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Notice of
2024 Annual General Meeting of the
Fellowship of First Fleeters
FELLOWSHIP OF FIRST FLEETERS 2024
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING with LUNCH
Hosted by
NORTH COAST CHAPTER
at Coffs Harbour Surf Lifesaving Club
23 Surf Club Road Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
Tel: (02) 6652 3245 E:
info@coffsharboursurfclub.com.au
Web:
https://coffsharboursurfclub.com.au/contact-us/
Schedule:
Morning Tea at 10am;
Annual General Meeting at
11am - in the Event Space.
Lunch at 12 midday - in the Club Restaurant
& Bar
General meeting for the FFF Board at 1.00pm
- in the Event Space.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL to confirm catering
numbers.
Morning Tea, Lunch & Meeting venue costs
will be funded by the Fellowship.
Beverages to be paid for by individuals.
RSVP by MONDAY 14th OCTOBER, by EMAIL to:
fffaus@optusnet.com.au
We look forward to welcoming you to this
important annual event
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What's New & Updated on the Website
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Latest issue of Founders
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Issue 55.5
October November 2024.
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Finally, we received our SSL Security
Certificate details from WebCentral, and
have it installed - no more unsecured
site messages!
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Photo Gallery page
updated for 2024 ADL
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2024 Australia Day Luncheon Harbour
Cruise
Photos added
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First Fleeter Names A - Z
Alphabetical listing over 10 pages now
completed - ie alternative way to find
First Fleeters cf Ships Pages
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Syd Ballard's photo &
Olive O'Reilly's photo added to the
Life
Members page
- Hilda Jackson's photo
& FF ancestor John Nichol(l)s were added to
her entry in the
Life
Members page
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Dispatched Downunder -
prices amended -
Shop
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Hunter Valley Chapter
web page
details amended - removal of website url
& webmaster
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FF Marine John
Reidman/Redman/Redmond, who
passed away in 1801, has been added to
the FF Ships Page where the
Ship is Unknown
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Notations of Review
have been added to the approximately
230 Stories
of First Fleeters
in the Stories Collection of the
Fellowship of First Fleeters. These
Stories
are being progressively reviewed
by the Membership Team.
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Where the relevant
First Fleet Ship(s) names were
missing from the Titles of these
Stories of Fellowship of First Fleeters,
they were also added to the respective
Stories.
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The Name Smith on the First
Fleet - In his short tale on
the 25 Smith's on the First Fleet, Peter
Christian focused on the Males. An Addendum has
now been added by Kerrie Anne Christian (no
relation to Peter Christian) - which
includes the
8 females named Smith on the
First Fleet. Also FF
numbers for Brown, Davis, Jones, Martin
and Williams added.
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Books added to
First Fleet Books link
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Gravesite Plaques web page
corrections
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Information
added indicating that of 125 plaques
installed by 2024, 101 were for
People and 24 were for Site
Commemorations - helping to resolve
the difference in perspectives of
the Plaque No. for Jacob Nagle, viz
101st vs 125th Plaque.
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Lang Park St
Phillips plaque reinstallation -
incorrect Plaque No. 69 changed to
correct Plaque No. 59
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March 8th
2022 added as the date for
reinstallation of Plaque No. 69
Jacob Bellett
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Joseph
Hatton Plaque incorrectly listed as
reinstallation of Plaque 47 and
corrected to installation of Plaque
114.
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Additional
lines of Plaques' reinstallation /
rededication / removal inserted
beneath the original Plaques entries
in
Gravesite Plaques web page in
addition to the chronological
entries - as some of these Plaque
changes were carried out up to 33
years after the original Plaque
installation.
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Explanatory
notes have been added to the
Summary of Individual Plaques Table
on the
Gravesite Plaques web page
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What We're Reading*
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"Elizabeth and John: The Macarthurs
of Elizabeth Farm" -
Emeritus Professor Alan Atkinson
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an interesting book that also explores
beyond the Macarthurs. As an example it includes
James Mario Matra who, in 1783,
advocated resettlement, in Australia,
of American Loyalists who fought with
the British in the American War of
Independence.
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"The Lady Penrhyn" - G. Grammeno
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"What a Capital Idea -
Australia 1770 - 1901" - Dr
Christopher Reynolds
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