GSV Webcasts

Number of Webcasts = 143

Presenter: David Down

More and more historical census records from around the world are available online. These records provide valuable…

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Duration: 50 minutes
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Presenter: Jane Vanderstoel

In this presentation Jane Vanderstoel discusses her research of her families that resided in Maldon for many…

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Duration: 33 minutes
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Presenter: John Wroe

John Wroe describes the conditions onboard the immigrant vessels travelling to Victoria. He discusses the length of…

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Duration: 27 minutes
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Presenter: Linley Hooper

The talk discusses the availability of the freeman and guild records of primarily London but also of Dublin and…

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Duration: 48 minutes
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Presenter: Keith Pescod

Dr Pescod examines the lives of some of Irish born immigrants who established Victorian companies manufacturing a…

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Duration: 44 minutes
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Presenter: Claire Johnson

This presentation discusses and gives examples of Irish Prison Registers and Irish Petty Sessions (lower court)…

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Duration: 48 minutes
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Presenter: Beryl O'Gorman

The presentation provides background information regarding the state of Irish society in the first half of the 19th…

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Duration: 40 minutes
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Presenter: Vicki Montgomery

The presentation examines the famines that occurred in Ireland and the various reports and Poor Law Acts instituted…

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Duration: 56 minutes
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Presenter: Alan Aberdeen

The presentation discusses the Scots-Irish, the people descended from Scots who migrated to Ireland, principally…

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Duration: 47 minutes
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Presenter: Carmel McEvey

Carmel McEvey’s presentation details the study of a diary written by an Irishwoman from County Tipperary during the…

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Duration: 54 minutes
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Presenter: Peter Gavin

Peter Gavin provides a history of the Celtic Club in Melbourne which was established in 1887 as an organisation for…

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Duration: 26 minutes
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Presenter: Kevin Molloy

Kevin Molloy speaks about the State Library Victoria’s collections of Irish and Irish-Australian materials which…

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Duration: 24 minutes
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