Hello is the article about Darwin .. i am looking on the net not in thr paper itself Michelle Herbert Bateau Bay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grahame & Rosslyn Thom" <grthom@bigpond.com> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 2:53 PM Subject: [PJ] Today's Age > Hi all > > I hope everyone is enjoying Australia Day. > > On page 3 of today's Age there is an article about "Proud convict > past an evoluntionary lesson for savory Darwin. > > The bottom line of this story is that the University of Tasmania, > together with the University of Melbourne will be collecting stories > as they "want to uncover these rich personal stories and migrate them > into the historical record." At the end of the article it state > "Visit www.foundersandsurvivors.org - details of "your convict" can > be registered on the site from February 10." > > It looks like a good project, but the one thing that annoys me is the > comment "Their post-convict lives are not part of the public record. > Instead, they are hidden away in private family archives - a secret > history." Have they not heard of Lesley and all the listers on this > mailing list???? > > Have a read of the article at > > http://www.theage.com.au/national/proud-convict-past-an-evolutionary- > lesson-for-snooty-darwin-20090125-7pgq.html > > cheers > > Grahame > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >