The Menzies of Maitland St

Did you know that bringing ships into and out of the Port of Newcastle was extremely hazardous in the days of sail? As shipping masters...

DID YOU KNOW THAT the 4 Menzies sisters, Annie, Jessie, ‘Netta and Maggie each married men remarkably like ‘the man who married dear old...

On the morning of 6 April 1905, the port of Newcastle, NSW was a very busy place. The BHP steelworks had not yet been built but the...

ALBERT HALEWOOD BREW (1913-1976) In 1929 Albert finished his schooling for he had passed the age of 15 when school attendance was no...

Did 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....

Did you know that the 7 children of George and Jeanetta Menzies who survived to adulthood saw 24 members of the family join the...

Maggie Grace Brew nee Menzies, was born on 18 April 1883, the youngest of 9 children born to George Menzies and Jeanette Sadler Menzies...