Comments on: Australia Day Blog Challenge – The Drover’s Wife http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/australia-day-blog-challenge-the-drovers-wife/ Stories of My Pioneering Families From the Western District of Victoria Sat, 18 May 2013 01:10:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Merron Riddiford http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/australia-day-blog-challenge-the-drovers-wife/#comment-2237 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:17:04 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=5078#comment-2237 Hi Sharon, it’s great to hear from you. I haven’t come across any Bishop descendants yet. Which of James and Sarah’s children are you descended from?

]]> By: sharon http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/australia-day-blog-challenge-the-drovers-wife/#comment-2223 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:50:30 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=5078#comment-2223 Sarah was my GG grandmother and it was fantastic to read her story, you have filled me in on some of my missing family.

]]> By: Merron Riddiford http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/australia-day-blog-challenge-the-drovers-wife/#comment-1558 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:10:47 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=5078#comment-1558 Thanks Jill. Personally I don’t think very well, but then again we do what we have to do.

]]> By: Merron Riddiford http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/australia-day-blog-challenge-the-drovers-wife/#comment-1557 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:07:35 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=5078#comment-1557 Thank you Pauline. Jim was the informant and yes I do think I got my $20 worth this time. I’m itching to get Jim’s certificate now.

]]> By: Merron Riddiford http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/australia-day-blog-challenge-the-drovers-wife/#comment-1556 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:04:24 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=5078#comment-1556 Thank you Frances and thanks for the confirmation on the 34 years.

]]> By: Merron Riddiford http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/australia-day-blog-challenge-the-drovers-wife/#comment-1555 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:03:44 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=5078#comment-1555 Thanks Alona. They were hardy women.

]]> By: geniaus http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/australia-day-blog-challenge-the-drovers-wife/#comment-1543 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:12:03 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=5078#comment-1543 Great story, Merron. I just wonder how we women of today would cope with the conditions of a Drover’s Wife?

]]> By: cassmob http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/australia-day-blog-challenge-the-drovers-wife/#comment-1538 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 03:28:47 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=5078#comment-1538 Forgot to say I have Bishops marrying into my family. They lived at Wallumbilla near Roma, Qld.

]]> By: cassmob http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/australia-day-blog-challenge-the-drovers-wife/#comment-1537 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 03:13:17 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=5078#comment-1537 You have woven a wonderfully evocative story here Merron!! What a strong woman Sarah, and her contemporaries had to be. It seems that for many of them they had to fend for long periods on their own while husbands went off to earn cash. I thought it was very interesting that he’d written Drover’s Wife (was he the informant?). I agree it’s 34 years even though it’s written a bit oddly. I reckon you got your $20 worth ;-)

]]> By: Frances from A Rebel Hand http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/australia-day-blog-challenge-the-drovers-wife/#comment-1533 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:02:28 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=5078#comment-1533 Fantastic story, Merron, with so much detail. As Alona says, it’s hard to imagine their life, but you’ve painted a vivid picture.
And how intriguing, more questions to answer.

It does look like 34 years, but why a superscript 3? Maybe the rest of the certificate will provide a clue.

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