Shipwrecked at 14 years oldDid you know that Tom Aubrey was shipwrecked as on his first voyage at age 14. It was on the Glasgow Barque Fifeshire only 19 days out...
Stand Off Bar DangerousDid you know that bringing ships into and out of the Port of Newcastle was extremely hazardous in the days of sail? As shipping masters...
"...A Wild and Barren Country..."DID YOU KNOW ? …that Jeanetta Sadler Smith made three journeys between Sydney and Bathurst before she was married? The first was as an...
BOAT BITSDID YOU KNOW THAT Seamen call ships ‘she’? Some say it’s because ships wear a coat of paint and swing around a buoy. Others say that...
THE BUSINESS OF A SEAMANDID YOU KNOW THAT the 4 Menzies sisters, Annie, Jessie, ‘Netta and Maggie each married men remarkably like ‘the man who married dear old...
The Grim ReaperDid you know that the Grim Reaper was never far away 100 years ago. Death was an all too common feature of life in the Menzies family....
How did Grandma Jeanetta keep track of their birthdays?Did you know that the eldest daughter of George and Jeanetta Menzies, Annie Isabella Menzies, married Ernest Woodley Warner in 1885 and...
24 family members went to WWIIDid you know that the 7 children of George and Jeanetta Menzies who survived to adulthood saw 24 members of the family join the...
George Menzies "borrowed" Woodley Cottage from his son-in-lawDid you know that “Woodley Cottage” in Maitland Street, Stockton, the celebrated home where our (great, great-great) grandparents were...
Coolgardie Gold DiggerDid you know that Jeanetta and George Menzies had 2 daughters followed by 5 sons and then two more daughters. Their second son and...