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Topic: ***CHRISTMAS in Australia *** (Read 602 times)
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tropicalj
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Jenn and the family 1960
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Hello there All
May you uncover dead relatives  and solve that Brick Wall you have been banging your head against
To our New Zealand friends "Meri Kirihimete!"
My day will be rather warm and oh so damn humid
what about yours??
Kind regards
Jenn
Keeping the CHRIST in CHRISTMAS
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Research names or areas: I live in Thuringowa/Townsville Queensland, Australia and I am researching TOWNSEND,PINNEGAR, STRANGE, PULLEN, GRIFFIN from Wiltshire, ADAMSON from NSW, BAYLEY from Dorset,Yorkshire, HAIR from Durham, CUMMINS, BROWNLESS from Yorkshire, SHOEBRIDGE, VINALL, BRINDLE from Kent, EDSALL from Cornwall, BRYAN from Staffordshire, MORGAN, HENNESSY, BAKER from Ireland, VAN REYK, DE LA HARPE, from Sri Lanka Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalar |
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cando
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Season's Greetings to all my 'friends' on rootschat  -
May the Blessings of Christmas be on you one and all and may the New Year bring you good health and happiness.....and may we all hear the crumbling of brick walls
We will certainly be having a cool Christmas Day here in north west Victoria - it is a chilly 18° in my office today ... brrrrrr.
Cando
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tropicalj
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oh Cando 18 thats sound lovely 32 here
jenn
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Research names or areas: I live in Thuringowa/Townsville Queensland, Australia and I am researching TOWNSEND,PINNEGAR, STRANGE, PULLEN, GRIFFIN from Wiltshire, ADAMSON from NSW, BAYLEY from Dorset,Yorkshire, HAIR from Durham, CUMMINS, BROWNLESS from Yorkshire, SHOEBRIDGE, VINALL, BRINDLE from Kent, EDSALL from Cornwall, BRYAN from Staffordshire, MORGAN, HENNESSY, BAKER from Ireland, VAN REYK, DE LA HARPE, from Sri Lanka Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalar |
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wisby
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I would also like to wish all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New year from chilly Melbourne.
Nola.
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Bacon - Wisby, Essex
Fidock - Henwood - Brown, Cornwall
Irons, Littleport, Cambridgeshire
Goodfellow, Wiltshire
Campbell, Armidale, Inverell
Kemp, SA, Nhill
Turner, Dorset, Tenterfield, Glen Innes
Blake, Ireland, Patterson, Maitland, Moree
Mullins, Ireland, Patterson, Maitland, Moree
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trish251
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The news this am said Brisbane will have its coolest Christmas Day since 1999. It seems that Brisbane has been getting cooler ever since I bought the air conditioning (2 years ago) 
Christmas wishes to everyone
Trish
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tropicalj
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one of our local version of a Christmas carol starts
"on the first day of christmas
my true love sent to me
a green ant in a mango tree"
what about the rest of Oz?
Jenn
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Research names or areas: I live in Thuringowa/Townsville Queensland, Australia and I am researching TOWNSEND,PINNEGAR, STRANGE, PULLEN, GRIFFIN from Wiltshire, ADAMSON from NSW, BAYLEY from Dorset,Yorkshire, HAIR from Durham, CUMMINS, BROWNLESS from Yorkshire, SHOEBRIDGE, VINALL, BRINDLE from Kent, EDSALL from Cornwall, BRYAN from Staffordshire, MORGAN, HENNESSY, BAKER from Ireland, VAN REYK, DE LA HARPE, from Sri Lanka Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalar |
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boggabarrett
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I spent a very merry Christmas in Darwin about 35 years ago, and just by the side of the verandah was a huge mango tree, and we sat eating our Christmas dinner, five geese that a couple of lads had got that morning with two bullets, and we watched as the green ants busily sewed together the leaves of the mango tree. We had so much tucker and drink that we invited a few Aboriginals that wandered by to join us. Three of us worked for a removal company and we always told the punters (mostly servicemen) that they could not pack their unused bottles of spirits and wines in with their furniture, so of course we never had to buy any.
This year I am home in Perth, for the first time in four years and it will be hot, 38C which is about 100F for the metricaly challenged amongst us. Sure to be a good one as I trust everyone elses will be.
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Barrett:- Kent, Essex, Ireland
Raymes:-Norfolk, Essex, New South Wales
Ainger:- Essex, Kent
Cockerill:- Canada
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MarieC
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Oh, boggabarrett, that's a great story - wonderful memories....!
Trish is right - in our neck of the woods Christmas Day will be cool and cloudy, which will be a nice change after about seven boiling hot Christmas Days in a row! Good eating weather - not that I need that, I've been socialising and overeating since late November!! 
Try this link - http://www.kenduncan.com/echristmas
It's the Aussie version of Jingle Bells with an accompanying slide show of Aussie scenes. I reckon it's great!
And I'm indulging my beloved Scottish ancestry on Christmas Eve by watching the Edinburgh Tattoo! I love it every year. But it's not as good as being there!
MarieC
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Martins in London and Wales, Lockwoods in Yorkshire, Hartleys in London, Lichfield and Brighton, Hubands and Smiths in Ireland, Bentleys in London and Yorkshire, Denhams in Somerset, Scoles in London, Meyers in London, Cooks in Northumberland
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tropicalj
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me too Marie watching the tatoo it is a family tradition and there are no Scots in my background, must say it is not as good as some years but still enjoyable.
JEnn
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Research names or areas: I live in Thuringowa/Townsville Queensland, Australia and I am researching TOWNSEND,PINNEGAR, STRANGE, PULLEN, GRIFFIN from Wiltshire, ADAMSON from NSW, BAYLEY from Dorset,Yorkshire, HAIR from Durham, CUMMINS, BROWNLESS from Yorkshire, SHOEBRIDGE, VINALL, BRINDLE from Kent, EDSALL from Cornwall, BRYAN from Staffordshire, MORGAN, HENNESSY, BAKER from Ireland, VAN REYK, DE LA HARPE, from Sri Lanka Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalar |
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deeiluka
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A Happy and Safe Christmas to everyone!
Just finished watching the Tattoo....now watching the end of the Carols by Candlelight......
Going to be 20 degrees tomorrow where I am .....just about perfect for enjoying the day and the food and all the activities.
Enjoy your day wherever you are!
Wishing you peace and joy.....
.....dee
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MarieC
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Have put a chat thread on the TOT for any poor addicted Rootschatter like me who's going to be coming on here on Christmas Day! Topics - weather, and what people are doing on the day. Feel free to join in!
MarieC
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Martins in London and Wales, Lockwoods in Yorkshire, Hartleys in London, Lichfield and Brighton, Hubands and Smiths in Ireland, Bentleys in London and Yorkshire, Denhams in Somerset, Scoles in London, Meyers in London, Cooks in Northumberland
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