tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388864214259507833.post1584458571482430755..comments2023-04-06T19:33:50.904+10:00Comments on From Helen V Smith's Keyboard: Australia Day 2012: Wealth for ToilHelen V Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418865928294578567noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388864214259507833.post-2847580639834321242012-02-02T22:17:23.677+10:002012-02-02T22:17:23.677+10:00Yes it was great as without that I would never hav...Yes it was great as without that I would never have known to go looking until Trove was released and his name came up as Fireman Busby as a witness in a fire where a body was found.Helen V Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16418865928294578567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388864214259507833.post-1286940957567749932012-02-02T21:23:56.419+10:002012-02-02T21:23:56.419+10:00Thanks for joining in. What a varied career. I lov...Thanks for joining in. What a varied career. I love the tattoo as the hint for his occupation!Shelley Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008715347583341427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388864214259507833.post-87418393207299414932012-01-27T05:33:18.215+10:002012-01-27T05:33:18.215+10:00Thanks for this post Helen. I didn't know abo...Thanks for this post Helen. I didn't know about the tattoos for the fire brigade so I found that interesting.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388864214259507833.post-10110434651252844482012-01-26T12:01:19.964+10:002012-01-26T12:01:19.964+10:00Yes. George is my mystery person and I wish I had ...Yes. George is my mystery person and I wish I had known more about him (so did my Mother which is the reason why I first started family history research).<br /><br />I find snippets which are very interesting. He was interested in amateur radio and I have a couple of pages in a notebook where he has written about what radio contacts he has made. This is interesting particularly as I also have an amateur radio licence.Helen V Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16418865928294578567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388864214259507833.post-40588640664663965162012-01-26T11:51:58.095+10:002012-01-26T11:51:58.095+10:00Brisbane Ablaze is the second volume by the same a...Brisbane Ablaze is the second volume by the same authors that covers the time period 1921-1990. Ken was very kind and did some searching among his records for George and we had a few conversations about working conditions. There is a Honour Board somewhere, whereabouts unknown to Ken, that showed George on it as an ex-Brigade person who went to WW1Helen V Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16418865928294578567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388864214259507833.post-69050227835862538432012-01-26T11:26:59.612+10:002012-01-26T11:26:59.612+10:00I have a book called "Brisbane on Fire: a His...I have a book called "<b>Brisbane on Fire: a History of Firefighting 1860-1925</b>" by K.D. Calthorpe and K. Capell, published in 1997; ISBN 0646312391. Is that by any chance the one you referred to as 'Brisbane Ablaze'?Judy Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02331380147873608965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388864214259507833.post-84489406086103505722012-01-26T08:52:05.984+10:002012-01-26T08:52:05.984+10:00Lots of toiling there! Interesting to read about t...Lots of toiling there! Interesting to read about the changes in direction as these men progressed through their working lives.Fihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270783758226909749noreply@blogger.com