Lilian's Tree

 This month I've read seven books, with another nearly finished. My featured Author was Lyn Morris, with her book Liberty.  Set in 1962, an era when women left work when they marry, we find Ellie, married and wanting to work. The book draws you in, discusses domestic violence, women's friendships and is a wonderful read. Lyn is a self published author, based in Victoria. I discovered Amanda Hampson and her  Tea Ladies  series. Four tea ladies, Hazel, Betty, Irene and Meryl get involved with a kidnapping, bigamist marriage, and a murder. Set in Surry Hills, Sydney in 1965, it is a delightful read, with twists and turn you don't see coming. I'm  reading the second one, The Cryptic Clue and it is just as good. Here is a link to  Amanda's Website The movie Picnic at Hanging Rock,   was released 50 years ago, this year and I remember going to the movies and seeing it, so I thought I would re-read my original copy of the book. I also took myself to see ...

  Who is Bridget GOODE???? Well Bridget is anyone famous or infamous, she is a leaf on my tree that I hadn't paid that much attention to, but without her I wouldn't be here! Bridget was born to Peter GOODE and his wife Mary, in Co. Galway, in either 1808 or 1816. I tend to lean towards 1808, just by using her age, at her death, her age at her marriage and the number of years in the Colony of New South Wales, stated on her death certificate. (I know they can be wrong.) Now Bridget married Matthew TORPY, in about 1829 in Co. Galway and they went on to have seven children, Patrick, Mary Ann, Michael, Bridget, Honorah (Hannah), Catherine, and Ann. These aren't in order, I don't think. In 1850, Bridget, with Peter,(Patrick), Mary Ann, Michael and Ann boarded the ship "Lloyds" arriving in Sydney on 29 June 1850. The remaining children arrived three years later. Sometime before Bridget's departure her husband and parents die, as she states that her parents and hu...

  This year my theme for the A-Z Blogging Challenge   is Towns I’ve Visited on My Road Trips.  I’ve stuck with just   New South Wales  and hope to showcase my wonderful home state. Enjoy your armchair travel around the state. Searching for places to match the letters is fun and the fact that I have that I’ve been to all of them, is wonderful.  The letters O, V and Z are suburbs of Sydney, due to the fact that I haven’t been to any towns starting with those letters. Z only has the suburb. X, well X doesn’t have anything, so I did a bit of fun, you will have to wait until the 28 April to see what it is.   I have used this book,  Historical Guide to New South Wales,   by Phillip Simpson, published by Australian Scholarly Publishing in 2020. Additional information and some links are from Wikipedia, other from the tourist information pages about that place. Some will have more photos than text because, 'A picture is worth 1,000 words.' Any er...