Acknowledgements and Resources

It is impossible for me to thank every individual who has contributed to the compilation of this Family History. Well over a hundred people have supplied me with information, documents, photos, stories and advice, all of which has been invaluable. To all these people I give my sincere thanks. I must however give a special tribute to my daughter Jessica Worrall for without her encouragement and her computer skills I might have never got this work finished. She has edited my work and typeset this book including restoring and inserting the photographs.

I also thank my sisters, Joy Stewart who designed and painted the front cover, and Marie Nemec who is the publisher of our story.

Below I list some of the resources I have used, which other people might find useful if they wish to follow up more about their family history.

Shetland Family History Society, 6 Hillhead, Lerwick, Shetland.

‘Coontin Kin’, Journal of the SFHS.

Shetland Archives Office Lerwick.

The Heytesbury District Historical Society.

Port Campbell Museum.

Cairns and District Family History Society.

Family History records of the Church of the Latter Day Saints.

State Library of Queensland.

State Library of Victoria.

State Library of Western Australia.

National Archives, Canberra.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Victorian Lands Department.

Offices for the Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages in every State.

Legal documents such as wills and records of court cases.

Obituaries and Eulogies.

Letters and unpublished memoirs.

Newspaper articles. With some of these I have not been able to acknowledge the source as people have cut them out and kept them without recording the date or the name of the newspaper or journal.

Cemetery Records.

Old maps [new maps do not have towns that have disappeared].

Garry Gillard | New: 29 March, 2019 | Now: 5 September, 2022