‘Delightful float bowl In black and biscuit, bearing a native design’[1] For some reason I often noticed a particular black and biscuit coloured jug on display at my grandmother’s place. Perhaps it was because I was studying ancient Greek pottery at university at the time and it reminded me of the black figure pots which were made around the 6th century BC. But the figures on this jug were not Greek gods but Australian animals such as the pelican, swan … Continue reading
I have heard of family historians being gifted or inheriting documents, memorabilia or an entire family archive, precious as a result of age and sympathetic attachment. I remember being pleased and disappointed at the same time. Pleased for them, for the tangible connection they now had with those who had gone before. Disappointed that, while I have appreciated very much the moments of genealogical serendipity that have come my way, pieces of information that have demonstrated the types of people … Continue reading
Wikipedia offers the following explanation of the saying ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’: it “refers to the notion that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image, or that an image of a subject conveys its meaning/essence more effectively than a description does. It also aptly characterizes one of the main goals of visualization, namely making it possible to absorb large amounts of data quickly.” I was reminded of this adage on my recent visit to … Continue reading
I recently read the book “Three Minutes in Poland:Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film” by Glenn Kurtz. It is available on Amazon I bought the Kindle version.The author finds a family film taken on a trip to visit Poland in 1938 and the book details the journey assembling the information able to be determined from that three minutes of film of a time in the past before the terrors in Europe and the decimation of a people … Continue reading
