Tuesday 21 June 2016

THE O'GORMAN MAHON REMEMBERED









James Patrick O'Gorman Mahon, as he chose to title himself, died 125 years ago last week. 

He's one of the forgotten Claremen of the 19th century, but is remembered out at Newpark in Roselevan. 

It's the old seat of the Mahon family as Joe O Muircheartaigh discovered when talking to local historian, Declan Barron.








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 Courtesy of CLARE PEOPLE.



TROVE TREASURES Volume 2









TROVE TREASURES  Volume 2





PICTURES, PHOTOS, OBJECTS

TROVE  is on Flickr... all images on the Flickr site are searchable in Trove . You can also add your photos to the Flickr/Trove site, so that they are available to all... It's worth having a look at the site below and seeing just what you can do.


Trove: Australia in Pictures


There are a few surprises waiting for you in this section... not only photographs, but also "negatives, artworks, drawings, posters, postcards andf other pictures, as well as physical objects such as puzzles, isntruments and clothing."
PICTURE AUSTRALIA is now part of TROVE, great if you need historical photos... many are out of copyright, but please always check, and it never hurts to say where you obtained the image. 




JOURNALS, ARTICLES and DATA SETS

This is also an interesting collection.. it contains "journal articles, reports, book chapters, reviews, working papers, conference items and data sets" and also "newspaper, magazine and scholarly journal titles."



Don't dismiss it off hand...you might be very surprised just how much social history is also included here.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/article

e.g. I tried Brisbane... over 500,000 hits... including photos, books, so much news, maps, tourist guides and  Australia's internet and phone directory to name but a few... this led to 

At National Library  then I saw that the internet and phone directory for Brisbane 2001-2002 is available   ... in the Library... Use your National Library Card to view in the Reading Rooms.

Not all will require a trip to the NLA... or State Library. It varies from online reading to 'in your library' and so on.

There are two other links which you could find useful as well..

Google Scholar   and   Informit e-library


MUSIC, SOUND AND VIDEO


You would think that would be straightforward, it is, but also includes interviews with significant people, audio books and sheet music.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/music?q=

This now incorporates Music Australia. 

 By searching for Bryce Courtenay, I could see where his book, The Australian Trilogy, is kept, in which libraries... and if there wasn't one near me, I would know that I could still borrow it via Inter Library Loan... You can also check if you can access University Libraries, as well as local council libraries.

 You can listen to interviews with Dame Pattie Menzies for instance... maybe you'd rather read the salutation on the passing of Slim Dusty... so many others... AC/DC...  you can read maximum rock & roll at Open Library  by following this link... https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25552907M/AC_DC


PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS

Great for biographical information. Lots of images available also.

By searching for Judith Wright, poet, I was able to discover that she was nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature... she was very close to Nugget Coombs, and that she received the Queen's medal for poetry .. among a whole lot of other facts..

 You can discover what Nugget's real name was and see photos...


You can also check Wikipedia... for many biographies...

 Australian Dictionary of Biography  is also a great source... not only for those who are considered famous...



ARCHIVED WEBSITES

PANDORA, which is the NLA's web archive has been building a collection of Australian websites for the last 20 years. Many sites are no longer available on the web, but you can find them here.

You will find many categories of archived websites, including Family History and Genealogy... only 149 so far, but a lot more to come... 

This one looks familiar...   Irish Graves - they who sleep in foreign lands  as do many others...



LISTS


 This is so comprehensive that i think I'll let you read all the details for yourself... here

Suffice to say that you can have Public and Private lists, some to share, some to just keep track of your own research... a great way to be able to quickly return to something you'd been looking at a while back, without repeating all your research.

You can of course, just use TAGS... all explained on thne same page.

 I hope this and the earlier post have been of use to many of you. Perhaps you could leave a comment to let others know what has been most useful to you.









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Saturday 18 June 2016

TROVE TREASURES Volume 1













TROVE TREASURES  Volume 1

This is the first in a series of Volumes re TROVE  and it's treasures...


DIARIES, LETTERS, ARCHIVES

There are currently 642,542 items included, 350,000 of which are freely available of the 380,000 online. ..references are made to others, conditions, etc.

A selection as follows...
   

3,681 FROM SOLDIERS

http://trove.nla.gov.au/collection/result?q&l-occupation=Soldiers


19 MENTION IRELAND

http://trove.nla.gov.au/collection/result?l-occupation=Soldiers&q=Ireland


4 INCLUDE THE WORD IRISH

http://trove.nla.gov.au/collection/result?l-occupation=Soldiers&q=IRISH


1,725 FROM ARMY OFFICERS

http://trove.nla.gov.au/collection/result?q&l-occupation=Army+officers


GOVERNMENT GAZETTES

These are a very rich source of information... they have started with NSW... others to follow...

There are 1,890,955 available so far and you can sort them further into categories. Some are even illustrated...

[ N.B. There are some Government Gazettes for QLD available through Text Queensland, which is one of my favourite sites... they have far more than gazettes there and are well worth a visit...

http://www.textqueensland.com.au/gazette ]



BOOKS

There are many thousands of books, and over 100,000 freely available... you can read many of them online... including the 109,876 on Social History, among thousands of others. 

A huge selection can be read via Open Library, which is another great site..

https://openlibrary.org/books/

Via Open Library, you can read, borrow or buy... too many options to detail here... have fun exploring.


MAPS

"Search maps of Australia and the world. Includes printed sheets, atlases, globes, aerial photographs, star charts, nautical charts and tourist maps."

http://trove.nla.gov.au/map?q=

Can't find that unusual name anywhere? Try... 


Geoscience Australia Place Name Search

You can search by name, over all states, or you can define a search e.g.  [name of town], online...so you can view online. Some are only available in Reading Rooms, some are free to copy. 



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Wednesday 1 June 2016

FESTIVAL FEVER THIS JUNE IN COUNTY CLARE, IRELAND






Visit Clare Newsletter
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June 2016
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Festival Fever this June in County Clare
Enjoy a variety of festivals & events on offer in Clare this June. There is something for everyone to enjoy from jazz to folk music to currach racing to mass participation cycles.
Take a look at some of these favourites... 
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Doonbeg International Jazz Festival - 3rd to 6th June

The Doonbeg International Jazz Festival invites old friends & new to come together to celebrate 17 years of Jazz in Doonbeg this June Weekend.  
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Killaloe Chamber Music Festival - 10th to 12th June

The Killaloe Chamber Music Festival offers an exciting programme of beautiful music in the ancient setting of St. Flannan's Cathedral.
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Doolin Folk Festival - 10th to 12th June

Taking inspiration from the great festivals of the 70s and 80s and the deep musical roots of County Clare, Doolin Folk Festival presents powerful music in an intimate setting.  Highlight acts include: Jerry Fish, Finbar Furey & the Hot House Flowers.
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Lissycasey Music Festival - 24th to 26th June

Lissycasey Live at the Marquee Music Festival is a weekend of music, song & dance featuring Stockton's Wing, Mike Denver, a host of local musicians.  You are also invited to join the community of Lissycasey for a family fun day on Sunday 25th June.
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Clare Singers Sessions
County Clare people love to sing and tell stories.  You can join them at one or all of the local singer sessions which will take place around the County throughout June.
1st June: Shannon
3rd June: Spancilhill
8th June: Crusheen
10th June: Ennis
11th June: Feakle
17th June: Lissycasey
24th June: Cooraclare & Shanaglish

Clare is known as the County of Culture for a good reason.  

Visit www.clare.ie to find
an event that tickles your taste buds.
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