The boys' home addresses
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War memorials and graves
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Google Map
Hi all
I have just created a Google map showing the distribution of the farm apprentices across South Australia. I hope it helps those not familiar with SA's geography or those who would like to see which other farms hosted apprentices in a particular area (sometimes the same farmer had more than one apprentice). I am keen to receive your feedback, especially regarding the exact location of many properties.
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Other maps I am working on include the locations of the boys' homes in Britain and the location of relevant war memorials and graves.
I am working on the website and aim to have at least a basic version live after the Christmas break.
Cheers
Elspeth
I have just created a Google map showing the distribution of the farm apprentices across South Australia. I hope it helps those not familiar with SA's geography or those who would like to see which other farms hosted apprentices in a particular area (sometimes the same farmer had more than one apprentice). I am keen to receive your feedback, especially regarding the exact location of many properties.
View Larger Map
Other maps I am working on include the locations of the boys' homes in Britain and the location of relevant war memorials and graves.
I am working on the website and aim to have at least a basic version live after the Christmas break.
Cheers
Elspeth
Sunday, August 31, 2008
FL Reffell
While I was in London I had the pleasure of meeting John and Frances Reffell. John runs an excellent family history website about the Reffell family and got in touch earlier this year. He has written a biography of Frank Leslie Reffell, who emigrated to South Australia on the Orsova with my great-grandfather: www.reffell.org.uk/people/australianfarmboy.php I highly recommend a browse through the website to meet some other fascinating characters, such as Madame Caballero!
John has kindly offered to host my thesis and Wartime magazine article at his website too: www.reffell.org.uk/elspeth/farmboys.php
John and Anne Vogt have also assisted in locating sources about the Kent Colonizing Association, which loaned money to Frank and many other apprentices from the Tunbridge Wells area to cover their emigration costs. Thank you both for lending your expertise!
John has kindly offered to host my thesis and Wartime magazine article at his website too: www.reffell.org.uk/elspeth/farmboys.php
John and Anne Vogt have also assisted in locating sources about the Kent Colonizing Association, which loaned money to Frank and many other apprentices from the Tunbridge Wells area to cover their emigration costs. Thank you both for lending your expertise!
Visit to UK
For the past five weeks I've been in the UK. While it was mainly for recreation, I managed to squeeze in a bit of research too. Most importantly, it was a great chance to meet the people who have been helping me from the other side of the world in person. This is just a quick outline in chronological order...
We visited the Kibble Education and Care Centre in Paisley and finally met Elaine Harris, who is coordinating the Centre's 'Lasting Legacy' history project. Elaine kindly showed us around and invited us to have lunch with some of her colleagues. I also got a chance to browse through the archives and made several interesting discoveries. It was a shame that our visit was so quick. On the way to Glasgow we paid our respects at the Stanrigg Disaster Memorial and William Hamilton's grave at Lennoxtown. We also attempted to find the Grant family's former home in Maryhill.
In Cambridge I was able to study the scrapbooks that Thomas Sedgwick donated to the Royal Commonwealth Society. It was three days well spent and I took copious notes! In London I was able to get copies of booklets published by Sedgwick that are unavailable in Australia. The staff at the London School of Economics were particularly helpful. In London I was also able to meet John and Frances Reffell, who are related to apprentice Frank Leslie Reffell (more about that in the next posting!) Unfortunately I missed meeting Trevor Skingle but hopefully we will meet in South Australia in the near future. We visited the Imperial Camel Corps memorial on the Victoria Embankment, where apprentice Eric James Jarrett is listed on the roll of honour.
I spent an afternoon at the Surrey History Centre in Woking and again found some more helpful staff. I studied the archives of the Redhill Farm School and found that, like Kibble in Scotland, it was a very progressive reformatory. I have recently received copies of records relating to the four apprentices who attended Redhill.
Next I paid my respects at John Forrest's grave in the Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley. This was the site of the former Royal Victoria military hospital, which has a fascinating history. Again it was a shame we didn't have more time to spend there, but we were due to meet Alvin, Anne, Danny, Les and Jim at the Anzac Memorial in Weymouth for lunch. Alvin kindly gave us a tour of the former Anzac camps around Weymouth and I was able to visit Alex Simpson's grave.
This is a photo album from the trip. My sincere thanks to all those who took the time to meet with me or helped me out at the various libraries/archives. It was lovely to meet you all and although I have fallen behind in my emails of late, I will be in touch!
We visited the Kibble Education and Care Centre in Paisley and finally met Elaine Harris, who is coordinating the Centre's 'Lasting Legacy' history project. Elaine kindly showed us around and invited us to have lunch with some of her colleagues. I also got a chance to browse through the archives and made several interesting discoveries. It was a shame that our visit was so quick. On the way to Glasgow we paid our respects at the Stanrigg Disaster Memorial and William Hamilton's grave at Lennoxtown. We also attempted to find the Grant family's former home in Maryhill.
In Cambridge I was able to study the scrapbooks that Thomas Sedgwick donated to the Royal Commonwealth Society. It was three days well spent and I took copious notes! In London I was able to get copies of booklets published by Sedgwick that are unavailable in Australia. The staff at the London School of Economics were particularly helpful. In London I was also able to meet John and Frances Reffell, who are related to apprentice Frank Leslie Reffell (more about that in the next posting!) Unfortunately I missed meeting Trevor Skingle but hopefully we will meet in South Australia in the near future. We visited the Imperial Camel Corps memorial on the Victoria Embankment, where apprentice Eric James Jarrett is listed on the roll of honour.
I spent an afternoon at the Surrey History Centre in Woking and again found some more helpful staff. I studied the archives of the Redhill Farm School and found that, like Kibble in Scotland, it was a very progressive reformatory. I have recently received copies of records relating to the four apprentices who attended Redhill.
Next I paid my respects at John Forrest's grave in the Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley. This was the site of the former Royal Victoria military hospital, which has a fascinating history. Again it was a shame we didn't have more time to spend there, but we were due to meet Alvin, Anne, Danny, Les and Jim at the Anzac Memorial in Weymouth for lunch. Alvin kindly gave us a tour of the former Anzac camps around Weymouth and I was able to visit Alex Simpson's grave.
This is a photo album from the trip. My sincere thanks to all those who took the time to meet with me or helped me out at the various libraries/archives. It was lovely to meet you all and although I have fallen behind in my emails of late, I will be in touch!
Photobucket Album
GK McPhail
In early July I went to Melbourne to present a paper at the Australian Historical Association's conference (I am working on adding a podcast of my presentation to the blog, so watch this space!)
My dad Peter and I took the opportunity to meet with George McPhail's daughter Judith, her son Andrew and nephew Bruce (and talk to Judith's son Graeme by phone). This was the first time we've had a chance to meet fellow descendants of the Kibble boys. Some of the research into George's youth has come as a surprise to his family so I'm glad we had the opportunity to talk about it more in person.
It was really interesting to learn more about George's life and particularly amazing to discover that the McPhails had formerly lived in the one of the houses that dad grew up in! I look forward to keeping in touch.
My dad Peter and I took the opportunity to meet with George McPhail's daughter Judith, her son Andrew and nephew Bruce (and talk to Judith's son Graeme by phone). This was the first time we've had a chance to meet fellow descendants of the Kibble boys. Some of the research into George's youth has come as a surprise to his family so I'm glad we had the opportunity to talk about it more in person.
It was really interesting to learn more about George's life and particularly amazing to discover that the McPhails had formerly lived in the one of the houses that dad grew up in! I look forward to keeping in touch.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Barwell Boys
ABC's Landline program aired a story about the Barwell Boys on Sunday 22nd June ('Hard Labour' by reporter Prue Adams). It was paired with a story about a proposed migration scheme for agricultural labourers from the Pacific Islands. In the segue presenter Anne Kruger made the point that "there is nothing new about Australian agriculture looking overseas to meet the demand for labour".
You can watch the story at the Landline website: http://www.abc.net.au/landline/
You can currently download the story from the home page and later it will be available from the Program Archives section of the website. Congratulations to Prue, Don Best, Lydia McLean, Dorothy Gifford, Dawson Wheatley, Kathy Gargett and everyone else involved for a great story. It was wonderful to see the men honoured on national television.
One of the aims of my research is to ensure that the 1913-14 scheme is recognised as the predecessor to the Barwell Boys (1922-24). It is commonly asserted that Premier Barwell was the founder of the programme but as MP William Morrow argued in 1924, it may have been more appropriate to call the scheme the "Young Boys" after the pre-WWI Minister for Agriculture, Frederick Young, or the "Sedgwick Boys" after British empire-builder Thomas Sedgwick, who initially proposed this model of youth migration to the South Australian Government [see p. 32 of Cosmos Christo's 1974 thesis].
It is commonly asserted that the Barwell Boys scheme was established in order to ‘restock’ the state after the heavy loss of life in the First World War. However, I think it is important to recognise that the scheme originated before the War, indicating that a shortage of agricultural labour was an existing problem exacerbated by the War.
I would love to share my research with anyone who is interested in the origins of the Barwell Boys scheme, so please do get in touch!
You can watch the story at the Landline website: http://www.abc.net.au/landline/
You can currently download the story from the home page and later it will be available from the Program Archives section of the website. Congratulations to Prue, Don Best, Lydia McLean, Dorothy Gifford, Dawson Wheatley, Kathy Gargett and everyone else involved for a great story. It was wonderful to see the men honoured on national television.
One of the aims of my research is to ensure that the 1913-14 scheme is recognised as the predecessor to the Barwell Boys (1922-24). It is commonly asserted that Premier Barwell was the founder of the programme but as MP William Morrow argued in 1924, it may have been more appropriate to call the scheme the "Young Boys" after the pre-WWI Minister for Agriculture, Frederick Young, or the "Sedgwick Boys" after British empire-builder Thomas Sedgwick, who initially proposed this model of youth migration to the South Australian Government [see p. 32 of Cosmos Christo's 1974 thesis].
It is commonly asserted that the Barwell Boys scheme was established in order to ‘restock’ the state after the heavy loss of life in the First World War. However, I think it is important to recognise that the scheme originated before the War, indicating that a shortage of agricultural labour was an existing problem exacerbated by the War.
I would love to share my research with anyone who is interested in the origins of the Barwell Boys scheme, so please do get in touch!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Homeward Bound?
Earlier in 2008 I was fortunate to win a summer research scholarship at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The Memorial has since published an article I wrote about the farm apprenticeship scheme in the April edition of their magazine, Wartime.
Bill Riley, author of Bullets for Bread, has kindly uploaded a PDF of the article on his website about British coal mining, Pitwork:
http://www.pitwork.net/wartime1.pdf
A box text on the third page of the article describes how farm apprentice Joseph McQueen, and his family, were involved in the Stanrigg Pit Disaster of 1918.
Bill Riley, author of Bullets for Bread, has kindly uploaded a PDF of the article on his website about British coal mining, Pitwork:
http://www.pitwork.net/wartime1.pdf
A box text on the third page of the article describes how farm apprentice Joseph McQueen, and his family, were involved in the Stanrigg Pit Disaster of 1918.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Farmers
As promised, below is the list of farmers who hosted the farm apprentices. I am also seeking descendants of these people and/or local historians of the various districts, so please get in touch if you are interested in a particular person, property or district. I will be able to confirm which boy/s were hosted by a each person.
Adams, William, Baucha Farm, Maitland
Allen, Gordon, Gulnare
Anderson, P., Clare
Angel, A.J., Kulpara
Angel, Francis Thomas, Kulpara
Angel, Harold Edwin, Kulpara
Angel, Lawrence Percival, Kulpara
Arthur, T., Orroroo
Barns, William Alfred, Barnsdale, Colton
Bartholomaeus, O.G., Arkaba Station, Hawker
Beck, James Reedie, Kirkcaldy, Hooper, Wynarka
Becker,, R., Willow, Laura
Bennett, Joseph, Minlaton
Bennett, T.H., Tarcowie
Berryman, E., Walloway
Birks, C.E., Craigleigh, Wandearah East
Blessing, A.D., Gladstone
Bowey, P.J., Port Victoria
Bowker, P.T., Laura
Bristow, B.C., Melrose
Brock, T.A., Woodville
Brown, E.C., Yananee Siding, Charra
Brown, F.C., Watraba, Denial Bay
Brown, R.E., Canowie via Hallett
Brown, Walter George, Canowie via Hallett
Carslake, Clinton Centre
Cauley Bros., Weetulta
Chalmers, G., Sunnyside, Koolunga, Yacka
Colebatch, W.J., Government Experimental Farm, Kybybolite
Cowan, H.E., The Belt, Hatherleigh, Rendelsham
Cowley, Joshua A., AlbionFields, Kadina
Cozens, S., Black Rock
Crawford, Harold Upton, River View, Monteith
Crook, Ruth, Canowindra, Purnong
Cross, James, Boors Plains, Kadina
Croucher, J.L., Vandan, Hindmarsh Island
Cummins, Mary J., Fairview, Collinsfield, Redhill
Daenke, C.H., Sunnyside, Wolseley
Darwent, Coonawarra
Day, John S.E., Hay Valley/Somerleigh Park, Nairne
de Rose, C.E., White River, Tumby Bay
DeGaris, Penola
Dennis, J.D., Clements Gap, Crystal Brook
Denton, G.W., Charra
Domestic Helpers Home, Charles Street, Norwood
Drabsch, Johann H.F., Loxton
Edwards, Copperhouse, Burra
Elsworthy, W., Rockville Farm, Melton
Feineler, B.F., Frances
Ferguson, Gilbert Forrester, Glencoe West
Fewings, W.H., St James Park, Findon
Fiegert, Albert Gustav, Loxton
Fielding, E. Roy, Fermoy Estate, Lameroo
Fife, W., Black Rock
Findlater, Daniel, Mussamurry, Stewarts Range
Fogden, C., Elder Park, Orroroo
Fotheringham Bros., Kumorna, Tintinara
Francis, J.A., The Pines, Clinton Centre
Fraser, J.G., Elliston
Fuller, Karoonda
Fuller, E., Pekina, Orroroo
Fuller, M.P. & A.J., Kielli via Brinkworth
Fullerton, D.A., Penola
Gangell, F., Bendleby, Orroroo
Gard, Mrs F., Rendelsham
Gillick, James Michael, Wirreanda via Craddock
Goldsmith, F., Zogai Orchard, Balhannah
Goode, G.C., Oaklands Park, Port Pirie
Goodridge, T.P., Hinton, Kooringa
Graham, O., Glengeene, Brinkworth
Greig, J.H., Balmoral Farm, Gladstone
Growden, H.J., Rocky River, Crystal Brook
Growden, S.G.H., Glenoak, Hawker
Gum, Alfred Henry, Mallee Dell, Pinnaroo
Gunn, William, Lairg Station, Sheringa
Hall, Clifton Stuart, Wynarka
Hall, Henderson, G., Tintinara
Hammill, H., Laura
Hanna, Richard Dawson, Port Germein
Harris,, Joseph, Wokurna, Bute
Hart, M.E., Curramulka
Hawkes, A.E., Lake Wangary
Hawkes, G.L., White River, Tumby Bay
Hay, John, Olive Grove, Bordertown
Heaslip, H.E., Crystal Brook
Heaslip Bros., Huddleston
Heffernan, Hynam
Herbert, R.W., Sandhills, Percyton
Hogan, R., Kimba
Holzgrefe, Hamich F.L., Blue Gum Park, Millicent
Hook, E.J., Orroroo
Hook, S., Bungaree Estate, Spalding
Hoole, Robert, Lipson, Tumby Bay
Horgan, J., Moorlands, Jamestown
Howard, F.C., Stirling West
Hull, Robert, Colton, Elliston
Humphris, A., Gladstone
Humphris, R.A., Gladstone
Humphris, R.F., Gladstone
Hutchens, F., Black Rock
Hutchings, E.J., Keith
Ifould, Percy, Balhannah
Ifoulds, Henry E., Myponga
Inglis, G., Springfield, Georgetown
Irving, D.L., Stewarts Range
Ives, C.M., Bradfield, Tintinara
Jamieson, Alfred, Saddleworth
Jenkins, Evan M., Neathvale, Terowie
Jones, M.A., Epping Dale, Booborowie
Kelly, G.E., Cave Hill, Hynam
Kelly, J.G., Giles Corner, Tarlee
Kelly, P., Caltowie
Kelly, R., Merrindie, Giles Corner, Tarlee
Kennett, J.W., Coulta
Kenny, P., Kalkubury, Arthurton, Ardrossan
Kenny, P.P., Colton
Killicoat, Alberton Park Station, Kooringa, Aberdeen
Kilsby, J.A.W., Mt Gambier
Kilsby, P.H., Glenmore, Penola
Kingsland, D., Narnu, Goolwa
Kirk, W., Clements Gap, Crystal Brook
Klose, C., Wynarka
Knappstein, J.H., Clare
Koch, A.J.A., Lameroo
Kuerschner, C.J., The Willows, Black Rock
Kuhlmann, Renmark
Kupke, G., Morchard, Orroroo
Latimer, J.H., Booyoolie Station, Gladstone
Latimer, L.H., Booyoolie Station, Gladstone
Lewis, D.L.H., Elliston
Lewis, V.E., Colton, Elliston
Lines, J.A., Crystal Brook
Little, James, Collie via Talia
MacFarlane, Glen Forest, Port Lincoln
Madeley, George Frederick, Port MacDonnell
Mahood, G. Francis, Fernbank, Yandia, Booleroo Centre
Marshall, Spencer Hugh, Crystal Brook
Martin, D.N., Pittenween, Kadina
Martin, Harry Benson, Gurra Gurra, Berri
Masters, F., Verran via, Arno Bay
Masters, Sydney, Moorlands, Gladstone
McCormack, M., Parilla
McCracken, J., Port Elliston
McDonald, A., Crystal Brook
McDonald, A., Wynarka
McDonald, John N., Binnum
McDonald, W.N., Glen Rose, Sheringa
McIntosh, Daniel, Loch Goin, Brucefield, Kadina
McNeil, Robert Melrose, Huddleston
McTaggart, Leigh Creek
Middleton, Francis C.M., Ashleigh Grange, Booborowie
Moffat & Baxter, The Anchorage, Renmark
Moore Lewis, R., Bundala, Elliston
Morrison, Frank, Anama
Moseley, J.G. (MP), Fairview Station, Port Augusta
Muirhead, Charles Mortimer Junior, Baggotts Well
Murdoch, A., Warooka
Myatt, John, Georgetown
Myatt, William, Georgetown
Myers, Edward, The Hollow, Coulta
Nelson, T., Yedninna Estate, Naracoorte
Nicholson, T., Rocky River, Crystal Brook
Nicoll, Keira, Port Pirie West
Ninniss, T., Pekina
Noble, George, Baker, Gulnare
Norman, R.E., Millicent
North, A., Colton
Ockley & DeGaris, Comaum, Glenroy
O'Shaughnessy, E.J., Wandearah East, Wandearah East
Pascoe, Paul Roach, Angle Farm, White Hut, Clare
Pattingale, George E., Fring Farm, Port Broughton
Pattullo, Glenburnie, Clare
Pearce, Francis Thomas, Olivigne, Maitland
Pearce, T.H., The Gums Station, Florieton, Mt Mary
Porter, K., Charlton Gully, Port Lincoln
Preiss, Johann Gottlieb, Mannum
Price, S., Erskine, Orroroo
Quick, J.E., Hundred of Smeaton, Cleve
Radford, F., Coulta
Rankine, William Melville, Woodburn, Belvidere
Roberts, G. Earnshaw, Walton, Greenock
Roberts, Normyn, Chintulda, Fowlers Bay
Robertson, J. Scott,
Robertson, William, The Gunyah, Wilmington
Robinson, E.J., Crystal Brook
Rodda, H.L., Kadina
Roenfeldt, Foundry, Laura
Roepke, Albert John, Walnut Grove, Millbrook
Saint, John, Bellevue, Crystal Brook
Sampson, P., The Pinery, Gladstone
Sandow, Sidney, Redhill
Sargeant, W.J., Gladstone
Satchell, R.H., Narridy, Crystal Brook
Schinckel, C.A.L., Needwood, Naracoorte
Schwartz, Carl Johannes, Maitland
Scott, M.B., Narrung
Searles, H.A., Crystal Brook
Seymour, Henry C., Killanoola, Bool Lagoon
Shannon, A.W., Yamabelle, Keith
Simpon, Josiah, Upper Sturt
Simson, C. & H.B., Limestone Ridge, Glenroy
Sinclair, E.J., Meriton, Crystal Brook
Sinclair, R.L.C., Woolga, Port Lincoln
Sissons, J.B.G., Ashbourne
Smeaton, Renmark
Smith, John, Yackandandah, Anama
Speed, Thomas, Mt Hope, Coulta
Spinkston, E., The Pines, Kybunga
Stanley, E.L., Lauriston, Crystal Brook
Stapleton, Lionel Conrad, Penola
Stevens, G.H., Government Experimental Farm, Turretfield
Stevens, W.H., Wirrabara
Stevenson, W.H., Springbank, Kooringa
Stewart, J.W., Hill View Farm, Hindmarsh Island
Stone, W., Redhill
Stuckey, J.H., Rendelsham
Sudholdtz, J.A., Kalangadoo
Sutton, A.F., Dismal Swamp, Mt Gambier
Sutton, A.G., Dismal Swamp, Mt Gambier
Sutton, A.J., Suttons Siding, Mt Gambier
Tapscott, S.G., Pekina, Orroroo
Telfer, James, Portana, Sheringa
Thomas, Walter G., The Olives, Gulnare
Thomas Bros., Rocky River, Huddleston
Thomson, B.V., Georgetown
Thomson, John, Penkyne, Naracoorte
Tonkin, G.A., Murat Bay
Tuck, H.M., Balaklava
Waddey, F.E., Government Experimental Farm, Hallett
Wakefield, Mrs, Tadnor, Goolwa
Walker, A., Mt Hope, Coulta
Waller, G., Hamilton, Laura
Wallman, Arthur G., Bradbourne, Victor Harbor
Walter, Anama Station, Clare
Ward, James, Cunliffe, Kadina
Warren, G.W., Warrenda, Lyndoch
Weaver, F.F., York Vale, Bagots Well, Kapunda
Webb, W., Hawker
Wegner, H., Appila, Laura
Wenzel, Mr, Tol de Rol, Lake Plains via Langhorne Creek
Wheaton, P.H., Hydon, Redhill
Whellum, R.H., Renmark
White, G.G., Bandon, Purnong
Whittle, H.H., Pinnaroo
Wilkin, S.L., Georgetown
Williamson, James, Kadina
Wilson, G., Ardrossan
Wray, Edwin Thomas, Hundred of Bews, Lameroo
Wyllie, Frank Saville, The Cedars, Renmark
Adams, William, Baucha Farm, Maitland
Allen, Gordon, Gulnare
Anderson, P., Clare
Angel, A.J., Kulpara
Angel, Francis Thomas, Kulpara
Angel, Harold Edwin, Kulpara
Angel, Lawrence Percival, Kulpara
Arthur, T., Orroroo
Barns, William Alfred, Barnsdale, Colton
Bartholomaeus, O.G., Arkaba Station, Hawker
Beck, James Reedie, Kirkcaldy, Hooper, Wynarka
Becker,, R., Willow, Laura
Bennett, Joseph, Minlaton
Bennett, T.H., Tarcowie
Berryman, E., Walloway
Birks, C.E., Craigleigh, Wandearah East
Blessing, A.D., Gladstone
Bowey, P.J., Port Victoria
Bowker, P.T., Laura
Bristow, B.C., Melrose
Brock, T.A., Woodville
Brown, E.C., Yananee Siding, Charra
Brown, F.C., Watraba, Denial Bay
Brown, R.E., Canowie via Hallett
Brown, Walter George, Canowie via Hallett
Carslake, Clinton Centre
Cauley Bros., Weetulta
Chalmers, G., Sunnyside, Koolunga, Yacka
Colebatch, W.J., Government Experimental Farm, Kybybolite
Cowan, H.E., The Belt, Hatherleigh, Rendelsham
Cowley, Joshua A., AlbionFields, Kadina
Cozens, S., Black Rock
Crawford, Harold Upton, River View, Monteith
Crook, Ruth, Canowindra, Purnong
Cross, James, Boors Plains, Kadina
Croucher, J.L., Vandan, Hindmarsh Island
Cummins, Mary J., Fairview, Collinsfield, Redhill
Daenke, C.H., Sunnyside, Wolseley
Darwent, Coonawarra
Day, John S.E., Hay Valley/Somerleigh Park, Nairne
de Rose, C.E., White River, Tumby Bay
DeGaris, Penola
Dennis, J.D., Clements Gap, Crystal Brook
Denton, G.W., Charra
Domestic Helpers Home, Charles Street, Norwood
Drabsch, Johann H.F., Loxton
Edwards, Copperhouse, Burra
Elsworthy, W., Rockville Farm, Melton
Feineler, B.F., Frances
Ferguson, Gilbert Forrester, Glencoe West
Fewings, W.H., St James Park, Findon
Fiegert, Albert Gustav, Loxton
Fielding, E. Roy, Fermoy Estate, Lameroo
Fife, W., Black Rock
Findlater, Daniel, Mussamurry, Stewarts Range
Fogden, C., Elder Park, Orroroo
Fotheringham Bros., Kumorna, Tintinara
Francis, J.A., The Pines, Clinton Centre
Fraser, J.G., Elliston
Fuller, Karoonda
Fuller, E., Pekina, Orroroo
Fuller, M.P. & A.J., Kielli via Brinkworth
Fullerton, D.A., Penola
Gangell, F., Bendleby, Orroroo
Gard, Mrs F., Rendelsham
Gillick, James Michael, Wirreanda via Craddock
Goldsmith, F., Zogai Orchard, Balhannah
Goode, G.C., Oaklands Park, Port Pirie
Goodridge, T.P., Hinton, Kooringa
Graham, O., Glengeene, Brinkworth
Greig, J.H., Balmoral Farm, Gladstone
Growden, H.J., Rocky River, Crystal Brook
Growden, S.G.H., Glenoak, Hawker
Gum, Alfred Henry, Mallee Dell, Pinnaroo
Gunn, William, Lairg Station, Sheringa
Hall, Clifton Stuart, Wynarka
Hall, Henderson, G., Tintinara
Hammill, H., Laura
Hanna, Richard Dawson, Port Germein
Harris,, Joseph, Wokurna, Bute
Hart, M.E., Curramulka
Hawkes, A.E., Lake Wangary
Hawkes, G.L., White River, Tumby Bay
Hay, John, Olive Grove, Bordertown
Heaslip, H.E., Crystal Brook
Heaslip Bros., Huddleston
Heffernan, Hynam
Herbert, R.W., Sandhills, Percyton
Hogan, R., Kimba
Holzgrefe, Hamich F.L., Blue Gum Park, Millicent
Hook, E.J., Orroroo
Hook, S., Bungaree Estate, Spalding
Hoole, Robert, Lipson, Tumby Bay
Horgan, J., Moorlands, Jamestown
Howard, F.C., Stirling West
Hull, Robert, Colton, Elliston
Humphris, A., Gladstone
Humphris, R.A., Gladstone
Humphris, R.F., Gladstone
Hutchens, F., Black Rock
Hutchings, E.J., Keith
Ifould, Percy, Balhannah
Ifoulds, Henry E., Myponga
Inglis, G., Springfield, Georgetown
Irving, D.L., Stewarts Range
Ives, C.M., Bradfield, Tintinara
Jamieson, Alfred, Saddleworth
Jenkins, Evan M., Neathvale, Terowie
Jones, M.A., Epping Dale, Booborowie
Kelly, G.E., Cave Hill, Hynam
Kelly, J.G., Giles Corner, Tarlee
Kelly, P., Caltowie
Kelly, R., Merrindie, Giles Corner, Tarlee
Kennett, J.W., Coulta
Kenny, P., Kalkubury, Arthurton, Ardrossan
Kenny, P.P., Colton
Killicoat, Alberton Park Station, Kooringa, Aberdeen
Kilsby, J.A.W., Mt Gambier
Kilsby, P.H., Glenmore, Penola
Kingsland, D., Narnu, Goolwa
Kirk, W., Clements Gap, Crystal Brook
Klose, C., Wynarka
Knappstein, J.H., Clare
Koch, A.J.A., Lameroo
Kuerschner, C.J., The Willows, Black Rock
Kuhlmann, Renmark
Kupke, G., Morchard, Orroroo
Latimer, J.H., Booyoolie Station, Gladstone
Latimer, L.H., Booyoolie Station, Gladstone
Lewis, D.L.H., Elliston
Lewis, V.E., Colton, Elliston
Lines, J.A., Crystal Brook
Little, James, Collie via Talia
MacFarlane, Glen Forest, Port Lincoln
Madeley, George Frederick, Port MacDonnell
Mahood, G. Francis, Fernbank, Yandia, Booleroo Centre
Marshall, Spencer Hugh, Crystal Brook
Martin, D.N., Pittenween, Kadina
Martin, Harry Benson, Gurra Gurra, Berri
Masters, F., Verran via, Arno Bay
Masters, Sydney, Moorlands, Gladstone
McCormack, M., Parilla
McCracken, J., Port Elliston
McDonald, A., Crystal Brook
McDonald, A., Wynarka
McDonald, John N., Binnum
McDonald, W.N., Glen Rose, Sheringa
McIntosh, Daniel, Loch Goin, Brucefield, Kadina
McNeil, Robert Melrose, Huddleston
McTaggart, Leigh Creek
Middleton, Francis C.M., Ashleigh Grange, Booborowie
Moffat & Baxter, The Anchorage, Renmark
Moore Lewis, R., Bundala, Elliston
Morrison, Frank, Anama
Moseley, J.G. (MP), Fairview Station, Port Augusta
Muirhead, Charles Mortimer Junior, Baggotts Well
Murdoch, A., Warooka
Myatt, John, Georgetown
Myatt, William, Georgetown
Myers, Edward, The Hollow, Coulta
Nelson, T., Yedninna Estate, Naracoorte
Nicholson, T., Rocky River, Crystal Brook
Nicoll, Keira, Port Pirie West
Ninniss, T., Pekina
Noble, George, Baker, Gulnare
Norman, R.E., Millicent
North, A., Colton
Ockley & DeGaris, Comaum, Glenroy
O'Shaughnessy, E.J., Wandearah East, Wandearah East
Pascoe, Paul Roach, Angle Farm, White Hut, Clare
Pattingale, George E., Fring Farm, Port Broughton
Pattullo, Glenburnie, Clare
Pearce, Francis Thomas, Olivigne, Maitland
Pearce, T.H., The Gums Station, Florieton, Mt Mary
Porter, K., Charlton Gully, Port Lincoln
Preiss, Johann Gottlieb, Mannum
Price, S., Erskine, Orroroo
Quick, J.E., Hundred of Smeaton, Cleve
Radford, F., Coulta
Rankine, William Melville, Woodburn, Belvidere
Roberts, G. Earnshaw, Walton, Greenock
Roberts, Normyn, Chintulda, Fowlers Bay
Robertson, J. Scott,
Robertson, William, The Gunyah, Wilmington
Robinson, E.J., Crystal Brook
Rodda, H.L., Kadina
Roenfeldt, Foundry, Laura
Roepke, Albert John, Walnut Grove, Millbrook
Saint, John, Bellevue, Crystal Brook
Sampson, P., The Pinery, Gladstone
Sandow, Sidney, Redhill
Sargeant, W.J., Gladstone
Satchell, R.H., Narridy, Crystal Brook
Schinckel, C.A.L., Needwood, Naracoorte
Schwartz, Carl Johannes, Maitland
Scott, M.B., Narrung
Searles, H.A., Crystal Brook
Seymour, Henry C., Killanoola, Bool Lagoon
Shannon, A.W., Yamabelle, Keith
Simpon, Josiah, Upper Sturt
Simson, C. & H.B., Limestone Ridge, Glenroy
Sinclair, E.J., Meriton, Crystal Brook
Sinclair, R.L.C., Woolga, Port Lincoln
Sissons, J.B.G., Ashbourne
Smeaton, Renmark
Smith, John, Yackandandah, Anama
Speed, Thomas, Mt Hope, Coulta
Spinkston, E., The Pines, Kybunga
Stanley, E.L., Lauriston, Crystal Brook
Stapleton, Lionel Conrad, Penola
Stevens, G.H., Government Experimental Farm, Turretfield
Stevens, W.H., Wirrabara
Stevenson, W.H., Springbank, Kooringa
Stewart, J.W., Hill View Farm, Hindmarsh Island
Stone, W., Redhill
Stuckey, J.H., Rendelsham
Sudholdtz, J.A., Kalangadoo
Sutton, A.F., Dismal Swamp, Mt Gambier
Sutton, A.G., Dismal Swamp, Mt Gambier
Sutton, A.J., Suttons Siding, Mt Gambier
Tapscott, S.G., Pekina, Orroroo
Telfer, James, Portana, Sheringa
Thomas, Walter G., The Olives, Gulnare
Thomas Bros., Rocky River, Huddleston
Thomson, B.V., Georgetown
Thomson, John, Penkyne, Naracoorte
Tonkin, G.A., Murat Bay
Tuck, H.M., Balaklava
Waddey, F.E., Government Experimental Farm, Hallett
Wakefield, Mrs, Tadnor, Goolwa
Walker, A., Mt Hope, Coulta
Waller, G., Hamilton, Laura
Wallman, Arthur G., Bradbourne, Victor Harbor
Walter, Anama Station, Clare
Ward, James, Cunliffe, Kadina
Warren, G.W., Warrenda, Lyndoch
Weaver, F.F., York Vale, Bagots Well, Kapunda
Webb, W., Hawker
Wegner, H., Appila, Laura
Wenzel, Mr, Tol de Rol, Lake Plains via Langhorne Creek
Wheaton, P.H., Hydon, Redhill
Whellum, R.H., Renmark
White, G.G., Bandon, Purnong
Whittle, H.H., Pinnaroo
Wilkin, S.L., Georgetown
Williamson, James, Kadina
Wilson, G., Ardrossan
Wray, Edwin Thomas, Hundred of Bews, Lameroo
Wyllie, Frank Saville, The Cedars, Renmark
Monday, April 28, 2008
History Trust of South Australia Glass Negatives Collection
The following are samples of the photos of each boatload of boys available from the History Trust of South Australia: http://www.history.sa.gov.au/chu/programs/glass_negs.htm
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Are you related to these boys?
One of the main purposes of setting up this blog is to get in touch with fellow descendants of the farm apprentices. My research doesn't only focus on the brief time the boys spent on South Australian farms - I aim to find out what happened in their adult lives.
Government records can only tell me so much so if you think you are related to the list of boys permanently located on the right hand side of the screen, please make a post or email me at elspeth_g@hotmail.com
Sometime in the near future I will also add a list of farmers who hosted these apprentices, as I hope their families would also be interested!
Government records can only tell me so much so if you think you are related to the list of boys permanently located on the right hand side of the screen, please make a post or email me at elspeth_g@hotmail.com
Sometime in the near future I will also add a list of farmers who hosted these apprentices, as I hope their families would also be interested!
Introductions
172 British boys participated in the South Australian Government's farm apprentice scheme of 1913-14. They were the first government-assisted youth (i.e. unaccompanied) migrants to arrive in the state. They were the predecessors to the better known, 1,400-plus 'Barwell Boys' who arrived during 1922-24 and 125-odd 'Little Brothers' who emigrated in 1927-28.
Very little has been published about this pre-First World War phase of South Australian youth migration. In 2007 I completed a History Honours thesis titled Opportunity for Boys to Become Farmers: The South Australian Government's Scheme for the Emigration of British Lads, 1913-14. It included the following chapters:
- 'The Scheme's Inception and Short-Lived Operation';
- 'The Proponents' Motivations and Intentions'; and
- 'The Ex-Reformatory Boys' Experiences'.
Please contact me if you would like a PDF copy of the Honours thesis.
My interest in the scheme stems from my father's (Peter Grant) recent discovery that my great-grandfather, Lewis Grant, was a farm apprentice and, prior to emigration, had attended the Kibble Institute or Farm School, a reformatory school in Paisley, Scotland. 'Pop' had never told his family about these aspects of his past. The lives of Lewis Grant and the 16 other boys recruited from Kibble featured as case studies in my Honours thesis. So many fascinating stories have emerged and for my PhD, I have expanded my research to study the life stories of all participants in the scheme.
Very little has been published about this pre-First World War phase of South Australian youth migration. In 2007 I completed a History Honours thesis titled Opportunity for Boys to Become Farmers: The South Australian Government's Scheme for the Emigration of British Lads, 1913-14. It included the following chapters:
- 'The Scheme's Inception and Short-Lived Operation';
- 'The Proponents' Motivations and Intentions'; and
- 'The Ex-Reformatory Boys' Experiences'.
Please contact me if you would like a PDF copy of the Honours thesis.
My interest in the scheme stems from my father's (Peter Grant) recent discovery that my great-grandfather, Lewis Grant, was a farm apprentice and, prior to emigration, had attended the Kibble Institute or Farm School, a reformatory school in Paisley, Scotland. 'Pop' had never told his family about these aspects of his past. The lives of Lewis Grant and the 16 other boys recruited from Kibble featured as case studies in my Honours thesis. So many fascinating stories have emerged and for my PhD, I have expanded my research to study the life stories of all participants in the scheme.
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