Australia - Born in the Colony 1788 - 1900 Team
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This page is managed by the Australia Project. It outlines information regarding the 'Born in the Colony' free-space project and team. The Team Leader is Veronica Williams.
See also: Project: Australia.
When Australia was initially colonised in 1788, convicts and settlers came from many lands, some came free, others came against their will. Many went on to settle and prosper, having families in their new country.
The 'Born in the Colony' project has been set up to recognise the progeny of the early inhabitants of Colonial Australia, up to the time of Federation.
They became the '1st generation' Australian ancestors for many of us.
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Goal and Activities
The goal of the project is to categorise all those born in the six Australian Colonies that existed, prior to Federation.
Here are some of the tasks that I think need to be done. I'll be working on them and could use your help.
- Identify relevant categories, free space and project pages relevant to Colonial Australia. See works in progress.
- Create categories for all six Colonies that existed in Australia prior to Federation.
- Set up separate pages with tables listing all the colonies and links to key resources.
- Create profiles for all those 'Born in the Colony' and their convict or immigrant parents.
- Add profile stickers to relevant profiles. See template
- Connect up each of the families to the 'One World WikiTree'.
- Improve all existing profiles - refer Category: Australia, Profile Improvement - Colonial Australia
Membership
- All relevant Colony State and Territory (CST) Teams - help implement new initiatives.
- We are keen for all members to add their specific areas of interest to the specific interest area table below. If you are a new member please leave a comment or add your name to the list below and indicate your area of interest. You will then be placed in the Focus area table (or you can add yourself).
- Members are removed from this list once they are added to the table.
- If you need help or have questions, please contact Veronica.
Members - awaiting info on specific interests (see table below):
Team Members on or after 16 Dec 2020. New members after this date please add your details below.
Please note - Topic teams will overlap the Colony, State and Territory teams but this team will help develop the overall structure required for ‘Born in the Colony’ profiles of the Colonial period.
Members Specific Interests
| Focus Area | Name |
|---|---|
| Policy and Procedure members working with others to develop and promote changes to policy and standards for Born in the Colony profiles, including documentation of project guidelines | Veronica Williams |
| Categories and Locations members focussing on the development and implementation of appropriate category structures and location fields relevant to Pre Federation 1788-1900 profiles (including those Born in the Colony) | Danny Stapleton |
| Connectors members focus is on connecting Born in the Colony profiles to our main Global Family Tree | Lindsay Nash |
| Data Doctors members working together to use tools that seek out and correct errors on Born in the Colony profiles | Veronica Williams (DNA errors)|Leandra Ford |
| Sourcerers focus on adding sources to Unsourced Born in the Colony profiles | Leandra Ford|Kylie Haese|Lindsay Nash |
| All Rounders members who have an interest in helping to improve Born in the Colony profiles when needed (eg adding stickers or other new initiatives), including their own families | Megan Tilley|Sandra Williamson|Glen Prideaux |Nan Hewitt| Neil Croll|Bill Piper |Shoshanah Luckie|Elizabeth W|Scott Davis |
| Colony of New South Wales members who have an interest in The Colony_of_New_South_Wales | David Urquhart|Danny Stapleton|Lindsay Nash|Kaitlyn Emmett (also interested in Norfolk Island) Elsie Gorman also Australia, Gorman Name Study |
| Colony of Van Diemen's Land members who have an interest in Van Diemen's Land (1825-1856) | Maree Waite|John Andrewartha|Neil Croll |
| Swan River Colony members who have an interest in The Swan River Colony | Kylie Haese |John Andrewartha |
| Colony of Queensland members who have an interest in The Colony_of_Queensland | David Urquhart |
| Colony of South Australia members who have an interest in The Colony of South Australia | Joanne Egan|Rhys Fogarty|Danny Stapleton|Alan Salt|Leandra Ford|Kylie Haese |
| Colony of Victoria members who have an interest in The Colony of Victoria | Kylie Haese|Leslie Cooper|Peter Cogan |
| Colony of Western Australia members who have an interest in The Colony of Western Australia | Kylie Haese |John Andrewartha |
| Colony of Tasmania members who have an interest in Colony of Tasmania | Maree Waite|John Andrewartha|Neil Croll |
Links
- The Born in the Colony Project Guidelines help Wikitreers to understand any preferred actions to be taken on profiles that fall under this topic. This includes, project boxes, stickers and categories.
- Australia Project - Project Management - This category page should help you find other relevant project material.
How to get involved
Will you join me? Please post a comment on this page, or add your name to this list with the task you would like to do. Interested in any particular colony? Feel free to take that on. Our Colony, State and Territory teams will also help with this project.
- Suggestions for Australian Born in the Colony Stickers Oct 13, 2021.
- Login to edit this profile and add images.
- Private Messages: Send a private message to the Profile Manager. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)
I'd love to help by adding people to the Tasmanian colonies, as I have lots of family members that can be added. Then can continue to add others.
Just having trouble locating the stickers for each colony (it's probably right in front of my face)
Wiki ID: Page-3560
Sorry
At this stage I have an interest in the Colony of Van Diemen's Land, particularly from the point of view of cemeteries in the southern part of Tasmania. I'm also able to access the State Library of Tasmania for records that are not in digital form. I'm also interested in the Colony of Victoria, especially in and around Melbourne and in the East Gippsland region.
Not sure how much I will be able to help, but have an interest in the Colony of Queensland and the Colony of New South Wales
Marlene
And where do I find a list of the multitude of acronyms that are used and not explained anywhere in texts?
Are there badges/stickers/categories I should add to their profiles to support this project yet?
It looks like I should create as many sibling profiles as I can (my Australian ancestors are all in Wikitree now).
This doesn't do it for you? Being born in South Aus, I forked out for membership so I could see full details.