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Thank you for your understanding during
the challenging times we have experienced in
2020-2022.
Welcome to two new Directors of the
Fellowship of First Fleeters - Peter Yates
and Elizabeth Warren - see
Founders Vol.53 No.6 for details of our newest Directors.
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 What's New & Updated on the Website
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Chapter Contacts
Changes:
Changes afoot - Museum of Sydney - what
do you think?
Museum of Sydney to become First Nations
Cultural Space and what of Captain
Arthur Phillip & the First Fleet?
Did you know that the Fellowship of
First Fleeters Board is formulating an
Indigenous Policy? Fellowship of
First Fleet members may contact First
Fleet House to find out more
Did you know that the Fellowship of
First Fleeters Board is initiating a
process of review of our organisation's
future? Stay tuned to find out more.
First Fleet House - How Do I Get There
- parking rates for Cathedral St and
Domain Car Parks have been updated
Powerpoint for Voyage of First Fleet
added
Dr CJ Smee's Database Files -
Colonial Australian BDM's 1788 - 1830 - uploaded
to the Fellowship of First Fleeters
Website
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What We're Reading*
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"The Good Genealogist" -
Danielle Lautrec, Society of Australian
Genealogists
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"Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic
Genealogy" - Blaine T. Bettinger
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"Bound with an Iron Chain: The
Untold Story of How the British
Transported 50,000 Convicts to Colonial
America" - Anthony Vaver - This
book is an interesting read as it covers
experiences of convicts transported to
the Americas prior to the American
Revolutionary War. It is interesting to
compare the experiences of those
Convicts compared with those transported
to the NSW Colony afterwards.
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