Headstone helps unlock a complicated family

Headstone helps unlock a complicated family

By Warren Nunn A sizeable headstone in a Scottish cemetery bears a loving tribute to a faithful housekeeper. Erected by one John Ferguson, it lauds Sarah Nunn who died at Peebles but who was originally from Chevington, Suffolk. Sarah had been John Ferguson’s...

Nunn reunion 2024

The Nunn family plans to gather on the Capricorn Coast this 12-13 October to celebrate our heritage. We descend from George and Winnie Nunn from Margaret St, Rockhampton (see family picture below). The idea is to gather at Coolwaters Caravan Park which, for those of...
Converting a church into a home

Converting a church into a home

The above composite image is of what has been identified as the Duaringa Roman Catholic Church building from the early 1900s. While they are designed the same, they are not the same building. What follows will explain that. When Queensland’s population was...
Malcolm Nunn’s life revisited

Malcolm Nunn’s life revisited

A BOY who started pumping petrol as a teenager grew into a man who climbed communication towers and won the hearts of those who got to know him. Stewart Malcolm Nunn arrived on 24 September 1933, the seventh of 11 children born to George Alexander Nunn and Winifred...
Bush Rats football social club 1920

Bush Rats football social club 1920

HERE’S an image from 1920 of some of the women involved with the Bush Rats Football Club from Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland. It has added interest as five of the ladies have the Nunn surname which is not surprising given there were eight Nunn men whose children...