It has been a week since the book "Pioneers & Suffragists" was launched and the first edition is almost sold out. Letters and emails have been arriving all week from descendants who travelled to Colac to be part of the celebrations. Thankyou for all of the positive feedback.
So many people have discovered that they are actually related to more than one of the women featured in the book and have new information to add to their family research. Many are seeing a photograph of their ancestor for the first time.
PIONEERS and SUFFRAGISTS aims to identify 360 women who lived in Colac and the surrounding districts in 1891. These pioneers and suffragists were among the 30,000 women who signed the Monster Petition in support of Victorian women being granted the vote.
Saturday 25 August 2012
Sunday 19 August 2012
Saturday 18th August, the book "Pioneers & Suffragists" was launched in Colac. Over 300 people, many descendants of the women featured in the book, travelled from interestate and throughout Victoria to attend the event. On Saturday night 125 people attended a celebratory dinner.
The book, which was launched by Dr Richard Evans from Deakin University is a result of four years of research and thousands of letters, emails and phone calls to descendants. Photographs were obtained of more than 200 of the women.
The book, which was launched by Dr Richard Evans from Deakin University is a result of four years of research and thousands of letters, emails and phone calls to descendants. Photographs were obtained of more than 200 of the women.
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