Hi Denise, I would be interested in finding out more on my John Henry Styles, born USA. Cheers Ray. ----- Original Message ----- From: Denise <denisem@powerup.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 3:29 PM Subject: [HC] To all American descendants North East Vic and Aust. in general > I've been asked by a friend (the organizer) to let all my contacts and fellow researchers know of something which has been gathering momentum these past 12 months. I am not involved in this event below, merely a bystander who has been watching with great interest for obvious reasons. > > Between June and August 2005 there will be an Exhibition in Melbourne. It will be based on Americans in Australia, so if anyone has ancestors who came to Australia and is interested in learning more, I have information from the organizer below - I know some of you have found ancestors from the US, or even someone born elsewhere but was naturalized and/or lived in the States for a time. It was rather easy to unearth about 100 names in the northeast. There are descendants, direct or otherwise, who are on this mailing list HIGH. If you know of anyone from another area also, would you please let them know. Of the course the ancestors are not restricted to having been in the northeast. > > After twelve months of waiting for this to happen, I am now told I can send out the information. It is bound to be most interesting..... > > """ American-Australian Heritage Exhibition June 9th to August 22nd Museum of Victoria, Immigration Campus, Flinders Street Melbourne > "The American-Australian Heritage Project seeks to distinguish the efforts and research the contribution of Americans and American immigrants to Australia. The Project will seek to uncover the extent and depth of that contribution, from the cultural, physical/commercial and social aspects. It will trace the first Americans on board Captain Cook's Endeavour, the Second World War and recent history, and will focus on the golden era of American-Australian involvement in the mid to late 1800's to Federation." > > The Australian Society of American Descendants is keen to receive information and past lineage, linking Americans to present day descendants, their stories, struggles, enterprise, civic involvement, and anecdotes that would express that commitment to Australia's development. > > The Project will have a media launch soon and it is hoped to draw more ancestors of Americans from the press and electronic campaign. > > Denise, if anyone of your group or contacts would like to be featured in that media campaign they can let me know and I will include their names in media releases. They would be cited with a quote and the possibility of a follow up from the local press or other media, to ask questions (possibly photograph) about their ancestors, heritage, and contribution. The Project is fourfold: > > 1) An Exhibition in Melbourne's Museum 2005 > > 2) A mass media campaign > > 3) A travelling exhibition to other regions and states, based on the Museum of Victoria's display - e.g. Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and regional towns, to become Australia-wide. > > 4) A website to carry this development of the project, name database, stories, history, richness of contribution, and an area of discussion and sharing, and membership details, among other things (website launch is not far away). """ > > Email me privately if anyone is interested, and I will pass your name along to the Organiser. > > regards, Denise > >