Category Archives: News
WWI Centenary Community Project Begins
The call has gone out to families with connections to Orange to help find the names of all Orange’s ex-services personnel from World War I. Orange City Council has formed a Community Working Party in the lead up to plans … Read more
History Talking by Helen McAnulty Book Launch
A love of collecting and writing oral history has led to a unique book titled History Talking by local writer Helen McAnulty covering reminiscences of people from Gulgong, Mudgee and Orange. In his foreword Alexander Jenkins Professor Emeritus, University of … Read more
Moment Behind the Photo Workshop at Orange
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but often that’s only half the story. Sometimes the best memories come from recalling the stories behind the photo. And this includes your family stories! The Central West Writers’ Centre and … Read more
Koori Mail digitised
Great news for people researching Indigenous issues, The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Studies (AIATSIS) has digitised the back archive of the ‘Koori Mail‘. The Koori Mail, established in 1991 was Australia’s first wholly Indigenous owned fortnightly … Read more
Family Historians Discover Photo Books
Family historians were among the audience who joined in our Seniors Week Workshop on How to create a photo book supported by Officeworks (pictrued above) yesterday. Pictured below is Local Studies Librarian Peter Douglass with Sophie and Kristy from Officeworks. … Read more
Family History featured at Experience Orange! Expo
Many people were encouraged to learn more about their family history during Sunday’s Experience Orange! Expo organised by the Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak. Orange Family History Group members helped many people with the starting blocks to begin family history … Read more
Canobolas Gardens Crematorium Inscriptions CD Available
Orange Family History Group takes great pleasure in re-launching its Canobolas Gardens Crematorium Inscriptions CD to help people researching their family history. The CD is a record of the inscriptions on plaques in the Canobolas Gardens Crematorium, Orange. The inscriptions … Read more
The Making of Modern Australia
The ABC is currently working on a social history documentary series spanning the post-war period called The Making of Modern Australia. This builds on their recently released online social history project of the same name. The producers are looking for … Read more
You Have Mail!
The latest edition of the Orange Family History Group's Newsletter is hot off the press. If you receive it via email it should already be in your mailbox. If you're still into “snail mail” it will reach you just after … Read more
