Mea Culpa

In my story of Oct 2012 “The ‘Young Thief’ was my Second Great Grandmother” I referred to Richard Norrish as a Private in the 51st Regiment.  He was of course in the 96th (‘Manchester’) Regiment which relieved the last detachment of the 51st in 1847.

A more serious error was made in “Elva Trevelion – An Untold Story from Trove” (Jul 2014). Referring to the 1934 postcard of the RMS Orford and the Australian Test Cricket team as the “Invincibles” was wrong.  The Australian team earned this sobriquet in 1948, not 1934.  Before I was a family history tragic, I was a cricket tragic! Unforgiveable!

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About njsresearch6

Although raised in Western Australia, I have lived in the Northern Territory most of my life. Memberships include the NT Genealogical Society (Committee), Australian Museum and Gallery Association (NT Branch Committee), Chinese Heritage in Northern Australia, Chinese Australian History Society (Committee), and Chung Wah Society (NT Chinese Museum Director).
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