tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post620292352531940261..comments2024-03-15T05:09:22.239+10:00Comments on Family Tree Frog: Australia Day 2012 - Wealth for Toil: Harriet Rowland (nee Conner)Alex Dawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-41192027013295206872012-02-04T20:03:25.492+10:002012-02-04T20:03:25.492+10:00"The lovely Shelley"? Aw thanks!
I reall..."The lovely Shelley"? Aw thanks!<br />I really enjoyed that you chose to follow a woman. I was hoping that there would be a reasonably representative mix of occupations among the posts but that's hardly the case if 50% of the population is left out! It makes me think of all the other toil our female ancestors undertook that didn't get documented. <br />Thanks for joining in!Shelley Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-73523490393119891722012-01-27T18:52:57.441+10:002012-01-27T18:52:57.441+10:00Thank you Tanya. I can assure you of lots of fun ...Thank you Tanya. I can assure you of lots of fun and lots of great detail when you do dig further. It's so worth it.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-12483035634014670692012-01-27T14:50:40.408+10:002012-01-27T14:50:40.408+10:00Lovely post Alex. I have a few teachers, all femal...Lovely post Alex. I have a few teachers, all female, in my tree and you have inspired me to look into their careers further using archives!Tanya Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653894545470484594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-56864215250266316552012-01-27T07:12:58.749+10:002012-01-27T07:12:58.749+10:00Sharon and Judy - thank you both for your comments...Sharon and Judy - thank you both for your comments. Sharon your comment came through twice and then I got confused later and re-published it - sorry - hence the deletion. I am pleased I wrote about a woman too. It wasn't really pre-meditated. I agonised long and hard and then realised that I had the most occupational information about Harriet and her sister and brother-in-law and I am still fascinated by her story as a single woman making her way in the world. <br /><br />Judy, I have never had so much fun as looking up these records in Archives. I want to go back for more. I can't imagine that I have done more than scratch the surface really. Can you imagine teaching in those times? I drove out Rathdowney way a couple of weekends ago and even now it does seem a long way from anywhere (it isn't really). What must it have been like then?Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-56849479668601943212012-01-27T06:57:16.130+10:002012-01-27T06:57:16.130+10:00I hoped someone would use this series to write abo...I hoped someone would use this series to write about a female teacher! The Education Department records at Queensland State Archives are very good, especially the main series of registers. For later years I find the annual teacher registers by school [series 5136] easier to handle than the ledgers of salaries and allowances [EDU/Q series], but each is valuable in its own way. Unfortunately some genealogists don't take the time to look through school files to find letters written by (and about) teachers. They are the gems that really 'put flesh on the bones' of the family tree!Judy Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02331380147873608965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-47486308047087081472012-01-27T06:26:33.923+10:002012-01-27T06:26:33.923+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099651984506366012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-5488938692733256552012-01-27T06:22:05.090+10:002012-01-27T06:22:05.090+10:00Yours is the first I have read about a woman. Wome...Yours is the first I have read about a woman. Women like Harriet need to be thanked for their contribution to the education of young children. Thanks for sharing her story.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099651984506366012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-31180570802478806312012-01-26T19:51:49.528+10:002012-01-26T19:51:49.528+10:00Thanks for this story Alex. As a former teacher wh...Thanks for this story Alex. As a former teacher who had it easy in cushy city schools I cannot imagine how hard life must have been for yong women like Harriet.<br /><br />Congratulations on the post.GeniAushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-31232803337683444372012-01-26T19:45:12.248+10:002012-01-26T19:45:12.248+10:00Thanks Pauleen
I'm going to add a link to thi...Thanks Pauleen<br /><br />I'm going to add a link to this post to my other blog which shows where Harriet is buried.....<br /><br />We can always improve yes?<br /><br />AlexAlex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-27211787323638582212012-01-26T18:49:55.844+10:002012-01-26T18:49:55.844+10:00I really enjoyed this post Alex with its focus on ...I really enjoyed this post Alex with its focus on a woman's life. She must have been a strong woman to work in those conditions and also work at the lighthouse. You've tracked down a great history for her, showing just how useful archives records can be to our family history.Cassmob (Pauleen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18397134336319778519noreply@blogger.com