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Central Coast Family History Society

Locality: East Gosford, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 4324 5164

Address: Build 4 - 8 Russell Drysdale Street 2250 East Gosford, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.centralcoastfhs.org.au

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23.01.2022 This beautiful panorama captured by Melvin Vaniman shows Town Hall and the Queen Victoria Building in 1904. Can you see any other familiar sights? https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/eJDyLDaKxVjzK

18.01.2022 Interesting information on the Cole family who ran businesses in Gosford in the early 1900s.

18.01.2022 A free downloadable guide to convict records at NSW State Archives. A brilliant resource for anyone researching convicts. http://ow.ly/5v4P50CoIRO

17.01.2022 Sister Greta Norman Towner ANZAC

14.01.2022 Join us this Tuesday evening as Chris Fleet, Map Curator from the National Library of Scotland will be talking on which online maps are the most useful for fami...ly history research, and their primary content. He will demonstrate the main ways of finding these maps and viewing them online, as well as the range of georeferenced map viewers, and how these can best be used together. The National Library of Scotland now has over a quarter of a million maps available online, primarily covering Great Britain and Scotland in the last two centuries. This webinar is included in the Nov 2020 - Jan 2021 Season Ticket. All welcome Tue 24 November 8-9pm AEDT register at www.sag.org.au/events See more

11.01.2022 Of interest to those with Aboriginal Heritage......

08.01.2022 Interested in joining us for an outing to Alison Homestead and Luka Chocolate Factory at Wyong on Wednesday 2 December 2020? The outing includes a tour and 2 course meal. See details below for price and how to book - there are limited numbers, so get in quick to book your place. The cut-off date for booking is Wednesday 25 November 2020!

07.01.2022 BENJAMIN DAVIS (1826-1883): Shipbuilder, member of the pioneering Davis family. The suburb of ‘Bensville’ is named after him. Born in Ireland, he came out to Australia in 1833 with his parents and settled at Brisbane Water. In 1850 he married Eliza Cordelia Wetherall at Kincumber and had several children, who later helped develop the Bensville area. Growing up, he and his brothers learned shipbuilding, and in the 1850s Benjamin started his own business at ‘Davistown’ (named a...fter the family). Later, he bought land at a place called ‘Will’s Point’ where he set up another ship yard and built a house overlooking the water. The area eventually became known as ‘Bensville’, named in his honour. During his life Benjamin built around 49 vessels. He died in 1883 and is buried at St Paul’s Anglican Cemetery, Kincumber. After his death, his son Arthur carried on the shipbuilding at Bensville. Image: Benjamin Davis courtesy of Central Coast Council.

06.01.2022 R.I.P. Lest we Forget.

04.01.2022 FREE online webinar from National Library of Australia for newbies to family history, or anyone interested in finding out about the wealth of resources the National Library has to offer. Wednesday 11 November 1-2pm (AEDT). Click here to register https://bit.ly/2Gall9j