WDYTYA is coming to SBSTV in OZ

[trish251]

That means you'll have none of these problems about access to particular records being taken away, Gadget!!

MarieC

Very true      and the Oz subs would be no help (I think) as I am told one cannot access the SBS site from outside Australia

Trish

[deeiluka]

Kate Ceberano tonight.....both fascinating and a disappointment as far as I was concerned. I particularly liked the way the episode demonstrated that family stories cannot be accepted as fact. Should be compulsory watching for these people who are so adamant that family stories are absolutely true!

But disappointing was the way her paternal side of the family did not even receive a mention. 
I can think of three reasons why this might have been so.....

1. I have the thought that as she sees herself as Anglo, she may not have wanted to go there.

2. Maybe that side of the family were not co-operative.

3. It would have been too difficult and cost SBS too much to explore her Filipino Ancestry.

Being a South Australian, I could relate to some of the places that she visited as she traced her Anderson family.    ......even the little town of Lameroo....I used to live and teach there! 

.......dee

[Ruskie]

I have been away so missed Jack Thompson.

I quite enjoyed tonight's episode, but, like Dee, feel a bit cheated that the programme only covered such a tiny part of her history.

I lost track of time and was surprised when the credits appeared at the end of the show - I was left wanting.

I didn't know she had Filipino ancestry. No idea what sort of records exist there ...

Overall I was pleasantly surprised as I wasn't expecting much.

[MarieC]

G'day dee!  

I found it totally fascinating - so many twists and turns in the two families that were explored!

I suspect that the program makers just focus on something which will be fascinating, as this was - they would barely have time in an hour to do everything, so probably just concentrate on what will have a lot of interest as a TV show!

I certainly envy her the laid-on family history researchers, archivists, art historians, etc, etc.....!

Roll on, Geoffrey Robertson next week!

MarieC

[deeiluka]

I guess so, Marie. I sus[pect that we will find that with Ita Buttrose, having read the preamble to her episode.

I thought the start of the show really demonstrated some of the places that people would recognise and realise that there would be information to possibly be found there......more so than with the first two episodes.

Ruskie, Kate's father is a Hawain born Filipino.

......dee

[trish251]

Hi Dee

I enjoyed it too - saw Sydney Harbour again    (probably the same shot as last week) and I enjoyed Tasmania - as I have been there quite often. She got rather special treatment at the archives - I am only allowed to look at the films - not the original books  

I have never been a fan of Gov Arthur - until he created that ghastly prison complex that now bears his name, the prisoners in VDL had been treated reasonably well - initially by Collins, who I think got many ideas from Arthur Phillip - so Kate should be happy that her ancestors had ideas that varied with those of Arthur  

I would have liked to see/hear a little more of the early days at Port Adelaide  - I know little about this but gather it was not a happy place to be. (I have never heard of Lameroo - sorry)

There is a good summary of the show & Kate's ancestry at the sbs site
http://programs.sbs.com.au/whodoyouthinkyouare/celebrity/?id=74

It appears from reading it that Kate wanted to follow her maternal lines.

Trish

[deeiluka]

There is a good summary of the show & Kate's ancestry at the sbs site
http://programs.sbs.com.au/whodoyouthinkyouare/celebrity/?id=74

It appears from reading it that Kate wanted to follow her maternal lines.

Trish

That fits with her saying she sees herself as Anglo.....

Port Adelaide has a fascinating history. Shall see if I can find something about it for you......

Lameroo is a Murray Mallee town that really only started to grow with soldier settlements after WW1. Anyone settling in the Mallee really had a hard hard life.

Oh ....and if you are lucky, you can get to see original records under supervision in a few South Australian libraries.....my local one is one of them. 

......dee

[MarieC]

Interesting, Trish!

Well, when we start off there are always lines that we particularly want to follow - we get to the other ones later - so I guess this is the way it was for Kate!  

Must agree with you about Governor Arthur!

Yes, she was fortunate to look at those original registers.  Reminded me of when I was fortunate enough to look at some of the original registers at the Family History Centre in Islington - before they were locked away from the public forever!!  

MarieC

[cando]

Hi all

Just a bit of trivia

Here is a link about Lameroo - naturally I am interested I live in the Mallee but on the Victorian side.

http://www.southernmallee.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=152

Cheers
cando