Wyong Family History Group Inc.

30/04/2026

Our new website is officially live!🎉

We’ve redesigned our website to help you engage with PRONI more easily and effectively online. You can now dive straight into our eCatalogue from the homepage, and you can search the site using keywords to access the information you need.

The new website includes dedicated sections such as:
✨About PRONI – Highlighting who we are as well as some of our key projects and partnerships.
✨Explore Archives Online – Improved access to our catalogue, online applications, and digitised records through our updated Explore Archives Online tab.
✨Research and Learning – A central hub for all PRONI resources, including the new PRONI Guide Library, where you can explore guidance by topic.
✨Professional Services – Updated advice on Records Management best practice, depositing private records, and learning how PRONI cares for our collections.
✨What’s On – Stay up to date with PRONI news and our programme of free events.
✨Your Visit and Enquiry Services – Everything you need to plan your visit and understand how our staff can support your research

👉Explore the new PRONI website now: www.proni.gov.uk

23/04/2026

Limited places

21/04/2026

Finding Your Early Port Phillip Pioneers

Are your early Port Phillip ancestors proving hard to trace? You are not alone and the answers may be hiding in places you haven’t yet thought to look!

Some of the richest records lie beyond the usual online databases. It takes a little thinking outside the box and a willingness to explore libraries and lesser-known collections. When researching her own 1830s–40s Melbourne settler, our presenter uncovered a valuable snippet of information in an unexpected source — an obscure card collection at the State Library of New South Wales!

Join Bronwyn Quint, an experienced researcher and long-time member of the Port Phillip Pioneers Group (since 1993), for Session 3 of the Australian Family History Research course. Bronwyn will focus on the Port Phillip District before separation from NSW in 1851, sharing practical tips to help you track down those elusive early settlers: where to look, what to look for and how to uncover records you may not have known existed.

Thursday 30 April | 1.30pm via Zoom
Members: $30 | Non-members: $60
Available as a standalone session or as part of the full course (see website for more details)

Book here: https://www.gsv.org.au/australian-family-history-course-research-strategies-and-resources (log in to access the members’ prices).

Enquiries? Please email Michael at austresearch@gsv.org.au

21/04/2026

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20/04/2026

Meet some of the early Ryde residents who are buried in this churchyard, including Granny Smith. Hear their stories. www.rydehistory.org.au

20/04/2026

Today our group remembers our ANZAC’s. Well done Lyn and Chris a beautiful display

19/04/2026

15/04/2026

Early NSW Archives with Carol Liston and Martyn Killion

RAHS President Carol Liston and Martyn Killion (State Records NSW) join Elizabeth Farrelly on TheSydneyist radio programme this Thursday at 6:00 pm.

Carol and Martyn will be discussing the Old Registers and how to access this collection, thanks to the Museums of History NSW.

Representing some of the earliest colonial records, the ‘Old Register’ is a nine-volume series dating from 1802 to 1824, with entries backdated to 1794. The registers record land transactions, personal agreements, disputes and financial arrangements, offering insight into how people lived, worked and related to one another in the early colony.

Follow the conversation this Thursday from 6:00 pm on East Side FM: https://eastsidefm.org/thesydneyist/

📷 'Gift from George Cribb to F***y Stretch of £300 and a free passage to England, 1815', MHNSW Collection, NRS-5604-4-3, Old Register No 6 - Page 53, Entry 1398

11/04/2026

Today’s meeting was well attended and our guest speaker was Denis Kirkaldy historian who presented a great talk on an overview of Gallipoli. Also president Lynda presented certificate and badge to Pam Freeman for 15 years, membership. Pam Mansergh and Ann Holland won the gift vouchers and Regina and I won some ANZAC biscuits..

05/04/2026

As part of Heritage Month, take a fascinating guided walking tour around historic Wyong learning about its establishment and development since 1887.

The tours will be hosted by the Wyong Family History Group Inc. and will give you a peek into life in Wyong over 100 years ago.

Grab a bite to eat at one of the town’s many eateries or browse some of the unique stores in the heart of the town centre.

Tour Dates (duration 90min) 11am-12.30pm
Sunday 19 April
Tuesday 21st April
Sunday 26 April
Tuesday 28 April
Tuesday 5 May
Sunday 17 May

Tickets
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/wyong-town-centre-heritage-tour-tickets-1982939090198