name was mentioned, reference was also being made to his father John Muir and to where his father lived - in Gatehead, Ayrshire, Scotland. With this in mind, a search was performed using "James Muir Gatehead Ayrshire Scotland". The results were rather surprising and helped identify several additional siblings of James Muir who had also immigrated to both Australia (Brisbane specifically) as well as New Zealand. Of particular note was an obituary notice for James Muir that was published in several newspapers. Below is a copy of the obituary that appeared in The Brisbane Courier on 7 July 1916:

Source: PERSONAL. (1916, July 7). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 11. Retrieved June 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20133427

From reading the obituary, readers will pick up on several possible avenues for potential research. The item that stood out for me was the mention that James Muir was a founder of the Queensland Bowling Association.

Queensland Bowling Association

A quick search on the Internet found a breakdown of the history of Bowls Australia. According to the information provided on the site, the first Brisbane Bowls Club was formed in 1878 and they played on a green in the Botanic Gardens. The club subsequently became the Booroodabin Bowls Club with the Queensland Association being formed in 1903.

To see if any further details could be found, the all knowing oracle of historic Australian printed media 'Trove' was consulted. The question we asked the oracle was "James Muir Queensland bowling" and the oracle Trove referenced the following full page article that appeared in The Brisbane Courier in 1904:

Source: [No heading]. (1904, February 6). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 12. Retrieved June 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page1546481

Several articles appear on the page and detail James Muir's involvement with bowling. One such article on An Ancient and Honourable Game, details Muir playing on the lawns of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens as a pioneer of bowling in Queensland in 1878, to being the first President of the Queensland Bowling Association in May 1881.

A photo of James Muir as printed in 1904

On the same page appear fourteen photos of individuals connected with bowling in Queensland. One of these photos is of James Muir, President of the Queensland Association. The closeup of the photo follows:

Source: BOWLING IN QUEENSLAND. (1904, February 6). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 12. Retrieved June 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19264300

Comparing the photo of James Muir taken in 1904 with the photos in the Georgina Auld nee Muir album, a match was made with one of the photographs of an unknown male taken circa 1875 in Brisbane. There is a time difference of nearly thirty years between the two images but the similarities can be seen.

Unknown male (possibly James Muir) by Metcalfe & Glaister (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000105-s1]

Readers will note the name written in ball point pen on the front face as 'Edgar Collingbourne'. Unfortunately there are several photographs in the album which have been written on and from research undertaken to date, it appears the names are fictional and do not correspond to any family members that have been uncovered to date. The names are all in the same handwriting and one possible scenario is that the carte de visite photographs were used in some sort of game. Other photographs with these type of names have been matched against other identifiable photos and hence the reasoning that they are fictional.

What do you think?

Trove Tuesday : The family of James Muir

This week I have been continuing the quest to identify photographs contained in the Georgina Auld nee Muir album. Several carte de visite photographs in the album were taken by photographers located in Brisbane and it is the Muir's from Queensland that today's post is concentrated around.

Marriage of James Muir and Kathrin Gray Coutts

Searching the archived newspapers on Trove for a Muir family related to Georgina Muir, resulted in a marriage notice printed in The Brisbane Courier in 1884. The clue was a reference to Georgina's father, [the late] John Muir, who was a Colliery Manager who lived in Gatehead, Ayrshire, Scotland. Gatehead being located within the Parish of Kilmaurs and is approximately 3.5 miles (or 5.6 kilometers) from Kilmarnock.

This particular marriage was between James Muir (youngest son of John Muir) and Kathrin Gray Coutts (daughter of Donald Coutts) and occurred on 15 September 1884. The marriage notice reads as follows:

Source: Family Notices. (1884, September 16). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 1. Retrieved May 27, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3434153

Confirming James Muir as a brother to Georgina

From previous research undertaken, I knew that Georgina Muir did have a brother named James and that their father was John Muir. Research also confirmed that James Muir was the youngest son of John Muir and Elizabeth Miller. A quick search of the online Queensland BDM registers for a death for James Muir (index number 1916/B23755) also confirmed both parents names in full.

Two Muir / Coutts marriages

An additional search for a marriage index number between MUIR and COUTTS came back with two results for our James Muir. The marriage previously identified with Kathrin Gray Coutts in 1884 was listed (index number 1884/B009137) as was another marriage in 1874 to Elizabeth Coutts (index number 1874/B004577).

Marriage of James Muir and Elizabeth Coutts

An additional search in Trove confirmed the details located in the registers. This first marriage occurred on 15 December 1874 between James Muir (youngest son of John Muir) and Kathrin Gray Coutts older sister, Elizabeth Coutts (eldest daughter of Donald Coutts). Again reference is made to James' father John Muir from Ayrshire Scotland. The notice appeared as follows:

Source: Family Notices. (1874, December 16). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 2. Retrieved May 27, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1392469

The family of James Muir

Looking for Muir births with a Coutts mother in the Queensland birth indexes, we find eleven children. Four children with Elizabeth (first wife of James), and seven children with Kathrin Gray (second wife of James). The children and their birth year/reference numbers are:

Children of James Muir and Elizabeth Coutts

• 1876/B20863 - John Donald Coutts
• 1877/B22664 - James
• 1879/B24813 - Hugh Dalrymple Coutts
• 1881/B28157 - William Thomas Miller

Children of James Muir and Kathrin Gray Coutts

• 1885/B34298 - Donald Coutts
• 1886/C8033 - Elizebeth Wilhelmina
• 1888/C9124 - Oswald
• 1888/C9125 - Walter Gray
• 1889/C9760 - Kathrine Georgina
• 1891/C4419 - Christina Janet
• 1895/B55875 - Agnes

Interestingly, based on the consecutive numbers, it appears that in 1888 James and Kathrin had twin boys, Oswald and Walter. This detail is confirmed with a birth notice that appeared in The Queenslander:

Source: Family Notices. (1888, February 25). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 281. Retrieved May 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19930654

Trove Tuesday : John Hubert Newman [Photographer]

One of my pet projects of late has been to start digitally archiving a photo album that came into my possession late last year. This particular album contains some beautiful late nineteenth century carte de visite and cabinet card photographs relating to the Auld family, taken by photographers in Scotland, England and Australia. In due course I will be sharing the collection online for all to see.

Always look at the back of photograph

Readers of my blog may be familiar with some talks I have given in regards to identifying and preserving your family photographs and the importance of checking the back of a photograph. This is particularly true with the smaller carte de visite photos, were photographers used the back to imprint their details. A breakdown of some key general dates that may be useful when attempting to date a photograph using the back imprint are as follow:

• Before 1861 - blank or small pasted label
• 1860 to 1862 - single line
• 1862 to 1870 - text includes the word negatives or duplicates
• 1860 to 1868 - rubber stamp or simple typeset trade name in small print
• 1880 to 1885 - more ornate with all over designs
• 1885 onwards - highly elaborate full of publicity information
• 1875 to 1900 - backs may include a picture

John Hubert Newman - photographer and crayon painter

On the back of one of the carte de visite photos I recently scanned was the name of a Sydney based photographer J. Hubert Newman. Newman operated from several locations throughout his career and I thought it would be an interesting exercise to try and use the digistised newspapers on Trove in an attempt to help narrow the date range for this photograph. 

PHOTOGRAPHER BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
[top medal] AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES 1870
[bottom left medal] PRACTICE WITH SCIENCE AWARDED TO J.H.NEWMAN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS 1872
[bottom right medal] PRACTICE WITH SCIENCE AWARDED TO J.H.NEWMAN FOR CRAYONS 1872
[monogram] JHN
J. HUBERT NEWMAN
PHOTOGRAPHER AND CRAYON PAINTER
12 South Head Road
Hyde Park
SYDNEY

Based on the medals displayed on the back, we can safely say that the photograph dates from 1872 onwards...but what time period was Newman operating from his studio in 12 South Head Road? According to the biography listing on the Design and Art Australia Online website, Newman was active in Sydney from 1862 -1900. Let's see what Trove has to say...

South Head Road studios

In 1867 Newman advertised in The Sydney Morning Herald that he had terminated his employment with the firm Oswald Allen (late Bradley and Allen). The same advertisement mentions his gallery which was located at 53 South Head Road.

Source: Advertising. (1867, February 23). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13137748

It is not until the beginning of 1870 that Newman moves closer to Hyde Park at 12 South Head Road.

Source: Advertising. (1870, February 14). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13200507

Source: Advertising. (1870, May 30). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13206017

In March 1875, Newman is mentioned in The Sydney Morning Herald, in the matter of the insolvency of Peak Downs Consols Copper Mining Company (Limited) in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, John Hubert Newman is listed as a shareholder of the company, with the address of 12 South Head Road

Source: Advertising. (1875, March 11). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13353157

South Head Road renamed Oxford Street

From my research, it appears that all subsequent newspaper mentions of Newman's studio during 1875, list his address as Oxford Street. In July he is advertising for a "Respectable boy", then in August Newman is mentioned in relation to his entries into the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition of 1875.

Source: Advertising. (1875, July 19). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13357333

Source: The Melbourne Exhibition. (1875, August 21). The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), p. 6. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18797801

Newman is again mentioned when the results for the photography section of the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition are announced in October 1875. Achieving a first placed medal for his photographic portraiture - interestingly Newman's address is given as 64 Oxford Street.  

Source: JURY AWARDS AT THE EXHIBITION. (1875, October 5). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 5. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7421396

Source: INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION. 1875. (1875, October 30). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 9. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7423608

During the Easter holidays in 1881, Newman notifies readers of The Sydney Morning Herald that he would be closed over the break. The address given in this instance is 12 Oxford Street.

Source: Advertising. (1881, April 15). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13480416

Although to date I have not found a specific date of when the address changed, Garry Wotherspoon in his The road east article listed on the Dictionary of Sydney website, states that "its lower section was renamed Oxford Street in 1875". References to the renaming of South Head Road to Oxford Street can certainly be found in the archived newspapers on Trove - the following is just one example that appeared in July 1874:

Source: Advertising. (1874, July 25). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 13. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13336477

Back to dating our carte de visite photograph

Taking the documentary evidence into consideration, it appears that the photographer John Hubert Newman carried out his business at his studio located at 12 South Head Road, between the years 1870 and 1874. In regards to dating the photograph in question, and based on the additional of the medals listed on the back of the photograph, the years could be narrowed down to 1872-1874, or 1873 ±1 year.

Trove Tuesday : 'Auld'ercation with bushrangers

The period between April and May of 1865 was not a good time to be a bushranger. On the 9 April 1865 -  'Mad Dan' Morgan was shot and then a few weeks later on the 5 May, Ben Hall was ambushed by eight well-armed policemen and shot whilst attempting to flee. This was enough enticement to check if individuals with the surname Auld, had any run-ins with bushrangers.

A small scuffle with the local ruffians

A quick search in Trove to see if any Aulds had altercations with bushrangers and found the following intriguing extract from the Launceston Examiner in 1862:

"There has been a severe conflict with three armed bushrangers, at the Denison Hotel, Talbragar. The landlord, Mr Kerr, and his servant, Auld, although both unarmed, resisted, and were both wounded. Seeing that a black boy had escaped through the window, and might be expected to have gone in search of assistance, the ruffians made off."

Source:  NEW SOUTH WALES. (1862, January 9). Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), p. 2 Edition: MORNING.. Retrieved May 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41450548

...leads to more information and to more questions

All relatively innocent enough on the surface, although both Mr Kerr and his servant, known by the name of Auld, do appear to have been wounded in the altercation. Being reported in the Launceston Examiner does raise a question though - the incident took place in Talbragar (on the outskirts of Dubbo, NSW) a long way away from Tasmania but obviously newsworthy enough to be printed in the Tasmanian paper. Back to Trove and we find the following more detailed report in The Sydney Morning Herald  in December 1861:

TALBRAGAR—DENISON TOWN. (1861, December 23). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved May 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13061490

This report gives a more graphic description of the incident and additional details about the wounds received..."Auld succeeded in turning the pistol of his antagonist, and the ball passed harmlessly between his legs; but the third ruffian, being at liberty, took aim, and fired at Auld's head, the ball entering his left cheek, passed through his mouth and right cheek". Unfortunately no additional details are given to help identify the servant Auld.

David Auld - Denison Hotel cook

Further investigations reveal several  reports written by the Herald's Correspondent and reproduced in several regional newspapers. The following report appeared in The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser on 21 December 1861.  Reproduced here as it is easier to read than the original from The Sydney Morning Herald on 17 December 1861 (see http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13055171):

CASSILIS. (1861, December 21). The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), p. 8 Supplement: Supplement to the 'Maitland Mercury'. Retrieved May 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18685690

This informative article not only tells us that his name is David Auld, but that he also is the cook at the Denison Hotel. Although the jubilation of finding the article is somewhat subdued when you take into consideration the grievous nature of his wounds.

Further research would need to be undertaken to see if the above David is the same David Auld mentioned in the Australian Aulds website.

Trove Tuesday : Occupation Clicker

Doing some background research on brothers John and James Auld, bootmakers from Victoria, I came across the following article and was intrigued with the advertised occupation:

Source: Advertising. (1873, August 13). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1. Retrieved April 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5869315

What is a clicker?

My immediate thought was that the position involved counting of some description. To double check, a quick search in Trove, searching for "clicker boot making", revealed an extensive article published in the South Australian Register in 1870. An extract of the article detailing the work of the clicker follows:

In ordinary ' upper'-making the first process —that of cutting— falls to the lot of the clicker. His chief skill consists in so placing his plates as to economize the leather, avoiding flaws, and yet preventing waste. In this respect he is able to bid defiance to machinery.

Source: BOOT FACTORIES. (1870, June 18). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), p. 3 Supplement: Supplement to the South Australian Register.. Retrieved April 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39196950

So not only is the occupation not one of a counter, it is one of the most important jobs in the bootmaking industry. This skilled position invloved maximising the number of uppers cut from a sheet of leather and doing so whilst avoiding flaws and thin sections in the leather.

Trove Tuesday : Finding a link

Following on from last weeks Trove Tuesday post featuring Catherine Mary Auld, several questions have arisen in regards to;

1. Does Catherine Mary Auld belong to a new branch of Australian Aulds, or; 
2. Does Catherine Mary Auld belong to an already existing Auld branch that has been previously identified, and if so, which one?

...and could Trove be used, in combination with other resources, to help answer either of the two questions posed.

The parents of Catherine Mary Auld

Last week we identified Catherine's parents as William AULD and Louisa Ann BARNES by using the Queensland historical BDM indexes. A further search the Queensland marriage indexes revealed a marriage circa 1896 (index number 1896/C588). Hoping that details of their marriage had been published in a local newspaper that was currently available on Trove, I started the search. Unfortunately all results were unfruitful.

Newspaper marriage notices invariably list the parents of the individuals being married, so it was a little bit of a disappointment to not find a marriage notice. Knowing that the titles being added to the National Library of Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program is a continually expanding list, it is always worth checking the new titles coming page. A check here reveals there are several titles on the list that may be helpful that cover the late 1800s time period. So, although Trove can't help at this particular time for the marriage, it will be worth doing this search again, when the titles are made available online later this year.

Death of Louisa Ann Auld nee Barnes

Having no joy with the marriage, I concentrated on the deaths of the parents. A search of the Queensland death indexes for a Louisa Auld over the time period 1896 up to 1983 give only one result. Louisa Anne AULD died circa 1931 (index number 1931/B13629) - her parents are listed as Charles BARNES and Mary Anne MADDERN, thus confirming Louisa's maiden name of Barnes.

Three extended funeral notices appear in The Brisbane Courier on 21 March 1931 for Louisa, they read as follow:

Source: Family Notices. (1931, March 21). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 12. Retrieved April 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21680576

Although no clues can be found to answer either of our two questions posed, there is a wealth of information to be found in the notices for potential research leads in the future.

Death of William Auld

Looking for the death of Catherine's father William Auld in the Queensland death indexes, we find five potential candidates:

1. 1937/C1660 William Auld - parents William AULD and Barbara HUNTER
2. 1950/B26252 William Charles Auld - parents John AULD and Ada ROBERTS
3. 1952/C3294 William Auld - parents Andrew AULD and Charlotte SCARBOROUGH
4. 1953/B45153 William Auld - parents Archibald AULD and Catherine UNKNOWN
5. 1957/C4633 William James Auld - parents William Milne AULD and Dorothy May PRICE

Using a process of elimination with Trove as our tool, a search for "William Auld" and narrowing our search to the identified years listed above, we can confirmed that the William Auld that we are interested in passed away in 1953. Three bereavement and funeral notices were published on The Courier-Mail on three different dates. The notices include the following:

Source: Family Notices. (1953, September 2). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved April 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51086551

Source: Family Notices. (1953, September 3). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 14. Retrieved April 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51095593

Source: Family Notices. (1953, September 19). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved April 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51069754

Question Answered

The information provided in the Queensland death index for the death of William Auld in the year 1953, lists the parents as Archibald and Catherine. For a moment we will assume that William Auld was also born in Queensland until evidence suggests otherwise. A search of the Queensland birth indexes reveals only one William Auld born in 1872 (index number 1872/B13910) to parents Archibald AULD and Catherine HEAPS.

The immediate family of Archibald Auld and Catherine Heaps are known to me from information submitted to the Australian Auld database by 5th generation descendant Kay Youngberry. The son of James Auld and Agnes Whyte, Archibald was born in Muirovonside Stirlingshire Scotland. One of ten children in a coal mining family, Archibald married Catherine Heaps in 1854 and immigrated to Moreton Bay (then part of New South Wales) onboard the Alfred in 1858 with his wife and two children Jane / Jean and James. Once settled, Archibald and Catherine went on to extend their family with Agnes, Thomas, Archibald, Margaret, Andrew, Robert, William, John and Catherine. Archibald died in 1885 aged 54 years.

From the information previously provided all we knew of Archibald's son William was that he was born 4 May 1872 and died 1 September 1853. Through the valuable resources found on Trove, we can now add another generation of the Auld family to the database. Thus linking in Catherine Mary Auld to an already existing Auld branch that had been previously identified.

Trove Tuesday: Obituary for Georgina Auld

Following on from my previous (5 April) Trove Tuesday post on the Obituary for Rev. John Auld, today  I want to concentrate on John Auld's wife Georgina. The reasoning being that I am in possession of an old photograph album that was donated to me back in October last year. I have given several talks over the last couple of years on Digitial Preservation & Scanning and Identifying and Preserving your Family Photographs and am currently working on digitising this unique Auld family album to share with fellow researchers. More information will be forthcoming, as well as a series of posts relating to digitial preservation in general, so stay tuned...but back to today's Trove find...

Born 1844 in Kilmaurs (AYR, SCT) to parents John Muir and Elizabeth Millar, Georgina Muir married Reverend John Auld (son of John Auld and Janet Thomson) on 18 August 1873 in Kilmanock (AYR, SCT). John and Georgina immigrated to Sydney (NSW, AUS) shortly after their marriage. Georgina survived her husband of twenty nine years by a further ten years, passing away at the residence of her son, the Reverend John Hay Goodlet Auld in Nowra (NSW, AUS).

A search on Trove reveals the following obituary:

Source: OBITUARY. (1923, February 20). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved March 24, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16045572

...a transcript of the obituary reads:

OBITUARY.
MRS. GEORGINA AULD.

The funeral of Mrs. Georgina Auld, widow of the late Rev. J. Auld, moved from St. Stephens Church, Phillip-strcet, yesterday, to Rookwood Cemetery, after a service had been conducted by Revs. Alexander Clarke, J. C. McDonald, and John Macaulay.
There were amongst those present the Rev. J. H. S. Auld, B.A., Messrs. David T., Robert, and J. Muir Auld (sons of the deceased), Mrs. F. H. Greaves, of Wollstonecraft (daughter), the Rev. John Ferguson, the Rev. A. Thain Anderson, the Rev. John Edwards, the Rev. A. Doig, the Rev. W. A. S. Anderson, Mesdames J. H. G. Auld, D. T. Auld, and Robert Auld (daughters-in-law), Messrs. Robert Auld and Alvah Auld (nephews), Mrs. Robert Auld (sis- ter-in-law), and Dr. R. S. McKinnon.

Interestingly Georgina's obituary gives a full account of both surviving and past members of the family unit. Further searching reveals that Georgina died at her sons residence at The Manse in Nowra...more evidence for the database.

Source: Family Notices. (1923, February 19). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved March 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16035855

Trove Tuesday : John McDouall Stuart and the Aulds

Late on Saturday evening I was wondering about what I should write on for today's Trove Tuesday and came across a tweet by ScotlandsPeople ‏(@ScotlandsPeople). The tweet read:

Hunt begins for descendants of Scotland's great Australian explorer, John McDouall Stuart http://bit.ly/XwxO7P #familyhistory #genealogy

As part of my research on Australian Aulds I remembered about the three brothers who immigrated into South Australia and their family connection to the John McDouall Stuart expedition party of 1861-62.

Immigration into South Australia

William Auld, a farmer,  and Mary Stevenson had ten children over a seventeen year period of 1793 to 1811 inclusive. All born in Kirkcolm WIG SCT, a farming village on the northern tip of the Rhinns of Galloway peninsula in Dumfries and Galloway. Three of William and Mary's sons emigrated to Australia, they were:

1. John Auld (1796-1860) - immigrated 1835. John Auld married Isabella Steele on 20 April 1850 at Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, SA, AUS.
2. Thomas Kilpatrick Auld (1808-?) - immigrated 18 September 1839 onboard the Glenswilly, also found on a passenger list on 1 April 1842 at Port Adelaide, SA, AUS, onboard the Welcome from Greenock via Melbourne. Thomas Kilpatrick Auld married Marion Hutchison on 19 June 1843 at Prospect Village, SA, AUS.
3. Patrick Auld (1811-1886) - Patrick Auld married Eliza McKinnell circa 1835 at Stranraer, WIG, SCT. Patrick and Eliza emmigrated from London with their three children Agnes Auld, Georgiana Auld and William Patrick Auld, departing 9 December 1841 onboard the Fortitude, arriving on 6 April 1842 to Port Adelaide, SA, AUS.

William Patrick Auld

The son of Scottish parents Patrick Auld and Eliza McKinnell, William Patrick Auld was born 1840 in Ashton under Lyne, LAN, ENG. He migrated to Australia with his parents and two siblings at the age of one. A well known and famous South Australian vigneron and wine merchant, William's other claim to fame is that he participated in John McDouall Stuart's sixth expedition which successfully crossed Australia from south to north. William, as a surveyor, was also part of the Boyle Travers Finniss expedition that explored the Adelaide River region in the Northern Territory looking for suitable land for a capital in 1864.

William Patrick Auld ca.1880
Source: State Library of South Australia, B3622
http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/mpcimg/03750/B3622.htm

William Patrick Auld married Eliza Hartland Strawbridge, daughter of William Smerdon Strawbridge, on 15 November 1865 at the residence of W. S. Strawbridge, Norwood, SA, AUS. William and Eliza had five children: Edith Mary Auld, William George Auld, Ernest Patrick Auld, Theodore Auld and Eliza Adeline Auld.

Trove Tip

If you can't find the information you are after in the local newspaper to were an event occurred, look in other newspapers from around Australia.

A case in example, William Patrick Auld died in Adelaide, South Australia, on 2 September 1912. His death was reported in the Tasmanian newspaper Zeehan and Dundas Herald the following day.

OBITUARY.
A MEMBER OF STUART'S EXPEDITION.
Adelaide, Monday Evening. — William Patrick Auld has died, aged 73. He was a member of J. McDonall Stuart's expedition, which travelled the Continent from south to north. On Friday last the Governor presented Mr Auld with a medal to mark the jubilee of the expedition crossing Australia.

Source: Family Notices. (1912, September 3). Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Tas. : 1890 - 1922), p. 3. Retrieved March 12, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83332538

A treasure found on trove

It is not until fourteen years after William Patrick Auld's death that a real treasurer on Trove was discovered, just waiting to be found. That treasurer is a published extract of William's diary starting in December 1862 (the year of the successful south/north crossing of Australia) and covers the year 1863. The diary entries give a wonderful insight into the end of Stuart's expedition, but then goes on to detail the day to day operations of the family Auldana Vineyard as well as the social comings and goings of a mid nineteenth century South Australian gentleman. The printed extract is as follows:-

STUART'S FINAL EXPEDITION.
And William Patrick Auld.
By A. T. Saunders.
Extracts from His Diary.

Thanks to Dr. Angas Johnson, I have before me the Diary of "Pat" Auld for 1863, which he began on his arrival in Adelaide. 16/2/1862. Stuart and Auld left the party at Mount Deception, or Moolooloo, and came on to Adelaide, and from Adelaide Auld went back to join the party. The first news of Stuart's return is in The Register, 16/12/1862, a message from Capt. R. McKay, of Mount Deception, wired from Clare, that Stuart had reached and was at Glen's Station, 8/12/ 1862. He had crossed the continent to the Indian Ocean, and the party was well, except that Stuart had scurvy, and he and Auld were on their way to Adelaide. The Register 17/12/62, announces that John Chambers had wired to Finke from Kooringa that Stuart and Auld would arrive by train, 16/12/1862. Auld's first diary entry is:— "Started to meet Stuart's party; stayed at Kingford" (Stephen King's place near Gawler. King of the party was a son of King of Kingsford). "All right." The next day's entry states that "Mr King drove me to Rosewater Station: proceeded by train to Kapunda. Was told that the party was at Forrester's. Last night took the 4.30 to Templars, and stayed all night." The next entry says:— "Party arrived at Templars- Mrs. Templar (?) gave good dinner. Arrived at Willaston (Gawler). The Register, 18/12/62, in a leader on the party, says Stuart left with 71 horses and brought back 48, so evidently one-third perished. In The Register, 19/12/62, is a letter from Kekwick from Mount Margaret, dated 30/11/1862, saying that the party reached there, 26/11/62, after an absence of 44 weeks, and that they were 17 weeks coming from the Indian Ocean, and Wire all sorry to hear of Mr. James Chambers's death, 10/8/62. The Register, December 26 and 27, 1862, has leaders on Stuart's diary and chart, which show that the party started from Adelaide 26/10/1861,: and from Mount Margaret 21/1/1862. They reached the Indian Ocean on Friday, 25/7/1863, and returned to Mount Margaret Station, 26/11/1882.
Mount Margaret was owned by Philip Levi & Co., the manager being Stephen Jarvis, whom I knew well some years afterwards. It was a horse and cattle station, and was then the station farthest north. Christie Bagot and his brother afterwards owned it.
The party were at Auburn, 15/1/63, having left Moolooloo, 30/12/1862, for Mount Remarkable, where they arrived, 7/1/63, via Aroona, Wilpena, Akkaba, Warrika, Kanyka, and Raglass. They were at Charleton, 10/1/63, and Auld met them at Templars. They arrived at Willaston at 6.p.m. on Saturday, 17/1/63, and were in Gawler on Sunday, and left Willaston at 11 a.m. and Monday, 19/1/63, and passed through Gawler, Smithfield and Salisbury, and reached Mr. Chambers's farm below Prospect village at 6 p.m., and were met by Stuart, John Chambers, and Finke (who died 17/1/64).

Formal Entry Into Adelaide.
As Auld, King, and Billiatt had seen their friends, they took charge of the horses, and the others went to Adelaide, to return next day, 20/1/63, for the formal entry into Adelaide, 21/1/63, which duly occurred, and is described in The Register of 22/1/1863 and the day before. The Register, 23/1/63, announces the sale of the horses and equipment by auction that day, and mentions that the horses were selected by James Chambers and Inspector Hamilton, and were mostly half-circle over C. (Chambers) horses.
The Register, 24/1/63, refers to the sale, and says the horses averaged £9 4/ each. Auld's diary says that the party after leaving Willaston passed through Gawler and camped at Williams's "Old Spot." Next day camped at Chambers's farm, and 21/1/63, the demonstration in Adelaide and the formal entry took place. Aud continues, 22/1/63:— "Young King, the colt, reared and fell on the top of me at the Globe stables. Took Georgiana to the concert given in honour of Stuart and party.

Sale of Horses.
23/1/63.— "Exploring horses sold; bought Wilberforce, £10, and Teaser, £7 5/. A wet evening." He gives a list of 40 of the horses which were sold and the prices: — Creamy went to Finke for £10 10/; Frew bought Roachback for £1 10/; Thring bought Cloag for £12 10/; Crane bought Blowhard for £11 15/; Kekwick bought O'Halloran for £12 10/ and Bagot for £10; Salway bought Prizefighter for £6 10/ and Sweep for £15; Scott bought Ranger of £8 15/; Hughes bought Patrick, but Auld does not give the price. The prices of the other 28 horses and their names are recorded, but not the names, of the buyers. Auld's next entry is 11/3/63: — Parliament voted Stuart £2,000, Kekwick £500, Thring £200. Auld £200. and the others £100 each. Waterhouse got his £10O and £400 per annum, the other £100 men got only £1 per week.
14/3/63.— The next entry says:— Very windy day. Rode Young King into town; got thrown near Ballantyne's. Rifle match, Sydney and Adelaide— Sydney, 1,842; Adelaide, 1,735. Went to the Bay with Frank Rymill and H. Ayers; returned at sundown.
20/3/63... Mr. Auld says:— "Received bonus £200, and next day shod the colt King and went to Morphett Vale." 24/3/63.— He "drove Georgiana to a tea meeting" at Mr. Haining's Scots' Kirk. Next day rode Teazer to Mr. Drapers.
Fred took him to the Globe; Charlie and I went to Kapunda, dined at Mr. Pollard's, met G. McLachlan at Moyle's; returned to town by last train, went to the Theatre, cost 6/, and expenses to Kapunda and back, 21/. 26/3/83— At Mr. Draper's in the evening, called on C. Penny and Mr. Irving, of the College. 27/3/63 —Went to town. Teazer died at the Globe stables; charge for him, 16/. . 28/3/63 — Bought a chestnut mare for £12 10/-, dined at Mr. A. J. Baker's. Frank Rymill, Charlie Fenn, and I went to the Bay, had tea at Mr. J. B. Neales's, had supper at Mr. Fenn's, and returned home. 30/3/03 — Drove into town, went to the Theatre with C. and J. Fenn and Stephenson, and saw Wren boys and the "Jacobite." 3/4/63 — Good Friday, drove down tandem to the Bay, C. and J. Fenn and Frank Rymill; went to dinner at Mr. Young's, re- turned with Bicklord. 4/4/63 — Strawbridge and I went and got Mr. Morris's filly and mouthed him (sic). 6/4/63 — Easter Monday. Went to picnic given by Mr. and Mrs. Fenn at the weir, stayed all night at Mr. Fenn's. 7/4/63 — Drove into town, drove Miss Haining to Mr. Milne's, and went to the Philharmonic (?) Society. Georgiana went to the new church soiree. 9/4/63— Took in Mr. Morris's wine press. 10/4/63— Rode Theresa into town; went to A. J. Baker's. Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Miss and C. Fenn, Misses Sanders, Frank Rymill, and I went to the Theatre, "Socrisse the Juggler" and "Nan the Good for Nothing." 11/4/63 — Went for a picnic with the Bakers and Ayers to Brownhill Creek. 14/4/63— Rode Wilberforce into town, took him to Sharp's, he being very lame in the off foreleg. Stopped all night with Mr. Bickford. 15/4/63 — Stephen King came out by 5 bus; blistered Wilberforce. 16/4/63 — Stephen King went back to town by the 9 bus. I rode Theresa into town, called on Mr. Goyder, arranged to go down to the Bay with him tomorrow; had a long talk with Mr. King. 17/4/63 — Went to Brighton with Mr. Goyder; agreed with him to go on a trignometrical survey. 18/4/63 — Returned from Brighton. G. McLachlan, came out with me. Mr. Green and Mr. Cullen called; Geogre and I went for a ride, Colenzo's Algebra, 2/6. 19/4/63 — Went to Clayton Chapel, and in the evening to Wesleyan Chapel, Magill. 20/4/63— Rode Theresa to town, stayed all night at Mr. Fenn's. 21/4/63— Brought Roany out with me; left Theresa at Deacon's on trial. 22/4/63— Went to the races and to Theatre, "Rake's Progress,' and stage struck; at Mr. Ayers all night.

Hurdle Races.
23/4/63 — To races, met King and Billiatt there, to Theatre in evening, "Honeymoon" and "Middy Ashore." King and I stayed at the Blenheim. Hurdle race between Marchant's North-West and Brinkley's South-East for £50. The latter won. The most interesting event of the day. 24/4/63 — To the races, and Theatre in evening, "Husband for an Hour" and "Betsy Baker." 25/4/63 — To races. G Morley's Charlie and H. Roe's Fidget race over four hurdles for £10. Charlie won. King and I returned home. Billiatt came at 10 p.m. Got my "care de visite, £1." 27/4/63 — Went to town, got a little dog for Mr. Pollard, saw the fireworks, a dead sell. King and Billiatt started on a tour to the south. 28/4/63— Rode to town, bought Simms's trea- tise on mathematical instruments, 8/ ; piece of music, 2 /6. Finished reading Kenilworth; went to Mr. Young's 7 p.m. to take lessons in trigonometry. 2/5/63— Went to the butts (south part lands) to class fire; passed into the second class; applied to be a subscriber to the ball to the officers of the Djambi, Dutch warship, £1 5/. 5/5/63 — Went to town 5 p.m. bus, received the medal for wine given by the Great Exhibition (Lon- don, 1862?) Went to A. J. Baker's; at 9 p.m. Frank Rymill and I went to the Djambi ball. 8/5/63 — Bought a kangaroo bitch from E. T. Smith. 9/5/63 — Class fired with the Free Rifles, only made 4 hits in the second class; cartridges 6/, caps 2/6. 13/5/63 — Went to the Theatre, "Belphegor," the mounte- bank and soldier, sailor, tinker, tailor. At Mr. Bickford's all night. 14/5/63 — Went to Hindmarsh and bought from Magarey the Moolooloo cob for £25. Rode down to Morphett Vale to Miss Anderson's wedding; got there just as the ceremony was over, but in good time for for the breakfast, had rare fun in the evening; went to bed 6 a.m.
15/5/63.— Felt rather tired. After dinner Mrs. Anderson, Rudall, Alexander Anderson, and I went to the beach, jumped the cob over a three-rail fence, which he did well. 16/5/63. — Rudall and I started for town about 9. Called at .Mr. Cumming's; left Rudall in town; got home 1 p.m. 19/5/63.— Commemoration of Prince ot Wales's marriage.

Queen's Birthday.
25/5/63 (Queen's Birthday)— Went into town; wet day; came out with Stephen King; called at Mr. Wilson's and Mr. Fenn's; drove roany home: lost my Albert chain. 27/5/63 — S. King, Charley Fenn, and I rode to the review and to Government ball. 29/S/63 — S. King and I went to town. Frew started for Mount Deception; he gave me his carte-de-visite. 10/6/63 — Rode Podgie and led Theresa into town; lent Therese to Mr. Waterhouse. 13/6/63 — Rode to the Bay with C. Fenn and F. Ste- venson; was at Mr. Neale's till Monday. 18/6/63 — E. Strawbridgs and I went to Home Park and got some slips of rare plants; clipped the quince trees and took a lesson in pruning from Beasley; made 318 Shiraz cuttings for the six acres. 19/6/63 — Varnished the spring cart. John and Alfred cut 1,700 Shiraz, which were planted in the new vineyard (E. W. W.. E. W. Wright?). 20/6/63 — Drove father and Georgiana to town to go by the train for Kapunda; left vines for P. G. Harris; ordered some cyprus trees from J. Partridge; called at Mr. Strawbridge's, and brought Mrs. S. out with me. .22/6/63 — Public holiday for Queen's accession. 26/6/63 — Rode into town. Gerner stuffed one of my teeth. 29/6/63— Prun- ing in the morning; after dinner took 6,000 cuttings to Mr. Morris for Dr. Kelly and 3,000 to Mr Noltenius for Capt. Trimmer (or Fin- nis). 1/7/1863 — The Ministry resigned. Dut- ton sent for. Met King, Billiatt, and three of their friends in town. Afterwards called on E. H. S. (Mrs. Strawbridge, whom he married) in the evening. 2/7/63 — Gave Frank Ayers a lily seed and some beans and Mr. Cannon three lily seeds and a few beans. Called a+ Crown Lands office and Stilling's. Sold Theresa to Mr. Waterhouse for £11. 3/7/63— Rode to town on Podgie; sale of horses. Hughes's trot- ting pony sold to Elliot for £35; sold Podgie to Mr. Shelley for £25. Mr. Longbottom drove me home; had tea with him, and a few games of chess, the most of which he won. 4/7/63 — Drove into town; got some flax plants; had tea at Mr. Fenn's; went to the theatre to see "Kenilworth." Charley and Frank Reynell came out with me. 5/7/63— Went to Mr. Baker's (Morialta) in the afternoon and to church. 6/7/63— Paid Gurner 5/ drawing a tooth.

Original Planting at Auldana.
7/7/63— Pruning Verdilho in South Auldana vineyard. Received from A. Stow 6,000 Shiraz, 8,000 Virdilho. 2,500 Reisling, and 5,000 Mataro from Mr. Grant. 8/7/63— Drove to town; took 1,000 cuttings for Trimmer. The Dutton Ministry resigned. Brought out 2,800 Palo Mino Bianco cuttings from Dr. Kelly. The Coorong, steamer, arrived (a seven days' passage from Melbourne). Planting cuttings in the new vineyard. 9/7/63 - Drove to town; took 10,000 cuttings for G. P. Knight, Victoria. 10/7/63 - Bess shod all round at Magill; 6/ sent per bullock dray; 12,000 cuttings to Stiling & Co. John drove over to Mr. Hardy's for a load of cuttings. 11/4/63 - English mail arrived. Gen. Stonewall Jackson killed; went to market; no good horses for sale. 13/7/63 - Went into town; brought out Georgiana and Mr. Pollard. Orient arrived. Bickford passenger; Young husband dead at Rome (5/5/1863). 14/7/63 - Mr. Pollard and I surveyed the vineyard. 15/7/63 - Rode to town; called on Mr. Ayers regarding house, late residence of Mr. Noltenius (on the hill opposite Aildana); he agreed to let it for £30 per year; came out again, and immediately after dinner went in with James; called again on Mr. Ayers, agreeing to take the house. Went to Mr. Fenn's, and drove with him to hear the candidates for the Upper House. Baker, Elder, Green, Hallett, and McEllister. 17/7/63 - Rode to Paradise to see Beasley; very ill, but better than he had been. 18/7/63 - Drove to town; went to market; very dull. H. Bickford and Eliza Hill came with me; registered Dandy, my kangaroo bitch, 5/. 24/7/63 - Went to theatre; Jefferson in "The Octoroom." 25/7/63 - Drove to town; called on E.H.S. Mrs. Bickford gave me a canary. H. Bickford came out with me; cage 6/. 26/7/63 - Went to Magill church. 30/7/63 - Racking Auldana vineyard wines. 1/8/63 - Rode to town; called on E.H.S.; slept at Mr. Fenn's; swapped a nugget pin with Davis for a vine leaf pin; gave 6/ to boot. 3/8/63 - Drove into town; called at railway station for Mrs. Pollard and family. 10/8/63 - Mr. Auld and Mr. and Mrs. Pollard drove to town. I rode Maggie. Mr. Auld transferred five Auldana shares to me and I applied for five more, paying £2 10/. 12/8/63 - Angas Evans married to Miss Price. 13/8/63 - Mr. Auld and myself drove to town. I rode to Prospect Hall to see Mr. Evans; he was not in. Mr. Auld and I drove to the Port, where we met Mr. and Mrs. Evans, and sampled his wines at Newman's.

Old Identities.
Ploughing match holiay. 15/8/63 - Rode filly to town; rode back with R.D. Ross, Messrs. Gwynne, Wearing, Fenn, Andrews, Castles, Green, Tod, Wright, Knox, and Young. Gwynne came out to lunch and to adjudicate on our wines. 19/8/63 - Pruning. 20/8/63 - Phillips, of Kanyaka, married to Miss Milne. I went to the party with Mrs. and Charley Fenn. Jessie slipped her foal. 21/8/63 - Pruning. 22/8/63— Went to town and got some bitter almonds; put some into 7 300-gallon casks. Rode over to Modbury to a football match, Adelaide and Modbury clubs; neither gained a goal. Drove afterwards with J. Paltridge to Highercombe. 24/8/63 - Returned from Highercombe. John Haining came; went to Magill to see Pepper re paddock (Pepper & Pellew owned, and drove the Magill buses. 26/8/63 - Weeding; went to Kensington in the evening. 28/8/68- Put milk finings into a 300-gallon cask of white; went to town in the bus; took train to Gawler; walked to Kingsford. 29/8/63.— Billiatt and I went down tp the river to shoot; no sport. After dinner went to Mr. Holland's, who has a very nice house; returned to Kingsford, 11.30 p.m. 31/8/63— Started 9 a.m. on Wilberforce for Evandale, dined at Fischer's, Tanunda, sampled Mr. Sobel's wines, which were good: arrived at Evandale 6 p.m. 1/9/63— Mrs. Annie (Hannay) and Mrs. Johnson called, and Mr. and Mrs. Salter, and Mr. J. Blood came in the evening. I went to tea with Angas-Evans. 2/9/63 - Sampled all Mr. Evans's wines, started for Kings- ford, dined at Tanunda, and arrived at Kingsford at 4 p.m. 3/9/63 — Started for town, met R. Haining on the road, called at Kensington arrived home 8 p.m., and found Mr. Barton, of the Roderick Dhu (then in port) there.

Early Colonial Wine.
4/9/63— Racking of wine. Mr. Lamb called and bought about 300 gallons of wine at 5/3 per gallon . (This was Mr. Corbin Lamb, of Port Adelaide, who then had the shop in Port Ade- laide, now "Johnny Allsorts," corner North parade and Mildred streets). Mr. Lamb was one of the first to try and popularise the consumption of colonial wine. This 4/9/63, was my ninth birthday, and I can remember Mr. Lamb and his shop at this time clearly. Mr. Lamb bought a lot of wine and ale bottles from my grandfather, in whose house, at Queens- town, I lived. My grandfather had been given some hundreds of bottles, and he had used them to make borders of paths in his garden, the soil of which was sandy, and the inverted bottles had been pushed neck down and bottom up into the sand. These bottles were pulled up and sold to Mr. Lamb.
7/9/63 - Racking off wine. 8/9/63 - Wilberforce to town; called at Faulding's for Spanish clay (for wine finings), saw some new casks at Giles & Smith's; too slight. Rode home, tried my hand at ploughing; bought some isinglass (wine fining).

Steeplechase at Thebarton.
10/9/63 — Went to Steeplechase; three races, at Thebarton. Formby's Gay Lad won; Cadger (A. L. Gordon up), second; Jewell's Westbury, third; G. Morley's Charlie, fourth. Others— P. Levis's Cassy, R. Low's Leunara. L. Barnard's Black Boy, late Rambler. Third Race.— Blackler's Buck. Jumped Roany and Wilber- force over the fences. 11/9/63— Pruning fig trees in South Auldana Vineyard; sulphered and put away all the empty hogsheads, and ploughed for an hour in Home Park Vineyard. 12/9/63 —Pollard and I pruning fig trees; Mr. Lamb called and got a bottle of each wine he bought, filled up wines in the cellar. Georgiana and E. H. S. came by 4 p.m. bus; put Spanish clay into some casks of wine. . 14/9/63 — Found the wine I put finings in on Saturday very clear. Washed Young Enfield with tobacco, he being lousy. G. H. S. went 1 p.m. 19/9/63 Rode to town on Wilberforce, led Enfield, and left him at Crane's for Giles. 22/9/63 — Racking off wine. 23/9/63 — Sent to Melbourne one cask of red and one of white wine. 24/9/63 —Pruned vines on top of the hill, cleared away cuttings for the plough, prepared finings. 25/9/63 — In the evening went to inaugural dinner, Young's Old Scholars' Association (Register, 26/9/63). It passed off very pleasantly. 26/9/63 — Ploughing. C. and J. Fenn and Rudall called; went over to Mr. Pollard's in the evening; met Miss E. H. S. 28/9/63 — Mrs. Goyder, McLachlan, and Miss Smith called, also Mr. Green, and Mr. Main; went to the in- stitute with E. H. S. 29/9/63 — Preparing wine for Lamb, and put finings in other wine. 30/9/63 — Took Mrs. Goyder home, and Georgiana and E. H. S., to Dillon's, White's rooms; readings of Dickens and Shakespeare (Register, 1/10/63. Song, "Juanita" sung). 1/10/63 — Maggie shod all round and slippers on Wilberforce. 2/10/63 — Called at P. G. Harris (Peg Leg Harris) and Belt's. 3/10/63 — Stephen King and I went to football. (Register, 5/10/63), Adelaide and Modbury; each team contained two aboriginals; had tea at Mr. J. L. Young's. 5/10/63 — Rifle matches commenced. 6/10/63 — Went to rifle match. 8/10/63 — Sold Wilberforce at horse sale for £12. 9/10/63 — Rode Jessie to town, offered her at auction, got no bid; she fell in King William street, and a railway van nearly ran over me. 10/10/63 — Filled up the red wines.

Petition For Grant to Stuart's Party.
12/10/63 — Got petition from Deacon (Register, 15/10/63) for grants of W.T. land of Stuart's party; went to Hamilton; the phrenologist. 13/10/63— Went to town, met King and Frew, engaged all morning with petition; it was presented too late for the House to be read to-day; got written character from Hamil- ton, the phrenologist. 15/10/63 — John and I drove into town, took 5 gallon keg and some finings for some of his wine, went to cattle show. 16/10/63 — Went for a ride this after- noon; rode Mr. Monroe's filly; when cantering up Baker's carriage way she broke her leg. Came home, had tea, then rode up to Sutton's, got the filly on dungheap, and killed her.
17/10/63— King and Shelly went to town by the 9 a.m. bus, rode Bess to town, called on Mr. Monroe, and told him of the accident. Mr. Lamb sent 14 casks for his wine. 22/10/63 — Sent off Lamb's wine per own dray. 24/10/63 - John Partridge and I went to J. L. Young's. Went to theatre ("Susan Hopley.") 26/10/63 - Went to town, tried to sell Jessie to Inspec- tor Hamilton (police) for the gold expedition, but failed. Went to the New Church service. 27/10/63 — Went to town, ordered new suit of clothes at Ballantyne's. 31/10/63 — Went to the Port with Billiatt to see him off. The weather being so rough the steamer (Ant) did not start; drove Stephen (King) to Kensington and Mr. Longbottom to Magill (this was a son of the Rev. Mr. Longbottom, see Register, 5/10/63. Old Mrs. Longbottom was thrown out of an overturned buggy, at Magill, and broke both her arms just above the wrists). 2/11/63 - Went to town. A meeting of the winegrowers at the Globe Inn (Register, 3/11/63. Auld's two exhibits not sound). 3/11/63 - Harrowing in the new vineyard. John and I went to the Clayton Young Men's Society. Mr. Thomas Elder lectured on Travels in America (Register, 4/11/63).
4/11/63— Mr. Young and son came. Went to the theatre ("Aurora Floyd.") I recall that old play and the thrill it gave me. It was by Miss Braddon, I think. Aurora was a banker's daughter, who had married a jockey secretly; was blackmailed, and shot Conyers with a button used as a pistol bullet.) 5/11/63 —Mrs. Anderson, Mr. Young, and Mr. Hamilton called. Filled up the wines in the cellar. 6/11/63 — Got circulars printed for Winegrowers' Association. Got my new suit from Ballantyne. 7/11/63 — Went to town; paid Platts 8/4 for stamps for Winegrowers' Association; had game of cricket on north park lands; went home with Charles Fenn; tried A. Hallett's horse over fence; knocked down three posts in one jump; stayed all night at Mr. Fenn's. 9/11/63 — Fired off a salute at noon. W. Strawbridge and I went to see drapers' picnic;. had very good fun; went to Mr. Pollard's in evening. 10/9/63 — Topping the vines. E. H. S. came in the evening. 12/11/63 — Topping vines; put finings in old wine. Went to town by 2.30 bus. Parliament prorogued. Went to Mr. Goyder's in the evening; danced till 2 a.m.; stopped all night at Mr. McLachlan's. English mail arrived. 13/11/63 — Meeting of Winegrowers' Association. Trial of Auld v. Murray (re Real Property Act; Register 14/11/63). Judgment deferred ; went to Kensington in the evening; sold Jessie to Pellew (of Magill buses) for £15, Received an invitation to Mrs. A. J. Baker's party on 18/11/63.

Theatres and Lecture.
14/11/63 — Went to town; played cricket with S.A. Club; went to theatre with J. Part- ridge; saw "Rory O'Moore" and "Aladdin or the Wonderful Scamp." 16/11/63 — Drove into town to the winegrowers' meeting. J. Partridge came out to tea. Began haymaking.
17/11/63 — Weeding cuttings in Auldana vineyard. Charley Fenn called. John and I went to hear Rev. E. W. Cox lecture on the wonders of the microscope and a concert. (Register 19/11/63, Rev. Mr. Neville, of the Anglican (Magill) Church, present and spoke). 18/11/63 — Went to Mrs. A. J. Baker's party; stayed all night. 23/11/63— Shipped a hogs- head of wine to De Pass, Melbourne; rode in to the theatre to the amateur performance in aid of relief fund for families of soldiers sent from Adelaide to the New Zealand war — "She Stoors to Conquer" (Register 24/11/63); very good. 27/11/63 — Large picnic at Morialta; racked off three hogsheads of wine to check fer- mentation. 28/11/63 — Mr. Wright, Mr. Pellock, and Mr. E. M. Young (of the National Bank), Mrs. Wright, and Miss May, and Mr. Woods came out. 30/11/63 — Haymaking; went to the amateur performance in aid of the Shakespeare fund (Register 1/12/63).

An Accident.
1/12/63 — Start to town; meeting of winegrowers at the Globe. Went to Dr. L. L. Smith (Kreitmayer's anatomical exhibition). Bess fell near the Maid and Magpie; rolled over me, and hurt my leg. H. Bickford came out with me. 2/12/63 — Leg bad; not able to do any- thing. E. H. S. came. 4/12/63 — Filling up wines. E. H. S. went at noon. John, Mr. Pol- lard, and I went to hear Dr L. L. Smith lecture.' 5/12/ 63 — Went to town. Called on Dr. Wheeler to show him my leg. 7/12/63 — Leg still bad; wrote Mr. King that I could not at- tend wedding to-morrow (Register 11/12/63; E. R. Hallett to Victora King at Gawler). Dr. L. L. Smith called in the afternoon. 14/12/63 -Went to town; brought out Bloor, the cooper (of Bloor & Gerner). 16/12/63 — Went to town it the evening; brought out gauging sticks, went to breaking-up party at Miss Strawbridge's school. 18/12/63 - Drove Bloor to town; went to Mr. Young's exhibition. 19/12/63 — Went to Mr. A. J. Baker's. F. Reynell, C. Fenn, F. H. and F Ayers, and I went to hear the minstrels at the theatre. Had a warm bath. 22/12/63 — Took 459 gallons of wine to Mr. A. Scott's cellar, Blyth street. 24/12/63— Rack- ng off wine. 25/12/63 — Began to paper my room. Drove Georgiana, Mr. and Mrs. Pollard, and John down to Mr. Strawbridge's; returned 12 pm. 26/12/63 — Sent off by the drays 839 gallons of wine. Went to the Bay; had tea at Mr. Noale's. 28/12/63— Racking off. 29/12/63 — Sent away four pipes of wine. 30/12/63 - Went to the cellar in town and arranged the casks. Went to the races. Quick silver won the Maiden Plate; also the Shorts (Register 31/12/63). 31/12/63— Racking off and sending wine away.

Recipes.
Spanish Clay for Fining. — Leave the substance in water all night.; draw off the water in the morning. Then pound it fine. Mix about 1½ lb. in two gallons of wine; stir well up in the hogshead, and let it settle for 30 hours. The above is enough for a hogshead (Mr H. Evans). To counteract the woody flavour (also Mr. Evans's recipe) one gallon of milk, handful of salt, and one of rice.

More than 40 years ago when I was in the trade, Capt. Le Page, who had been a shipmaster, and after that, cellarnran for Bell & Cross (who bought the business of the original Mr. Tolley), and who was employed by the same firm as I used Spanish clay to clear Port wine, and white of eggs in sherry. The captain knew a great deal of how to handle wines and spirits. At the end of the diary is a plan showing Home Park House (Mr. Wright's) and Home Park vineyard and Bushy Park road, and Mr. Auld's vine- yard, with the plots in which the vari- ous vines (Shiraz, &c.) are planted, and the number of vines - 2,600 Verdilho, 4,941 Shiraz, and 4,993 others, 12,000 in all.

Source: STUART'S FINAL EXPEDITION. (1926, April 24). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 17. Retrieved March 12, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55027808