Speakers
History Queensland Inc.
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Disclaimer: The list is not a recommendation for speakers but is a gathering of some known speakers who are willing to have their information shared on our website.
Speakers List & Subjects
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DNA: After the Test: Exploring Your DNA Results
DNA: Different Paths: DNA Inheritance Patterns
DNA: DNA Beyond the Test: Tips, Tools, Transfers
DNA: DNA: Unmasking Mystery Matches
DNA: Enrich Your Society's Services with a DIG (DNA Interest Group)
DNA: Getting Started with GEDmatch Genesis
DNA: Rev up your Research with DNA: Why do a DNA test?
DNA: Target Practice in DNA Trees: What Are The Odds (WATO)?
DNA: The DNA Left Behind: Extracting our deceased ancestors' DNA from envelopes, stamps, hair & other items
DNA: The Story of Fred, the Mystery Mann
DNA: Using DNA to identify biological family
Louise Coakley
DNA
Commonwealth Government Archives
National Archives of Australia's collection - 20th-century immigrationCommonwealth Government Archives
Military - WWI & WWII; Post Office & Mail Service History; Lighthouses, etc
Cara Downes
Commonwealth Government Archives
Family History: Archives You May Not Know But Should
Family History: Where Do I Start: for beginners or those who need a refresher
Family History: Behind Bars: Convicts & Criminals
Family History: Family History on the Cheap
Family History: Diaries & Letters for Family History: Where to Find Them
Family History: Sporting Ancestors: Every Family Has Them
Family History: Make the Most of Google: Searching Tips & Tricks
Family History: Irish Genealogy Online Resources You May Not Know
Family History: What's in a Middle Name?
Family History: Make the Most of Archives for Family History: Australia and Overseas
Family History/Writing: Blogging Your Family History
Family History/Research: Mining Ancestors: How to Find Them
Family History/Research: Demolishing Brick Walls
Family History/Research: School Days: Education Records for Family History
Family History Research: Asylum Records: A Place to Look for Missing Ancestors
Research/Family History: It's Not All Online: Where Else to Look
Immigration/Family History: What Was The Voyage Like?
Family History/Military: Military Ancestors: Discover Their Stories
Australia/Family History: Online Newspapers for Family History: Australia & Overseas
English/Family History: English Genealogy Online Resources You May Not Know
Scottish/Family History: Scottish Genealogy Online Resources You May Not Know
Shauna Hicks
Family History & Military
Writing: How to Set Up Your Book in Microsoft Word
Writing: Writing and Publishing Memoirs and Biographies
Dan Kelly
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Writing & Publishing - Boolarong Press
Writing
History/Social History: Ageing, Feeling Invisible and Is 70 the new 50?
History/Social History: Archibald Meston and Queensland's Race Relations after 1897
History/Social History: Bribie Island's unique history; Bungaree
History/Social History: Bribie the Convict Weaver
History/Social History: Cloudland Ballroom in Brisbane,1939-82
History/Social History: Dugongers of Early Queensland; Oysterers of Moreton Bay
History/Social History: Ian Fairweather...Australia's greatest abstract artist in the 1960s
History/Social History: Significant social events in Brisbane (Queensland ) since the 1950s to the present
History/Social History: Snippets from a Brisbane (Queensland) Baby Boomer's Diary
History/Social History: The First Fleet
History/Social History: The Kilcoy Massacre of 1842
History/Social History: The Pumicestone Passage Castaways, 1823-4
History/Social History: Thomas Welsby and Queensland's history
James Lergessner
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Family & Social History
DNA
History/Social History: Archival research methodology
History/Social History: Cemeteries (all types/eras / Australia / overseas)
History/Social History: Chinese in colonial Australia (mortality, funerals, cemeteries, market gardens)
History/Social History: Chinese-Indigenous families in the Gulf of Carpentaria
History/Social History: Death, burial and mourning practices (Victorian era onwards Australia/overseas esp. UK)
History/Social History: Indigenous family history
History/Social History: Military Commemoration (War cemeteries/memorials, ANZAC Day, Canon D J Garland)
History/Social History: Mortality patterns
History/Social History: Wide array of family / local history workshops
Hilda Maclean Dr.
Family & Social History
Social History: The Great Fires of Brisbane 1864 - How they shaped the city and its people
Writing: Writing Family History
Sharyn Merkley
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Social History - Brisbane-based
Social History
Immigration/Lebanese: History of Lebanese immigration to Australia/Queensland
Social History/Lebanese: The role of religion for Lebanese in Australia
Women/Lebanese: The role of Lebanese women
Military/Lebanese: Australian Lebanese and the First World War
Social History: The impact of White Australia Policy and migration settlement policies
Social History: Hawking and shopkeeping as occupations for outsiders
Social History: Race, religion, identity and belonging
Community History: Undertaking community history projects including oral histories and exhibitions; family history
Anne Monsour Dr.
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Lebanese; Immigration
Women - Military
Lebanese - Immigration/Women-Miltary
Psychology: The Psychology of Family History
Psychology: What makes family historians tick?
Susan Moore
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Qld Colonial, Britain's Wills, Psychology
Melbourne-based, but visits the Sunshine Coast the last week of July & the first week of August
Qld Colonial, Britain's Wills, Psycholgy
Research: Family History Using Educational Records
Research: Genealogical Assumptions: Ensuring their validity
Geoff Morgan
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Research
QFHS member
Research
Australia - Convicts: A Convict In The Family - Finding Their Story & Recording Their Legacy
Scotland: A Jamie Fraser In Your Family - Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors
Cornish: A Poldark In Your Family - Tracing Your Cornish Ancestors
Social History: Finding the Story of Your Ancestors - Bringing a Name to Life
England: Parish Registers in England - Where to Find Them and What They Can Reveal
Research: Tragedy & Triumph - The Surprises We Find During Research
Annalies Nutley
Cornish & England Research - Australia Convicts
History/Social History: Beyond Distinguished Gentlemen: Forgotten Voices from Brisbane's mid-19th Century
History/Social History: Civilising Brisbane - 3 Women who brought the arts, learning and health care to a fledgling city
History/Social History: Year of Disaster - Brisbane 1864
Duncan Richardson
History & Social History
Social History: Death Duties
Social History: Legal History
Research: Local and family history research
Social History: Wills and Estates
Kay Ryan
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History & Social History
Social History
Research: Interpreting old handwriting
Research: Breaking through brick walls
Social History: British India records
Websites: Creating family history websites using WordPress
Research: Getting the most out of FamilySearch
Preservation: Identification, restoration and preservation of old photographs
Research: Irish research, especially the Quakers
Research: Planning your family history research
Cathie Sherwood
Cornish & England Research - Australia Convicts
Australian: Australian Joint Copying Project
DNA: DNA and ancient migration
DNA: DNA testing and genealogy: the basics
DNA: What do my DNA test results mean?
Queensland: Queensland Early Pioneers Indexes 1824-1859: 30 years on
Queensland: Life in pre-separation Queensland
Queensland; Colonial: Queensland pre-separation immigrant settlement
Research: Queensland Family History Society - how it can help
Research: Education records and family history
Biographical: Biographical Database of Australia
Britain; Wills: British wills and family history research
Scottish: Making the most of Scotland's People
Scotland: The mobile Scot
Scotland: Researching Scottish ancestors
Scottish: Convicts: Scottish convicts
Scottish: Scottish wills and sasines
Ann Swain
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Australian - Brisbane-based
Australia, England & Scotland
Research: British ancestors in history: putting their lives in context
Research: Fact or fiction: weighing the evidence
Research: Occupations: how our ancestors earned their daily bread
Research: Researching your family in England and Wales
Research: Tracing your female ancestors
Writing: Writing a family history
Pauline Williams
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Research - Brisbane-based
Australia, England & Scotland
WW2: Hangar 7 at Eagle Farm - Rebuilding Japanese Aircraft in WW2
Lord Kitchener, Qld Visit: Lord Kitchener- His visit to Brisbane (and Wynnum) in 1910
Marianne North, Brisbane Visit: Marianne North - Botanical artist - Her visit to Brisbane in 1880
Mine Accident: Moura Number 2 Mine Accident - 1994
Brisbane Research: History of St John's Anglican Cathedral Brisbane
Research: History of Wynnum Jetties
Chris Seymour
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Wynnum Manly - Brisbane - WWII
Wynnum Manly - Brisbane - WWII
Military Historian: The black days of 1942
Military Historian: The Spirit of Anzac
Ian Waters
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Military Historian
Military Historian
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