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...

Dobbs family … some photos

What follows are several images from my collection of memorabilia of the Dobbs family from Boolburra, Queensland. John Alexis Dobbs Coker and Margaret Isabella Silver, known as Alex and Bella Dobbs, raised a family of four on a farm near the Dawson River.