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Part Two: Rooksdale Estate

The Continuing History of the Macveans & the Family Property at Little Billabong. Welcome to the next instalment of the story of Rooksdale. That amazing piece of Wiradjuri land that has meant so much not just to my own family but, as we learned in Part One, to a whole lot of other people too.…

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A Quick Glimpse: Mr Samuel Hill

My 3x Great Grand Uncle Samuel was the brother of my 3x great-grandmother, Hannah Hill. Hannah was, of course, married to my 3x great-grandfather, John Hugh Macvean. This is Samuel: I knew next to nothing about Samuel until I started researching information for part two of my posts on the Rooksdale Estate and then I…

Family History

Update For: MADAM PRESIDENT

Marion Jane Macvean née Fraser This is a quick update on some of the information I provided in my series of posts published earlier this year, titled “Madam President”. Just a reminder, Marion was married to John Macvean, my 1st Cousin 4x removed. She was also the daughter of Sir Simon Fraser and Margaret Bolger,…

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ROOKSDALE ESTATE

The History of the Macvean Family Property at Little Billabong. This post is all thanks to this fantastic message below, which I received out of the blue on this blog. Wow, just bloody wow! I’m always amazed that people like Daniel are so generous and take the time to reach out and send a message.…

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About Me (2025)
Hi, I’m John. My beautiful family, including my best friend Alex and our amazing sons Xander and Calan, are pictured here with me.

I started this blog six years ago as a place to store all of these lost stories of my family that I have been lucky enough to uncover.

My hope is that my family and any future family might find these stories as valuable as I have, in helping them discover who they are.

An unexpected gift of writing this blog has been the amazing opportunity to make connections with people all around the globe.

If you have landed here, thanks for visiting and I hope you find something of interest.

John

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