by Helen Dennis, November 2022 ~ Roughly mown grass covers the ground surrounding a few timeworn graves in a quiet section of Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney. Weeds poke through gravel on the grave of Thomas Maclean’s neighbour. There is no marked grave for Thomas; no headstone. He lies forgotten beneath unruly tufts of kikuyu. UntilContinue reading “Thomas Ross Maclean: Dishonourable Scoundrel”
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Andrew & Margaret Coventry
by Helen Dennis, November 2023. Andrew & Margaret Coventry: The original settlers of ‘Oban’ Run ~ Andrew Coventry was a relatively young, but nevertheless experienced, distiller when he established the first Scotch Whiskey distillery in Camlachie in Scotland in 1834. He had a wife and a growing brood of children to support but within twoContinue reading “Andrew & Margaret Coventry”
The Migration Journey of Donald & Jessie McLean
by Helen Dennis, June 2022 ~ Donald and Jessie McLean were both in their early twenties when they married on Christmas Eve 1852 in the picturesque village of Cawdor in the Scottish Highlands very close to the historic town of Inverness. Cawdor occasionally received a light dusting of snow at Christmas, but the aesthetic qualitiesContinue reading “The Migration Journey of Donald & Jessie McLean”
Unravelled 