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SUMMARY:Emigration/Immigration
DESCRIPTION:Journeys that shaped our history\nA full afternoon of expert talks exploring the stories behind the journeys of our ancestors.\nMINI SEMINAR from 1PM – 5PM\, Saturday 5 September 2026 via Zoom\n  \nCome and listen to: \nEmeritus Professor Philip Payton – Historian\nCornish Immigration – The Cornish journey: reasons\, routes and resilience.\nDiscover how Cornwall became an “emigration culture” and why so many Cornish men and women made new lives in the Australian colonies. In this talk\, historian Philip Payton draws on his landmark study The Cornish Overseas to follow families from the mines and parishes of Cornwall to copper towns such as Moonta and Kadina\, the goldfields\, and beyond\, highlighting the records and research strategies that can help today’s family historians trace their Cornish ancestors in Australia. \n \nEmeritus Prof Philip Payton is a British-Australian historian and one of the leading scholars of modern Cornish history and the Cornish diaspora. Emeritus Professor of Cornish & Australian Studies at the University of Exeter and Professor of History at Flinders University\, his many books include Cornwall: A History and The Cornish Overseas: A History of Cornwall’s Great Emigration. \n  \nDr Jennifer Harrison\nSurgeon’s and Passenger Diaries – First-hand accounts: insights from surgeon’s and passenger diaries. \n  \n \nDr Jennifer Harrison is a research adviser with the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at The University of Queensland.  Her experience over a generation as Queensland Researcher for the Australian Dictionary of Biography at the Australian National University reinforced her fascination for the people element within family and local history.  She has written the Australian Notebook column for Irish Roots since its inception in 1992 and lectured and published widely on Irish-Australian immigrants – convicts and settlers. While Jennifer currently is caught up in marking the two hundredth anniversary of establishment of the penal colony at Moreton Bay and the genesis of Brisbane Town\, she continues to enjoy her role as patron of the Genealogical Society of Queensland. \n  \nDr Dot Wickham\nEarly Moreton Bay ships – The vessels that connected Moreton Bay to the world. \n  \n \nDr Dorothy Wickham is a Director of Ballarat Heritage Services\, educator\, author and historian. In 2003 Dorothy completed a Master of Philosophy about the Ballarat Female refuge (1867-1921) and in 2008 a PhD\, “Women of the Ballarat Goldfields 1851-1871: A Case Study in Agency”. She is a member of the Professional Historians’ Association (Vic & Tas) (Qld) and a visiting fellow at the Harry Gentle Resource Centre\, Griffith University (Qld). Dorothy has overseen many diverse projects and collaborative efforts\, including consultancies with local councils\, historical groups\, educational research projects and universities. She has written\, designed\, published and co-authored many books and book chapters\, including The Eureka Encyclopaedia\, the overall winner of the 2005 Victorian Community History Awards and Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854\, commended in 2010. She has also assisted in the creation and maintenance of the Eurekapedia Wiki. \n  \nDr Janet Few\nEmigration to the UK from the 13th to the 18th Centuries – Exploring centuries of movement\, motives and destinations.\nThis presentation looks at the background history to immigration into England over 700 years. General records of immigration are considered\, as well as looking in more details at the immigration of members of the Roma and Traveller Communities\, those of the Jewish father and Huguenots. Sources available to trace these groups will be discussed. Finally\, the session looks at the impact of immigration on both the immigrants themselves and the communities where they settled. \n \nDr Janet Few is a British family\, social and community historian\, author and experienced lecturer who has presented throughout the English-speaking world and at sea. A qualified family historian and specialist in seventeenth-century social history\, she writes on topics from one-place and one-name studies to the lives of marginalised ancestors and appears as an historical interpreter bringing everyday past lives vividly to life. \n  \nLucky Door Prize\nVoucher to spend in the GSQ Shop\n\nNote: All registered participants go into this draw\, whether you are able to attend on the day or not.\nTICKETS\n$50 for GSQ and for QFHS/Affiliate/Corporate members after applying the discount code\n$60 for Non-members \nTickets will close at 8am Saturday 5 Sept 2026 \nThe link is included in your registration payment – please make sure you retain this.\nThis event will be recorded and registrants will be able to view the recording for the following month. \nQFHS and any GSQ Affiliate/Corporate members you will be required to put in the code given to you to use. This will then action the discount for you. (please contact your secretary if you do not know it. It is NOT your membership number) \n\n\nLoading…\n\n\n\n\nRAFFLE RAFFLE RAFFLE – Get your tickets now\n\n\n\n\n\n12 Month\, Diamond Premium Personal Subscription\nValued: $322\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12 Month\, Everything Subscription\nValued: $369\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf purchasing more than 1 ticket for yourself\, you only need to complete the first Attendee asking for Full Name\, Email and Contact Phone. Please complete this or we will not know who to send the ticket details to or what name to put in for the draw.\nthank you.\n  \n\n 
URL:https://gsq.org.au/event/emigration-immigration/
LOCATION:Virtually via Zoom\, QLD\, 4122\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20260906T093000
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SUMMARY:Scottish Interest Group Meeting Dates 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Scottish Interest Group\n  \nAims: \n\nTo provide assistance to those researching Scottish ancestors.\nTo provide resources to assist in research; providing opportunities to talk to other researchers; and organising presentations about subjects connected with Scottish genealogy\, culture and history.\nVia attending the Gaelic Festival each year and not only having a great time talking to everyone about GSQ and the Scottish Group\, but to encourage those interested to come along and join us.\n\nMeetings: Meetings are held on the 1st Sunday of the odd months of the year\, unless otherwise advertised.The meetings are Hybrid\, meaning the meeting is held at the GSQ Resource Centre but also via Zoom to assist anyone who is unable to attend in person that day. \n2026: 4th Jan; 1st March; 3rd May; 5th July; 6th Sept; 1st Nov. \nTopics for 2026 will be: \nMarch 1st: East Lothian – Ailsa Corlett\nMay 3rd: Intro to Research with ScotlandsPeople & GSQ Records – Alistair Henderson\nJuly 5th: Bute & Arran Records – Marie Rosborugh\nSept 6th: Using NRS Records & Sasines – Alistair Henderson\nNov 1st:  Selkirk Records – Leanne Taylor \n \nThe GSQ Resource Centre\, 25 Stackpole Street\, Wishart  opens at 9:30 am and closes at 2:00 pm. The meeting commences at 10am and runs for about two hours\, with the remaining time for members to conduct their own research. \nAttendees are asked to contribute a gold coin donation.\n \nContact Convenor Alistair Henderson on scotgroup@gsq.org.au to obtain a Zoom link or further information.
URL:https://gsq.org.au/event/scottish-interest-group-meeting-dates-2026/2026-09-06/
LOCATION:25 Stackpole St\, Wishart\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4122\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Scottish Interest Group
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