WDYTYA is coming to SBSTV in OZ

[perth tiger]

i dont think they could have gone back further on her indigenous side. records of aboriginies i think dont go much further. they didnt say cathys grandad was refused permission to go to england to play rugby, just that he had to ask. whether he did or not they didnt say.
the way aboriginies  were treated was shocking by todays standard. but back then things were different to today. the australian gov aided by the church treated aboriginies, orphans and immigrants from other country's woefully (unless they were white)

perth

[deeiluka]

  And the 1871 Census would've shown the Sibley family too ...

Jane

Jane,

Way back when the announcement was first made about who would appear in the Aussie version of the show, just for my own interest I did some research on Cathy's  family tree. (And also Ita Buttrose's!)

George Charles Sibley  from Dorset was the son born Sep qtr 1865 in Broadwinsor to David Sibley, Labourer, and Sarah Neale, who married in the Beaminster district in  1861. By 1871 they had 5 children. RG10/ 2026/ 20/12

When they were showing one of his certificates on the show, you could just see the name David Sibley as the father.   

David Sibley is with his widowed mother Jane in 1861, RG9/ 1364/ 91/ 2
and in 1851 HO107/ 1860/ 171/ 6
he is with mother Jane and older sibling George and younger sibling John.

In 1841 Jane Sibley has 4 young children with her....no sign of a husband. But there are lots of other Sibleys on the same census page.

.....dee

[deeiluka]

Sunday night and Episode 5....Denis Cometti, Sports Commentator!

Found the WA goldfields part fascinating....I had rellies who went over there. Also the trip back to Italy. Just imagine standing in that little old stone dwelling! 

Had some laughs tonight....didn't the skeletons tumble out of the closet!    

Seriously though....it was interesting to see his maternal line traced back in the way it was.

......dee

[Raylen]

dee,

I loved tonights show! The best for me so far.
Really interesting and, as you say, all those skeletons in the closet 

Raylen

[MarieC]

Yes, really enjoyed tonight's episode!

My goodness there were some feisty women on his maternal side!  Including the one whose lover murdered her husband and who may have been involved!

He didn't seem as pleased as Jack Thompson to find out about his three convicts.  I would have been!! 

MarieC

[deeiluka]

Marie, I think after finding out about the one who may have been involved in plotting her husband's murder, he was already in a state of shock.   

I'm sure by now he'll be quite proud to tell the story!

I wonder about the Edwards woman though....whose story was the true one.....hers or the chap she was supposed to have stolen from?

Or were they both a little guilty?   

.......dee

[Ruskie]

A most enjoyable programme.  I had no idea who Denis Cometti was but what an interesting family.

[perth tiger]

excellent prog and it made a change to see maternal lines been traced. its something i am doing now after getting back on the paternal ones.

perth

[Bellejazz]

I also enjoyed tonights episode, my reasons were a bit more personal though.
Meekatharra is only a few hundred kms North of here so this one was "on the home turf" so to speak, Dr Fitzgerald who assisted Dennis in Meekatharra is a Member of our Museum and has done a bit of research here for her project on the Italians so it was nice to see a face we know and who is from our field popping up on the show. Also Franco di Chiera who Directed the episode has had some dealings with our Museum having filmed parts of his doco "Hoover's Gold" here.



- Belinda.