Wyong Family History Group Inc.

20/09/2025

Today we held our AGM,most of us continued on with three new members joining the committee. Welcome to Anne, Sue, and John. This was followed by our General Meeting which was lively and engaging with a number of presentations. Congratulations to Helen J Lord and Regina Hogan on receiving life membership well deserved.
Also Lyn H.received a meritorious award.Annette received a 15 years membership award plus Charles received a 10 years membership award. Ellen won 1st prize raffle and Dellas won 2nd prize Congratulations to all.

19/09/2025

Ready to explore something new? 📜
This week’s featured record could hold a piece of your family story. Search the following collection: Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845–1958 ↩
🔗 Link is in the comments.

18/09/2025

Archival records can play a vital role in Language revitalization for Communities, particularly when sentences and paragraphs are documented allowing language analysis. Our First Nations Community Access to Archives team is working to uncover and make accessible Language and Cultural material relating to First Nations communities.

Currently on display at the Museum of Sydney are records from the NSW State Archive Collection that focus on NSW South Coast Languages Dharrawal and Dharumba through a comparative word list and a Creation story. Andrew Mackenzie was employed by the Government to collect information on Aboriginal languages in the South Coast area. Mackenzie documented a number of Creation stories and comparative word lists from different knowledge holders which have contributed to recent language analysis and language revitalisation. This version of Wunbula, The Bat, the Brown Snake and Black Snake, is a Tharumba Creation story shared with Mackenzie by Knowledge Holder Noleman, noted as ‘an Aboriginal man of the Wandandian tribe’ in 1873.

These records are on display at the Museum of Sydney until Tuesday 23 September in celebration of the upcoming NSW Aboriginal Languages Week (19-26 October).

‘Specimen Aboriginal Story: The Bat, the Brown Snake and Black Snake’, Andrew Mackenzie, 10 March 1873. State Archives Collection, Museums of History NSW: NRS-905-1-[1/2211]-73/1964

14/09/2025

13/09/2025

Regina, Dave and Lyn enjoying the Conference dinner tonight

13/09/2025

Our Treasurer Lyn had a great time learning more about her Illawarra ancestors today

13/09/2025

Another great day at the State Conference. Excellent speakers sharing interesting topics.

13/09/2025

WFHG member Terry Joyce was one of today's speakers at the State Conference. Well done Terry!

12/09/2025

Some more photos from State Conference.

12/09/2025

Some photos taken at the State Conference hosted by Illawarra in Wollongong. A great venue lots of trade tables and wonderful meeting up with so many genimates

11/09/2025

Join us on Friday 17 October for a full-day seminar on Irish immigration records featuring talks by renowned expert historians and genealogists Dr Richard Reid, Dr Perry McIntyre and Dr Damian John Gleeson.

The talks will focus on different government immigration schemes and the large paper trail of official documents left behind. This includes not only the ships’ lists, but also thousands of other records that provide a picture of how the schemes were set up and experienced.

On the day you'll have the chance to view original state archives material and enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the Western Sydney Records Centre.

Great Migration: Irish Immigration Records and Government Schemes in NSW
📍 Western Sydney Records Centre
📅 Friday 17 October, 9.30am–4pm
Bookings essential mhnsw.au/whats-on/events/great-migration-irish-immigration-records-and-government-schemes-to-nsw/

Distribution of 50 free girls (from the Foundling Hospital, Cork) who arrived July 1831 by the Palambam. State Archives Collection, Museums of History NSW: NRS-906-1-[4/2115]-4/2115.2

06/09/2025

Sounds interesting

Hear the story about the Old Court House site at Lower Hawkesbury with Robert Cunneen.