Dear Navi, My Husband has Northey's in his line. Earliest I know is Mary Northey who was born in the Bay of Biscay in 1848. I think her father may have been called Wiliam. They swettled in the Bathurstarea. Any Connection do you think? Cheers Sheila L in Sydney Australia researching TAIT;STURGEON;CARTER;TAYLOR;WRIGHT;JACOBS SPURGEON;HEATH; in England LONGDEN;CROFT;WARREN;LEES;OWERS(POSS OWENS);BOLTON(BOULTON);STEVENS(STEPHENS); NORTHEY;THIRLSTONE in England and Australia OWERS;SMITH in Wales and Australia ---------- > From: Nav Brennan <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NSW-W] 1890s Newspapers in Brewarrina > Date: Saturday, August 12, 2000 1:30 > > Dear Listers, > > My Great grandfather John Northey ran a newspaper in Brewarrina with another > business partner. This was around 1890 to 1897. Apparently the premises for > the newspaper were burnt down in 1896 or 7. Also there was some dispute > between John Northey and his business partner. In 1895 John Northey married > Ellen O'Neill in Brewarrina and they had their first son John Northey Jnr > there. By 1897 they had moved to Western Australia to start over again. > > What I would like to find out is whether there are archives in Brewarrina or > somewhere else in NSW of newspapers from the 1890s. I would like to find out > more about the newspaper my great grandfather owned and what it was called. > > Thanks for any information you have to offer. > > Regards, > > > Navi Blight