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Over the course of World War II, two million American military personnel occupied bases throughout the South Pacific, leaving behind a human legacy of at least 4,000 children born to indigenous mothers. Based on interviews conducted with many of these American-indigenous children and several of the surviving mothers, Mothers’ Darlings of the South Pacific explores the intimate relationships that existed between untold numbers of U.S. servicemen and indigenous women during the war and considers the fate of their mixed-race children. These relationships developed in the major U.S. bases of the South Pacific Command, from Bora Bora in the east across to Solomon Islands in the west, and from t...
On the 13th December, 1845, John Harman married Esther Elletson in Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire. John, Esther, and their family emigrated to Australia from Hull, Yorkshire, England on the 9th of February, 1853, where they settled in Melbourne, Victoria, the family then emigrating to Levuka, Fiji, seven years later. This is a collation of the Harman family line descended from John Harman, born in 1790 in Yorkshire, England, and their movements to Australia and Fiji, eventually spreading mainly throughout Australia, New Zealand, England, and the United States. There are over 1,294 descendants documented, individually traced, and named in this book. Photographs have been included where possible.
"The Groom Family of Buckinghamshire, London, Tasmania, Fiji is a collation of the 17 generations of descendants from 1550 Stoke Poges, Herefield, London, Tasmania and Fiji. These two ebooks outline the history and family genealogy of 17 generations from Agnes and son Wylliam Grome, 1550, Stoke Poges, a town in Buckinghamshire, England."--Introduction.
"More than over a thousand descendents of the Jennings family have been traced and named in this thoroughly researched document. From the early 1800s to the 21st century, this book will surely educate and inform every member of the Jennings family about their history in New Zealand, England and Tonga"--Page 4 of cover.
This eBook is the outline lineage of descendants of the Harman family from 1790 to 2017. It only has a full name and year of birth of the person. The names total to 1294 descendants of John Harman and covers approximately 97% of this Harman Family lineage descendants. John Harman was born about 1790 in Yorkshire and died in 1850 in Aldbrough, Yorkshire, England. He married Jane. She was born about 1790 in Patrington, Yorkshire and died before 1871. All their children was born in Aldbrough which was a village near the Yorkshire coast 19km north-east of Hull, England. This eBook will be followed in detail by a published book this 2017.
In 2009 I published the 'Jennings Family of Tonga' documenting the 1142 descendants of my great grandfather George Napier Jennings and his 2 wives Elenoa Lee who had 4 daughters and Mau Kelemeli who had 3 sons. I am updating and converting the published book into a series of ebooks. The updates of the family will be published also in my new " The Jennings Family of Yorkshire New Zealand Tonga." book. Published book in 2017. This ebook is a record of Luisa ( Louisa ) and Lemiso Kaihea Fotu who had 16 children and I have documented their families in a series of 5 ebooks. This eBook documents the families of : Lupem'ua Veamatahau, Nina Hafoka and Hulita Fainga'a.Luisa and Lemisio Kaihea family will be completed with updates to October 2016. Families can be updated through the family page of George Napier Jennings Descendants on Facebook. This also is an excellent way to document large families and using modern technology.
The first general history of death and bereavement in twentieth century Australia. Starts with the culture of death denial from 1920 to 1970 and discusses increased openness about death since the 1980s.
I am updating and converting the Jennings Family of Tonga book published in 2009 into a series of ebooks. The updates of the family will be published also in my new "The Jennings Family of Yorkshire New Zealand Tonga" book, to be published in 2017. This ebook is a record of Luisa (Louisa) and Lemiso Kaihea Fotu who had 16 children and I have documented their families in a series of 5 ebooks. This eBook documents the family of: Katalina and Tevita Suliafu. Luisa and Lemisio Kaihea family will be completed with updates to October 2016. Families can be updated through the family page of George Napier Jennings Descendants on Facebook.This also is an excellent way to document large families and using modern technology.
Current: Contemporary Art From Australia and New Zealand is the first comprehensive survey of all that is cutting edge in Australian and New Zealand contemporary practice. In a landmark publication, the book features eighty artists, carefully chosen to best reflect the vibrancy of art of the moment. While Current could be seen as a hot list of contemporary taste in the tradition of Taschen's Art Now, inclusivity is the book's abiding theme. Current is also underpinned by scholarship with commissioned essays by the region's leading writers and curators. Current's beautifully designed pages are filled with many names familiar to followers of contemporary art - including Paddy Bedford, Simryn G...