HAFS AGM 2024 – 23 November 2024 at 2pm
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FamilyTreeDNA Tree Builder retires – act now!
The FamilyTreeDNA tree builder was very slow and lacked the features for researching a person, so it’s good news that FamilyTreeDNA are partnering with MyHeritage
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Phoebe Hosier was in the crowd when shots rang out at Donald Trump’s rally
Pheobe Hosier [E.2.4a.7b.1c.2d.1e.1f], is a journalist and works for the ABC as a cross-platform producer, based in Washington DC in the United States. She and her partner went to the Trump rally for “the experience” but ended up experiencing more than she expected, becoming part of an event that echoed around the world!
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2024 Archibald Prize won by Laura Jones for portrait of author Tim Winton
Sydney-based artist Laura Jones [H.4a.4b.2c.1d/E.6.5a.4b.2c.1d.1e] has won the $100,000 Archibald Prize for her portrait of author and conservationist Tim Winton, becoming only the 12th woman to win the prize in its 103-year history.
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A (small) HAFS Connection to Royalty
Queen Margrethe’s second born son, Prince Joachim of Denmark (born in 1969) spent a year on a farm near Wagga Wagga in NSW from 1986-1987. The Queen and her husband Henri came to Australia in 1987 to visit him and while here, on the 6 February 1987, visited the Winery in the Hunter Valley. They were accompanied by Prince Joachim.
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Index to HAFS Journals & Newsletters 1991-2023
This index provides a cross-reference to all the HAFS Journals and HAFS Newsletters published from 1991 to 2023. The index lists people, places and topics appearing within both publications (for a condensed list of HAFS Journal article titles and authors, see our Table of Contents of HAFS Journals).
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University of Divinity Vice-Chancellor to step down in 2024
University of Divinity Chancellor Dr Graeme Blackman AO announced on 8 September 2023 that Professor Peter Sherlock [E.4.1a.6b.5c.1d.2e] will step down as Vice-Chancellor in March 2024 after 12 years leading the University of Divinity.
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A New Vintage at Tyrrell’s
Quietly but deliberately, six weeks ago family patriarch Bruce Tyrrell [E.2.4a.10b.1c.2d] called aside son Chris [E.2.4a.10b.1c.2d.3e] and told him it was time to take the reins of what is the second-oldest continuously operated family winery in Australia.
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Back-to-Back Wins for U23 Womens’ Rowers
After winning the 2022 World Championships, Australia’s Women’s Coxed Four are now back-to-back World Champions after Katherine Easton, Sophie Houston, Zara Collisson, Emily Sheppard and coxswain Nicholas Dunlop [E.2.4a.9b.1c.3d.1e.1f] surged to a Gold medal at the World Rowing U23 Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
It is near 78 years since the morning of 6 August 1945 when the Allied Forces dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It was devastation by a weapon of mass destruction.
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How Amelia found the woman who had saved her life
Looking through the results of a DNA database, Amelia Lewis [E.2.6a.4b.2c.1d.2e.2f] was confused to see a “self” or “twin” living in the United States. After contacting her genetic doppelganger, she was amazed to discover the woman who saved her life.
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A Greenwood Gala
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Garth Hungerford Awarded!
Garth Hungerford (the son of our past patron, the Hon Barrie Hungerford) is a vital member of the Wagga community as a health advocate and advisor.
He was recently honoured with the Volunteer of the Year award at the 24th Annual NSW Health Awards.
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Oscar Oberg [E.8.6a.4b.4c.2d.1e]
For Oscar, a country kid from Yass, NSW, who went to Shore on Sydney Harbour, a life back on the farm after graduating school in 2002 just wasn’t for him.
Instead, a five year degree in Business and Law at the University of Technology Sydney was where he wanted to be, although he admits at 18 years of age you don’t really know what you want to do.
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Sir Walter Hungerford
Recently our American cousins put out a request for additional information about a painting of Sir Walter Hungerford that had been spotted in a Christie’s auction catalogue. The question was:
“Question for Lesley Abrahams or other heraldic experts. See the photos of the pertinent pages of a 2012 auction below. I see the Hungerford shield and scythes. I am aware that at least one English Hungerford was a falconer (but I can’t remember the name on the print I saw somewhere). Anyone know who this man may be? He is no doubt a Hungerford.”
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Index to Journals & Newsletters Updated
The Table of Certificates & Transcripts and the Index to Journals & Newsletters 1991-2021 have been updated.
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Report on the 2022 Annual General Meeting
Our 2022 Annual General Meeting was held at Tyrrells Wines on 19 November 2022. Attendees were greeted on arrival with tea or coffee before the AGM started at 12 o’clock. The Meeting was well attended with 39 members and guests present as well as five proxies being lodged.
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A Tribute to ‘Dear Fay’
WHEN well-known and much-loved local John Hungerford started sharing Facebook posts about his beautiful wife ‘Dear Fay’, he never expected the outpouring of emotions from friends and strangers alike.
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The Honourable Barrie Clive Hungerford QC
Our Patron, the Honourable Barrie Hungerford QC, [E.9.3a.4b.1c] passed away on 26 July 2022.
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