Having lived all my life in one country, indeed one city, I have no experience of what it means to leave home and make a new life in a new country. Yet for eighteen of my ancestors that was their lived reality. Arriving in Australia between 1839 and 1877, most came by choice, some by force of circumstance and one by compulsion of law. In this book I tell the stories of each of my emigrant ancestors: where they came from, how and when they came to Australia, what motivated them to leave home, their experiences in their new country, and who their descendants were. I have written this book both as a tribute to my emigrant ancestors and as a legacy to their descendants, so that our ancestors who left home for a new life in a new country will not be forgotten.

The book is available from Amazon as an eBook, a paperback with coloured images, and a paperback with black and white images.
ISBN: 9780958101929 (Coloured Images)
ISBN: 9780958101936 (Black and White Images)

Contents
Preface
Ancestry Charts
Introduction
Part 1 Emigrant Ancestors: My Father’s Line
Part 2 Emigrant Ancestors: My Mother’s Line
Part 3 Home-Grown Ancestors
Part 4 Extended Families
Part 5 Eulogies for my Parents
Endnotes