Listen "Ep 3: Paula and Fay on Ballaarat"
Episode Synopsis
Music, war and broken families both feature in Paula and Fay's family histories but the thing that connects them most of all is a town. Ballarat.
In this episode Sophie speaks with family historian Paula Herlihy, whose grandfather was adopted when her great grandfather left her great grandmother with a large family to raise. We discuss an oral history recording with Fay Anderson whose grandfather was a prominent Ballarat herbalist, F.S. Goon, who later settled in Hong Kong.
In this episode Sophie speaks with family historian Terry Young, whose grandfather was a market gardeners and father a worked at the Queen Victoria Markets. We discuss an oral history recording with Alex Woon whose father, Alexander Ah Woon, worked in the Queen Victoria Markets.
In this episode Sophie speaks with family historian Paula Herlihy, whose grandfather was adopted when her great grandfather left her great grandmother with a large family to raise. We discuss an oral history recording with Fay Anderson whose grandfather was a prominent Ballarat herbalist, F.S. Goon, who later settled in Hong Kong.
In this episode Sophie speaks with family historian Terry Young, whose grandfather was a market gardeners and father a worked at the Queen Victoria Markets. We discuss an oral history recording with Alex Woon whose father, Alexander Ah Woon, worked in the Queen Victoria Markets.
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