Site rebuild

Hi. Welcome to oznunns.com.au. I’m rebuilding this site. Most of the menu links will only take you to blank pages. If you want to search the family tree, click on Tree in the menu at top right.
Lasting mark of communication

Lasting mark of communication

My maternal grandmother Margaret Isabella Dobbs (nee Silver) grew up in an era where communication was mostly by letter or postcard. Bella, as she was known, was born in 1893, the first child of Scottish immigrants James and Janet Silver and grew up on the Darling...
Mining equipment law suit fails

Mining equipment law suit fails

In 1890, Henry Aldridge faced a Rockhampton Small Debts Court to answer questions over mining equipment that had not been paid for. The proceedings were somewhat unusual and quite amusing as the formidable solicitor and politician Rees Rutland Jones deftly represented...

Napoleon Nunn

A short, tragic life Napoleon Nunn, who was born in 1831 to an unmarried mother in Chevington, Suffolk, lived an eventful, tragic life and died young. Napoleon was obviously named for the French revolutionary Napoleon Bonaparte. His young mum must have imagined a...