<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- generator="wordpress.com" -->
<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/</loc><lastmod>2026-04-03T06:21:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/liebe-sydney-august-268/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mouquet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mouquet</image:title><image:caption>MOUQUET FARM, FRANCE.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00006/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-04-02T21:56:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/about-me/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screenshot-2022-07-22-151314.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2022-07-22-151314</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-16T09:33:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/</loc><lastmod>2026-03-15T06:39:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/cowan-duncan-brown/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/murgha.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Murgha</image:title><image:caption>MURGHA STATION HOMESTEAD c1919. Image courtesy of theMuseums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/770592 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/messines.jpg</image:loc><image:title>messines</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C955198</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cowan-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cowan</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C390332?image=1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cowan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cowan</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/98244/5</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/050.jpg</image:loc><image:title>050</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-02-21T02:20:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/08/10/james-and-the-bushranger/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/262.jpg</image:loc><image:title>262</image:title><image:caption>YAMBUK HOTEL</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/266.jpg</image:loc><image:title>266</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/151.jpg</image:loc><image:title>151</image:title><image:caption>ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, PORT FAIRY.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/db1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>db1</image:title><image:caption>"A BUSHRANGER SHOT." The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 24 Feb 1859 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/db.jpg</image:loc><image:title>db</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/267.jpg</image:loc><image:title>267</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/225-600x800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225 (600x800)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-02-12T10:16:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/12/21/passing-of-the-pioneers-66/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/read-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Read (2)</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF WILLAM HENRY READ, BRANXHOLME CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>001</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF CARL AND EVELINE KLUG AT THE SOUTH HAMILTON LUTHERAN CEMETERY.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/millard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Millard</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF ELLEN AND RICHARD MILLARD, HAMILTON (OLD) CEMETERY.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kennan-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kennan</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1923, March 1). Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved December 21, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171246844</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/keenan-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>keenan</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1923, March 1). Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved December 21, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171246844</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/keenan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>keenan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kennan-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kennan</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON (1893, November 25). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918), p. 32. Retrieved December 20, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196644733</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/academy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>academy</image:title><image:caption>https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+21766/58</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/champion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>champion</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/101122</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/henty-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>henty</image:title><image:caption>"MEMORIES" (1934, November 15). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 6. Retrieved December 18, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149584670</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-02-06T11:54:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/06/24/in-the-news-june-24-1861/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/wake-up-hamilton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wake up hamilton</image:title><image:caption>"WAKE UP, HAMILTON.". (1921, January 31). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876-1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved June 24, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64023185</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/sm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/sep-meeting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sep meeting</image:title><image:caption>SEPARATION MEETING AT HAMILTON. (1861, June 24). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842-1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved June 24, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65446763</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-01-07T00:12:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/01/19/in-the-news-january-19-1944/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fire2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire</image:title><image:caption>"BUSH FIRE DANGER" Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 13 January 1944: 4 (EVENING). Web. 14 Jan 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/derrin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>derrin</image:title><image:caption>"WESTERN DISTRICT FIRE AREAS STILL SCENE OF RUIN" The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 27 May 1944: 6. Web. 14 Jan 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dunkeld.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dunkeld</image:title><image:caption>THE SCENE AT DUNKELD.   "Bush Fire Victims Carry On" Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 26 January 1944:   .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fire1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire1</image:title><image:caption>"BLACK DAY FOR HAMILTON" The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 15 January 1944:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire</image:title><image:caption>"Nineteen Patients in Hamilton Hospital" The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 20 January 1944:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bf1944g.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bf1944g</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON AREA LOSS £270,000. (1944, January 19). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 4. Retrieved January 18, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11821239</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bf1944f.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bf1944f</image:title><image:caption>FOURTEEN DEATHS IN DISASTROUS BUSH FIRES IN VICTORIA. (1944, January 15). Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved January 18, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68837972</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bf1944e.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bf1944e</image:title><image:caption>MANY LIVES LOST AND ENORMOUS DAMAGE IN BUSH FIRES. (1944, January 15). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11816061</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bf1944d.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bf1944d</image:title><image:caption>FIRES IN WIDELY-SEPARATED ZONES. (1944, January 15). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved January 18, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17878294</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bf1944c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bf1944c</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-12-29T20:36:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/01/13/in-the-news-january-13-1905/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/081-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>081-2</image:title><image:caption>NEAR BYADUK CAVES.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bushbyaduk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bushbyaduk</image:title><image:caption>HEAVY LOSSES AT BYADUK. (1905, January 13). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved January 11, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63691042</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-12-27T06:06:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/creek-herbert/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/young-garage-horsham.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Young Bros Garage Horsham</image:title><image:caption>YOUNG BROS GARAGE, HORSHAM. c1925.  Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/771658</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/herbert-creek.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Herbert Creek</image:title><image:caption>THE WESTERN DESERT, c1918
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C385981</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/armoured-car-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Armoured Car</image:title><image:caption>IN THE JORDAN VALLEY c1918. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C969239</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/armoured-car-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Armoured Car</image:title><image:caption>1st ARMOURED CAR SECTION PRIOR TO LEAVING FOR EGYPT ON 20 JUNE 1916. HERBERT IS POSSIBLY THE MAN THIRD FROM THE RIGHT. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1255520?image=1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/armoured-car.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Armoured Car</image:title><image:caption>ARMOURED CARS IN EGYPT c1917.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C248367</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/creek-herbert.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Creek Herbert</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1066305 </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-12-10T07:18:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dohle1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dohle1</image:title><image:caption>"AN INTERESTING MEMENTO" Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 5 April 1924: 71. Web. 24 Sep 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dohle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dohle</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/3846/16</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/brindley-hugh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brindley.Hugh</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1149729</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/old-camera-icon.png</image:loc><image:title>old-camera-icon</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/book-icon.png</image:loc><image:title>book-icon</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/gordon-akeroyd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gordon akeroyd</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DAOF040/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-11-15T04:42:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/10/18/strong-in-faith-a-story-of-monivae-estate/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/thomson-23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thomson (23)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screenshot-2025-11-13-222616.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2025-11-13 222616</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/thomson-58.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thomson (58)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/172-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>172 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/thomson-53.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thomson (53)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/monivae2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monivae</image:title><image:caption>MONIVAE HOMESTEAD 1966.  Image courtesy of the J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/230077</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/monivae-rent.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monivae rent</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 29 January 1864: 8. Web. 18 Oct 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/monivae-ballarat-road.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monivae ballarat road.</image:title><image:caption>MONIVAE COLLEGE, BALLARAT ROAD, HAMILTON c1956.
Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/64414</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/thomson-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thomson (4)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/learmonth6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>learmonth6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-11-13T11:35:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/02/19/trove-tuesday-the-hamilton-ghost/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ghost.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ghost</image:title><image:caption>PLAYING THE GHOST. (1904, December 29). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved October 31, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225883919</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hg4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hg4</image:title><image:caption>THE HAMILTON GHOST. (1876, May 13). Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889), p. 4. Retrieved February 19, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61905173</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hg3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hg3</image:title><image:caption>A "GHOST" SCARE. (1922, June 6). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved February 19, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72732250</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hg2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hg2</image:title><image:caption>Established August 1842. (1898, September 14). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved February 19, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63674221</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hg1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hg1</image:title><image:caption>Hamilton's Ghost Walks. (1941, July 21). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved February 18, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64401002</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hg</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-31T06:10:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/hudson-charles-robert/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dressingstation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dressingstation</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00591/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-31T03:32:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/11/04/skipton-the-local-horse/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/skipton19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skipton</image:title><image:caption>"Melbourne Jockeys Turned Down Ride on Cup Winner" Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) 12 November 1941: 1 (Edition2). Web. 20 May 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/skipton18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skipton18</image:title><image:caption>SKIPTON'S WAR LOAN EFFORT. (1943, November 1). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 4, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64387175</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/skipton17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skipton17</image:title><image:caption>Melbourne Cup winner dead. (1948, December 23). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved November 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12988791</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/skipton16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skipton16</image:title><image:caption>Turf Notes. (1948, December 31). The Charleville Times (Brisbane, Qld. : 1896 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved November 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76553267</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/skipton15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skipton15</image:title><image:caption>SKIPTON RETIRES. (1944, February 10). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved November 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128393096</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/skipton14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skipton14</image:title><image:caption>MELBOURNE CUP FAVOURITE. (1943, October 27). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 15. Retrieved November 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25984915</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/skipton13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skipton13</image:title><image:caption>HOW SKIPTON GOT ITS NAME. (1941, November 12). The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950), p. 7. Retrieved November 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107293645</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/skipton12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skipton12</image:title><image:caption>HEAVY PLUNGE. (1942, November 14). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved November 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42367898</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/skipton11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skipton11</image:title><image:caption>Skipton Doesn't Look Spring Winner. (1942, September 20). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved November 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59171794</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/skipton10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skipton10</image:title><image:caption>Hamilton Honours Kitson Family. (1941, November 15). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved November 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78132418</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-25T09:06:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/03/21/byaduk-cemetery-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_1822.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1822</image:title><image:caption>HEADSTONE OF ALBERT AND EMMA HARMAN</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fun.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fun</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_18471.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1847</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sf</image:title><image:caption>2nd Leuitenant Simon Fraser, 58th Battalion.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial-ID no H05926 http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H05926/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cb1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cb1</image:title><image:caption>COUNTRY NEWS. (1916, August 28). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 9. Retrieved March 17, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1598956</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cb</image:title><image:caption>COUNTRY NEWS. (1916, August 28). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 9. Retrieved March 17, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1598956</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bc5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bc5</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1940, June 8). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 4. Retrieved March 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12469954</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bc4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bc4</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1934, March 10). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 13. Retrieved March 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10917287</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bc3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bc3</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1946, May 31). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 2. Retrieved March 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22250486</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bc2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bc2</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1917, November 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1664422</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-24T10:41:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/hamilton-sailors-and-soldiers-fathers-association-memorial/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/312.jpg</image:loc><image:title>312</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-19T04:47:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/11/29/passing-of-the-pioneers-59/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/lesser-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lesser (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/horan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>horan</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 27 September 1884: 4 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR). .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/hull.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hull</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/winter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/334501</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/westclovenhills.jpg</image:loc><image:title>westclovenhills</image:title><image:caption>J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/kirkwood1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kirkwood1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/hull4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hull4</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-28T23:58:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/06/10/old-portland-cemetery-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/052.jpg</image:loc><image:title>052</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>047</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/055.jpg</image:loc><image:title>055</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>051</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>054</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cf2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cf2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cf</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>061</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/050.jpg</image:loc><image:title>050</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/046.jpg</image:loc><image:title>046</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-12T10:30:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/lovett-alfred-john-henry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/al.jpg</image:loc><image:title>al</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P01651.001/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-31T05:08:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/05/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-70/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/rentsch-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rentsch-5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rippon-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rippon</image:title><image:caption>CRICKET At GEELONG. (1867, October 19). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6. Retrieved May 30, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5781100</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mullagh-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mullagh</image:title><image:caption>HARROW. (1892, December 13). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 1 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR.). Retrieved May 29, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225182122</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mullagh-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mullagh</image:title><image:caption>HARROW. (1892, December 13). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 1 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR.). Retrieved May 29, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225182122</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mullagh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mullagh</image:title><image:caption>THE LATE JOHN MULLAGH. (1891, August 18). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved May 29, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226082134</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/irrewarra.jpg</image:loc><image:title>irrewarra</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>001</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-27T03:51:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/05/05/trove-tuesday-rebeccas-trees/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/230.jpg</image:loc><image:title>230</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>JAMES STREET, PORT FAIRY.  Image courtesy of the State Library Collection.  Photo by Isobel Powling, 1958.  Image no.  H2008.75/102 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/95700</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2331.jpg</image:loc><image:title>233</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-26T12:09:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/04/09/trove-tuesday-hometown-rivals/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tt26.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt26</image:title><image:caption>Imperials may jain the lour tomorrow. (1956, May 11). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 23. Retrieved April 9, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71802250</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tt25.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt25</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tt24.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt24</image:title><image:caption>TRADITIONAL RIVALS FIGHT IT OUT. (1955, May 13). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 22. Retrieved April 9, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71882081</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tt23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt23</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tt22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt22</image:title><image:caption>Traditional clash in Western League HAMILTON HAS EDGE ON OLD RIVALS. (1953, July 3). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 10. Retrieved April 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23253913</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tt21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt21</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON ON TOP. (1948, June 10). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 4 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved April 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64415146</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tt20.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt20</image:title><image:caption>TABLE TALK. (1868, November 12). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved April 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64691122</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-10T07:30:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/09/18/passing-of-the-pioneers-57/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mcarthur2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mcarthur</image:title><image:caption>MENINGOORT HOMESTEAD Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/169949</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/smythesdale.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smythesdale</image:title><image:caption>"NEWS AND NOTES." The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) 2 April 1870: 2. Web. 17 Sep 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/robertheller.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RobertHeller</image:title><image:caption>"THEATRICAL GOSSIP." Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900) 18 August 1892: 7. Web. 17 Sep 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/palmer2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>palmer2</image:title><image:caption>"DEATH OF MR. A.C. PALMER" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 12 August 1912: 3. Web. 15 Sep 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/palmer11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>palmer1</image:title><image:caption>"SPORTING ECHOES." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 9 August 1892: 4. Web. 15 Sep 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/palmer1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>palmer</image:title><image:caption>"ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS." The Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian (Vic. : 1866 - 1888) 1 February 1879: 3. Web. 15 Sep 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/schomberg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>schomberg</image:title><image:caption>PRG 1373/19/38 http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/19/38</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/caldedonian.jpg</image:loc><image:title>caldedonian</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1843; 1854 - 1876) 19 June 1857: 3 (EVENING). Web. 15 Sep 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mcarthur1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mcarthur1</image:title><image:caption>"CUP MEETING OF TERANG RACING CLUB, NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1921." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 8 January 1921: 41. Web. 15 Sep 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/koort-koort-nong.jpg</image:loc><image:title>koort koort nong</image:title><image:caption>KOORT KOORT NONG STATION 1984  Image courtesy of he J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/217275</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-09T08:18:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/05/31/everybody-happy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rupert-hazell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rupert Hazell</image:title><image:caption>Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) 5 October 1929, p. 56 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165610189</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rh15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rh15</image:title><image:caption>ATTRACTIVE PERTH GIRLS. (1934, January 23). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved May 30, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32795395</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rh14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rh14</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rh16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rh16</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rh13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rh13</image:title><image:caption>Display Advertising. (1926, March 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 20. Retrieved May 30, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3741055</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rh12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rh12</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rh11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rh11</image:title><image:caption>A BROADCASTING STAR. (1933, December 22). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved May 28, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32777824</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rh10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rh10</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rh9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rh9</image:title><image:caption>BRIGHT COMEDY VAUDEVILLE. (1928, February 15). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 25. Retrieved May 28, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21223381</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rh8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rh8</image:title><image:caption>BROADCASTING. (1928, July 11). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 13. Retrieved May 28, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57056909</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-20T07:27:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/cameron-edith-clare/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mont-park.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mont park</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1117342</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/runic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>runic</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C46205</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/105.jpg</image:loc><image:title>105</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/edithcameron.jpg</image:loc><image:title>edithcameron</image:title><image:caption>Museum Victoria Collections http://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/769263
Accessed 10 October 2016</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-19T06:02:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/anderson-edward-handfield/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/anderson-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anderson</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/773647</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/anderson-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anderson</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C967694</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/anderson-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anderson</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C967358</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/anderson-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anderson</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/anderson-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anderson</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/anderson2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anderson2</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/263307/50</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/anderson1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anderson1</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/263307/48</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/anderson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anderson</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/263307/28</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/anderson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anderson</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/231372</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/andersonedward.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AndersonEdward</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10815862</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-18T22:52:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/tredrea-francis-stanley/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/tredrea-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tredrea</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/tredrea.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tredrea</image:title><image:caption>FRANCIS TREDREA 1916.

Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1065753</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fs1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fs1</image:title><image:caption>"MISSING SOLDIER." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 5 Mar 1917: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fs</image:title><image:caption>rRANCIS STANLEY TREDREA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-13T04:05:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/08/13/in-memory-of-james-harman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/harman-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Harman (4)</image:title><image:caption>TOGETHER AGAIN. THE GRAVE OF JAMES &amp; SUSAN HARMAN AT THE BYADUK CEMETERY.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/jamesh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jamesh</image:title><image:caption>"RAILWAY MEETING AT BYADUK." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 15 October 1881: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/lincoln.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lincoln</image:title><image:caption>LINCOLN SHEEP.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image No. PRG 280/1/17/796  http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+280/1/17/796</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/james.jpg</image:loc><image:title>james</image:title><image:caption>"PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 17 May 1883: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/jamesharman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jamesharman</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/show.jpg</image:loc><image:title>show</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 29 August 1916: 5. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-13T01:29:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/04/20/the-duke-of-richmond/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/portlandbay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>portlandbay</image:title><image:caption>PORTLAND BAY, 1856.  Illustration by S.T.Gill, courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/303521</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-13T01:12:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-12T08:47:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-12T08:33:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2025/07/08/trove-tuesday-by-george/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/image.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/untitled-design-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Untitled design (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-2.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/gibson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gibson</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/gibson-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gibson (3)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-19T03:52:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2021/01/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-78/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/192.jpg</image:loc><image:title>192</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/hamilton-inn-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton Inn</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/hamilton-inn-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton Inn</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1903, November 24). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 1. Retrieved January 29, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226112992</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/hamilton-inn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton Inn</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1914, March 28). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved January 29, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119826027</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/connelly-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Connelly</image:title><image:caption>SNAPPED AT MELBOURNE RACE MEETINGS (1919, December 6). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 18. Retrieved January 26, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222567323</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/connelly-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Connelly</image:title><image:caption>RACING AT WARRNAMBOOL (Victoria), MAY 3, 4, and 5. (1921, May 14). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 48. Retrieved January 26, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140258819</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/connelly-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Connelly</image:title><image:caption>SOME WARRNAMBOOL PERSONALITIES. (1929, May 11). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 25 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Retrieved January 26, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141392076</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/connelly-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Connelly</image:title><image:caption>WARRNAMBOOL (V.) RACE WEEK (1936, May 16). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 27 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Retrieved January 26, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141773372</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/connelly.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Connelly</image:title><image:caption>HARRY CONNELLY TRAINS HORSES ENGAGED IN NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE (1921, May 28). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 4 (SPORTING EDITION). Retrieved January 26, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242503979</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/port-fairy-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Port Fairy</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/95732</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-22T03:20:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/02/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-8/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tts.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tts</image:title><image:caption>THOMAS TURNER SHAW c1866.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H2013.172/23 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/235471</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/we.jpg</image:loc><image:title>we</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1939, February 27). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved February 28, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64391911</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/rc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rc</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1920, February 27). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved February 26, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73190179</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mp</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1918, February 18). The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 6 Edition: DAILY.. Retrieved February 26, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75176846</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>004</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>001</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-21T07:09:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/01/26/passing-of-the-pioneers-44/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/arnott11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arnott1</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 19 Jan 1916: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/arnott1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arnott</image:title><image:caption>"Established August 1842. The Portland Guardian,." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 21 Dec 1898: 2 Edition: EVENING. Web. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/obrien1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>obrien</image:title><image:caption>"A PRACTICAL VIEW OP THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT." Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954) 22 Oct 1881: 16. Web.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/arnott.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arnott</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/stmarys.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stmary's</image:title><image:caption>ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, HAMILTON.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63342</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/obrien.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o'brien</image:title><image:caption>"DEATH OF AN OLD HAMILTON RESIDENT." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 21 Jan 1916: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tatlock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tatlock</image:title><image:caption>
"Hamilton." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 6 Jun 1887: 2 Edition: EVENING. Web. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/edtwomey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>edtwomey</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) 24 Jul 1885: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/isabellamurray.jpg</image:loc><image:title>isabellamurray</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1926) 16 Aug 1877: 2. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/rhenderson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rhenderson</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising." Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876) 16 Jan 1868: 3 Edition: EVENINGS.  . .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-15T01:56:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/mcqueen-george-william/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/gmcqueen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gmcqueen</image:title><image:caption>National Archives of Australia.  War Service Record of George William McQueen. http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/136217/86</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/george-mcqueen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>george mcqueen</image:title><image:caption>"THE LATE LIEUTENANT M'QUEEN" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 16 June 1917: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/boys.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boys</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mcqueen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mcqueen</image:title><image:caption>George William McQUEEN. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-07T00:01:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/williams-clifford-davies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cliffwilliams.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cliffwilliams</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 29 Dec 1917: 1. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ballarat2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ballarat2</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C01592/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ballarat1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ballarat1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A02380/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ballarat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ballarat</image:title><image:caption>"SOLDIERS' LETTERS." The Bacchus Marsh Express (Vic. : 1866 - 1918) 14 Jul 1917: 3. Web. 12 Dec 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cliffordwilliams.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cliffordwilliams</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PB0214/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-01T05:27:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/harris-fanny-may/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/harris-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>harris</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C996183</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/harris-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>harris</image:title><image:caption>NURSES FOR FRANCE: CANADIANS AND AUSTRALIANS. (1916, July 12). Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), p. 9. Retrieved January 10, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160388387</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/harris-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>harris</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/harris-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>harris</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C996178</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/harris.jpg</image:loc><image:title>harris</image:title><image:caption>AT RANDWICK MILITARY HOSPITAL. (1915, July 20). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), p. 9. Retrieved January 4, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238930926</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bluebirds-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebirds</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1043088</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bluebirds.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebirds</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C306192</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/109.jpg</image:loc><image:title>109</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-05-27T11:51:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/young-clarence-everard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/young.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Young</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cy</image:title><image:caption>"[No heading]." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 6 Jan 1914: 2. Web. 13 May 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-05-17T05:01:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/07/20/passing-of-the-pioneers-45/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/greed2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GREED2</image:title><image:caption>Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 17 April 1888: 2 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR). .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hd</image:title><image:caption>"Items of News." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 25 December 1875 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dunn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dunn</image:title><image:caption>HIGH HEELS." Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 - 1918) 26 May 1877 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/holden.jpg</image:loc><image:title>holden</image:title><image:caption>"ITEMS OF NEWS." Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917) 13 February 1871: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/greed11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>greed1</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 17 April 1880:.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/330-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>330 (2)</image:title><image:caption>Former Western District Academy</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/md.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Merino Downs</image:title><image:caption>"Merino Downs"  Image courtesy of the Museum Victoria Collections http://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/766481</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/greed1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>greed</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 5 March 1891: 1 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR).  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/stm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stm</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/64794</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/101-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>101 (2)</image:title><image:caption>ST MARY'S HALL</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-05-17T02:10:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/09/24/passing-of-the-pioneers-47/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/victoria-hotel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>victoria-hotel</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876) 17 September 1855: 4 (EVENING). Web. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tehan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tehan</image:title><image:caption>"BUILDING ENTERPRISE" Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954) 15 December 1934: 2. Web. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/202.jpg</image:loc><image:title>202</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/springcreek.jpg</image:loc><image:title>springcreek</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/233693</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cooke2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cooke2</image:title><image:caption>CECIL PYBUS COOKE, 4th from right, OUTSIDE THE MEN'S HUT AT MURNDAL. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/334457</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cooke11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cooke1</image:title><image:caption>CECIL PYBUS COOKE, 2nd from left, AT MURNDAL. Image couresy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/334489</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cooke1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cooke</image:title><image:caption>CECIL PYBUS COOKE right, AT MURNDAL.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/334470</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cooke.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cooke</image:title><image:caption>"Shipping Intelligence." The Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : 1827 - 1839) 5 April 1839: 2. Web. 13 Sep 2016 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cecilcooke4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cecilcooke4</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Launceston Advertiser (Tas. : 1829 - 1846) 23 May 1839: 2. Web. 13 Sep 2016 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cobden-butter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cobden-butter</image:title><image:caption>Museum Victoria Collections http://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/772409</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-05-10T10:58:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/07/11/portland-botanical-gardens/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pbg2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pbg2</image:title><image:caption>Historical Committee. (1932, March 17). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 7, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64297702</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pbg1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pbg1</image:title><image:caption>Table Talk. (1863, April 23). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 7, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64628622</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pbg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pbg</image:title><image:caption>PORTLAND. (1853, August 5). Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (Vic. : 1851 - 1856), p. 1 Edition: DAILY., Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE GEELONG ADVERTISER AND INTELLIGENCER. Retrieved July 7, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86412916</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/376.jpg</image:loc><image:title>376</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/030.jpg</image:loc><image:title>030</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pbg13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Portland Botanical Gardens</image:title><image:caption>PORTLAND BOTANICAL GARDENS.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no.  H32492/1655 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/64772</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pbg12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Portland Botanical Gardens</image:title><image:caption>PORTLAND BOTANICAL GARDENS c1891.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image No.  H42199/21 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/183906</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pbg11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pbg11</image:title><image:caption>Borough Council. (1931, April 13). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 5, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64294863</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pbg10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pbg10</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pbg9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pbg9</image:title><image:caption>OUR LETTER BOX. (1929, May 16). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 4, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64269425</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-05-09T12:19:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-2022-04-24-143411.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2022-04-24 143411</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-2022-04-24-143239.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2022-04-24 143239</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-2022-04-02-095733.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2022-04-02 095733</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/383601</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dobson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dobson</image:title><image:caption>INFANT WELFARE WORK AT ST. KILDA. (1923, November 23). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 7. Retrieved March 18, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1984133</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/vera-dobson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vera Dobson</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E03440</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/malcolm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>malcolm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/josephinekennedy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>josephinekennedy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/idamockridge-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>idamockridge (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/edithcameron-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>edithcameron (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/boys.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boys</image:title><image:caption>'HAMILTON BOYS' c 30 April 1915.  Photo Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Image no.	DAOD1060   https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DAOD1060/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-04-25T07:55:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/norman-william-leslie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/norman3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>norman3</image:title><image:caption>http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/309400/6</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/norman2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>norman2</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00918/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/norman1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>norman1</image:title><image:caption>AWM.  24th Battalion Gallipoli</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/norman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>norman</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 6 Dec 1917:   .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wln.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wln</image:title><image:caption>William Leslie NORMAN </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-04-22T08:09:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamilton-ww1-roll-of-honour/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hamiltons-ww1-roll-of-honour-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton’s WW1 Roll of Honour (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hamiltons-ww1-roll-of-honour-e1694247670268.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton’s WW1 Roll of Honour</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/screenshot-2023-09-05-160359.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-09-05-160359</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/lance-williams.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lance-williams</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/rod-keegan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rod-keegan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/screenshot-2023-06-09-154459.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-06-09-154459</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/untitled-design-16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>untitled-design-16</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/mcqueen-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mcqueen-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/devlin.james-lawrence.jpg</image:loc><image:title>devlin.james-lawrence</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/smyth.james_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smyth.james_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-04-22T08:02:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/11/10/hamiltons-ww1-a-reflection-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/046-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>046 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/20156029_10209253155715901_7040739869637442051_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20156029_10209253155715901_7040739869637442051_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-03-23T03:16:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/02/11/trove-tuesday-hong-sip-of-cavendish/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hong-sip1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hong sip</image:title><image:caption>"THE MUNTHAM OUTRAGE INQUEST." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 5 February 1885: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hs</image:title><image:caption>[No heading]. (1885, May 9). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6. Retrieved February 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page271825</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hong-sip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hong sip</image:title><image:caption>[No heading]. (1869, April 19). Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers (Melbourne, Vic. : 1867 - 1875), p. 90. Retrieved February 9, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page5732859</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-03-09T21:38:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/03/08/wonderful-western-district-women/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/screenshot-2025-03-07-121834.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2025-03-07 121834</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dalziel1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dalziel</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/woman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>woman</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/54600</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/lightbody1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lightbody</image:title><image:caption>"A GRAND OLD LADY." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 9 February 1928: 3 (EVENING). Web. 8 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cole.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cole</image:title><image:caption>"OLD COBDEN RESIDENT" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 12 March 1938:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nicol2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nicol</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1843; 1854 - 1876) 3 November 1858: 3 (EVENINGS.). Web. 7 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nicol1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nicol</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/laidlaw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>laidlaw</image:title><image:caption>"Ladies' Australian Golf Championship." The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912) 31 August 1904: 541. Web. 7 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/lightbody.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lightbody</image:title><image:caption>"No title" The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 23 July 1932: 4 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Web. 7 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hedditch3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hedditch3</image:title><image:caption>"Bridgewater Pioneers Commemorate Centenary of Landing of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Charlton Hedditch." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 27 June 1938: 4 (EVENING). Web. 7 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-03-07T01:30:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/12/01/halls-gaps-cherub/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_8412-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8412 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_5858.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5858</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_6829.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6829</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/agnes-folkes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>agnes folkes</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/66061</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/che.jpg</image:loc><image:title>che</image:title><image:caption>Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 29 March 1930:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/folkes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>folkes</image:title><image:caption>Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 30 July 1932:    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page23862849 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_2292.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2292</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/af1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>af1</image:title><image:caption>In the Grampians. (1909, January 15). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved December 1, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72825768</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/af.jpg</image:loc><image:title>af</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0811.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Halls Gap</image:title><image:caption>Halls Gap from town oval</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-02-16T02:09:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/henty-edward-ellis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/henty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Henty</image:title><image:caption>EDWARD HENTY (right), HIS PARENTS THOMAS AND ANNIE AND BROTHERS ARCHIE AND WILF. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/42101</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>004</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/eeh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eeh</image:title><image:caption>"SECOND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 20 Oct 1914: 6. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/8thband.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8thband</image:title><image:caption>8th LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT c12 February 1915.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Image no. DAX0136 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DAX0136/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/eh1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eh1</image:title><image:caption>Edward Ellis HENTY,  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/eh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eh</image:title><image:caption>"AUSTRALIA'S HEROES." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 23 Aug 1915: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/henty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>henty</image:title><image:caption>"ROLL OF HONOUR." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 27 Oct 1915: .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-02-14T08:03:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2025/02/01/passing-of-the-pioneers-86/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-12.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-11.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-10.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-9.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/arnott-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arnott (12)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-8.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-7.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/arnott-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arnott</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/arnott.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arnott</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-6.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-02-01T02:22:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/pioneer-obituary-index/pioneers-v-to-z/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-01T01:59:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/pioneer-obituary-index/pioneers-s-to-u/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-01T01:58:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/pioneer-obituary-index/pioneers-p-to-r/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-01T01:57:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/pioneer-obituary-index/pioneers-j-to-l/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-01T01:55:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/pioneer-obituary-index/pioneers-g-to-i/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-01T01:35:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/pioneer-obituary-index/pioneers-a-to-c/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-01T01:25:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/02/25/passing-of-the-pioneers-52/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/macmillan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MacMillan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mcmillan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>McMillan</image:title><image:caption>MELBOURNE. (1858, December 18). Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855; 1857 - 1890; 1892 - 1955), p. 3. Retrieved January 10, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117925007</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_2126.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_2126</image:title><image:caption>MURNDAL.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/liddell2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>liddell2</image:title><image:caption>"PORTLAND." South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) 11 April 1855: 3. Web. 24 Feb 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/pc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pc</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/253483</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/euro.jpg</image:loc><image:title>euro</image:title><image:caption>"WARRNAMBOOL RACE WEEK." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 7 May 1898: 25. Web. 23 Feb 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tarrent.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tarrant</image:title><image:caption>"Death of Mr. W. (Bill) Tarrant" Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954) 15 February 1946: 3 (Afternoons.). Web. 23 Feb 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/terang.jpg</image:loc><image:title>terang</image:title><image:caption>J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/234278</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/liddell1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>liddell1</image:title><image:caption>Page 1 Advertisements Column 1,Daily Southern Cross, Volume VIII, Issue 520, 22 June 1852  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18520622.2.2.1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/skene4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skene4</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-01-10T00:24:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/australian-light-horse-memorial/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_8010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8010</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_8011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8011</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/025-600x800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>025 (600x800)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>028</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/027.jpg</image:loc><image:title>027</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/026-600x8001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>026 (600x800)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-31T20:34:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/03/19/wonderful-western-district-women-part-4/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/trangmar-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Trangmar (4)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/trangmar2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>trangmar</image:title><image:caption>"No title" The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) 2 October 1905: 2. Web. 19 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/trangmar1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>trangmar</image:title><image:caption>THE OPENING OF TRANGMAR'S STORE, COLERAINE  1906. Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/766933</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/helpman2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>helpman2</image:title><image:caption>"NO SUBTLETIES IN OLD VIC'S SHREW" Tribune (Sydney, NSW : 1939 - 1976) 1 June 1955: 7. Web. 16 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/federalhotel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>federalhotel</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/247026</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/helpman1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>helpman1</image:title><image:caption>c1911 State Library of Victoria Image no B 21404  https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+21404</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/trangmar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>trangmar</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/767465</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/grady2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>grady2</image:title><image:caption>"THE EXECUTION. OF RUSH." Port Phillip Gazette and Settler's Journal (Vic. : 1845 - 1850) 11 August 1849: 4. Web. 13 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/grady1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>grady1</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Port Phillip Gazette and Settler's Journal (Vic. : 1845 - 1850) 28 August 1849: 3. Web. 13 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/grady.jpg</image:loc><image:title>grady</image:title><image:caption>"Shipping Intelligence." The Melbourne Daily News (Vic. : 1848 - 1851) 10 August 1849: 2. Web. 13 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-09T06:48:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/cook-george/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cook1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cook1</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 26 June 1918: 2 (EVENING). Web. 6 Apr 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cook.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cook</image:title><image:caption>RAILWAY EMBANKMENT BULLECOURT THE SITE OF 6TH BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, MAY 8 1917.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E01408/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/georgecook1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>georgecook1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/georgecook.jpg</image:loc><image:title>georgecook</image:title><image:caption>George COOK</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-28T04:04:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/01/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-40/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/young.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Young</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>061</image:title><image:caption>THE TALL WHITE MONUMENT MARKS THE TURNBULL FAMILY GRAVE.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/043-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>043 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/th.jpg</image:loc><image:title>th</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON'S SECOND TOWN HALL - Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H32492/2740 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63929  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/coghlan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coghlan</image:title><image:caption>"BREVITIES." Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915) 5 Nov 1907: 4. Web. 15 Feb 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>"THE LATE MR. T. H. LAIDLAW." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 25 Sep 1941: 2 Edition: EVENING. Web. 5 Feb 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/henty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>henty</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising." Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876) 24 Sep 1842: 1. Web. 5 Feb 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pp9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1842, June 9). Launceston Advertiser (Tas. : 1829 - 1846), p. 3. Retrieved January 27, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84771074</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pp8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>"Shipping Intelligence." Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 - 1857) 2 Jun 1846: 2. Web. 27 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pp7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) 14 Nov 1840: 2. Web. 27 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-20T07:00:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2024/07/07/take-a-photo-old-nugget/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apollo-bay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>apollo-bay</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/image.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/king-alfred-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>king-alfred-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/apollo-bay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>apollo-bay</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/king-alfred.jpg</image:loc><image:title>king-alfred</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/nugget-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nugget-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/nugget.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nugget</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nugget-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nugget</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nugget.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nugget</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/280870</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/nugget-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nugget</image:title><image:caption>LONG LIVED EQUINES (1933, February 17). The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser (NSW : 1886 - 1942), p. 5. Retrieved December 9, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127175164</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-08T09:32:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/western-district-links/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cyndiplak2.gif</image:loc><image:title>cyndiplak2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/untitled-design-7.png</image:loc><image:title>Untitled design (7)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/untitled-design-6.png</image:loc><image:title>Untitled design (6)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/untitled-design-5.png</image:loc><image:title>Untitled design (5)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-02T10:21:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/10/20/passing-of-the-pioneers-65/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/begg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Begg</image:title><image:caption>BEGG FAMILY GRAVE, BRANXHOLME CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/haferkorn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haferkorn</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF CHARLES HAFERKORN AT THE HAMILTON (OLD) CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jacoby8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jacoby</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 6 March 1886: 6. Web. 17 Oct 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/manifold3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>manifold</image:title><image:caption>"INTERCOLONIAL POLO MATCH." Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900) 18 May 1899: 21. Web. 16 Oct 2018 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dungan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dungan</image:title><image:caption>"GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE WINNER." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 18 July 1896: 24. Web. 16 Oct 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/young1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>young</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 26 February 1878: 3. Web. 15 Oct 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cave.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cave</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/772415</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/321.jpg</image:loc><image:title>321</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jacoby7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jacoby</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/41779</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jacoby6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jacoby</image:title><image:caption>"Items of News." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 24 June 1884: 2. Web. 15 Oct 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-10T13:43:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2024/04/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-85/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/routledge-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>routledge-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/wacks-5-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wacks-5-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/remfry.jpg</image:loc><image:title>remfry</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-30T11:12:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/11/10/ellens-incarceration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/eb3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eb3</image:title><image:caption>"COLAC POLICE COURT." The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) 25 Mar 1879: 4 Edition: Mornings..</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/eb2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eb2</image:title><image:caption>"DEATH BY BURNING." The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) 27 Jan 1882: 2 Edition: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/eb1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eb1</image:title><image:caption>"NOTES AND EVENTS." The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) 13 Jun 1876: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/eb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eb</image:title><image:caption>"COLAC POLICE COURT." The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) 13 Jun 1876: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1400.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1400</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/barry1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>barry1</image:title><image:caption>TOWN TALK. (1876, June 14). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1857 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved July 14, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148911495</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/barry.jpg</image:loc><image:title>barry</image:title><image:caption>COLAC POLICE COURT. (1866, January 15). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1857 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved July 14, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147563098</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1406.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1406</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1394.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Geelong Prison</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-27T02:35:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/brokenshire-joseph/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/wood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wood</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E01031/?image=1</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-24T10:47:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/dobson-vera-constance/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-19T05:55:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/cameron-sidney-joseph/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cameron-21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cameron (21)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sjc3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sjc3</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the National Archives of Australia.  Barcode: 3201118 Series: B2455</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sjc2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sjc2</image:title><image:caption>"WITH THE AUSTRALIANS IN FRANCE." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 15 Nov 1916: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sjc1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sjc1</image:title><image:caption>"LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 17 Feb 1916: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-17T06:00:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/westgarth-horace-leonard/</loc><lastmod>2024-04-17T05:54:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/lovell-william-leslie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/persia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>persia</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PB0805/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/williamlovell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>williamlovell</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 5 May 1917:.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lov11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lov1</image:title><image:caption>"LETTERS PROM SOLDIERS." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 12 Feb 1916: 4.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lov1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lov</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lov.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lov</image:title><image:caption>discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/339002/43</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lovellwilliam.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lovellwilliam</image:title><image:caption>WILLIAM LOVELL</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lovell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lovell</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-17T05:05:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/hind-william-arthur/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/awh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>awh</image:title><image:caption>"LOCAL GENERAL." Beulah Standard and Mallee and Wimmera Advertiser (Vic. : 1916 - 1918) 11 May 1916: 2. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/hind.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hind</image:title><image:caption>William Arthur HIND</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-17T04:52:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/tully-john-luke-victor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/delville.png</image:loc><image:title>delville</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00139/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tully.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tully</image:title><image:caption>"A GALLANT SOLDIER." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 20 April 1917: 2. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/5th-battalion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5th battalion</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DAX2516/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-17T04:37:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/duff-robert-william/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pass.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pass</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C54937</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tynecot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tynecot</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C323786</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-16T11:04:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/foley-cornelius-thomas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/foley-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Foley (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cf</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/87346/6</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-16T08:49:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/douglas-claude-campbell-telford/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2023-04-22-104621.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2023-04-22 104621</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cd1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cd1</image:title><image:caption>http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=3516789</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cd</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the NAANAA: B2455, DOUGLAS C C T .  http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=3516789</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-14T02:21:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/hamilton-war-memorial/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ldh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ldh</image:title><image:caption>Leslie Duncan HARRIS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/reh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reh</image:title><image:caption>Richard Ernest HICKS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/warm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>warm</image:title><image:caption>"GEELONG." The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 26 Apr 1926: 10. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hwm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hwm</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON WAR MEMORIAL c1930-1954.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria Image no. H32492/2728 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63654</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/wm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wm</image:title><image:caption>" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 16 Aug 1928: 2..</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/372.jpg</image:loc><image:title>372</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/387.jpg</image:loc><image:title>387</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/388.jpg</image:loc><image:title>388</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/389.jpg</image:loc><image:title>389</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/390.jpg</image:loc><image:title>390</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-13T12:10:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/anzac-memorial-planting/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/438.jpg</image:loc><image:title>438</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/433.jpg</image:loc><image:title>433</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/432.jpg</image:loc><image:title>432</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-13T12:06:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2024/04/12/wdf-is-a-teenager/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/0004-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0004-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-14T02:46:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/03/16/the-big-flood/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/floods-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>floods</image:title><image:caption>STATE OF ROADS AFTER FLOODS (1946, March 22). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved March 15, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245399368</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/floods-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>floods</image:title><image:caption>RELIEF ON WAY TO PT. FAIRY OVER THE RIVER BY FLYING FOX (1946, March 20). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245392296</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/floods-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>floods</image:title><image:caption>Western District Floods (1946, March 20). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 26. Retrieved March 15, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224430488</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/floods-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>floods</image:title><image:caption>RED CROSS AIDS FLOOD VICTIMS (1946, March 27). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 23. Retrieved March 15, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224417630</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/floods.jpg</image:loc><image:title>floods</image:title><image:caption>PADDY ESCAPED THE FLOOD (1946, March 18). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved March 15, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245404736</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/flood41.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flood41</image:title><image:caption>PORTLAND BREAKWATER c1945.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/97040  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/flood40.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flood40</image:title><image:caption>COLERAINE POST OFFICE. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/304435</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/flood39.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flood39</image:title><image:caption>DARTMOOR RAILWAY BRIDGE UNDER CONTRUCTION  c1915.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/239718 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/flood38.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flood38</image:title><image:caption>NELSON BRIDGE c1907.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/211026</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/port-campbell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>port campbell</image:title><image:caption>PORT CAMPBELL HOTEL.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/62326 </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-09T09:07:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2024/01/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-84/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/camperdown-rabbit-preserving-factory.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camperdown-rabbit-preserving-factory</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/camperdown.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camperdown</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/lucas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lucas</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2024-01-28-191157.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2024-01-28-191157</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/wade-and-silvester.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wade-and-silvester</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2024-01-14-215052.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2024-01-14-215052</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/scoulleer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scoulleer</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sivlester-oval.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sivlester-oval</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bourke.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bourke</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-31-214824.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-12-31-214824</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-02-10T09:14:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/pioneer-obituary-index/pioneers-m-to-o/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-31T09:43:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/pioneer-obituary-index/pioneers-d-to-f/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-31T09:33:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2021/03/18/wonderful-western-district-women-part-7/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/reid-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Reid</image:title><image:caption>Heywood Jottings. (1914, April 29). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 (EVENING). Retrieved March 18, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63968838</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gilholme.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gilholme</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1929, April 24). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 (EVENING). Retrieved March 18, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64269205</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/retreat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Retreat</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1927, June 30). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 (EVENING). Retrieved March 16, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64257690</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/reid-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Reid</image:title><image:caption>News in Brief (1925, October 26). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 (EVENING.). Retrieved March 16, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64108579</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/reid.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Reid</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1922, December 23). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 18. Retrieved March 16, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224001699</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/kinglake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kinglake</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 21 October 1922: 19. Web. 3 Mar 2021 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/daylesford.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Daylesford</image:title><image:caption>Classified Advertising (1925, January 15). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 16. Retrieved March 3, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2025767</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bridgewater.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bridgewater</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/64458</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/constant.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Constant</image:title><image:caption>Local Intelligence. (1855, February 26). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1843; 1854 - 1876), p. 2 (EVENING). Retrieved February 27, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71571784</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/emma-crouch-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Emma Crouch</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1876, July 11). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 (EVENINGS.). Retrieved February 27, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63316814</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-05T21:34:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/02/19/on-the-alg-trail/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/alg-monument.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ALG Monument</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>020</image:title><image:caption>ALG'S BALLARAT COTTAGE, RELOCATED TO THE BALLARAT BOTANIC GARDENS IN 1934</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>016</image:title><image:caption>BALLARAT BOTANIC GARDENS.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/alg11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alg11</image:title><image:caption>The Argus. (1877, October 18). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 4. Retrieved February 19, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5941600</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/173.jpg</image:loc><image:title>173</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/alg10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alg10</image:title><image:caption>MOUNT GAMBIER RACES. (1864, July 29). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved February 17, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77009190</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/alg9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alg9</image:title><image:caption>NOTES OF A HOLIDAY TRIP TO THE SOUTH-EAST. (1881, December 13). Northern Argus (Clare, SA : 1869 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved February 17, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97285462</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn1319.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1319</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/alg8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alg8</image:title><image:caption>THE POET GORDON. (1886, August 28). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved February 16, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77547978</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/alg7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alg7</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-03T10:09:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/12/31/trove-tuesday-new-years-eve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/015-800x600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton Botanical Gardens</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON BOTANICAL GARDENS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt19</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no.  H99.166/327 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/16626</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>015</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt18</image:title><image:caption>NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS. (1916, January 3). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved December 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120408772</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt17</image:title><image:caption>    OPEN-AIR ENTERTAINMENT. (1916, January 3). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved December 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120408747</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt16</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1915, December 30). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 5. Retrieved December 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120408582</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt15</image:title><image:caption>Coleraine Albion. (1916, January 6). Coleraine Albion and Western Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved December 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119606431</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt14</image:title><image:caption>NEW YEAR'S EVE. (1916, January 3). Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: DAILY.. Retrieved December 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73865946</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-31T08:53:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/12/18/a-pioneer-christmas-1850s-style/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-1850s-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas 1850s</image:title><image:caption>"No Title" Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900) 2 August 1855: 173. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-1850s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas 1850s</image:title><image:caption>"A NSW CHUM'S CHRISTMAS." Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900) 1 January 1857: 3. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/antichristmas1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>antichristmas1</image:title><image:caption>(1859, December 26). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 4. Retrieved December 16, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page198773</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/antichristmas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>antichristmas</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/geelong.jpg</image:loc><image:title>geelong</image:title><image:caption>    GEELONG. (1858, December 28). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 6. Retrieved December 15, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7307009</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/xmas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>xmas</image:title><image:caption>ARRIVAL OF HIS EXCELLENCY SIR H. BARKLY. (1856, December 26). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 4. Retrieved December 15, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7142206</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lottery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lottery</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1859, December 19). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 3 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved December 15, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64512997</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/eve.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eve</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS. (1859, December 27). The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), p. 1 Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE STAR.. Retrieved December 15, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72463975</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas1</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS. (1859, December 27). The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), p. 1 Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE STAR.. Retrieved December 13, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72463975</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rees.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rees</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1859, December 20). The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), p. 1. Retrieved December 13, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72463910</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-20T04:50:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/12/20/a-pioneer-christmas-1860s-style/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-picnic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas picnic</image:title><image:caption>"CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA." The Australian News for Home Readers (Vic. : 1864 - 1867) 19 December 1864: 8</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/penshurst-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Penshurst</image:title><image:caption>"District News." Hamilton Spectator and Grange District Advertiser (Vic. : 1860 - 1870) 4 January 1862: 2</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas9</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1864, December 24). The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), p. 3. Retrieved December 19, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66350716</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas8</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS DAY. (1862, December 26). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 5. Retrieved December 19, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6482065</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas7</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS DAY. (1862, December 26). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 5. Retrieved December 19, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6482065</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas6</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS MORROW. (1860, December 25). The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), p. 2. Retrieved December 18, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66336481</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas5</image:title><image:caption> Poet's Corner. (1870, January 10). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 4 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved December 14, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64694411</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas4</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS IN OLD ENGLAND. (1869, December 13). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 4 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved December 13, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64694207</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas3</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS. (1867, December 26). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved December 13, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64689033</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas2</image:title><image:caption>The Portland Guardian AND NORMANBY GENERAL ADVERTISER. (1864, December 26). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 13, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64632980</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-20T04:50:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/12/20/a-pioneer-chrismas-1870s-style/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-1870s-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas 1870s</image:title><image:caption>"THE SHILLING SHOP ON CHRISTMAS EVE." The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic. : 1873 - 1889) 23 December 1876: 145</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-1870s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas 1870s</image:title><image:caption>"CHRISTMAS DAY AT BRIGHTON BEACH." Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers (Melbourne, Vic. : 1867 - 1875) 30 December 1874: 7</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas211.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas21</image:title><image:caption>Sketches with Pen. (1873, December 27). The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic. : 1873 - 1889), p. 166. Retrieved December 20, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60607026</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas21</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas20.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas20</image:title><image:caption>The Guardian,. (1876, December 29). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved December 20, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63337273</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas19</image:title><image:caption>Sketches with Pen. (1875, December 25). The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic. : 1873 - 1889), p. 150. Retrieved December 20, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60606554</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas17</image:title><image:caption>Sketches with Pencil. (1875, December 25). The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic. : 1873 - 1889), p. 150. Retrieved December 20, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60606552</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas15</image:title><image:caption>The Kerang Times AND SWAN HILL GAZETTE. (1879, December 25). Kerang Times and Swan Hill Gazette (Vic. : 1877 - 1889), p. 2 Edition: WEEKLY.. Retrieved December 20, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66494958</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas14</image:title><image:caption>The Chronicle. (1877, December 25). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 2 Edition: BI-WEEKLY. Retrieved December 20, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64013025</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas13</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1877, December 21). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved December 19, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63340222</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-20T04:49:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/12/23/a-pioneer-christmas-1880s-style/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-1880s-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas 1880s</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS 1883. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/253606</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-1880s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas 1880s</image:title><image:caption>Christmas 1871 Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/252252</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas007</image:title><image:caption>THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. (1888, December 28). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 23, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63591436</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas006</image:title><image:caption>The Portland Guardian,. (1889, December 25). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 23, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63625996</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas005</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1886, December 24). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 23, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63407578</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas004</image:title><image:caption>The Portland Guardian,. (1889, December 25). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 23, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63625996</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas003</image:title><image:caption>Christmas Eve. (1889, December 25). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 22, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63625993</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas002</image:title><image:caption>The Horsham Times. (1889, December 24). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved December 22, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72863411</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas001</image:title><image:caption>HERALDS OF CHRISTMAS. (1889, October 25). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING, Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE PORTLAND GUARDIAN. Retrieved December 22, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63625196</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas08.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas08</image:title><image:caption>Christmas Cheer. (1888, December 25). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 3 Supplement: CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT. Retrieved December 22, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72875421</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-20T04:49:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/12/24/a-pioneer-christmas-1890s-style/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-1890s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas 1890s</image:title><image:caption>Melbourne 1899.  CHRISTMAS MARKETING. (1899, December 16). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 29. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138612102</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-1890.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas 1890</image:title><image:caption>MELBURNE CHRISTMAS EVE MARKET 1892.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/254978</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas0008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas0008</image:title><image:caption>    Chronology Up to Date. (1899, December 31). West Australian Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1897 - 1902), p. 8. Retrieved December 24, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38505997</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas0007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas0007</image:title><image:caption>WEAT PEOPLE EAT AT CHRISTMAS. (1897, December 25). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 8. Retrieved December 24, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9784663</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas0006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas0006</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas0005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas0005</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas0004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas0004</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS RECIPES. (1895, December 25). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 9 Edition: EVENING, Supplement: CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT PORTLAND GUARDIAN.. Retrieved December 24, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63633406</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas0003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas0003</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. (1894, December 28). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 12 Edition: EVENING, Supplement: CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT. Retrieved December 24, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65397988</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas0002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas0002</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas0001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas0001</image:title><image:caption>The Portland Guardian,. (1890, December 24). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 24, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63631009</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-20T04:49:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/25/trove-tuesday-happy-christmas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tt11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt11</image:title><image:caption>ORIGINAL POETRY. (1849, December 26). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1847 - 1851), p. 2 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved December 24, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93137755</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tt10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt10</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tt9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt9</image:title><image:caption>Christmas Morning. (1888, December 22). Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 23. Retrieved December 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71105801</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tt8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tt5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt5</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-20T04:48:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/12/10/trove-tuesday-christmas-music/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS MUSIC. (1917, December 22). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved December 9, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119860771</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-20T04:48:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/12/24/trove-tuesday-christmas-eve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/casterton1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>casterton1</image:title><image:caption>HENTY STREET, CASTERTON.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H32492/2770
 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63173</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/coleraine3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coleraine3</image:title><image:caption>COLERAINE.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H32492/2813 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63071</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt13</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. Image no.  H82.96/168 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/110126</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt12</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1915, December 15). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved December 17, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120407611</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt11</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1915, December 18). Penshurst Free Press (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved December 17, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119562126</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt10</image:title><image:caption>Castern News Printed Monday and Tuesday Evenings. (1915, December 30). The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Bi-Weekly. Retrieved December 17, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74767457</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt9</image:title><image:caption>Casterton News. (1915, December 23). The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Bi-Weekly. Retrieved December 17, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74767421</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt8</image:title><image:caption>Coleraine Albion. (1915, December 30). Coleraine Albion and Western Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved December 17, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119606385</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-20T04:48:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/12/23/trove-tuesday-merry-christmas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt3</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS CARD 1883.  Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H8704 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/73925</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt1</image:title><image:caption>POSTCARD c1918.  Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image No. H99.166/327 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/16626</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS CARD 1911.  Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, Image no. H84.37/4/90 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/129663</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS CARD 1911.  Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H82.96/168 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/110126</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc</image:title><image:caption>Handwritten note on verso: France 3/11/16. Dear Meryn wishing you a Merry Xmas &amp; a Happier New Year from "Juggo" or Jack Miller. Sent to address in Victoria.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-20T04:47:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/clarke-street-memorial-avenue/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/clarke-street.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clarke Street</image:title><image:caption>MEN OF THE CLARKE STREET MEMORIAL AVENUE.  Images courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ca.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ca</image:title><image:caption>"CLARKE STREET SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL AVENUE." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 27 Aug 1918:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>051</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/048.jpg</image:loc><image:title>048</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>047</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-14T11:45:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/01/07/elsie-rupert-and-mike/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mike2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mike2</image:title><image:caption>ZOO UNPROFITABLE AT HOBART. (1935, July 9). Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), p. 2 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved January 7, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86569164</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mike1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mike1</image:title><image:caption>NORTHERN NOTES. (1934, March 7). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved January 6, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24916596</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mike.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mike</image:title><image:caption>BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AT THE HOBART ZOO. (1930, May 17). The Register News-Pictorial (Adelaide, SA : 1929 - 1931), p. 7. Retrieved January 5, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54241041</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-12-07T22:14:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/07/15/passing-of-the-pioneers-41/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/old-lamb-inn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>old lamb inn</image:title><image:caption>OLD LAMB INN c1858 by George McRae, Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H36480  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/274274</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/reid1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reid1</image:title><image:caption> Weekly Times (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 8 Jul 1916: 10.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/reid.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reid</image:title><image:caption>" Weekly Times (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 8 Jul 1916: 10. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/eddington.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eddington</image:title><image:caption>EDDINGTON HOMESTEAD, Image courtesy of the J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/216810</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mundara.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mundara</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cec.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cec</image:title><image:caption>ST. PAULS CHURCH OF ENGLAND, CAMPERDOWN.  Image Courtesy of the  J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/216509</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wpc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wpc</image:title><image:caption>WARRNAMBOOL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1903.  Photographer Joseph Jordan.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H96.160/837</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/casino.jpg</image:loc><image:title>casino</image:title><image:caption>SS CASINO.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H92.302/23 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/195620</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/099-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>099 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/097-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>097 (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-11-29T09:37:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/austin-william-john/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/austin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>austin</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE (front left) OF WILLIAM JOHN AUSTIN AT HAREFIELD (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Image no. J00521   https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/J00521/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-11-05T04:52:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/austin-glenister-burton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/austin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>austin</image:title><image:caption>WYTSCHAETE, BELGIUM. FEBRUARY 1918.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E04555/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-11-05T03:36:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2023/10/21/in-their-honour/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/untitled-design-23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>untitled-design-23</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/untitled-design-18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>untitled-design-18</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/untitled-design.jpg</image:loc><image:title>untitled-design</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-10-22T11:23:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/lindsay-charles-henry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/krithia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Krithia</image:title><image:caption>VIEW OF KRITHIA, GALLIPOLI.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C57963</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/chl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chl</image:title><image:caption>"DISTRICT HONOUR ROLL." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 8 Jul 1915: 6. Web. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-10-07T08:07:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/12/28/broken-memories-an-introduction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>053</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/045.jpg</image:loc><image:title>045</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cornish-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cornish (4)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>054</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_5737.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5737</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/underwood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Underwood</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/172.jpg</image:loc><image:title>172</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/017.jpg</image:loc><image:title>017</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/059.jpg</image:loc><image:title>059</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dscn1056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1056</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-10-04T06:54:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/02/12/broken-memories-hamilton-old-cemetery-part-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/nigretta-falls.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nigretta Falls</image:title><image:caption>NIGRETTA FALLS, c1878. Photographer: Thomas Washbourne.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/53188</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>014</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/gorman-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gorman</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>016</image:title><image:caption>HEADSTONE OF THE GORMAN FAMILY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/302-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>302 (2)</image:title><image:caption>THE FORMER HAMILTON RAILWAY STATION</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/carlton-fc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Carlton FC</image:title><image:caption>OLD CARLTON. (1909, July 19). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved February 12, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242063149</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/hamilton-1880a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton 1880a</image:title><image:caption>B 21766/54 collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+21766/54</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/carlton-fc-1870.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Carlton FC 1870</image:title><image:caption>SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1871. (1871, July 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 5. Retrieved February 9, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5851899</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/gorman-game.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gorman game</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/football.jpg</image:loc><image:title>football</image:title><image:caption>FOOTBALL IN YARRA PARK, 1874. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/111668</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-09-23T04:05:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/12/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-50/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/andrews.jpg</image:loc><image:title>andrews</image:title><image:caption>ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH c1890.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/69513</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/stm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stm</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63044</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/finlay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>finlay</image:title><image:caption>"COUNTRY NEWS." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 28 December 1869: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/curdies.jpg</image:loc><image:title>curdies</image:title><image:caption>CURDIE'S RIVER. PETERBOROUGH.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/64687</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/charman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>charman</image:title><image:caption>"OBITUARY" Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 4 January 1943: 4 (EVENING). .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/jameswilson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jameswilson</image:title><image:caption>"Mr. James Wilson's New Building." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 14 November 1894:   .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/macmillan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>macmillan</image:title><image:caption>"Items of News." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 12 November 1891: .  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/buckley.jpg</image:loc><image:title>buckley</image:title><image:caption>"OBITUARY." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 18 December 1888:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fenton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fenton</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 31 July 1884: 2.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn0968.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn0968</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-09-18T09:54:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2023/09/16/hamilton-general-cemetery-wanderings/</loc><lastmod>2026-03-19T09:33:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/waters-william-henry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/screenshot-2023-09-11-165632.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-09-11-165632</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/whw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>whw</image:title><image:caption>William Henry WATERS</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-09-11T06:59:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/memorial-3.png</image:loc><image:title>Memorial</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/memorial-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Memorial</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/memorial-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Memorial</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/memorial.png</image:loc><image:title>Memorial</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/memorials.png</image:loc><image:title>Memorials</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/251.jpg</image:loc><image:title>251</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/254.jpg</image:loc><image:title>254</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/114.jpg</image:loc><image:title>114</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/313.jpg</image:loc><image:title>313</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/026-600x800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>026 (600x800)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-09-10T01:23:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/stevenson-edgar-richmond/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/stevenson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stevenson</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 2 Nov 1917: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/stev.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Edgar Stevenson</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 27 Oct 1917: 4.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/brood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brood</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/stevo1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stevo1</image:title><image:caption>""The joys of a Letter from Home."." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 6 Aug 1917:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/stevo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stevo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-09-09T23:08:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/borough-of-hamilton-ww1-honour-roll/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/smith-e-to-yuill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smith e to yuill</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/niddrie-to-smith-e.jpg</image:loc><image:title>niddrie to smith e</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lever-to-niven.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lever to niven</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/garland-to-letts-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>garland to letts (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cowan-d-to-francis-j.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cowan d to francis j</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/abdy-to-cowen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>abdy to cowen</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/hamilton-honour.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton Honour</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hamilton-town-hall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamilton town hall</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/creek-herbert.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Creek.Herbert</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/033-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>033 (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-26T23:33:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/hamilton-fire-brigade-honour-board/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/uncle-george.jpg</image:loc><image:title>uncle george</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/rankin.duncan-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rankin.duncan (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-26T23:31:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/christ-church-anglican-church-honour-roll/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/081.jpg</image:loc><image:title>081</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/082.jpg</image:loc><image:title>082</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/christ-church.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christ church</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cc5-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cc5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cc5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cc5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cc3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cc3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cc2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cc2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cc1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cc1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cc</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/071.jpg</image:loc><image:title>071</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-26T23:30:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/herlihy-george-joseph-david/</loc><lastmod>2023-08-26T23:27:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/francis-john-walter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/francis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>francis</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 11 October 1917: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ryries.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ryries</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P02023.033.005</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/john-walter-francis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>john walter francis</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P04497.006</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-26T23:22:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/lodge-augustine-bernard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/krithia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>krithia</image:title><image:caption>VIEW OF KRITHIA  GALLIPOLI.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/gus-lodge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gus lodge</image:title><image:caption>"Hamilton Soldier's Home-Coming" Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954) 31 March 1917:.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dispatches.jpg</image:loc><image:title>despatches</image:title><image:caption>"MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 17 July 1917:.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pozieres1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pozieres1</image:title><image:caption>THE VILLAGE OF POZIERES AFTER THE EVENTS OF 25 JULY 1916.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/EZ0144/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lodgebros.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lodgebros</image:title><image:caption>"SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE PRELIMINARIES." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 12 June 1928: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/guslodge1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>guslodge</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) 28 June 1923: 28. Web. 25 Jul 2016 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/a-b-lodge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a.b.lodge</image:title><image:caption>"Hamilton Soldier's Home-Coming" Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954) 31 March 1917 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/guslodge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>guslodge</image:title><image:caption>AUGUSTINE BERNARD LODGE</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-26T23:17:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/delahenty-margaret/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/margaret-delahenty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>margaret delahenty</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C385322</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-26T23:16:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/tucker-virgil/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bullecourt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bullecourt</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tucker-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tucker</image:title><image:caption>ENGAGEMENTS. (1915, September 4). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), p. 51. Retrieved April 10, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87231755</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tucker-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tucker</image:title><image:caption>ENGAGEMENTS. (1915, September 4). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), p. 51. Retrieved April 10, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87231755</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tucker-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tucker</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/458118/57</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tucker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tucker</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/458118/42</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/110.jpg</image:loc><image:title>110</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/VirgilTucker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>VirgilTucker</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C203766</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-26T23:14:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/01/09/trove-tuesday-five-generations/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/bell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bell</image:title><image:caption>MATTER OF RELATIVITY. (1951, December 14). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 – 1954), p. 8. Retrieved October 9, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49005300</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/amelia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>amelia</image:title><image:caption>"No title" Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 9 April 1952: 42. Web. 19 Jul 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-13T00:44:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/10/09/trove-tuesday-matter-of-relativity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ab2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ab2</image:title><image:caption>MATTER OF RELATIVITY. (1951, December 14). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved October 9, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49005300</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ab2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ab2</image:title><image:caption>MATTER OF RELATIVITY. (1951, December 14). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved October 7, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49005300</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ab.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ab</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-13T00:38:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/08/20/trove-tuesday-a-newspaper-photograph/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/screenshot-2023-08-08-083728.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-08-08-083728</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/jones.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jones</image:title><image:caption>FOUR GENERATIONS AT DERGHOLM (1925, April 25). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 48. Retrieved August 20, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223165492</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/jones2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jones2</image:title><image:caption>INDUSTRIES OF DERGIIOLM (1912, July 13). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 38. Retrieved August 20, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224848393</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/mccrae.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mccrae</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1946, December 26). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6. Retrieved August 20, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22387849</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/jones1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jones1</image:title><image:caption>Crossed the Bar. (1914, June 1). The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 (Bi-Weekly). Retrieved August 20, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74761214</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/generation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>generation</image:title><image:caption>FOUR GENERATIONS AT DERGHOLM (1925, April 25). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 48. Retrieved August 19, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223165492</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-07T22:42:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2023/07/31/take-a-photo-bazil-ran/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot-2023-07-31-134940.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-07-31-134940</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/singh-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>singh-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot-2023-07-29-114521.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-07-29-114521</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/untitled-design-27.jpg</image:loc><image:title>untitled-design-27</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot-2023-07-28-124630.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-07-28-124630</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/untitled-design-14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>untitled-design-14</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hamilton-court-house.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamilton-court-house</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hawkers-and-pedlars-act.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hawkers-and-pedlars-act</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/raj-singh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>raj-singh</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/lucka-singh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lucka-singh</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-31T03:58:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/07/14/when-the-earth-moved-at-warrnambool/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/earthquake5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>earthquake</image:title><image:caption>PLASTER ON THE FLOOR AT "CLIFTON"</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/warrnambool7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>warrnambool</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/60534</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hopkins4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hopkins</image:title><image:caption>FISHING AT THE HOPKINS RIVER. Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/771584</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/earthquake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>earthquake</image:title><image:caption>"GeneRAL news" Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918) 18 April 1903: 24. Web. 13 Jul 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/warrnambool6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>warrnambool</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lyndoch.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lyndoch</image:title><image:caption>LOOKING TOWARDS "LYNDOCH", WARRNAMBOOL.  Image courtesy of the State Libary of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/386021</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/warrnambool5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>warrnambool</image:title><image:caption>'WEERIPNONG' OVERLOOKING THE HOPKINS RIVER.  Image courtesy of the J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/234656</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/tower-hill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tower hill</image:title><image:caption>TOWER HILL c1903 Image courteys of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/53889</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/warrnam2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>warrnam</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pf</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/233234</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-14T06:58:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/10/20/sweet-daisy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/casterton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Casterton</image:title><image:caption>CASTERTON c1886. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/460848</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/macrobertson6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>macrobertson6</image:title><image:caption>PACKAGING LINE AT MACROBERTSONS. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/417436</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/macrobertson3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Macrobertson3</image:title><image:caption>THE PACKAGING LINE AT MACROBERTSONS. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/32370</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/macrobertson2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Macrobertson2</image:title><image:caption>SORTING CHOCOLATES AT MACROBERTSONS.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/32370</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/macrobertson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Macrobertson</image:title><image:caption>PACKING TRAYS OF CHOCOLATES AT MACROBERTSONS. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/32249</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/macrobertson5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Macrobertson5</image:title><image:caption>HORSE-DRAWN DELIVERY VANS OUTSIDE MACROBERTSON’S FACTORY. Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. Image no. H2003.101/256 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/32436</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/macrobertson4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>macrobertson4</image:title><image:caption>MACROBERTSON CHOCLOLATE BOXES. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/32429</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/johnston-street-fitzroy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>johnston street fitzroy</image:title><image:caption>132 &amp; 134 JOHNSTON STREET, FITZROY.  Image courtesy of the Committee for Urban Action (Melbourne, Vic.) collection at the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/332252</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dd111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dd11</image:title><image:caption>WONDERLAND OF INDUSTRY. (1925, April 15). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 10. Retrieved October 9, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63710202</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dd11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dd11</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-07T07:36:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/03/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-61/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/089.jpg</image:loc><image:title>089</image:title><image:caption>SITE OF THE WANNON INN</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/lucas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lucas</image:title><image:caption>THE LUCAS FAMILY AT "ROCKY RIDGE", STONEYFORD  C1908.
Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/769557</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bowker1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bowker</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954) 30 January 1877: 3 (TRI-WEEKLY.). Web. 26 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bowker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bowker</image:title><image:caption>"A PIONEER AGRICULTURIST." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 25 December 1926: 8 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Web. 20 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/camperdown.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camperdown</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/holden.jpg</image:loc><image:title>holden</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/holden1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>holden1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/holden-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Holden (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/temperence-hall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>temperence hall</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/quigley1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>quigley</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1843; 1854 - 1876) 5 October 1854: 1 (EVENING). Web. 16 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-30T10:06:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/contact/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/contact-3.png</image:loc><image:title>Contact (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/contact-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Contact (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/contact-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Contact (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/contact.png</image:loc><image:title>Contact</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-29T04:06:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/09/26/passing-of-the-pionners/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/screenshot-2023-06-18-191323.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2023-06-18 191323</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/hamilton-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamilton</image:title><image:caption>GRAY STREET, HAMILTON.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/399057</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/silberberg-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>silberberg</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1872, August 21). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved September 26, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article194847009</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/hamilton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamilton</image:title><image:caption>TALKS WITH DISTRICT DAIRYMEN. (1900, May 17). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved September 25, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26108100</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/silberberg-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>silberberg</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 14 February 1885: 4. Web. 25 Sep 2020 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/silberberg-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>silberberg</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1889, August 15). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved September 25, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225764094</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/anthony-ryan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Anthony Ryan</image:title><image:caption>Political (1901, March 7). The Evening Star (Boulder, WA : 1898 - 1921), p. 3. Retrieved September 22, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202849093</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/renny-hill-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Renny Hill</image:title><image:caption>"THE LEADER" PRIZE FARMS. (1899, August 12). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), p. 1 (SUPPLEMENT TO "THE LEADER"). Retrieved September 20, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198073954</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/john-hamilton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>John Hamilton</image:title><image:caption>SOME OF THE JUDGES, ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW—No. 3. (1911, September 21). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 19. Retrieved September 20, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146571833</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/renny-hill-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Renny Hill</image:title><image:caption>THE LEADER" PRIZE FARMS. (1899, August 12). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), p. 1 (SUPPLEMENT TO "THE LEADER"). Retrieved September 20, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198073954</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-18T09:15:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2023/06/09/take-a-photo-down-the-street/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/966131_10201501737093912_1472822930_o-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>966131_10201501737093912_1472822930_o-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/regent-theatre.jpg</image:loc><image:title>regent-theatre</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cafe-canterbury.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cafe-canterbury</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/betts.jpg</image:loc><image:title>betts</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/010-5-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>010-5-copy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/gra.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gra</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/gray-street.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gray Street</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/untitled-design-26.jpg</image:loc><image:title>untitled-design-26</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/gray-street-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gray-street-4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/gray-street-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gray-street-3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-09T05:50:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2023/05/30/broken-memories-hamilton-old-cemetery-part-4/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/031-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>031-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_7375.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_7375</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/conway-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>conway-5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/woolf-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>woolf-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/woolf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>woolf</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/screenshot-2023-02-18-140815.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-02-18-140815</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chadwick-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chadwick-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chadwick-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chadwick-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chadwick.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chadwick</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/john-moss-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>john-moss-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-30T02:32:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/rigby-frederick-rowland-angus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rig.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rig</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/246996/33</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/frr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frr</image:title><image:caption>"THE LATE PRIVATE F.R. RIGBY." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 23 Jul 1918: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/rigby.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rigby</image:title><image:caption>"Hamilton Spectator." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 30 Jun 1916: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-27T12:54:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/richie-george/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/richie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>richie</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 5 Feb 1918: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-27T12:08:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/fenton-john-wilfred/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/4th-fab.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4th FAB</image:title><image:caption>MEMBERS OF THE 4TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE, 11th BATTERY IN COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE OVERSEAS.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1223066</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fenton-15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fenton (15)</image:title><image:caption>MEMORIAL TO JOHN FENTON AT HAMILTON (OLD) CEMETERY. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/boulgogne.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boulgogne</image:title><image:caption>BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C333207</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fenton-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fenton (4)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-26T23:56:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/evans-arthur-leslie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/11th-fab.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11th fab</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C388084</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-26T23:51:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/boxer-walter-henry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vb1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vb1</image:title><image:caption>THE VILLAGE OF  VILLERS-BRETONNEUX AFTER THE FIGHTING OF APRIL 24 &amp; 25, 1918.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E02154/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/walterboxer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>walterboxer</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/whboxer2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>whboxer</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/whboxer1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>whboxer1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E03151/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/whboxer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>whboxer</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1006039/RCDIG1006039--77-.JPG</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/boxer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boxer</image:title><image:caption>"No Title" Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 30 May 1917: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/delvillewood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>delvillewood</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00138/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rabbiters.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rabbiters</image:title><image:caption>"RABBIT TRAPPING INDUSTRY" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 16 July 1915: 4.  .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-01T07:35:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2023/04/24/hamiltons-ww1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_6668.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_6668</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screenshot-2023-04-24-213434.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-04-24-213434</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-26T10:47:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/toleman-kenneth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/serapeum.jpg</image:loc><image:title>serapeum</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P04173.011?image=1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/pozieres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pozieres</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P07670.006</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/contalmaison.jpg</image:loc><image:title>contalmaison</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P07670.013</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/toleman2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>toleman</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Mortlake Dispatch (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 12 October 1918: 2. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/toleman1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>toleman1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/toleman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>toleman</image:title><image:caption>"WANTED!" Mortlake Dispatch (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 1 December 1915: 2. Web. 12 Apr 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-24T11:05:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/osborne-percy-beaumont/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/po.jpg</image:loc><image:title>po</image:title><image:caption>"CHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL." The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) 16 Feb 1917:.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/110.jpg</image:loc><image:title>110</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/union-bank.jpg</image:loc><image:title>union bank</image:title><image:caption>UNION BANK, BALLARAT.  Image courtesy of the J.T. Collins Collection, State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/214252</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pb</image:title><image:caption>http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/359166/30</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-24T01:03:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/au.jpg</image:loc><image:title>au</image:title><image:caption>ARTHUR UNDERWOOD</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/aw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aw</image:title><image:caption>Albert William Wensley.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Image no. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-23T04:51:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/anzac-avenue-hamilton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/anzac-avenue-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Anzac Avenue</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/anzac-avenue-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Anzac Avenue</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/anzac-avenue-1200-c397-628-px-1200-c397-426-px-1200-c397-400-px.png</image:loc><image:title>Anzac Avenue (1200 × 628 px) (1200 × 426 px) (1200 × 400 px)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/anzac-avenue-1200-c397-628-px-1200-c397-426-px.png</image:loc><image:title>Anzac Avenue (1200 × 628 px) (1200 × 426 px)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/anzac-avenue-1200-c397-628-px.png</image:loc><image:title>Anzac Avenue (1200 × 628 px)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/anzac-avenue.png</image:loc><image:title>Anzac Avenue</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/untitled-design-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Untitled design (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/untitled-design-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Untitled design (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/untitled-design-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Untitled design (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/untitled-design.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Untitled design</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-19T00:59:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/anzac-avenue-hamilton/finding-anzac-avenue/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/untitled-design-9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>untitled-design-9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screenshot-2023-04-16-095843.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-04-16-095843</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_9944.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_9944</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_9943.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_9943</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_9942.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_9942</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/433.jpg</image:loc><image:title>433</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/aa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_9961.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_9961</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_9994.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_9994</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/grange1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>grange1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-17T02:41:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/catterson-robert-henry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/catterson2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>catterson2</image:title><image:caption>"RIFLE NOTES." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918)  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/catterson11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>catterson1</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 8 December 1917: 11. .news-article1669302&gt;.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/nestor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nestor</image:title><image:caption>NESTOR A71, 15 OCTOBER 1915 AT PORT MELBOURNE.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PB0612/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/catterson1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>catterson</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 25 September 1915: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/catterson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>catterson</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 13 July 1915:  .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-10T23:43:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/01/15/cape-nelson-lighthouse/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/087.jpg</image:loc><image:title>087</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/101.jpg</image:loc><image:title>101</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/095.jpg</image:loc><image:title>095</image:title><image:caption>The Old and the New</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/103.jpg</image:loc><image:title>103</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/090.jpg</image:loc><image:title>090</image:title><image:caption>Coastline below the lighthouse</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/105.jpg</image:loc><image:title>105</image:title><image:caption>Assistant Lighthouse keeper's Residence</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/104.jpg</image:loc><image:title>104</image:title><image:caption>Assistant Lighthouse keepers residence - Cape Nelson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/077.jpg</image:loc><image:title>077</image:title><image:caption>Lighthouse Keepers residence - Cape Nelson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gg</image:title><image:caption>THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1884, September 6). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 12. Retrieved January 13, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6056910</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/085.jpg</image:loc><image:title>085</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-06T23:01:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2023/02/18/take-a-photo-the-swimming-hole/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/screenshot-2023-02-18-110048.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-02-18-110048</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-31-140745.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-01-31-140745</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-24-140308.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-01-24-140308</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-24-140231.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-01-24-140231</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-22-175041.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-01-22-175041</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-22-172759.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-01-22-172759</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-22-142150.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2023-01-22-142150</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cressy6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cressy6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cressy4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cressy4</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-18T11:54:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/06/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-75/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/destree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Destree</image:title><image:caption>SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (1857, May 1). Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917), p. 4. Retrieved July 12, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197086715</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/walker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>walker</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1917, June 30). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 5. Retrieved July 10, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119852490</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/rigby.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rigby</image:title><image:caption>"Established August 1842 The Portland Guardian, With which is incorporate. The Portland Mirror." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 1 February 1905: 2 (EVENING). Web. 10 Jul 2020 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/montgomery-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Montgomery</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/montgomery-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Montgomery</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers (Melbourne, Vic. : 1867 - 1875) 21 May 1870: 103. Web. 10 Jul 2020 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/montgomery-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Montgomery</image:title><image:caption>IN MEMORIAM SERVICE. (1914, June 24). Mortlake Dispatch (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved July 10, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119790806</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/montgomery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Montgomery</image:title><image:caption>VIEWS IN AND AROUND MORTLAKE. (1902, February 8). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 11. Retrieved July 10, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221230136</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/falkenberg-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Falkenberg</image:title><image:caption>FOREIGNERS AND ENGLISH LAW. (1884, September 30). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved June 22, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225660441</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/falkenberg-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Falkenberg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/falkenberg-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Falkenberg</image:title><image:caption>http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226167070</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-16T02:06:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2023/02/14/trove-tuesday-help-save-trove/</loc><lastmod>2023-02-14T06:54:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/06/06/trove-tuesday-a-highway-of-treasures/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/jessmanifold.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jessmanifold</image:title><image:caption>""Grannies" among best-dressed" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 12 January 1950: 3. Web. 28 Feb 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cat</image:title><image:caption> Edna Walling Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/280983</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/polo1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>polo1</image:title><image:caption>"POLO CARNIVAL AT HEXHAM (V.)" The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 29 February 1936: 27 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Web. 27 Feb 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/polo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>polo</image:title><image:caption>"POLO CARNIVAL AT HEXHAM (V.)" The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 29 February 1936: 27 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Web. 27 Feb 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chirnside.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chirnside</image:title><image:caption>"Table Talk of The Week" Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) 16 March 1933: 4. Web. 27 Feb 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/boortkoi1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boortkoi1</image:title><image:caption> J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/231806</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/boortkoi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boortkoi</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/236209</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-06T21:50:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2021/04/06/trove-tuesday-cemeteries-of-sw-victoria/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>053</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-06T21:47:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/05/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-54/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/hood3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hood</image:title><image:caption>"COLAC TURF CLUB: CUP MEETING, FEBRUARY 24." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 28 February 1914: 68. Web. 29 May 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/urquhart.jpg</image:loc><image:title>urquhart</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 3 November 1883: 1. Web. 29 May 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nixon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nixon</image:title><image:caption>"THE SHEEP-BREEDERS' SHOW." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 13 August 1898: 32. Web. 28 May 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/yarima.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yarima</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/369501</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/armstrong.jpg</image:loc><image:title>armstrong</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/waters.jpg</image:loc><image:title>waters</image:title><image:caption>"PORTLAND RED CROSS." Portland Observer and Normanby Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 10 May 1917: 2 (MORNING). Web. 27 May 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/hood2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hood</image:title><image:caption>"WATCHING THE PARADE OK STEEPLECHASERS." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 8 May 1909: 30. Web. 27 May 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/southhamiltonlutheranchurch.jpg</image:loc><image:title>southhamiltonlutheranchurch</image:title><image:caption>J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/229921</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/hood1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hood</image:title><image:caption>"INTERCOLONIAL POLO MATCH." Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900) 18 May 1899: 21. Web. 26 May 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cameron1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cameron1</image:title><image:caption>"THE LATE MR. DONALD CAMERON." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 13 April 1870: 3. Web. 23 May 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-29T02:08:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/10/25/passing-of-the-pioneers-15/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rippon1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rippon1</image:title><image:caption>VICTORIA'S OLDEST "BULLOCKY". (1938, October 20). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved October 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22995091</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rippon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rippon</image:title><image:caption>VICTORIA'S OLDEST "BULLOCKY". (1938, October 20). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved October 24, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22995091</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1934, October 20). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved October 24, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27395509</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/steele.jpg</image:loc><image:title>steele</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1916, October 19). Port Fairy Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved October 22, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88009495</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-21T04:48:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/pioneer-obituary-index/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/duncan-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>duncan-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/img_0923.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0923</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>061</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/img_9042.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_9042</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/untitled-design-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Untitled design (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/untitled-design.png</image:loc><image:title>Untitled design</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>"PASSING OF THE PIONEERS." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 14 Nov 1927 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>061</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>054</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1055-640x480.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1055 (640x480)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-08T00:24:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/western-district-women/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/untitled-1280-c397-426-px-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Untitled (1280 × 426 px) (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-10-28T03:18:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2022/07/03/passing-of-the-pioneers-82/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_5601.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5601</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/merino-downs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>merino-downs</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/merino.jpg</image:loc><image:title>merino</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screenshot-2022-07-01-184304.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2022-07-01-184304</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-2022-06-29-130645.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2022-06-29-130645</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/trotting-match-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>trotting-match-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/trotting-match.jpg</image:loc><image:title>trotting-match</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-2022-06-28-172001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2022-06-28-172001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/021-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>021 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screenshot-2021-07-22-212821.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2021-07-22 212821</image:title><image:caption>BEATH'S STORE. Photo from the interpretive board at the Hamilton Wetlands.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-10-16T09:12:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2022/09/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-83/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/rippon-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rippon-11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/screenshot-2022-09-28-103156.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2022-09-28-103156</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/mcphee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mcphee</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ocean-house.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ocean-house</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/screenshot-2022-09-05-133256.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2022-09-05-133256</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/hamilton-spectator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton Spectator</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/766376</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-09-30T11:38:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/western-district-map/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screenshot-2022-05-02-220219.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2022-05-02 220219</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-09-30T00:58:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/29/passing-of-the-pioneers-18/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wadmore.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wadmore</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1941, January 6). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 1 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved January 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64398666</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/po.jpg</image:loc><image:title>po</image:title><image:caption>PERSONAL. (1918, January 17). Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: DAILY.. Retrieved January 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74043412</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lewin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lewin</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1917, January 8). The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Bi-Weekly. Retrieved January 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74488021</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-09-05T23:00:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/cameron-archibald-douglas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/adc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>adc</image:title><image:caption>ARCHIBALD CAMERON</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/066.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FLEETWOOD, HAMILTON</image:title><image:caption>FLEETWOOD, HAMILTON.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-08-18T23:44:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/10/29/the-great-flood-of-1870-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/019-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>019 (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/066.jpg</image:loc><image:title>066</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/079.jpg</image:loc><image:title>079</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/141-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>141 (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/196.jpg</image:loc><image:title>196</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>026</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>047</image:title><image:caption>FORMER NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, WHYTE STREET, COLERAINE.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-08-11T12:42:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/11/04/a-western-district-melbourne-cup/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/kirby-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kirby (5)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jk341.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jk34</image:title><image:caption>CHARLIE WHEELER'S MEMORIES. (1932, October 29). The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved November 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59832043</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jk34.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jk34</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jk33.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jk33</image:title><image:caption>CHARLIE WHEELER'S MEMORIES. (1932, October 29). The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved November 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59832043</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jk31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JK31</image:title><image:caption>CHARLIE WHEELER'S MEMORIES. (1932, October 29). The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved November 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59832043</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jk30.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JK30</image:title><image:caption>THE NOBLE ART. (1911, November 12). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), p. 15. Retrieved November 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57722192</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jk29.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JK29</image:title><image:caption> (1911, March 28). Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), p. 20. Retrieved November 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33388818</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jk28.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JK28</image:title><image:caption> (1911, November 21). Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), p. 25. Retrieved November 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33400021</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jk27.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jk27</image:title><image:caption>BOBADILL, SIRE OF THE PARISIAN&#13;
(1911, March 18). Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), p. 23. Retrieved November 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38825171</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jk26.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jk26</image:title><image:caption>SPORTING. (1911, April 15). Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved November 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45127765</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-08-11T02:29:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2021/03/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-79/</loc><lastmod>2022-08-01T11:56:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/07/09/trove-tuesday-s-s-casino/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ss-casino.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SS Casino</image:title><image:caption>SS Casino.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/65095 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sscasino.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sscasino</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/095.jpg</image:loc><image:title>095</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/casino6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>casino6</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1868, February 12). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1. Retrieved July 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5790334</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/casino4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>casino4</image:title><image:caption>Wreck of the Casino. (1932, July 11). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64298698</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/casino5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>casino5</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1932, July 11). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 4 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64298708</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/casino3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>casino3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/casino2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>casino2</image:title><image:caption>TEN PERISH IN WRECK. (1932, July 11). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 7. Retrieved July 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4462307</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/casino1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>casino1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/casino.jpg</image:loc><image:title>S.S.Casino</image:title><image:caption>S.S. CASINO.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no.  H92.302/23 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/195620</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-29T12:03:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/malster-lillian-martha/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/malster-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>malster</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/harris-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>harris</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C195207</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/malster.jpg</image:loc><image:title>malster</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/malster.jpg</image:loc><image:title>malster</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C286516</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/lemnos.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lemnos</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C194707</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/colac-hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>colac hospital</image:title><image:caption>c1906  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/384820</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-28T04:12:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/womersley-edgar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/train.jpg</image:loc><image:title>train</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H02938/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/4th.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4th</image:title><image:caption>ON THE WAY TO BEERSHEEBA.  Image coutesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A02788/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:53:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/williams-lancelot-hamilton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lance.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lance</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 17 Oct 1916: 4. Web. 28 Jun 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:53:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/underwood-arthur-bell-percy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/au.jpg</image:loc><image:title>au</image:title><image:caption>"FROM "THE ALFRED."." The P.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/underwood1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>underwood1</image:title><image:caption>"CONSCRIPTION:." Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938) 21 Nov 1917: 6.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/underwood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>underwood</image:title><image:caption>"FOR BRAVERY ON THE FIELD." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 17 Nov 1917: 24.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/au.jpg</image:loc><image:title>au</image:title><image:caption>ARTHUR UNDERWOOD</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:52:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/trigger-samuel-winifred/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/trigger1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>trigger1</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 20 Jul 1917: 2. Web. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:52:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/stevenson-alexander-john/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/belgium.jpg</image:loc><image:title>belgium</image:title><image:caption>ZONNEBEKE, BELGIUM, 15 OCTOBER 1917.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Image no. E00977  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00977/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/rifleclub.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rifleclub</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ajs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ajs</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 24 Nov 1917: 7.  .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:51:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/stagoll-robert-leslie-248/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/stag.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stag</image:title><image:caption>Robert Leslie STAGOLL</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:51:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/sheehan-albert-edward/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sheehan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sheehan</image:title><image:caption>"Hamilton Spectator." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 6 Sep 1915: 4. Web. 24 Apr 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ash</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the National Archives of Australia.  Series B2455  Barcode 8081439 http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/366065/39</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:51:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/shaw-ivan-thomas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/is.jpg</image:loc><image:title>is</image:title><image:caption>Ivan Thomas Shaw.  Image Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Image no. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:51:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/scott-alexander-william/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/envel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>envel</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia  http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/15106/32</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/as.jpg</image:loc><image:title>as</image:title><image:caption>ALEXANDER WILLIAM SCOTT</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:50:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/rhook-henry-joseph-william/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rhook.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rhook</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 28 Feb 1918: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wimereux.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wimereux</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P02804.002/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:50:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/rhook-archibald-alfred/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/229.jpg</image:loc><image:title>229</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rhook.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RHOOK</image:title><image:caption>ARCHIBALD ALFRED RHOOK</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:50:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/porter-norman-leslie-james/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/brownsdip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brownsdip</image:title><image:caption>BROWNS DIP, GALLIPOLI 1915.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H16566/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/normjporter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>normjporter</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia.  discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/269914/49</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nljporter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nljporter</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/269914/7</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/normanporter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>normanporter</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/269914/44</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/normporter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>normporter</image:title><image:caption>"WITH THE COLOURS." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 19 Jun 1915: 4. Web. 14 Dec 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:50:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/porter-george-richard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/porter1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>porter1</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 25 Jun 1918: 4. Web. 19 May 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/porter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>porter</image:title><image:caption>GEORGE RICHARD PORTER</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:50:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/sheehan-daniel-denis-611/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/danielsheehan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>danielsheehan</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 6 November 1917: 4.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/switchtrench.jpg</image:loc><image:title>switchtrench</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00575/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/5th-battalion1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5th-battalion</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DAX1020/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:49:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/sangster-leslie-fairburn/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sangster1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sangster</image:title><image:caption>"School Sports" Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 7 November 1925: 85. Web. 16 Aug 2016 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2nd-signals.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2nd signals</image:title><image:caption>Men from the 2nd Divison Signal Company repair phone lines near Gilsy, France.  1918.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P01835.074</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/13510924_10205045396614710_1626429557731756300_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>13510924_10205045396614710_1626429557731756300_n</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of Keryn Wilson.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sangster.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sangster</image:title><image:caption>Leslie Fairburn SANGSTER </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:12:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/peach-william-robert/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/24th-battalion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>24th-battalion</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00782/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/24thbcompany.jpg</image:loc><image:title>24thbcompany</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DAX0522/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/william-peach.jpg</image:loc><image:title>william-peach</image:title><image:caption>"Killed in Action" The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) 16 November 1917: 5. Web.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/peach-william-robert.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peach, William Robert</image:title><image:caption>WILLIAM PEACH</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:12:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/niven-william-david/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lh</image:title><image:caption>HORSES &amp; MEN OF THE 4TH LHR ABOARD  A18 SS WILTSHIRE, OCTOBER 1914.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Image no.  PS0008.  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PS0008/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:12:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/niddrie-stanley-roy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/niddrie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>niddrie</image:title><image:caption>HEADSTONE OF STANLEY NIDDRIE, VILLERS BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE.  Image courtesy of Melinda Hestehauge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/chalk-pits-cemetery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chalk Pits Cemetery</image:title><image:caption>CHALK PITS CEMETERY NEAR VILLERS BRETTONEUX, FRANCE.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1952</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/niddrie-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Niddrie (3)</image:title><image:caption>THE HEADSTONE OF </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/niddre.jpg</image:loc><image:title>niddre</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/niddrie1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>niddrie1</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 6 Aug 1919: 1. Web. 19 May 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/nid2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nid2</image:title><image:caption>"LETTER FROM A SOLDIER." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 31 Mar 1916: 4. Web. 14 May 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/nid1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nid1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/nid.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nid</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/niddrie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>niddrie</image:title><image:caption>Stanley Roy NIDDRIE.   </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:12:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/mcphee-norman-edward/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mcphee1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mcphee</image:title><image:caption>Norman Edward McPHEE</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:11:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/mcluckie-john-law/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jlmcluckie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jlmcluckie</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia.  http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/77840/22</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/suttonveny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>suttonveny</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mcluckie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mcluckie</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 31 October 1918: 1. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:11:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/lewis-arthur-harold/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sheehan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sheehan</image:title><image:caption>ALBERT EDWARD SHEEHAN</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/al1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>al1</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 25 Sep 1915: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ahl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ahl</image:title><image:caption>"AUSTRALIANS WHO HAVE FALLEN." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 22 Oct 1915: 5. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:11:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/lance-george-basil/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lance1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lance1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00761/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lance.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lance</image:title><image:caption>http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/97167/41</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:11:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/kinghorn-walter-rodney/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/026-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>026 (2)</image:title><image:caption>BEERSHEBA MEMORIAL, HAMILTON</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:11:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/kendall-frank-selwood/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/kendall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kendall</image:title><image:caption>"SOLDIER'S LETTER." Dunolly and Betbetshire Express and County of Gladstone Advertiser (Vic. : 1915 - 1918) 27 March 1917 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fskendall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fskendall</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Victorian Patents Office Copyright Collection, State LIbrary of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/53314</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/frankkendall1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frankkendall1</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 24 October 1917:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/frankkendall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frankkendall</image:title><image:caption>"Items of News" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 8 June 1916: .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:10:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/mckechnie-john-sinclair/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/flers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flers</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00563/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/belgium.jpg</image:loc><image:title>belgium</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E02022/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hwdc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hwdc</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/399043</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T07:10:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/learmonth-basil-law/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/learmonth3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>learmonth</image:title><image:caption>"SPECTACULAR FLYING." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 6 May 1929: 3 (EVENING). Web. 20 Apr 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/learmonth2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>learmonth</image:title><image:caption>"Four of Ketch's Crew Drowned" The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) 25 April 1934: 12. Web. 11 Apr 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/afc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>afc</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C46049</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscn1016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1016</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hotel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hotel</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/62394</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/learmonth1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>learmonth1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C46056</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/learmonth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>learmonth</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 23 June 1913: 4. Web. 2 Apr 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:17:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/jaffray-alfred-john/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jj.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jj</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the National Archives of Australia Series B2455   Barcode 7372047 http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/320227/21</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jaffray1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jaffray1</image:title><image:caption>ALFRED JAFFRAY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jaffray.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jaffray</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H02779/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:17:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/jackson-walter-henry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/walterjackson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>walterjackson</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jacksonwalter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jacksonwalter</image:title><image:caption>"THE LATE PRIVATE W. H. JACKSON." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 29 November 1917:  .  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bernafay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bernafay</image:title><image:caption>SOLDIERS AT BERNAFAY JANUARY 1917.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00140/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jackson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jackson</image:title><image:caption>6th BATTALION, 20th REINFORCEMENT ABOUT TO BOARD THE HMAT EURIPIDES.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PB0402/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:17:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/herrmann-bernard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hochkirch1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hochkirch1</image:title><image:caption>"THIRD EDITION." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 7 Aug 1914: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hochkirch.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hochkirch</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of NAA  http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/180436/24</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:17:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/joyce-thomas-william-wm-16/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/joyce.jpg</image:loc><image:title>joyce</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H12690/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:16:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/hobbins-albert-archibald/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/4thbattery1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4thbattery1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DAX2782/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gallipoli.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gallipoli</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/J03269/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hellfire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hellfire</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E01889/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/4th-battery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4th-battery</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/J03265/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:16:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/hicks-richard-ernest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/hicks1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hicks1</image:title><image:caption>FROM THE SERVICE RECORD OF RICHARD ERNEST HICKS Service no. 3332, courtesy of the National Archives of Australia  https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/140601/24</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/14thfieldartillery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14thfieldartillery</image:title><image:caption>6 September 1918 Crossing the Somme at Perone.  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E03233/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/14thfab.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14thfab</image:title><image:caption>JUNE 1918  Querrieu. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A01919/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/14fab.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14fab</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00920/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/richardhicks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>richardhicks</image:title><image:caption>"SOLDIER'S GREETING TO HIS MOTHER" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 9 March 1916: 6.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/reh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reh</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DA11301/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:15:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/gordon-james/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gordon1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gordon1</image:title><image:caption>"[?] Spectator" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 2 August 1916: 4. Web. 4 Apr 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gordon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gordon</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 5 August 1916: 13. Web. 4 Apr 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:15:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/gibson-victor-robert-19-july/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/nml.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nml</image:title><image:caption>NO MAN'S LAND, FROMELLES BATTLEFIELD, FRANCE.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E04029/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/victorgibson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>victorgibson</image:title><image:caption>Victor GIBSON</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/vgibson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vgibson</image:title><image:caption>"MISSING SOLDIERS." Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918) 22 September 1916: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90029589&gt;.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:15:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/emmett-arthur-munro/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/children.jpg</image:loc><image:title>children</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/EZ0036/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/8th-battalion1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8th battalion</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P00520.002</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:15:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/emmett-alfred-ebenezer-roy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/emmett.jpg</image:loc><image:title>emmett</image:title><image:caption>A MEMBER OF THE 39TH BATTALION IN WINTER CLOTHING IN THE TRENCHES AT HOUPLINES DURING DECEMBER 1916.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00086/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/frankemmett.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frankemmett</image:title><image:caption>"Hamilton Spectator" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 12 May 1917: 6. Web. 22 Mar 2016 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/alfredemmett.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alfredemmett</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PB0143/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:15:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/elder-frank-reginald-208/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fe1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fe</image:title><image:caption>http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/73541/8</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fe.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fe</image:title><image:caption>Frank Reginald ELDER.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:14:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/dunn-daniel-joseph/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mud.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Passchendaele Area, Zonnebeke, 15 October 1917.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00977/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:14:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/davies-stanley-walton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/stan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stan</image:title><image:caption>STANLEY WALTON DAVIES</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:14:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/davies-albert/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/alb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alb</image:title><image:caption>STANLEY &amp; ALBERT DAVIES</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:14:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/coulter-robert-james/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/coulter1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coulter1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/coulter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coulter</image:title><image:caption>Robert James COULTER </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T06:14:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/cameron-thomas-waddell/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cameron.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cameron</image:title><image:caption>THOMAS WADDELL CAMERON</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T05:50:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/burgess-ebenezer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/eb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eb</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/141460/14</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T05:49:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/briant-reginald-stuart-228/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-2022-04-17-190350.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2022-04-17 190350</image:title><image:caption>TROOP SHIP "WANDILLA". Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C393805</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/971.jpg</image:loc><image:title>971</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T05:49:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/brake-william/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/brake4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brake4</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF WILLIAM BRAKE, HAMILTON OLD CEMETERY.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/brake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brake</image:title><image:caption>William BRAKE.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1286963</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T05:48:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/black-james/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/caestre.jpg</image:loc><image:title>caestre</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E02335/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jamesblack.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jamesblack</image:title><image:caption>Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 14 May 1918: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/villers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>villers</image:title><image:caption>NEAR VILLERS-BRETONNEUX. 
 Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E05402A/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/malwa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>malwa</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PB0555/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T05:48:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/barr-gordon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/barr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>barr</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T05:48:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/dark-george-henry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dark.albert.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dark.Albert</image:title><image:caption>ALBERT DARK.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1221834</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/railhead.jpg</image:loc><image:title>railhead</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H09011/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/letter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>letter</image:title><image:caption>http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/181604/18</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dark1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dark</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 5 December 1918: 4. Web. 30 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dark.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dark</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P07038.002</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T05:48:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/armitage-harold-william/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/wareham.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wareham</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1005605</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T05:46:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/gayer-william-ventry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/artillery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>artillery</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C46379</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/battery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>battery</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C55030</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4thfab.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4thfab</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2477313</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_2090.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2090</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/gayer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gayer</image:title><image:caption>"No. 10.—HON. S. WINTER COOKE, M.P." Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925) 22 October 1903: 24. Web. 18 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T05:46:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/10/26/the-day-the-queen-visited-hamilton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/queen-elizabeth-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Queen Elizabeth</image:title><image:caption>QUEEN ELIZABETH II &amp; PRINCE PHILLIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH DURING THEIR 1954 TOUR OF VICTORIA.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/245876</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/susan-biggs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jennifer Biggs</image:title><image:caption>Rag doll aids girl's curtsy (1954, February 26). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 15. Retrieved June 2, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26593193</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/royal-visit-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Royal visit</image:title><image:caption>The Queen's Town today: 105 minutes of glory in Hamilton (1954, February 26). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 2. Retrieved June 2, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26593119</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/royal-visit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Royal visit</image:title><image:caption>Hamilton welcome Queen had tears in her eyes (1954, February 27). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved June 2, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26593398</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_7182.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7182</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_7183.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7183</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rosemary-oaten.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rosemary Oaten</image:title><image:caption>Back to Hamilton visitors saw Queen and Duke (1954, March 10). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 78.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224910934</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/queen-elizabeth-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Queen Elizabeth</image:title><image:caption>Hamilton rocked in Royal salute (1954, February 27). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 7. Retrieved June 2, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26593444</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/queen-elizabeth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Queen Elizabeth</image:title><image:caption>Hamilton rocked in Royal salute (1954, February 27). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 7. Retrieved June 2, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26593444</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/screenshot-2022-06-02-094407.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2022-06-02 094407</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON READY TO GREET QUEEN (1954, February 26). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 15. Retrieved June 2, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26593166</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-21T04:44:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/lodge-frank-spry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/frank-lodge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Frank Lodge</image:title><image:caption>"BROTHERS WIN MILITARY HONORS" The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) 11 November 1916: 6. Web. 19 Jun 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/centreway.jpg</image:loc><image:title>centreway</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/EZ0099/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/22ndbattalion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>22ndbattalion</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A00847/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/fslodge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fslodge</image:title><image:caption>September 1918 - Members of the 2nd Pioneer Battlaion construct a bridge over a canel near the river Somme.  Image courtesy of the Australian War MEmorial.  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P00998.017</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/lodge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lodge</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-18T23:39:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2022/06/08/passing-of-the-pioneers-81/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/066-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>066 (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/lineker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lineker</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-2022-06-07-174242.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2022-06-07-174242</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/family-inn-dunkeld.jpg</image:loc><image:title>family-inn-dunkeld</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/railway-hotel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>railway-hotel</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/casterton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>casterton</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mcbean.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mcbean</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot-2022-06-03-204307.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2022-06-03-204307</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/commercial-hotel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>commercial-hotel</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/clark.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clark</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-16T09:03:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/stewart-charles-herbert/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>056</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF CHARLES' PARENTS AT BYADUK CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cs</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) 6 Sep 1918: 19. Web.   .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/chs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chs</image:title><image:caption>Charles Herbert STEWART</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-15T03:57:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/03/18/wonderful-western-district-women-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mary-ryan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mary Ryan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ryan-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ryan (4)</image:title><image:caption>LOCATION OF THE GRAVE OF MARY RYAN AT THE HAMILTON (OLD) CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/maryryan7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maryryan7</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 2 July 1878: 4. Web. 16 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/maryryan6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maryryan6</image:title><image:caption>"Items of News." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 8 March 1877: 2. Web. 16 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/maryryan5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maryryan5</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator and Grange District Advertiser (South Melbourne, Vic. : 1860 - 1870) 29 June 1867: 3. Web. 16 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/maryryan4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maryryan4</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 29 January 1881: 3. Web. 16 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/maryryan3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maryryan3</image:title><image:caption>"VALUE OF HAMILTON LAND." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 10 March 1877: 3. Web. 16 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/maryryan2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maryryan2</image:title><image:caption>"HAMILTON POLICE COURT." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 5 August 1880: 2. Web. 16 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/maryryan1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maryryan1</image:title><image:caption>"Hamillon Speclator" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 15 December 1914: 4. Web. 16 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/maryryan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maryryan</image:title><image:caption>"FIRE IN BROWN STREET." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 20 February 1914: 4. Web. 16 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-26T13:04:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/enlist.png</image:loc><image:title>enlist</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/enlistments.png</image:loc><image:title>Enlistments</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ww1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ww1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/menu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>menu</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/hs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hs</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H2014.76/18  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/305964</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-28T02:17:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/cruickshank-george/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-2022-04-25-103728.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2022-04-25 103728</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-2022-04-25-103502.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2022-04-25 103502</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/3rd-battalion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3rd battalion</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C44040?image=2</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cruickshank-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cruickshank</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/101895/57</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cruickshank1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cruickshank1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cruickshank.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cruickshank</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-25T10:59:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/iles-cyril-thomas-brackley/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/iles.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iles</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 4 Aug 1921: .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-24T10:48:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/hayward-herbert-james-15-september/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/herberthayward.jpg</image:loc><image:title>herberthayward</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-24T10:47:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/keegan-roderick-james/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/keegan4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>keegan4</image:title><image:caption>"THE LATE PRIVATE R. KEEGAN" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 8 December 1917: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/keegan3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>keegan3</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 29 November 1917: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0984.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn0984</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/harefield.jpg</image:loc><image:title>harefield</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/J00521/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/keegan11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>keegan1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00085/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/keegan1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>keegan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/keegan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>keegan</image:title><image:caption>"Hamilton Spectator" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 6 July 1917: .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-23T10:38:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/tilley-george-edward/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screenshot-2022-04-22-212320.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2022-04-22 212320</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/georgetilley1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>georgetilley1</image:title><image:caption>8th LHR, A SQUADRON, SINAI, EGYPT c1916.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H13693/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/georgetilley.jpg</image:loc><image:title>georgetilley</image:title><image:caption>HMAS AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY HARBOUR, OCTOBER 1913 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A04073/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-22T13:11:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/scott-norma-norham/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/scott.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scott</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1004949</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/scott1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scott1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C973321</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/scott.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scott</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-22T07:23:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/rountree-evangeline-amelia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/australian-nurses.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Australian nurses</image:title><image:caption>AUSTRALIAN NURSES OF QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIALMILITARY NURSING SERVICE RESERVE, Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1269962</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/alexandra.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alexandra</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/399135</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/port-fairy-hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>port fairy hospital</image:title><image:caption>Colin Caldwell Trust collection, State Library of Victoria.http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/72472</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-22T07:22:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/malcolm-stella-agnes-blyth/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-22T07:22:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/malcolm-edith-eileen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/salonika2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>salonika</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/salonika1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>salonika</image:title><image:caption>"WOMEN'S WORLD" The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) 26 October 1918: 9. Web. 16 Apr 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/salonika.jpg</image:loc><image:title>salonika</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C43216</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/malcolm1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>malcolm</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2136825</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/macedonia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>macedonia</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C973321</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/malcolm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>malcolm</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C390054</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/edith-malcolm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>edith malcolm</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C385322</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-22T07:22:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/kennedy-josephine-millicent/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/no1generalhospital1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>no1generalhospital1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A03074/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/no1generalhospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>no1generalhospital</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H16957/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/josephinekennedy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>josephinekennedy</image:title><image:caption>"NURSES WITH OUR EXPEDITIONARY FORCE REINFORCEMENTS." Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925) 2 December 1915:.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-22T07:22:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/hughes-catherine-josephine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/salonika.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Salonika</image:title><image:caption>NURSES AT THE BRITISH RED CROSS REST HOME, SALONIKA.  17 JUNE 1918. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2125320</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/bendigo-hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bendigo hospital</image:title><image:caption>BENDIGO HOSPITAL.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/382867</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mooltan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mooltan</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C973321?image=2</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-22T07:22:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/grewar-gertrude-agnes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/grewar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grewar</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2082486</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/harefield-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>harefield</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C252909</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/hamilton-hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton Hospital</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/gippsland-hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gippsland hospital</image:title><image:caption>GIPPSLAND HOSPITAL, SALE.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/62082</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/grewer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>grewer</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E03440/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/gertrudegrewar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gertrudegrewar</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P00173.001</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-22T07:21:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/donnes-alice/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bombay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bombay</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C304877</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/donnes-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>donnes</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/15840</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/donnes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>donnes</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H16981</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hamilton-hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamilton hospital</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63599</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/donnes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>donnes</image:title><image:caption>"Events of the Day" The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) 16 November 1920: 6. Web. 15 Sep 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/donnes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>donnes</image:title><image:caption>"No title" The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 25 April 1939: 4. Web. 20 Aug 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-22T07:21:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/women-of-hamiltons-ww1/allen-caroline-mary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/allen1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>allen1</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Coolgardie Miner (WA : 1935 - 1954) 16 July 1936: 6. Web. 18 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/allen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>allen</image:title><image:caption>"IN THE SOCIAL SWIM" The Sun (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1898 - 1919) 15 June 1919: 8. Web. 18 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3agh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3agh</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C962333</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1st-agh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1st AGH</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C49106</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-22T07:20:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/lees-william-alexander-christie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lees1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lees</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 6 July 1909: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/pozieres1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pozieres</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E05687/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lees.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lees</image:title><image:caption>WILLIAM ALEXANDER CHRISTIE LEES</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-21T11:31:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/taylor-john-woolhouse/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/johntaylor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>johntaylor</image:title><image:caption>"BRITISH GAS FOR THE GERMANS" Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950) 12 September 1916 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/pozieres2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pozieres2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-21T11:19:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/whitehead-john-francis-raymond/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/meninroad.jpg</image:loc><image:title>meninroad</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00833/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/pozieres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pozieres</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/EZ0097/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jfrwhitehead.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jfrwhitehead</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 23 Aug 1919: .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-21T11:16:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/white-james-michael/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/switchtrench.jpg</image:loc><image:title>switchtrench</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00575/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/jameswhite.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jameswhite</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 9 December 1916:  .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-21T09:21:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/finnegan-terence/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bullecourt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bullecourt</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00602/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/finnegan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>finnegan</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00146/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-20T09:54:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/connor-john-leslie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/john-connor-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>John Connor</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/178463/40</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/john-connor-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>John Connor</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/178463/33</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/john-connor-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>John Connor</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/178463/23</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/john-connor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>John Connor</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/8th-lhr-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8th LHR</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C299059?image=2</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/8th-lhr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8th LHR</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3190</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-19T07:55:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/head-william-walter-james/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/william-head-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>William Head</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/184204/37</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/anzac-cove.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Anzac Cove</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Australia War Memorial: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C194644?image=1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/gallipoli-landing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gallipoli landing</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3645</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/william-head.jpg</image:loc><image:title>William Head</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/184204/27</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/melbourne-gpo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Melbourne GPO</image:title><image:caption>MELBOURNE GPO c1912. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/383800</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/gallipoli.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gallipoli</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C57142</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/egypt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Egypt</image:title><image:caption>7th BATTALION IN CAMP AT MENA, EGYPT.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C40494</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/hamilton-post-office.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton Post Office</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON POST OFFICE.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/399139</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/poppy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Poppy</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-16T10:33:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/taylor-thomas-henry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/taylor-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>taylor</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/79635/41</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/taylor-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>taylor</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/79635/15</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/taylor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>taylor</image:title><image:caption>Graphic of Australia (Melbourne, Vic. : 1916 - 1918), p. 17. Retrieved April 10, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153586422</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-15T08:57:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/06/29/passing-of-the-pioneers-june-28/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/kennedy-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kennedy (2)</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF GEORGE KENNEDY, HAMILTON (OLD) CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pp8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>William Rutledge</image:title><image:caption>WILLIAM RUTLEGE.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria Image no. H5056/68</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pp7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp7</image:title><image:caption>DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM RUTLEDGE, OF FARNHAM. (1876, June 2). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 5. Retrieved June 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5890095</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pp6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp6</image:title><image:caption>SUGAR BEET GROWING AT PORT FAIRY ON THE FARM OF JOHN GOLDIE c1895.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image No. IAN01/10/95/20 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/40232</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-15T02:23:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/dohle-edmund/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dohle-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dohle</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/3846/12</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dohle-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dohle</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dohle-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dohle</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/3846/16</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dohle-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dohle</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C954180</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dohle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dohle</image:title><image:caption>http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222810425</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-14T21:54:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/morieson-ivan-francis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/5th-division.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5th Division</image:title><image:caption>SOLDIERS OF THE 5TH DIVISION NEAR MONTAUBAN, FRANCE IN DECEMBER 1916.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C53830</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/morieson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Morieson</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C953070</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/moriesonivan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MoriesonIvan</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-14T07:32:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/smith-edwin-richardson-268/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/es1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>es1</image:title><image:caption>Edwin Richardson SMITH</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/es.jpg</image:loc><image:title>es</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P07879.001/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-13T10:28:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/oneill-thomas-leslie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/federals-football-club.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Federals Football Club</image:title><image:caption>THE FEDERAL FOOTBALL CLUB, HAMILTON. (1907, June 8). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), p. 30. Retrieved April 12, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196652410</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/oneill-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o'neill</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C43223</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/oneill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o'neill</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-12T10:34:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/joyce-matthew-john/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bullecourt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bullecourt</image:title><image:caption>THE AREA WHERE THE AUSTRALIANS ADVANCE ON 11 APRIL 1916.  A TANK IS SEEN IN THE DISTANCE.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00637/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/14th12th.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14th12th</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DAX1124/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-11T00:23:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/sloan-joseph-wm-aa/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/3rd-london-general-hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3rd London General Hospital</image:title><image:caption>3rd LONDON GENERAL HOSPITAL. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1424736</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/tank.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tank</image:title><image:caption>TANK, BAPAUME, FRANCE, 11 APRIL 1917.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P12411.001?image=1</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-11T00:01:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/01/30/western-district-enlistments-8th-lhr-b-squadron/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/0981.jpg</image:loc><image:title>098</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/098.jpg</image:loc><image:title>098</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/100.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/8th8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8th8</image:title><image:caption>Identified from left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) Eliot Gratton Wilson from Warrnambool, Victoria; Lt Edward Ellis Henty ; unidentified; Major (Maj) Thomas Harold Redford  and Lt Keith Allan Borthwick    http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DAX0139/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/henty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>henty</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial  Image No.  P00265.001        http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P00265.001/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/8th7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8th7</image:title><image:caption>"CAPTAIN A. W. MITCHELL." Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954) 8 Jul 1915: 3. Web. 29 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/8th6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8th6</image:title><image:caption>"WARRNAMBOOL HEROES." Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 7 Sep 1915: 3 Edition: DAILY.. Web. 29 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/8th5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8th5</image:title><image:caption>"THOSE WHO HAVE DIED FOR FREEDOM'S CAUSE." Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918) 2 Sep 1915: 2. Web. 29 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/8th4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8th4</image:title><image:caption>"ROLL OF HONOUR." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 17 Sep 1915: 6. Web. 29 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/8th3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8th3</image:title><image:caption>"ROLL OF HONOUR." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 27 Oct 1915: 7. Web. 29 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-08T09:59:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/thomas-edward-courtney/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/6th-field-ambulance.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6th Field Ambulance</image:title><image:caption>https://oldsite.awm.gov.au/collection/C01479/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/thomas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thomas</image:title><image:caption>"NEW GRADUATES OF THE MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY." Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925) 13 May 1915: 16. Web. 13 Sep 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-08T02:14:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/salter-herbert-ernest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>salter</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 8 Dec 1917: 6..</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-06T06:20:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2022/03/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-80/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cobden.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sarahport.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sarahcole.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/st.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lesser-4.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lesser1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/fitzsimmons.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/fitzsimmons-1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lesser.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lesser-9.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-30T04:43:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/03/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-53/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/lesser-9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lesser (9)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/lesser-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lesser (4)</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF ELIZABETH LESSER, COLERAINE CEMETERY.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/115.jpg</image:loc><image:title>115</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gooderidge-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gooderidge (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sarahport.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sarahport</image:title><image:caption>"ON THE DEATH OF A BABY." The Caulfield and Elsternwick Leader (North Brighton, Vic. : 1888 - 1902) 12 January 1889: 3. Web. 29 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/lesser1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lesser1</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 13 April 1861: 4. Web. 26 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/lesser.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lesser</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/769410</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cobden.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cobden Presbyterian Church</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/772413</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sarahcole.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sarahcole</image:title><image:caption>"Tribute to Life of The Late Mrs.Port" Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954) 27 March 1947: 5 (Afternoons.). Web. 23 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dscn1016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1016</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-27T23:53:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/03/17/st-patricks-day-in-the-western-district/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spd13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spd13</image:title><image:caption>    Local and General News. (1858, March 18). The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), p. 3. Retrieved March 17, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66047115&#13;
MLA citation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spd12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spd12</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spd11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spd11</image:title><image:caption>Local and General News. (1858, March 18). The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), p. 3. Retrieved March 17, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66047115</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spd9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spd9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spd8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spd8</image:title><image:caption>ST. PATRICK'S DAY. (1903, March 20). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72838336</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spd7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spd7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spd6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spd6</image:title><image:caption>ST. PATRICK'S DAY. (1914, March 14). Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: DAILY.. Retrieved March 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73467140</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spd5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spd5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spd4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spd4</image:title><image:caption>ST. PATRICK'S DAY. (1914, March 14). Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: DAILY.. Retrieved March 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73467140</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spd3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spd3</image:title><image:caption>    ST. PATRICK'S DAY. (1869, March 18). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS. Retrieved March 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64691997</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-17T07:34:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/02/20/from-stone-country-to-high-country/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ensay-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ensay</image:title><image:caption>THE OMEO ROAD, ENSAY c1866-1890. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/366573</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/omeo-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Omeo</image:title><image:caption>SNOW AT OMEO, c1880-1900.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/22037</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ensay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ensay</image:title><image:caption>In Gippsland. (1888, April 7). Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 44. Retrieved February 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71096208</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/omeo1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>omeo1</image:title><image:caption>Omeo, in Gippsland. (1888, April 28). Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 24. Retrieved February 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71096877</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/wh2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wh2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/wh1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wh1</image:title><image:caption>LOCAL LAND BOARD. (1879, June 7). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: MORNINGS.. Retrieved February 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63398356</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lydia1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lydia1</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1928, September 15). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 13. Retrieved February 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3957034</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lydia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lydia</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1926, September 11). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 17. Retrieved February 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3808510</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/wh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wh</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1936, October 23). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1. Retrieved February 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11928521</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/omeo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>omeo</image:title><image:caption>(1888, April 28). Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 33. Retrieved February 19, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page5096395</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-25T03:25:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/02/15/a-memorial-coincidence/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/0013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0013</image:title><image:caption>BILL HADDEN</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stoppress.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stoppress</image:title><image:caption>STOP PRESS!. (1942, February 16). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved February 15, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42332207</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/025.jpg</image:loc><image:title>025</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>024</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/album-10003-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>album 10003 (2)</image:title><image:caption>Uncle Bill &amp; sisters on their Singapore trip.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>009</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/019.jpg</image:loc><image:title>019</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>007</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/029.jpg</image:loc><image:title>029</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/th2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>th2</image:title><image:caption>MORE NAMES OF AUSTRALIAN POW's AT SINGAPORE. (1945, September 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 2. Retrieved February 15, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article975785</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-15T02:43:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/08/11/witness-for-the-prosecution/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/griggs2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>griggs2</image:title><image:caption>GRIGGS NOT GUILTY. (1928, April 21). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1228707</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/griggs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>griggs</image:title><image:caption>OMEO MURDER CASE. (1928, March 8). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 9. Retrieved August 11, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57042062</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/hhar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hhar</image:title><image:caption>OMEO WOMAN'S DEATH. (1928, February 29). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 24. Retrieved August 11, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3914287</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/md.jpg</image:loc><image:title>md</image:title><image:caption>THE CASTERTON MURDER. (1860, February 3). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved August 11, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64513414</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/prr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>prr</image:title><image:caption>BODY UNDER STAIRCASE. (1931, May 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 9. Retrieved August 10, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4400320</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/hh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hh</image:title><image:caption>WITNESSES AT THE OMEO INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF MRS. ETHEL CONSTANCE GRIGG[?]S. (1928, March 2). Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 8, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46008416</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/henry-harman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Henry Harman</image:title><image:caption>    WITNESSES AT THE OMEO INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF MRS. ETHEL CONSTANCE GRIGG[?]S. (1928, March 2). Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 6, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46008416 MLA citation</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-28T08:15:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/11/20/old-dunkeld-cemetery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/023.jpg</image:loc><image:title>023</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>022</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/021.jpg</image:loc><image:title>021</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>020</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/019.jpg</image:loc><image:title>019</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>016</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>015</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>013</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>012</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-24T23:59:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/03/06/another-what-the-dickens-moment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/025.jpg</image:loc><image:title>025</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/027.jpg</image:loc><image:title>027</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-03T00:23:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/03/03/to-catch-a-thief/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/jb5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jb5</image:title><image:caption>BRANXHOLME. (1877, November 5). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved March 2, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63339852</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/jb4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jb4</image:title><image:caption>BRANXHOLME. (1877, November 5). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved March 2, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63339852</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/jb3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jb3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/jb2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jb2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/jb1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jb1</image:title><image:caption>SUMMARY OF NEWS. (1877, October 27). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved February 28, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77048847</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-03T00:22:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2021/12/29/passing-of-the-pioneers-december/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/kolor-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kolor</image:title><image:caption>"KOLOR.  Image courtesy of the J.T. Collins Collection, State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/233438</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/bowker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bowker</image:title><image:caption>CURRENT TOPICS. (1884, March 22). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved December 27, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23580257</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/jasper.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jasper</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/773761</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/camperdown.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Camperdown</image:title><image:caption>CAMPERDOWN c1882. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/172495</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/clarke-13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clarke</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1854, February 20). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1843; 1854 - 1876), p. 3 (EVENING). Retrieved January 5, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71569711</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/clarke-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clarke</image:title><image:caption>PORT OF PORTLAND. (1854, February 17). The Banner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1853 - 1854), p. 8. Retrieved January 5, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179811844</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/clarke-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clarke</image:title><image:caption>PORT OF PORTLAND. (1853, April 18). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved January 5, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4791722</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/portland-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>portland</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/266998</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/portland.jpg</image:loc><image:title>portland</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/85333</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/clarke-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clarke</image:title><image:caption>PORT OF GEELONG. (1853, January 12). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved January 5, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4788871</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-01T08:59:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/03/26/trove-tuesday-daddy-of-them-all/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gc3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gc3</image:title><image:caption>THE North eastern Ensign. (1883, October 26). The North Eastern Ensign (Benalla, VIC. : 1872 - 1938), p. 2. Retrieved March 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70744750</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gc2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gc2</image:title><image:caption>The Greatest Footballer Ever!. (1937, July 25). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), p. 13 Section: First Section. Retrieved March 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58785233</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gc</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt10</image:title><image:caption>CHAMPION OLD-TIMER. (1929, July 13). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 4 Edition: FINAL SPORTING EDITION. Retrieved March 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82981723</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt7</image:title><image:caption>GEORGE COULTHARD, CARLTON FOOTBALL CLUB - Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria - Wood engraving published in Australian pictorial weekly, no. 7, Melbourne, July 24, 1880, held in Rare Books Collection. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/104291</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-09-25T00:22:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/03/19/alfred-winslow-harman-stepping-out-of-the-shadows/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/awh13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>awh13</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1908, August 22). Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), p. 31. Retrieved March 15, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37577065</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/awh12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>awh12</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1940, May 23). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 4. Retrieved March 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12463508</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/awh11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>awh11</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1933, March 24). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1. Retrieved March 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4725647</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/awh10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>awh10</image:title><image:caption>South Australian-Born Woman Evangelist. (1937, December 11). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved March 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36394976</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/awh9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>awh9</image:title><image:caption>PERSONAL. (1914, September 22). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28568583</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/awh8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>awh8</image:title><image:caption>PERSONAL. (1914, October 7). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved March 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28570146</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/awh7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>awh7</image:title><image:caption>NEWS AND NOTES. (1905, January 13). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved March 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25371654</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/awh6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>awh6</image:title><image:caption>NEWS AND NOTES. (1904, November 24). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved March 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25367801</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/awh5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>awh5</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1904, November 22). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved March 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25367642</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/awh4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>awh4</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1904, November 29). Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), p. 16. Retrieved March 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32744043</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-09-17T23:44:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/sack-james/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sack.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sack</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1908, April 8). Hamilton Spectator  p. 4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226140034</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sacks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sacks</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sack.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sack</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 21 December 1916:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/switchtrench.jpg</image:loc><image:title>switchtrench</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00575/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-08-27T22:42:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2021/08/26/discover-your-ancestors-in-lockdown/</loc><lastmod>2021-08-26T07:48:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/07/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-56/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_8013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8013</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/thomson7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thomson7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/learmonth-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Learmonth (4)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/thomson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thomson</image:title><image:caption>"FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. WILLIAM THOMSON." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 21 July 1892: 3.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/022-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>022 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/philip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>philip</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/thomson3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thomson3</image:title><image:caption>"Items of News." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 25 December 1875: 2. Web. 9 Jul 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/thomson2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thomson2</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator and Grange District Advertiser (South Melbourne, Vic. : 1860 - 1870) 8 January 1864: 1. Web. 9 Jul 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/thomson1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thomson1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/drikdrik.jpg</image:loc><image:title>drikdrik</image:title><image:caption>DRIK DRIK METHODIST CHURCH.  Image courtesy of the J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/230495</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-17T23:06:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/sharrock-charles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/douve.jpg</image:loc><image:title>douve</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E01285/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cs</image:title><image:caption>"THE LATE CORPORAL C. SHARROCK." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 13 Aug 1917 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sharrock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sharrock</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-06T10:20:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/knight-james-alfred/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ajknight.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ajknight</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 9 Jun 1917: 4. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/knight1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>knight1</image:title><image:caption>"FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR HAMILTON." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 25 Feb 1893: 8. Web. 27 Jun 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/knight.jpg</image:loc><image:title>knight</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 19 Nov 1904: 9. Web. 27 Jun 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-06T10:04:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/harris-leslie-duncan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lh1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lh</image:title><image:caption>"AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES." Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954) 27 Nov 1917 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ldh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ldh</image:title><image:caption>Leslie Duncan HARRIS</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-06T10:02:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/beecham-george-james-leopold/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/beecham1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>beecham1</image:title><image:caption>http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/117381/18</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/39th-battalion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>39th battalion</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E01284/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ploegstreet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ploegstreet</image:title><image:caption>PLOEGSTREET WOOD, BELGIUM c1917.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H02093/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/beecham.jpg</image:loc><image:title>beecham</image:title><image:caption>"KILLED IN ACTION." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 3 Aug 1917: 2. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-06T09:15:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/05/31/i-wish-i-were-related-to-chris-coulson/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/chris-coulson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chris Coulson</image:title><image:caption>Chris Coulson Obituary - THE FRUIT INDUSTRY. (1904, August 2). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864-1933), p. 5. Retrieved May 30, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19293600</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-06T05:46:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/primrose-leslie-john/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/primrose5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>primrose5</image:title><image:caption>"WITH THE "FLIERS" IN FRANCE." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 3 January 1918: 4. Web. 7 Apr 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/primrose4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>primrose4</image:title><image:caption>"OPENING OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON--ESSENDON V. UNIVERSITY." Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918) 4 May 1912: 29. Web. 5 Apr 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/primrose3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>primrose3</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E01883/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/primrose21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>primrose2</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E01880/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/primrose11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>primrose1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1018248/RCDIG1018248--52-.JPG</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/primrose2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>primrose</image:title><image:caption>"GEN. PAU'S TRIBUTE TO AN AUSTRALIAN HERO." Ararat Chronicle and Willaura and Lake Bolac Districts Recorder (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 8 November 1918: 2. Web. 18 Mar 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/primrose1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>primrose1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P08149.022.002/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/primrose.jpg</image:loc><image:title>primrose</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-04T23:44:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/06/04/winter-fashion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a61.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a61</image:title><image:caption>DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. (1856, September 19). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved June 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64566835</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a60.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a60</image:title><image:caption>HE BENDIGO ADVERTISER. (1856, May 28). Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved June 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88050303</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/snow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snow</image:title><image:caption>SNOW, NORTH BALLARAT.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria Image no: H41033/32 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/55951
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a59.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a59</image:title><image:caption>FASHION SHOWS. (1929, March 1). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 13. Retrieved June 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3993217</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a58.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a58</image:title><image:caption>FASHION SHOWS. (1929, February 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 13. Retrieved June 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3996179</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a57.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a57</image:title><image:caption>WINTER FASHIONS. (1925, July 1). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved June 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2132544</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a56.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a56</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a55.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a55</image:title><image:caption>FASHION NOTES. (1922, March 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved June 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4680694</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a54.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a54</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a53.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a53</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-01T10:12:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/morison-john-archibald-mcfarlane/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/jm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jm</image:title><image:caption>" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 10 Jan 1914: 3. Web. 24 Jun 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jam.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jam</image:title><image:caption>JOHN MORISON</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-01T05:08:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/blackney-james-alexander/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/houplines.jpg</image:loc><image:title>houplines</image:title><image:caption>SOLDIERS OF THE 39TH BATTALION AT HOUPLINES, DECEMBER 1916.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00106/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jb</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H12650/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blacney.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blacney</image:title><image:caption>http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/123275/35</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-25T01:33:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/06/17/passing-of-the-pioneers-71/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/melville-9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melville</image:title><image:caption>"MELVILLE PARK" (1910, November 11). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved June 17, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225675658</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/melville-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melville</image:title><image:caption>LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT MELVILLE OVAL, HAMILTON, PLATED JANUARY 26. (1914, February 14). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 57. Retrieved June 17, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143316960</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/melville-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melville</image:title><image:caption>MELVILLE OVAL.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63848</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dalziel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dalziel</image:title><image:caption>"THE AGE" COUNTRY READERS (1938, April 12). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 14. Retrieved June 16, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205928186</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/eric-the-red.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eric the red</image:title><image:caption>WRECK OF ERIC THE RED. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/296673</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/golf-club.jpg</image:loc><image:title>golf club</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON GOLF COURSE c1906,  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/167675114</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/melville-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melville</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1890, April 11). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 12. Retrieved June 13, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147281771</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fire-station.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire station</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/399013</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/058.jpg</image:loc><image:title>058</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/melville-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melville</image:title><image:caption>COMPLEMENTARY GOLF AFTERNOON. (1905, September 26). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved June 12, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226183623</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-20T23:25:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/08/13/passing-of-the-pioneers-64/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bellfield.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bellfield</image:title><image:caption>"BELLFIELD", HALLS GAP.  Image courtesy of Aussie~mobs, Flickr https://flic.kr/p/2iA5DzZ</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/morningside.jpg</image:loc><image:title>morningside</image:title><image:caption>"MORNINGSIDE", HALLS GAP.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/59086</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cumming1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cumming</image:title><image:caption>"DEATH OF MR. T. F. CUMMING." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 3 August 1918: 36. Web. 12 Aug 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cumming.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cumming</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/235438</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/thomas-cumming.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thomas cumming</image:title><image:caption>THOMAS CUMMING c1865.  image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/235425</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/langley1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>langley</image:title><image:caption>"OUR LETTER BOX." Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 24 September 1898: 8. Web. 12 Aug 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/langley.jpg</image:loc><image:title>langley</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 14 December 1907: 17. Web. 9 Aug 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/smith.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smith</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/767590</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hyde-park.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hyde park</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stony-point.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stony point</image:title><image:caption>J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/217389</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-17T11:15:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/green-francis-regis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hamilton-college.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton College</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON &amp; WESTERN DISTRICT COLLEGE c1910. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/399043</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bullecourt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bullecourt</image:title><image:caption>https://oldsite.awm.gov.au/collection/E00498/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/green.jpg</image:loc><image:title>green</image:title><image:caption>"PRIVATE F. R. GREEN (IONA) KILLED IN ACTION." Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954) 23 June 1917: 26. Web. 13 Sep 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-12T09:42:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/ord-thomas-hugh/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/040-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>040 (2)</image:title><image:caption>THOMAS HUGH ORD</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sever.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sever</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P11678.001</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/3rd-ccs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3rd-ccs</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A02285/?image=2</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/6thbattalion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6thbattalion</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PB1121/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/thomasord.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thomasord</image:title><image:caption>"OUR CHRISTMAS GREETING." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 23 September 1915: .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-10T04:47:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/filmer-walter-stephen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/filmer21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>filmer2</image:title><image:caption>HMAT RMS Orontes LEAVES PORT MELBOURNE, 29 MARCH 1916.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PB0669/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/029.jpg</image:loc><image:title>029</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/063.jpg</image:loc><image:title>063</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/filmer2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>filmer</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON STATE SCHOOL, circa 1910.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/399145</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/filmer11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>filmer1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00443/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/filmer1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>filmer</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 3 May 1918: 1. Web. 2 Apr 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/filmer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>filmer</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-03T10:05:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/gibson-sydney-walter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bp</image:title><image:caption>"Bush Poems." The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 9 Dec 1918: 3 Edition: Bi-Weekly.. Web. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bush.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bush</image:title><image:caption>"[No heading]." Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 29 Nov 1918: 1 Edition: DAILY.. Web. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sg</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia.  http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/225108/16</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gibson3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gibson3</image:title><image:caption>"PRIVATE SIDNEY WALTER GIBSON, of Bendigo." Bendigonian (Bendigo, Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 13 May 1915: 24. Web. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-02T05:35:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/mcswain-john/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mcswain.jpg</image:loc><image:title>McSwain</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ballarathospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ballarathospital</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/384552</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-30T02:23:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/mullane-leslie-alexander/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lm</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia.  http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/288121/17</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-23T23:19:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/04/19/arthur-leonard-holmes-1889-1918-lest-we-forget/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/al.jpg</image:loc><image:title>al</image:title><image:caption>The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 25 July 1918: 3 (Bi-Weekly.). .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/alh1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alh1</image:title><image:caption>    Family Notices. (1918, June 24). The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Bi-Weekly. Retrieved April 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74221268</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/alh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alh</image:title><image:caption>CORNET PLAYER KILLED. (1918, June 26). The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved April 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75192499</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-23T05:33:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/niven-james/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/niven.jpg</image:loc><image:title>niven</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 15 December 1917: 2 (DAILY.). Web. 25 Apr 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/suez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>suez</image:title><image:caption>NEAR ISMAILIA, EGYPT JANUARY 1916.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C02442/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/flers1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flers</image:title><image:caption>NEAR FACTORY CORNER, FLERS.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E05972/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/flers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flers</image:title><image:caption>THE AREA NEAR FACTORY CORNER NEAR FLERS.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E05972/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/reincourt1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reincourt1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00444/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/reincourt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reincourt</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00454/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-21T07:22:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/coleston-stanley-george/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/stanleycoleston.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stanleycoleston</image:title><image:caption>STANLEY COLESTON</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-21T06:59:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/kirkwood-william-john-clyde/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/kirkw2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kirkw2</image:title><image:caption>William John Clyde KIRKWOOD</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-21T06:57:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/hopkins-clive-boyer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hopkins.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hopkins</image:title><image:caption>http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/206885/89</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/clive-hopkins1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clive hopkins1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P01150.004</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/clive-hopkins.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clive hopkins</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C00553/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-21T06:51:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/cordner-joseph-alan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cordner2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cordner</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/128109/50</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/horatio.jpg</image:loc><image:title>horatio</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C43211?image=1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cordner1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cordner</image:title><image:caption>"FOOTBALL." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 22 August 1914: 13. Web. 17 Apr 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/national.jpg</image:loc><image:title>national</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/72379</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cordner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cordner</image:title><image:caption>"PLAYED HIS LAST GREAT GAME" Winner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1917) 13 December 1916: 8. Web. 15 Apr 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gallipoli-landing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gallipoli landing</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1276114</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gallipoli1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gallipoli</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gallipoli.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gallipoli</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C57142?image=1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/jacordner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jacordner</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/128109/51</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/alancordner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alancordner</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/128109/23</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-21T06:50:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/thompson-william-norton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/hellfire-corner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hellfire corner</image:title><image:caption>HELLFIRE CORNER, YPRES, BELGIUM 27 September 1917.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E01889/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T12:24:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/torbet-gordon-james/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/torbet2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>torbet2</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 5 May 1917 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/tilltrench.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tilltrench</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00495/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/torbet1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>torbet1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00496/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/torbet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>torbet</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00496/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pozieres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pozieres</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/EZ0144/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/5th-battalion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5th battalion</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DAX2506/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/torbet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>torbet</image:title><image:caption>http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/418950/25</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T12:23:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/smyth-james-norman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/smyth1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smyth1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/smyth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smyth</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 26 April 1892: 3. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/abasan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>abasan</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P00144.006</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/9thlhr1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9thlhr1</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/B00021/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/9thlhr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9thlhr</image:title><image:caption>5th Brigade at Khan Ayash. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/B00344/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T12:22:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/kilkelly-james-patrick/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/kilkenny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kilkenny</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10885.072</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T12:20:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/morrissey-frank/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/frankmorrissey11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frankmorrissey1</image:title><image:caption>THE VIEW FROM VENDHUILLE NEAR THE HINDENBERG LINE WHERE THE 10TH INFANTRY BRIGADE WERE ON 29 SEPTEMBER 1918.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E03567C/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/frankmorrissey1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frankmorrissey</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 15 October 1918: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/frankmorrissey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frankmorrissey</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E03828/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T12:20:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/mcdermaid-robert-bailey/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mouquet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mouquet</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00566/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mcdermaid1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mcdermaid</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 27 July 1918: 11. Web. 24 Apr 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/southland.jpg</image:loc><image:title>southland</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A04501/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mcdermaid.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mcdermaid</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A00847/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T12:20:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/parr-alfred-john/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bellicourt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bellicourt</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E03744/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/parr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>parr</image:title><image:caption>"ROLL OF HONOR." The Maffra Spectator (Vic. : 1882 - 1920) 1 July 1918: 3. Web. 21 Apr 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T12:03:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/waring-frederick-charles-macleod-wmm/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/11th-fab.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11th fab</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00662/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/11fab.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11fab</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00698/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/national.jpg</image:loc><image:title>national</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/336587</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T10:58:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/winnell-william/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/127.jpg</image:loc><image:title>127</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/58th.jpg</image:loc><image:title>58th</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DAX2670/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bernafay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bernafay</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00146/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T10:58:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/emmett-ernest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hooge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hooge</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C954543</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/emmett-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Emmett (3)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T10:57:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/malone-john-henry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/malone1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>malone1</image:title><image:caption>JOHN HENRY MALONE.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1050189</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/polygon-wood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>polygon-wood</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00987/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/57thbattalion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>57thbattalion</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DAX2668/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/john-malone.jpg</image:loc><image:title>john-malone</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 26 September 1918: 4. 6 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/malone.jpg</image:loc><image:title>malone</image:title><image:caption>John MALONE</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T10:47:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/taylor-robert-james/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/robert-taylor1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robert taylor1</image:title><image:caption>"FATHER OF SLAIN SOLDIERS." The Bendigo Independent (Vic. : 1891 - 1918) 27 June 1917:.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/robert-taylor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robert taylor</image:title><image:caption>ROBERT JAMES TAYLOR</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T10:46:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/brown-thomas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brown-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brown (7)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/warracknabeal.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Warracknabeal</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/372707</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/st-andrews.jpg</image:loc><image:title>st andrews</image:title><image:caption> J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/229873</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T10:43:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/young-leonard-hamilton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>005</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/graystreet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>graystreet</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/399133</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T10:42:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/p-t/stephens-william-hudson/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/stephens.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stephens</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 24 September 1918: 4. Web. 16 Apr 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/anzac-ridge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anzac ridge</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00784/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T10:42:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/ingram-john/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/8th-general-hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8th general hospital</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A03235/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T10:42:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/wensley-albert-william/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/bayonvillers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bayonvillers</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E03379/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wensley.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wensley</image:title><image:caption>http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/396929/26</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/westhoek-ridge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>westhoek ridge</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E01480/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/5th-battalion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5th battalion</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PB0641/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/aw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aw</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DA15940/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T10:41:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/mcphee-john-alexander/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/new-zealand.jpg</image:loc><image:title>new zealand</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C54961</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T10:41:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/drummond-robert-william/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cerisy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cerisy</image:title><image:caption>VIEW OF THE SOMME VALLEY  NEAR CERISY, FRANCE. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C963661</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/robert-drummond-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Robert Drummond</image:title><image:caption>"Australia's Army." The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 8 March 1917: 4 (Bi-Weekly). Web. 18 Apr 2020 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/robert-drummond-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Robert Drummond</image:title><image:caption>Volunteers Under Nineteen. (1917, August 30). Shepparton News (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved April 18, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129957549</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/robert-drummond-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Robert Drummond</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/robert-drummond.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Robert Drummond</image:title><image:caption>https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/45707/17</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/coleraine.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coleraine</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/385977</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T09:00:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/friend-percy-oconnor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/percy-friend-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Percy Friend (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/holy-trinity.jpg</image:loc><image:title>holy trinity</image:title><image:caption>J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/216987</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T08:59:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/williams-lewis-henry-clifford/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/39th.jpg</image:loc><image:title>39th</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C194978</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T08:59:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/boyd-william-charles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/christmas-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas 1918</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS 1918 AT THE NO 3 AUXILIARY HOSPITAL, DARTFORD ENGLAND.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C295301</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/pill-box.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pill Box</image:title><image:caption>AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS RESTING ON A GERMAN PILLBOX ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1917 NEAR YPRES. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memoiral https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C953203</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/harefield.jpg</image:loc><image:title>harefield</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C43830</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mametz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mametz</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C54502</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/boyd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boyd</image:title><image:caption>MESSAGE FROM HAMILTON SOLDIERS. (1916, September 21). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved May 11, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133707929</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/boyd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boyd</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T08:58:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/johnson-francis-charles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2nd-field.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2nd field</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3552</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T07:19:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/dohle-alfred/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/13thlhr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>13thLHR</image:title><image:caption>13th AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT, B SQUADRON, JUNE 1915.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1056762</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T07:19:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/f-j/graves-hubert-stanley/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/graves-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GRAVES</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1917, December 18). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1. Retrieved April 26, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1670394</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/graves-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GRAVES</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C333335</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/graves.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GRAVES</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C214158</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/graves.hubert.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Graves.Hubert</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1298983</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T07:18:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/k-o/mills-john-craig/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/caulfield-military-hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>caulfield military hospital</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/381827</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mills.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mills</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1930, April 15). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1. Retrieved May 13, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4081497</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/victoria-hotel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>victoria hotel</image:title><image:caption> J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/232530</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hill-971.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hill 971</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C372251</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/14th-battalion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14th battalion</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C327039</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T07:18:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/u-to-z/younger-john-james-affleck/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/merris.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Merris</image:title><image:caption>https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C962978</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/annotation-2020-03-29-110630.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Annotation 2020-03-29 110630</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/261335</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/france.jpg</image:loc><image:title>France</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C43261?image=1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/younger.jpg</image:loc><image:title>younger</image:title><image:caption>http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87551482</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/johnson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>johnson</image:title><image:caption>DISTRICT HONOUR ROLL. (1916, October 10). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved January 11, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129387377</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-16T07:17:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2021/04/16/hamiltons-ww1-the-story-so-far/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/poppies.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Poppies</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/424-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>424 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hwm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HWM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-30T12:31:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-soldiers/a-e/baulch-leith-silas-david/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/8th-battalion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8th battalion</image:title><image:caption>8th AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION TRENCH , BULLECOURT, FRANCE MAY 1917.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00439/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/nieppe.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nieppe</image:title><image:caption>NIEPPE FOREST, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, France.  18 April 1918.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E04760/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-14T02:28:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2021/04/12/double-figures/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tea-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tea</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of  Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/769771</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/happy-birthday-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Happy Birthday</image:title><image:caption>VIEWS OF COLAC. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/384702</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-13T08:55:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/hamiltons-ww1-nurses/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/253.jpg</image:loc><image:title>253</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/252.jpg</image:loc><image:title>252</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mckellar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mckellar</image:title><image:caption>"THE M[?]KELLAR MATERNITY HOSPITAL." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 22 October 1915: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/idamockridge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>idamockridge</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/daisydavison.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daisydavison</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON NURSE DAISY DAVISON (2nd back row, 3rd from left) AT THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN STATIONARY HOSPITAL, ISMAILIA, EGYPT c FEB 1917. Photographer Henry Powell.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C02305/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/105.jpg</image:loc><image:title>105</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2531.jpg</image:loc><image:title>253</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/252.jpg</image:loc><image:title>252</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nurse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nurse</image:title><image:caption>"HAMILTON." The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 18 Jan 1919: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155226996</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hospital</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON HOSPITAL.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63599</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-06T23:00:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/04/22/death-of-first-stawell-gift-winner/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/millard1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>millard1</image:title><image:caption>"First Stawell Gift Winner Dead" Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) 3 May 1939: 12 (Edition2 : Cycling And Athletic Sections).  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/millard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>millard</image:title><image:caption>"STAWELL EASTER GIFT" News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) 21 April 1924: 6 (Sporting Edition).  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wma.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wma</image:title><image:caption>FIRST STAWELL GIFT WINNER. (1939, May 1). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 17. Retrieved February 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17588716</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wm</image:title><image:caption>WON FIRST GIFT. (1939, April 29). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 13. Retrieved February 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12122833</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-01T21:33:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/04/05/easter-touring-in-the-western-district/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/easter2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>easter2</image:title><image:caption>(1912, April 3). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 10. Retrieved April 5, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page381590</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/easter1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>easter1</image:title><image:caption>    EASTER OUTINGS. CHARM OF AUTUMN TOURING. (1912, April 3). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 10. Retrieved April 5, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11665234</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/easter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>easter</image:title><image:caption>EASTER OUTINGS. CHARM OF AUTUMN TOURING. (1912, April 3). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 10. Retrieved April 5, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11665234</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-01T21:08:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/08/11/introducing-the-vagabond/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vaga14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga14</image:title><image:caption>KEW LUNATIC ASYLUM (c 1878-1894) Photographer John William Lindt.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.   Image no: H2008.59/25 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/41805</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vaga13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga13</image:title><image:caption>Melbourne Benevolent Asylum (1871) photographer :Charles Nettleton (1826-1902).  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria Victorian Patents Office Copyright Collection
Image no. H96.160/2724 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/54841</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vaga12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga12</image:title><image:caption>PICTURESQUE VICTORIA. (1884, July 19). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved August 9, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6053606</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vaga11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vaga10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga10</image:title><image:caption>INTERVIEWING THE "VAGABOND.". (1878, September 14). Warwick Examiner and Times (Qld. : 1867 - 1919), p. 3. Retrieved August 9, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82121617</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vaga9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vaga8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vaga71.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga7</image:title><image:caption>INTERVIEWING THE "VAGABOND.". (1878, September 14). Warwick Examiner and Times (Qld. : 1867 - 1919), p. 3. Retrieved August 7, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82121617</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vaga7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vaga6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga6</image:title><image:caption>DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN JOURNALIST. (1896, September 5). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved August 9, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9183574</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-01T00:01:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/03/11/trove-tuesday-charlie-and-arthur/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/charles.jpg</image:loc><image:title>charles</image:title><image:caption>CHARLES HARMAN (Back row, 2nd from left) WITH THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND FLIGHT COMMANDERS OF NO. 1 SQUADRON AFC AT PALESTINE NOVEMBER 1918.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C960630</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cj8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cj8</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1915, April 20). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119839929</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cj7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cj7</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1915, January 18). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119833885</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cj6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cj6</image:title><image:caption>Macarthur Matters. (1915, January 18). Port Fairy Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved March 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94724361</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cj5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cj5</image:title><image:caption>Macarthur Matters. (1914, December 31). Port Fairy Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved March 10, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91982808</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cj4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cj4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cj3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cj3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-31T06:45:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/03/04/trove-tuesday-those-magnificent-men/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cj2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cj2</image:title><image:caption>A LETTER FROM THE AIR. (1916, September 14). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved March 1, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133707498</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-31T06:41:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/09/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-25/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pp11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp11</image:title><image:caption>GREAT BRITAIN.  Image courtesy of the Brodie Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.  Image No.  H99.220/4119 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/14669</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pp10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp10</image:title><image:caption>MELBOURNE SHIPPING. (1852, November 15). Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), p. 2. Retrieved September 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60132168</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pp9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp9</image:title><image:caption>ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no.  H92.200/429  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/22531</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pp8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp8</image:title><image:caption>GREAT AUSTRALIA, Image Courtesy of the  John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.  Image no. 77078 http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36910375?q=%22great+australia%22&amp;c=picture&amp;versionId=47922188</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pp7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp7</image:title><image:caption>WARRNAMBOOL METHODIST CHURCH.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image No. H32492/2746 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63534</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pp6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp6</image:title><image:caption>FORMER PORT FAIRY HOSPITAL c1958.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pp5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp5</image:title><image:caption>METHODIST CHURCH. (1914, September 14). Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4 Edition: DAILY.. Retrieved September 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73581774</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pp41.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp4</image:title><image:caption>METHODIST CHURCH. (1914, September 14). Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4 Edition: DAILY.. Retrieved September 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73581774</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pp3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pp2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-20T14:19:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/10/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-26/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/oct.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HENRY COWLAND</image:title><image:caption>HENRY COWLAND.  OBITUARY. (1942, November 5). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved October 24, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64382636</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-20T13:19:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/11/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-27/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pp1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp1</image:title><image:caption>ST. PATRICKS CATHOLIC CHURCH, PORT FAIRY.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria,  Image no H32492/7521 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/61612</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1916, November 8). Mortlake Dispatch (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved November 29, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119795904</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-20T13:14:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/09/15/riddiford-centenary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscn1665.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RIDDIFORD</image:title><image:caption>HOMES OF TOM &amp; QUEENIE (left) AND STAN &amp; AMY (right), Humffray Street South, Ballarat.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ridd7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ridd7</image:title><image:caption>SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (1913, September 16). Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), p. 6. Retrieved September 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91019708</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ridd6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ridd6</image:title><image:caption>SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (1913, September 16). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 14. Retrieved September 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7233086</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ridd5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ridd5</image:title><image:caption>GENERAL NEWS. (1913, September 12). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), p. 18. Retrieved September 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5801205</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ridd4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ridd4</image:title><image:caption>SHIPPING NOTES. (1913, September 10). Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 - 1924), p. 6. Retrieved September 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105592344</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ridd3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ridd3</image:title><image:caption>ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS. (1913, August 8). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 6. Retrieved September 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60056064</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ridd2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SS COMMONWEALTH</image:title><image:caption>SS COMMONWEALTH.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of South Australia.  Image No, b69878  http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/mpcimg/70000/B69878.htm</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1487.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1487</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1478.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1478</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tr.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>RIDDIFORD</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-20T13:11:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/09/22/the-vagabond-out-and-about-in-portland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>053</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/vaga13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga13</image:title><image:caption>PICTURESQUE VICTORIA. (1884, November 18). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6. Retrieved September 16, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6061545</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/vaga12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga12</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/vaga11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/vaga10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga10</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/vaga9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/vaga8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/vaga7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/vaga6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/vaga5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vaga5</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-20T13:09:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/11/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-16/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mallon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mallon</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1930, February 10). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 26, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64291549</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/campbell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>campbell</image:title><image:caption> (1918, November 25). Portland Observer and Normanby Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved November 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88197935</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lowrey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lowrey</image:title><image:caption>GARVOC. (1914, December 5). Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 6 Edition: DAILY.. Retrieved November 22, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73556791</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-20T13:05:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/06/nifty-newsletters/</loc><lastmod>2021-03-20T12:40:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/08/trove-tuesday-in-the-news/</loc><lastmod>2021-03-20T12:39:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/05/portlands-history-house/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/178.jpg</image:loc><image:title>178</image:title><image:caption>ROCKET SHED</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/175.jpg</image:loc><image:title>175</image:title><image:caption>MARY MacKILLOP DISPLAY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hp1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hp1</image:title><image:caption>HENTY'S PLOUGH. (1935, November 18). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved July 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64290884</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hp</image:title><image:caption>THE FIRST PLOUGH USED IN VICTORIA, BY THE HENTY BROTHERS, OF PORTLAND. (1910, September 10). Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved July 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38361343</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/172.jpg</image:loc><image:title>172</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/170.jpg</image:loc><image:title>170</image:title><image:caption>Model of the home of Joseph and Sarah Porter</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/169.jpg</image:loc><image:title>169</image:title><image:caption>HENTYS PLOUGH</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/177.jpg</image:loc><image:title>177</image:title><image:caption>HISTORY HOUSE, PORTLAND</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-20T12:37:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/05/i-is-for-investigation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sherlock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sherlock</image:title><image:caption>SHERLOCK HOLMES AND "WATSON". (1930, May 4). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved July 5, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58381914</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-20T12:36:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/08/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-24/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pp3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp3</image:title><image:caption>THE PASSING OF THE PIONEERS. (1918, August 15). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved August 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119505339</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pp2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp2</image:title><image:caption>SHIP - FRANCIS HENTY (1858)  Thomas Robertson Image courtesy of State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H13791 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/91541</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pp1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp1</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1919, September 9). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved August 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73052506</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>WILLIAM CORNEY (1872).  Photographer Thomas Foster Chuck.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H5056/211 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/17942</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-15T12:58:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/05/27/passing-of-the-pioneers-22/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/finn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Finn</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rippon-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rippon (8)</image:title><image:caption>RIPPON FAMILY GRAVE, HAMILTON (OLD) CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rippon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rippon</image:title><image:caption>WESTERN DISTRICT PICNIC RACE CLUB'S ANNUAL MEETING, HELD ON THE HAMILTON (V.) RACECOURSE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12. (1923, December 22). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 58. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140831487</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/baker2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>baker2</image:title><image:caption>Healesville Shire Council. (1936, May 2). Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian (Vic. : 1900 - 1942), p. 3. Retrieved May 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60453763</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/baker1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>baker1</image:title><image:caption>NOTES FOR BOYS. (1930, September 9). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 9. Retrieved May 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4189243</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/edgar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>edgar</image:title><image:caption>MR. J. H. EDGAR DEAD. (1936, April 6). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 14. Retrieved May 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36803018</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mccorm2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mccorm2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mccorm1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mccorm1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mccorm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mccorm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/baker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>baker</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial P00265.001 http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P00265.001</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-15T12:48:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/04/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-21/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/harman-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Harman (5)</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF JONATHON HARMAN, BYADUK CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/141.jpg</image:loc><image:title>141</image:title><image:caption>GRIFFITHS ISLAND, PORT FAIRY.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscn1013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>"Eildon" Hamilton</image:title><image:caption>"Eildon", Hamilton</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/jt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jt</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1945, May 24). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved April 27, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64404393</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-15T12:46:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/06/23/passing-of-the-pioneers-63/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/illingworth1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>illingworth</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954) 7 March 1903: 32. Web. 18 Jun 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/casterton-methodist-church.jpg</image:loc><image:title>casterton methodist church</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/766563</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/point-cook.jpg</image:loc><image:title>point cook</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/169911</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/chirnside4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chirnside</image:title><image:caption>"MR. CHIRNSIDE AND THE CAMP AT WERRIBEE PARK. To the Editor of the Geelong Advertiser." Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929) 16 March 1861: 3. Web. 17 Jun 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/025.jpg</image:loc><image:title>025</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>024</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/carranballac1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>carranballac</image:title><image:caption> J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/233898</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mt-william1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mt william</image:title><image:caption>B 71655/17 https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+71655/17</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4333.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4333</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/168.jpg</image:loc><image:title>168</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-12T08:34:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/10/03/alice-hawthorne-the-western-mare/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ah26.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ah26</image:title><image:caption>MELBOURNE NEWS. (1860, August 16). Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved October 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87945829</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ah25.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ah25</image:title><image:caption>RACING AND ROMANCE. (1928, September 15). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 2 Supplement: The Argus. Saturday Camera Supplement.. Retrieved October 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article395692</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ah24.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ah24</image:title><image:caption>SPORTING NOTES. (1890, May 3). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved October 2, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77489433</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ah23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ah23</image:title><image:caption>SPORTING NOTES. (1865, March 24). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 5. Retrieved October 2, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5734367</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ah22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ah22</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ah21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ah21</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ah20.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ah20</image:title><image:caption>Flemington: Past and Present. (1891, October 24). Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1853 - 1872), p. 13. Retrieved October 2, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63613318</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ah19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ah19</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ah18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ah18</image:title><image:caption>VICTORIA. (1859, November 26). Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860), p. 4. Retrieved October 2, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59871699</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ah17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ah17</image:title><image:caption>THE CHAMPION RACE DAY. (1859, October 3). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 5. Retrieved October 2, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5689255</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-12T08:26:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/01/18/passing-of-the-pioneers-7/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>012</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jh</image:title><image:caption>JAMES HENTY c1855.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H83.158/2 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/290239</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jean-mcclintock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jean McClintock</image:title><image:caption>Jean McClintock &amp; William Eaton Miller.  Photo courtesy of Rachael Boatwright &amp; family.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lightbody.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lightbody</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1929, January 7). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved January 17, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64268096</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T13:16:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/01/01/new-years-day-in-the-western-district/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ny17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ny17</image:title><image:caption>SPORTS AT PORT FAIRY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. (1944, December 4). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 30, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64391165</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ny16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ny16</image:title><image:caption>HOLIDAY RESORTS. (1927, January 8). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 23. Retrieved December 30, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3831051</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ny15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ny15</image:title><image:caption>NEW YEAR'S DAY. (1886, January 5). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved December 30, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72953710</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ny14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ny14</image:title><image:caption>(1879, January 18). The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic. : 1873 - 1889), p. 172. Retrieved December 30, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page5739740</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ny13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ny13</image:title><image:caption>[No heading]. (1879, January 18). The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic. : 1873 - 1889), p. 172. Retrieved December 30, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page5739740</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ny12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ny12</image:title><image:caption>TABLE TALK. (1872, January 4). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS. Retrieved December 30, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65426597</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ny11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ny11</image:title><image:caption>THE NEW YEAR. (1869, January 4). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS. Retrieved December 30, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64691465</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ny10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ny10</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1867, December 26). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 3 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved December 30, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64689024</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ny9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ny9</image:title><image:caption>NEW YEAR'S DAY. (1867, January 3). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 30, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64636969</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ny8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ny8</image:title><image:caption>NEW YEAR'S DAY. (1866, January 4). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 30, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64635496</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T13:12:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/12/27/passing-of-the-pioneers-6/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jennings-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jennings (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/talbot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>talbot</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON PIONEER. (1912, January 13). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), p. 32. Retrieved May 27, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198127055</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kittson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kittson</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1945, December 17). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 26, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64406262</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/louisa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>louisa</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1937, December 30). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved December 26, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28321980</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T13:09:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/12/13/jonathan-harman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_1844.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1844</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/byadukpioneers1907-108x66-2-e1323262317694.jpg</image:loc><image:title>byadukpioneers1907 (108x66) (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jonh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jonh</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1930, April 7). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 7, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64291985</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_1843.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1843</image:title><image:caption>Headstone of  John, Sarah and Joseph Harman, children of Jonathan and Mary Harman,, Byaduk Cemetery</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T13:05:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/12/07/in-the-news-december-8-1909/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/seal1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>seal1</image:title><image:caption>NATURE NOTES AND QUERIES. (1910, May 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 9. Retrieved December 7, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10857617</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/gramps.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gramps</image:title><image:caption>THE GRAMPIANS. (1909, December 21). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 5. Retrieved December 7, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10755530</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bunyip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunyip</image:title><image:caption>NATURE NOTES AND QUERIES. (1909, November 26). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 4. Retrieved December 5, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10749956</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/seal.jpg</image:loc><image:title>seal</image:title><image:caption>SEAL NEAR THE GRAMPIANS. (1909, December 8). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 12. Retrieved December 5, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10752746</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T13:01:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/11/24/passing-of-the-pioneers-5/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/rizzo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rizzo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>    OBITUARY. (1945, November 19). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 25, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64406000</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/row1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>row1</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1923, November 8). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved November 24, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64103714</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/burswood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Burswood</image:title><image:caption>"HOME, SWEET HOME.". (1934, November 15). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 1 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved November 24, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64287315</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tobin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tobin</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1916, November 21). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved November 24, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72983888</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T13:01:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/11/22/the-horsham-times-goes-digital/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ht.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ht</image:title><image:caption>(1891, January 6). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page7084926</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T12:59:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/11/19/surname-saturday-meme-names-places-and-most-wanted-faces/</loc><lastmod>2021-03-11T12:57:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/11/16/in-the-news-november-16-1922/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/back-to.jpg</image:loc><image:title>back to</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1922, November 16). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved November 15, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64027000</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gala.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gala</image:title><image:caption>Portland's Gala Week. (1922, November 16). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved November 15, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64027013</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/btp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>btp</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1922, November 16). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved November 14, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64027014</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ch.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ch</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cominghome.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cominghome</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T12:56:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/11/09/not-such-an-odd-fellow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gharman11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gharman1</image:title><image:caption>(1907, June 24). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 9, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page6026342</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ghh2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ghh2</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1931, September 16). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1. Retrieved November 9, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4411246</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/rh.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>rh</image:title><image:caption>Rebecca GRAHAM, Original held by Port Fairy Historical Society</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ghh1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>ghh1</image:title><image:caption>George Hall HARMAN, Original held by Port Fairy Historical Society</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0032.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0032</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0033.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0033</image:title><image:caption>Grave of George, Rebecca and Edith Harman, Port Fairy Cemetery</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ghh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ghh</image:title><image:caption>COUNTRY NEWS. (1923, August 29). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 23. Retrieved November 9, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2007613</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gharman1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gharman1</image:title><image:caption>    [No heading]. (1907, June 24). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 8, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page6026342</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T12:55:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/11/01/off-to-the-melbourne-cup/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/melbourne-cup3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melbourne cup</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 5 November 1877: 2 (EVENINGS.). .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/melbourne-cup2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melbourne cup</image:title><image:caption>"Items of News." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 9 November 1876: 2.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/melbourne-cup.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melbourne cup</image:title><image:caption>"CASTERTON." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 1 November 1879:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/melbourne-cup1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melbourne cup1</image:title><image:caption>"THE CUP DAY." Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne, Vic. : 1876 - 1889) 28 November 1879:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mc11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc11</image:title><image:caption>    Off to the Melbourne Cup!. (1887, October 28). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 1, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65410876</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mc10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc10</image:title><image:caption>Off to the Melbourne Cup!. (1887, October 28). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 1, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65410876</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/m8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>m8</image:title><image:caption>    First Issue, August 20, 1842. (1915, November 10). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 1, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63975310</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mc7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc7</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1910, October 26). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 1, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63978762</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mc6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc6</image:title><image:caption>    Advertising. (1877, November 12). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved November 1, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63339903</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/m6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>m6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T12:53:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/10/18/they-were-not-alone/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/riddiford-family4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Riddiford family.JPG4</image:title><image:caption>Caroline Celia Ann Kirkin</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T12:50:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/10/15/histories-of-south-west-towns/</loc><lastmod>2021-03-11T12:36:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/09/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bree-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bree (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T12:34:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/09/27/all-quiet-by-the-wannon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn1028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1028</image:title><image:caption>WANNON RIVER</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rossana.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rossana</image:title><image:caption>Extract from Marriage Certificate of William Hadden &amp; Mary Mortimer, Victoria 1870</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bombay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bombay</image:title><image:caption>VICTORIA. (1852, December 24). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), p. 4. Retrieved September 25, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38459768</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T12:29:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/10/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-4/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cowland.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cowland</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1942, October 26). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved October 27, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64382483</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pratt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pratt</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1935, November 4). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved October 27, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64290777</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/row.jpg</image:loc><image:title>row</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1879, March 27). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: MORNINGS.. Retrieved October 27, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63341984</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hay</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1888, October 5). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved October 26, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63590480</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-11T12:23:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/03/28/wonderful-western-district-women-part-6/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lewis-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lewis</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mount-burchett.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mount Burchett</image:title><image:caption>THE HAMILTON BOTANICAL GARDENS. (1868, December 2). Hamilton Spectator and Grange District Advertiser (South Melbourne, Vic. : 1860 - 1870), p. 3. Retrieved March 19, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article194475788</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/portland.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Portland</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/75143</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lewis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lewis</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hamilton-hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton Hospital</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON HOSPITAL. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63599</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coach-motorbus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coach &amp; Motorbus</image:title><image:caption>A Horse-Drawn Coach and a Motor Bus at an unidentified location.  Photographer: John Henry Harvey Image courtesy of the State LIbrary of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/50441</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/morehouse-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>morehouse</image:title><image:caption>COBDEN NEWS (1900, August 30). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved March 13, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26109212</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/morehouse-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>morehouse</image:title><image:caption>"Camperdown Chronicle." PUBLISHED Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1888. (1888, November 3). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved March 11, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18585307</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/morehouse-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>morehouse</image:title><image:caption>"Hampden Shire Council." Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954) 9 November 1883: 2. Web. 11 Mar 2020 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/may-lewis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>May Lewis</image:title><image:caption>BRIBERY CHARGE DENIED. (1913, June 21). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 6. Retrieved March 7, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225032224</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-07T05:14:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/05/18/the-victorian-heritage-database/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>028</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/032.jpg</image:loc><image:title>032</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/anglican-rectory-casterton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Anglican rectory Casterton</image:title><image:caption>CASTERTON ANGLICAN RECTORY c1890.  Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/769228</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/380.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BILLS HORSE TROUGH</image:title><image:caption>A BILLS HORSE TROUGH (Portland Gardens)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/north.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Commercial Hotel, Merino</image:title><image:caption>COMMERCIAL HOTEL, MERINO 1880 Image Courtesy of the State Library of South Australia http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/mpcimg/22000/B21766_112.htm</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/blackie1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blackie1</image:title><image:caption>Buggies outside blacksmith's shop.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria -  Elliot collection.  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/42869</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/vhd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Victorian Heritage Database Advance Search Form</image:title><image:caption>VHD Advanced Search form http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/#advanced;user</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/blackie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blackie</image:title><image:caption>http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=1185386.xml&amp;dvs=1368367421285~415&amp;locale=en_US&amp;search_terms=&amp;adjacency=&amp;divType=&amp;usePid1=true&amp;usePid2=true</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-06T11:41:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/10/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-43/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/132-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>132 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lc</image:title><image:caption>"PORTLAND BAY." The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) 15 Jan 1851: 26. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/pensh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pensh</image:title><image:caption>PENSHURST SHIRE HALL.  Image courtesy of the J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/233458</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/clarke.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clarke</image:title><image:caption>PORTLAND COURT HOUSE.  Image courtesy of the   J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/47642</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-06T05:34:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/11/27/trove-tuesday-a-lady-motorist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/florence-thomson-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Florence Thomson</image:title><image:caption>MRS. B. THOMSON, OF ADELAIDE, (1905, February 22). Critic (Adelaide, SA : 1897-1924), p. 27. Retrieved March 2, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211406512</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/florence-thomson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Florence Thomson</image:title><image:caption>HOLIDAY ON MOTORS. (1904, April 2). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 19. Retrieved March 2, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222791657</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tt9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt9</image:title><image:caption>"Woman's View" The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) 25 April 1931: 11. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tt8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt8</image:title><image:caption>"FIRST WOMAN MOTORIST" News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) 17 August 1929: 3 (SPORTS EDITION). Web. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tt7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt7</image:title><image:caption>FLORENCE THOMSON ARRIVING AT THE FINISH LINE OF THE RELIABILITY TRIAL FROM SYDNEY TO MELBOURNE. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/43094</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tt6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt6</image:title><image:caption>"A LADY MOTORIST." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 18 February 1905: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ft1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ft1</image:title><image:caption>(1905, March 1). Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 52. Retrieved November 26, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page571151</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ft.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ft</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lm1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lm1</image:title><image:caption>A LADY MOTORIST. (1904, March 28). The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918), p. 1. Retrieved November 21, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87353226</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-02T00:06:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/05/08/inside-history/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ih_cover_issue-10-479x640-299x400.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IH_Cover_Issue 10 (479x640) (299x400)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-28T09:52:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/05/07/left-behind/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-28T09:49:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/04/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-10/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/kirby-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kirby (4)</image:title><image:caption>KIRBY FAMILY PLOT, COLERAINE CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/thomson4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thomson4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/clohesy-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clohesy (2)</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF THOMAS AND MARY CLOHESY, HAMILTON (OLD) CEMETERY.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/st-marys-church.jpg</image:loc><image:title>St Marys Church</image:title><image:caption>ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, HAMILTON.  Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/769324</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/monivae2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monivae2</image:title><image:caption>MONIVAE 1966.  Image Couresy of the J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection,    State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H97.250/44 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/230077</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/001-480x640-300x400.jpg</image:loc><image:title>001 (480x640) (300x400)</image:title><image:caption>ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, HAMILTON</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/callaway-e1562380542925.jpg</image:loc><image:title>callaway</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1942, April 10). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved April 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26091893</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hannahbarr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hannahbarr</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1934, April 16). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved April 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64285471</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-28T09:48:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/03/23/passing-of-the-pioneers-9/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/jackson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jackson</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF MARTHA JACKSON, HAMILTON (OLD) CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/jlc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jlc</image:title><image:caption>"A Wealthy Pastoralist's Will." Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954) 21 July 1898:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/eildon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eildon</image:title><image:caption>EILDON, ST KILDA.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/151371</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/jlcurrie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jlcurrie</image:title><image:caption>JOHN LANG CURRIE 1872. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/18219</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ppmarch2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ppmarch2</image:title><image:caption>THE PASSING OF THE PIONEERS. (1898, March 12). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved March 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64999757</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ppmarch1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ppmarch1</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1947, March 13). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 4 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved March 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64410609</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ppmarch.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ppmarch</image:title><image:caption>PIONEER DIES IN 97th YEAR. (1942, March 17). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved March 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26091631</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-28T09:46:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2021/02/06/a-story-of-black-thursday-6-february-1851/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/the-grange.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Grange</image:title><image:caption>DOMESTIC GAZETTE. (1851, February 8). Port Phillip Gazette (Vic. : 1851), p. 4. Retrieved February 6, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224813332</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/black-thursday-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Black Thursday</image:title><image:caption>Black Thursday 1850 The Track of Death https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1cvjue2/ADLIB110315047</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/heywood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Heywood</image:title><image:caption>Memories of the Past (1939, March 2). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 6 (EVENING.). Retrieved February 5, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64391965</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/bush-inn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush Inn</image:title><image:caption>"BLACK THURSDAY," IN THE PORTLAND BAY DISTRICT. (1851, February 12). The Melbourne Daily News (Vic. : 1848 - 1851), p. 2. Retrieved February 5, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226521766</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/black-thursday-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Black Thursday</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/47777</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/bushfire-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bushfire</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/40610</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/black-thursday-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Black Thursday</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/157938</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/black-thursday-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Black Thursday</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/236426</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/black-thursday.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Black Thursday</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/74159</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/bushfire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bushfire</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/236429</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-26T02:48:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2021/02/23/news-you-say/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/man-and-two-boys-1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/wireless-1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ladies-reading-1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/three-men-1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-23T02:36:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2021/02/20/you-say/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/wireless.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wireless</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/773162</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ladies-reading.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ladies reading</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/446848</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/man-and-two-boys.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Man and two boys</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/25931</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/three-men.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Three men</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/41449</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-23T02:36:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/04/03/christina-parke/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/barrys-reef.jpg</image:loc><image:title>barrys reef</image:title><image:caption>BARRY'S REEF c1900
Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/401042</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/mt-napier.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mt napier</image:title><image:caption>MOUNT NAPIER.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/parke-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>parke</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1950, July 17). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved April 3, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56950418</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/annotation-2020-03-30-105507.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Annotation 2020-03-30 105507</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/279623</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/parke-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>parke</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1921, May 14). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved December 9, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203972411</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/parke1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>parke1</image:title><image:caption>OUR WOMEN READERS' FREE EXCHANGE SERVICE (1932, August 6). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 25 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved November 4, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223813061</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/parke.jpg</image:loc><image:title>parke</image:title><image:caption>THE WOMAN'S BUREAU (1934, March 17). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 21. Retrieved November 4, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223202919</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/park.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Take A Photo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-16T02:11:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/10/18/called-by-god/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/james.jpg</image:loc><image:title>james</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1833-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>James &amp; Susan Harman</image:title><image:caption>TOGETHER AGAIN</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/james-susan-harman-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>James &amp; Susan Harman (2)</image:title><image:caption>JAMES &amp; SUSAN HARMAN.  Photo courtesy of Mike Harman &amp; family.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/byadukpioneers-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>byadukpioneers (2)</image:title><image:caption>BYADUK PIONEER DAY - March 27, 1907.  JAMES HARMAN (Back Row, 6th from right), JONATHAN HARMAN (Back Row, 5th from right), ELIZABETH OLIVER, widow of REUBEN HARMAN (Front row, 2nd from right).  Photo courtesy of the Hamilton History Centre.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/jh4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jh4</image:title><image:caption>"In Memoriam." Spectator and Methodist Chronicle (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 11 Oct 1916: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/jh3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jh3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/jh2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jh2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-15T23:29:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/03/02/yambuk-cemetery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mary-gleeson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mary Gleeson</image:title><image:caption>Yambuk and Tyrendarra (1947, May 7). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 18. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223916656</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>061</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/060.jpg</image:loc><image:title>060</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/oshan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o'shan</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1900, September 8). Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954), p. 17. Retrieved February 16, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169868264</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/oshanassy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>o'shanassy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/roberts1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>roberts1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lanigan3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lanigan3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lanigan2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lanigan2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lanigan1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lanigan1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lanigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lanigan</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-09T05:56:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/06/24/trove-tuesday-hamiltons-hero-herbalist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/caleb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>caleb</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1922, September 22). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved June 22, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77677775</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shang.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shang</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-11T22:21:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/02/11/passing-of-the-pioneers-60/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/charles-gray.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Charles Gray</image:title><image:caption>CHARLES GRAY c1872.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1o9hq1f/SLV_VOYAGER1805529</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/the-vagabond.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Vagabond</image:title><image:caption>"THE "VAGABOND" IN HAMILTON." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 28 November 1893: 3. Web. 10 Feb 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/manifold-marriage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Manifold marriage</image:title><image:caption>"STELLA'S LADIES LETTER" Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) 19 July 1900: 15. Web. 10 Feb 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/victorian-polo-team.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Victorian Polo Team</image:title><image:caption>"INTERCOLONIAL POLO MATCH." Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900) 18 May 1899: 21. Web. 10 Feb 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mysore.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mysore</image:title><image:caption>"SATURDAY'S RACING IN MELBOURNE." The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912) 22 July 1899: 212. Web. 10 Feb 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/emanifold.jpg</image:loc><image:title>EManifold</image:title><image:caption>"DEATH OF MR. E. MANIFOLD" The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 21 February 1931: 9. Web. 10 Feb 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/edwardmanifold.jpg</image:loc><image:title>EdwardManifold</image:title><image:caption>"The Late Mr. Edward Manifold." Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954) 17 February 1931: 5. Web. 10 Feb 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/portland-bay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>portland bay</image:title><image:caption>VIEW OF PORTLAND BAY 1835-1836 BY GEORGE JACKSON.  Image courtesy of the State Library of  Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/288641</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/henty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Henty</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/camperdown-clock-tower.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Camperdown Clock Tower</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-11T06:41:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/10/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-37/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-11T03:04:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/10/13/w-is-for-what-else-could-it-be/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/e.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>e</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bg13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bg13</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bg14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bg14</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_0003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0003</image:title><image:caption>WARRNAMBOOL CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/042.jpg</image:loc><image:title>042</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscn1056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1056</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscn1048-640x480.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1048 (640x480)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/272.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Port Fairy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_0925.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0925</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T04:58:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/10/06/my-electronic-friend/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/jg2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jg2</image:title><image:caption>NOTES AND EVENTS. (1884, March 18). The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved October 6, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88190014</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tg1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tg1</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1884, May 6). The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved October 6, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88187484</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tg</image:title><image:caption>NOTES AND EVENTS. (1884, May 6). The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved October 5, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88187507</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T04:53:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/10/02/trove-tuesday-from-the-heart/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cw1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cw1</image:title><image:caption>Rev. Henry Howard. (1927, July 5). West Gippsland Gazette (Warragul, Vic. : 1898 - 1930) , p. 1 Edition: MORNING.. Retrieved September 30, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68643758</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cw</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T04:51:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/09/26/passing-of-the-pioneers-14/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/annett.jpg</image:loc><image:title>annett</image:title><image:caption>THE PIONEERS PASS BY. (1927, October 6). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved September 24, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64258739</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/187.jpg</image:loc><image:title>187</image:title><image:caption>The London Hotel, Portland</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T04:50:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/09/25/trove-tuesday-a-whale-of-a-time/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/whales.jpg</image:loc><image:title>whales</image:title><image:caption>Domestic Intelligence. (1849, June 1). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1 Supplement: Supplement to the Argus.. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4765656</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T04:46:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/09/18/trove-tuesday-the-huntress/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cat</image:title><image:caption>AN EXPERT BIRD-CATCHER. (1867, September 23). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 6 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved September 9, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64638792</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T04:45:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/09/18/160-years-ago-today/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-07T04:44:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/09/11/trove-tuesday-life-expectancy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lifeexpect.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lifeexpect</image:title><image:caption>Average Duration of Human Life. (1883, July 3). Kerang Times and Swan Hill Gazette (Vic. : 1877 - 1889), p. 4. Retrieved September 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65584044</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T04:43:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/09/04/trove-tuesday-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tt2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt2</image:title><image:caption>COUNTRY NEWS. (1876, December 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 7. Retrieved August 30, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5912477</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T04:42:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/08/29/false-alarm/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/jh1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jh1</image:title><image:caption>Personal. (1916, August 24). Port Fairy Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved August 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88010281</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/jh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jh</image:title><image:caption>COUNTRY NEWS. (1916, August 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 8. Retrieved August 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1630566</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T04:41:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/08/28/trove-tuesday/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tt1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T04:40:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/31/genealogy-in-the-papers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gene13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gene13</image:title><image:caption>DEFINITION. (1937, April 20). Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916 - 1938), p. 29. Retrieved July 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article34930453</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gene12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gene12</image:title><image:caption>BY VAN. (1928, June 7). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 5 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64265966</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gene11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gene11</image:title><image:caption>ARCHIVES DESTROYED. (1940, September 6). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 2. Retrieved July 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11313187</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gene10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gene10</image:title><image:caption>NEWS OF PIONEERS SOUGHT. (1931, September 7). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 1 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64296112</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gene9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gene9</image:title><image:caption>PROBABLY NECESSARY. (1927, February 24). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 5 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64256338</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gene8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gene8</image:title><image:caption>Classified Advertising. (1920, January 28). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1. Retrieved July 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1674996</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gene7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gene7</image:title><image:caption>Bargains in Ancestors. (1928, March 15). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved July 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77703474</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gene6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gene6</image:title><image:caption>WONDERS OF THE RECORD OFFICE. (1914, December 29). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved July 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72968404</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gene5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gene5</image:title><image:caption>HOW TO TRACE YOUR ANCESTRY. (1911, October 7). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved July 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77477729</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gene4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gene4</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T04:37:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/31/lots-to-like-about-local-history/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-07T03:51:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/25/in-the-news-july-25-1906/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cast2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cast2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cast1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cast1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cast.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cast</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T03:50:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/22/passing-of-the-pioneers-a-year-on/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pp1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp1</image:title><image:caption>PASSING OF THE PIONEERS. (1927, November 14). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 21, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64259147</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T03:49:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/15/the-hungry-eagle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>016</image:title><image:caption>KIRKWOOD GRAVE - OLD HAMILTON CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/flu1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flu</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/flu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flu</image:title><image:caption>The Horsham Times. (1902, August 12). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved July 15, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72849742</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mak.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mak</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1902, October 31). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved July 15, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72851290</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/kirkwood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kirkwood</image:title><image:caption>The Portland Guardian, (50th Year of Publication.) With which is incorporated The Portland Mirror. (1892, May 18). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved June 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65439001</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T02:39:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/12/misadventures-deaths-and-near-misses-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pa6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pa6</image:title><image:caption>PECULIAR ACCIDENT. (1908, March 31). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved July 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72808154</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wd</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1937, June 10). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved July 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64276046</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pa5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pa5</image:title><image:caption>PAINFUL MOTORING ACCIDENT. (1946, July 25). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64408475</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ed</image:title><image:caption>AN EXTRAORDINARY DEATH. (1881, August 17). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 6. Retrieved July 11, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5975044</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pa3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pa3</image:title><image:caption>A PECULIAR ACCIDENT. (1929, March 19). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved July 11, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72606226</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pa2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pa2</image:title><image:caption>Peculiar Accident. (1937, August 30). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 11, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64276868</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pa1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pa1</image:title><image:caption>PAINFUL ACCIDENT. (1916, January 25). Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: DAILY.. Retrieved July 11, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73868145</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pa</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T02:36:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/11/illuminating-blogger-award/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-07T02:34:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/06/29/h-is-for/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0007</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>005</image:title><image:caption>HALLS GAP in the HEART of the Grampians</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/pict0015_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My beautiful picture</image:title><image:caption>Horses in Halls Gap</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_09011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0901</image:title><image:caption>Looking across Melville Oval, Hamilton</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_0901.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0901</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/scan220001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan220001</image:title><image:caption>Thomas HADDEN &amp; Sarah HARMAN on their wedding day, 1904.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T02:33:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/06/20/hobbies-passions-and-devotions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cinder.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cinder</image:title><image:caption>SPORTS AND PASTIMES. (1923, September 7). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 6. Retrieved June 19, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65041056</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/greyhound.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Greyhound</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1927, February 25). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved June 15, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73082854</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T02:29:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/06/15/volcanoes-revisited/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-07T02:27:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/06/04/ninas-royal-inspiration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/qm3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>qm3</image:title><image:caption>Queen Mary's carpet. (1950, April 8). The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 11. Retrieved June 4, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55184154</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/qm2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>qm2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/qm1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>qm1</image:title><image:caption>QUEEN DEFIANT. (1950, February 8). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved June 4, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49696596</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nh4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nh4</image:title><image:caption>SHE STITCHES CARES AWAY. (1966, July 6). The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 12. Retrieved June 4, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44024749</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nh3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nh3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nh2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nh2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nh</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T02:26:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/06/01/in-the-news-june-1-1928/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/214.jpg</image:loc><image:title>214</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/j1111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>j1111</image:title><image:caption>MY TRIP TO THE WESTERN DISTRICT. (1928, June 1). Advertiser (Hurstbridge, Vic. : 1922 - 1939), p. 4 Edition: AFTERNOON.. Retrieved May 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57757397</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/j111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>j111</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/j11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>j11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/j1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>j1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T02:12:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/05/24/passing-of-the-pioneers-11/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/maretimo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maretimo</image:title><image:caption>MARETIMO.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H31761 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/172772 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/anderson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>anderson</image:title><image:caption>    Obituary. (1927, May 30). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved May 24, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64257336</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/waters2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>waters2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/waters.jpg</image:loc><image:title>waters</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1917, May 7). The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Bi-Weekly. Retrieved May 24, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74489225</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T02:11:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/05/21/old-portland-cemetery-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rankin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rankin</image:title><image:caption>UNIVERSITY LAW EXAMINATIONS. (1875, March 17). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 7. Retrieved May 21, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11513825</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/062.jpg</image:loc><image:title>062</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/030.jpg</image:loc><image:title>030</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/059.jpg</image:loc><image:title>059</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/057.jpg</image:loc><image:title>057</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>056</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>054</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/0551.jpg</image:loc><image:title>055</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>053</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/055.jpg</image:loc><image:title>055</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T02:09:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/04/25/western-victoria-remembers/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-07T00:56:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/04/12/its-my-1st-blogiversary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/tt-640x584-500x456.jpg</image:loc><image:title>M</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ly.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ly</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T00:54:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/04/03/the-2012-anzac-day-blog-challenge/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-07T00:52:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/03/28/the-sultan-of-shelly-beach/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/aziz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aziz</image:title><image:caption>SULTAN AZIZ'S CAMELS ON SOUTH PORTLAND BEACH IN 1935.  Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/773643</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-07T00:44:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/02/29/a-leap-year-dilemma/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-07T00:06:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/02/22/new-site-settlers-in-the-glenelg-wannon-region-of-sw-victoria/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-07T00:03:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/05/26/in-the-news-may-26-obituary-mrs-hugh-kittson/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-05T08:37:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/02/02/sarah-harman-from-country-to-city/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-30T12:02:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/02/16/back-to-hamilton-february-24-1923/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bh7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh7</image:title><image:caption>
"[No heading]." Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) 8 Mar 1923: 26. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bh6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bh5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bh4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh4</image:title><image:caption>"[No heading]." Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) 8 Mar 1923: 9. Web..</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bh2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bh1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-30T11:48:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/02/08/in-the-news-8-february-13-february-1901/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fire11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire1</image:title><image:caption>"THE VICTORIAN BUSH FIRES." Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907) 23 February 1901:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/brisbane.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brisbane</image:title><image:caption>"ALONG MACARTHUR ROAD." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 9 February 1901  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fire1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire</image:title><image:caption>"BUSH FIRE BELIEF FUNDS." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 21 February 1901: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/byaduk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>byaduk</image:title><image:caption>BYADUK NORTH HOTEL c1906.  Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections http://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/766487</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire</image:title><image:caption>"MANY FAMILIES HOMELESS." Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918) 9 Feb 1901: 18. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-30T11:32:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/02/07/what-the-dickens/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-30T11:30:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/02/04/st-stephens-church-portland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/st-stephens-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>St Stephens</image:title><image:caption>INTERIOR OF ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/441320</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/st-stephens.jpg</image:loc><image:title>St Stephens</image:title><image:caption>ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/61459</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-01-26T03:52:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/01/10/home-from-portland/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-30T07:35:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/01/04/i-hear-there-is-good-fishing-at-portland/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-30T07:34:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/01/03/a-life-cut-short/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-30T07:33:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/11/22/third-annual-great-genealogy-poetry-challenge/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-30T07:20:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/09/16/in-the-news-september-16-1904/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T08:28:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/09/09/vic-expo/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T08:24:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/08/26/only-seven-more-sleeps/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T08:21:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/08/08/in-the-news-august-8-1919/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T08:20:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/07/29/the-leader-of-the-pack/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T08:19:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/07/13/jims-gone-a-droving/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T07:43:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/07/01/in-the-news-july-1-1891/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T07:39:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/06/29/byaduks-first-shoemaker/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T07:38:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/06/23/mr-mortimers-daughters/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T07:36:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/06/09/in-search-of-the-extraordinary-monster/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T07:31:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/06/06/misadventures-deaths-and-near-misses/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T06:35:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/06/04/in-the-news-june-4-1860/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T06:32:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/05/19/ghosts-of-yesteryear/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T06:31:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/05/09/in-the-news-may-9-1910/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T06:29:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/05/02/western-district-events-and-a-thank-you/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T06:26:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/04/27/the-harmans-of-byaduk/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-23T05:37:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2021/01/01/a-new-year-dawning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/best-of-luck.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Best of Luck</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/369609</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/076.jpg</image:loc><image:title>076</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/willaura-state-school.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Willaura State School</image:title><image:caption>WILLAURA STATE SCHOOL c1910.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/310021</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/little-aire-falls.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Little Aire Falls</image:title><image:caption>LITTLE AIRE FALLS, BEECH FORESTc1906.  Photographer: J.M. Arndt.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/122909</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/141-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>141 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bloomfield-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bloomfield (4)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/lorne.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lorne</image:title><image:caption>NEW YEAR'S DAY AT LORNE. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/4178468</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-01T11:11:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/06/christmas-1900s-style-2/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-19T09:40:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/07/07/western-district-volcanoes-are-they-sleeping/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-05T04:16:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/11/18/passing-of-the-pioneers-49/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/henty-9-e1534487273605.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Henty (9)</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF WALTER AND ANNIE HENTY, HAMILTON (OLD) CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/walterhenty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>walterhenty</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 23 October 1911: 5. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/stjosephs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stjosephs</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/64508</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/pinehills.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pinehills</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/229897</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ronans.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ronans</image:title><image:caption>"HAMILTON." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 2 May 1903 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138684187</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/179.jpg</image:loc><image:title>179</image:title><image:caption>MEMORIAL STONE AT ST.ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, HAMILTON</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/laidlaw31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>laidlaw3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/151116.jpg</image:loc><image:title>151116</image:title><image:caption>http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225165507</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/nareen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nareen</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections http://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/767539</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/laidlaw3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>laidlaw</image:title><image:caption>"VIEW OF HA[?] [?]AM[?]TON VICTORIA." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 17 April 1888: 1 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR). Web. 13 Nov 2016 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-04T01:19:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/11/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-77/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/carter-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>carter</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>111</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/carter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>carter</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1882, February 11). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved December 3, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226058332</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bulley-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bulley (3)</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON HOSPITAL AND BENEVOLENT ASYLUM. (1893, July 13). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved November 30, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225182270</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bulley-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bulley (2)</image:title><image:caption>OLD-AGE PENSIONS COURT. (1902, April 10). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved November 30, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226094137</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bulley-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bulley</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/goodwood-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Goodwood</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/475909</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/goodwood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Goodwood</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/230081</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/camperdown.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camperdown</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1902, August 14). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved November 19, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26568362</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/wurroit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wurroit</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/4116726</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-04T00:50:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/10/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-76/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/terang-hotel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Terang Hotel</image:title><image:caption>Terang (1939, February 9). Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954), p. 29. Retrieved November 3, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172029920</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/reen-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Reen</image:title><image:caption>DEATH OF CR. REEN. (1892, October 13). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved November 1, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225179741</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/reen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Reen</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1885, October 15). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 1. Retrieved November 1, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225775361</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/037-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>037 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/terang.jpg</image:loc><image:title>terang</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63483</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/campbell-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Campbell</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1890, February 18). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved October 30, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225770051</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/argyle-arms.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Argyle Arms</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1878, February 14). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 1. Retrieved October 30, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226067802</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/campbell-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Campbell</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1872, December 25). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 1. Retrieved October 30, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article194844688</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/king-alfred.jpg</image:loc><image:title>King Alfred</image:title><image:caption>King Alfred. (1870, November 12). Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 24. Retrieved October 30, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70463151</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/claremont.jpg</image:loc><image:title>claremont</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/230837</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-11-03T09:19:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/03/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-20/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tyers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tyers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/whiting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WHITING</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1878, May 6). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1. Retrieved March 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5931295</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/079.jpg</image:loc><image:title>079</image:title><image:caption>CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>014</image:title><image:caption>QUEENSCLIFF'S BLACK LIGHTHOUSE</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pp4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp4</image:title><image:caption>Old Resident Passes. (1925, March 5). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved March 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64106818</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pp3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp3</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1915, March 30). The Ararat advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: triweekly. Retrieved March 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74241893</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/201.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201</image:title><image:caption>ST STEPHENS CHURCH, PORTLAND</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-18T11:13:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/02/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-30/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/336.jpg</image:loc><image:title>336</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/moffatt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>moffatt</image:title><image:caption>JOHN MOFFATT - DEATH OF MR. JOHN MOFFATT. (1926, February 10). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 21. Retrieved February 28, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3733963</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wd</image:title><image:caption>"WANDO DALE", NAREEN.   Image courtesy of the  J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.  Image No.  H94.200/302
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/217385
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-18T00:44:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/09/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-sept/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ah.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ah</image:title><image:caption>Samuel Calvert, engraver. Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/235332</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kirkwood4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kirkwood4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dalli2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dalli2</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 19 Mar 1870: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dalli1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dalli1</image:title><image:caption>
"[No heading]." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 21 Dec 1870: 1.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dalli.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dalli</image:title><image:caption>"PICTURESQUE VICTORIA." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 10 Jan 1885: 43. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-18T00:39:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/06/29/passing-of-the-pioneers-55/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lesser-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lesser</image:title><image:caption>RACE MEETING AT COLERAINE (1914, May 23). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 30. Retrieved October 4, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121130046</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/jeffers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jeffers</image:title><image:caption>JONAS JEFFERS, LEFT, AT THE BACK TO COBDEN CELEBRATIONS IN LATE FEBRUARY 1933 JUST MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH. Happy Reunions at the back to Cobden Celebrations of Which back to School" and Sports Meetings Were Outstanding Features (1933, March 11). WeeklyTimes  , p. 32 (FIRST EDITION). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223807373</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lesser-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lesser (11)</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF LOUIS LESSER, COLERAINE CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/morehouse1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>morehouse1</image:title><image:caption>"Classified Advertising" Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954) 20 August 1889: 1. Web. 29 Jun 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/morehouse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>morehouse</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Heytesbury Reformer and Cobden and Camperdown Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 26 February 1915: 3. Web. 29 Jun 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hanlon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hanlon</image:title><image:caption>"CASTERTON VETERAN'S TRAINING TRIUMPH AT EIGHTY-FIVE" Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 3 June 1939: 58 (FIRST EDITION). Web. 29 Jun 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/franceshenty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>franceshenty</image:title><image:caption>http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ Skinner's Studio photographers </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lesser.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lesser</image:title><image:caption>"Obituaries." Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) 9 July 1921: 34. Web. 28 Jun 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/thomsons.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thomsons</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/769322
Accessed 27 June 2017</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ballaratsynagogue.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ballaratsynagogue</image:title><image:caption>J.T. Collins collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/214178</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-04T09:02:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/02/23/passing-of-the-pioneers-19/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/learmonth1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>learmonth1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn0971-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0971 (2)</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON MECHANICS INSTITUTE</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dscn0967.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0967</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pp2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp2</image:title><image:caption>First Issue, August 20 1842. (1916, February 23). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved February 22, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64013668</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/feb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>feb</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1874, February 24). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 6 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved February 20, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64743791</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-22T12:09:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-17/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/shanahan-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shanahan (4)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/133-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>133 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/philip-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Philip (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/thornton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thornton</image:title><image:caption>Late Mr. John Thornton. (1919, December 18). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved December 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25362137</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/nicholas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nicholas</image:title><image:caption>MEMOIR OF A DEPARTED COLONIST. (1891, January 2). The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved December 27, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87728049</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/trangmar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>trangmar</image:title><image:caption>James Trangmar, photographer Thomas Fostor Chuck -1872.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/17715</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/052.jpg</image:loc><image:title>052</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-22T12:00:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/26/passing-of-the-pioneers-july/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/op1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>op1</image:title><image:caption>When The Heart Is Young. (1941, September 20). The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved July 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54893294</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/op.jpg</image:loc><image:title>op</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/036.jpg</image:loc><image:title>036</image:title><image:caption>GREED FAMILY GRAVE - OLD HAMILTON CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gilholme.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gilholme</image:title><image:caption>DEATH OR HEYWOOD OCTOGENARIAN. (1953, July 27). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: MIDDAY. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64435398</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-22T08:18:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/07/29/passing-of-the-pioneers-23/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/trangmar-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Trangmar (4)</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF KATE McCANN AT COLERAINE CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pp5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp5</image:title><image:caption>JANAT BLACK No title. (1936, May 5). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved July 29, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77987617</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pp4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp4</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1854, November 9). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 3 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved July 29, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71571179</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pp3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp3</image:title><image:caption>LOCAL. (1851, July 12). The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880), p. 436. Retrieved July 29, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65576481</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pp2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp2</image:title><image:caption>ESCORT. (1854, December 1). Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (Vic. : 1851 - 1856), p. 4 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved July 29, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91858365</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pp1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp1</image:title><image:caption>THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN PORTLAND. (1850, April 16). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1847 - 1851), p. 3 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved July 29, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93135253</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>(1861, April 26). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved July 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page7596636</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/132-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>132 (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-21T13:27:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/04/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-31/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/trangmar-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Trangmar (2)</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF GEORGE TRANGMAR, COLERAINE CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/gillespie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gillespie</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF WILLIAM JOHN GILLESPIE AND FAMILY, COLERAINE CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-21T13:21:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/10/29/passing-of-the-pioneers-58/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/howell1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>howell</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 3 August 1909: 1. Web. 28 Oct 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/howell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>howell</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 15 April 1882: 4. Web. 28 Oct 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/layh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>layh</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 13 March 1879: 1. Web. 28 Oct 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/gellie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gellie</image:title><image:caption>"The children indicated by circles will each be presented with a Weekly Times pencil." Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 2 January 1937: 31 (FIRST EDITION). Web. 26 Oct 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/academy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>academy</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON ACADEMY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hamilton1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamilton</image:title><image:caption>"PIONEERS OF VICTORIA" Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 12 July 1924: 10. Web. 24 Oct 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hamilton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamilton</image:title><image:caption>"Crossed the Bar." Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 2 July 1910: 24. Web. 24 Oct 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/elephant-bridge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>elephant bridge</image:title><image:caption>1934 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/245872</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maretimo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maretimo</image:title><image:caption>c1895 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/266298</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/campbell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>campbell</image:title><image:caption>"Portland Mourns" Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 24 October 1921: 2 (EVENING.). Web. 24 Oct 2017 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-19T13:07:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/06/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-12/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1701.jpg</image:loc><image:title>170</image:title><image:caption>A MODEL BY JOSEPH HENRY PORTER.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-11T14:30:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/08/24/passing-of-the-pioneers-13/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/niddrie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>niddrie</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/skeyhill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skeyhill</image:title><image:caption>TOM SKEYHILL. (1932, May 25). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved August 24, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16866051</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bodey11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bodey1</image:title><image:caption>INTERESTING CENTENARIAN. (1915, July 3). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77776418</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bodey1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bodey</image:title><image:caption>Centenarian's Recollections. (1910, May 24). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved August 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73125828</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bodey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bodey</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/373.jpg</image:loc><image:title>373</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ppa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ppa</image:title><image:caption>PASSING OF THE PIONEERS. (1920, August 24). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73177733</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-11T14:22:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/09/01/spring-fashion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spring111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring11</image:title><image:caption>COMING FASHIONS. (1918, July 10). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 12. Retrieved August 28, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1404142</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spring23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring23</image:title><image:caption>THE LADIES' COLUMN. (1905, July 25). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved August 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30351894</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spring22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring22</image:title><image:caption>SPRING FASHIONS. (1915, August 4). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 12. Retrieved August 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1544786</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spring19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring19</image:title><image:caption>A few bright notions to cope with a war budget. (1942, January 10). The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 24 Section: Fashion Portfolio. Retrieved August 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54876753</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spring18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring18</image:title><image:caption>BE CHIC... but coupon canny. (1942, October 17). The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 7. Retrieved August 31, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46446873</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spring17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring17</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1929, October 4). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved August 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72672337</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spring16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring16</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1927, September 2). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved August 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72996175</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spring15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring15</image:title><image:caption>Gay Patterns for Spring Frocks. (1935, August 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 15. Retrieved August 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11757450</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spring14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring14</image:title><image:caption>Woman's Interests. (1930, July 3). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved August 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78010734</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spring13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring13</image:title><image:caption>FASHION FORECASTS. (1928, August 3). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved August 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72676520</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-11T09:30:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/12/08/port-fairy-cemetery-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/171.jpg</image:loc><image:title>171</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/corbett4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>corbett</image:title><image:caption>"[No heading]." South Australian Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1895) 16 Dec 1893: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/corbett3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>corbett</image:title><image:caption>"Western Seaports of Victoria." Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907) 5 Jan 1889 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>047</image:title><image:caption>ROYAL OAK HOTEL, PORT FAIRY (FORMALLY THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/laidlaw1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>laidlaw1</image:title><image:caption>"A Nonagenarian Birthday Party." Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) 23 May 1907: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fc3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fc3</image:title><image:caption>"COUNTRY NEWS." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 12 Jun 1893: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fc2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fc2</image:title><image:caption>"Wills and Bequests." Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) 28 Jul 1893:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fc1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fc1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/finn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>finn</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 21 Mar 1896: 45. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/goldie2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>goldie2</image:title><image:caption>JOHN GOLDIE'S SUGAR BEET CROP TRIALS.   Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. IAN01/10/95/20  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/40232</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-11T09:01:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/07/22/passing-of-the-pioneers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/stapylton-bree-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stapylton-Bree (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/abbott.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Abbott</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-10T13:46:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/08/19/passing-of-the-pioneers-3/</loc><lastmod>2020-09-09T14:21:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/05/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-62/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/portland-hotel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>portland hotel</image:title><image:caption>"THE VISIT Of SANTA CLAUS." The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic. : 1873 - 1889) 17 December 1884: 197. Web. 30 May 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/royston.jpg</image:loc><image:title>royston</image:title><image:caption>J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/215598</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/alice-manifold.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alice manifold</image:title><image:caption>ALSO IDENTIFIED IS JANE MACKINNON. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/85387</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/thomas-sloan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thomas Sloan</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1843; 1854 - 1876) 29 March 1866: 1 (EVENING). Web. 29 May 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/oakbank.jpg</image:loc><image:title>oakbank</image:title><image:caption>"A NOTED SHROPSHIRE FLOCK." Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918) 8 September 1906: 6 ("THE LEADER " ILLUSTRATED SHOW SUPPLEMENT.). Web. 28 May 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/royal-hotel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>royal hotel</image:title><image:caption>J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/233386</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/336.jpg</image:loc><image:title>336</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/holy-trinity-church.jpg</image:loc><image:title>holy trinity church</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/216987</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/emma-crouch1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>emma crouch</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 5 September 1876: 3 (EVENINGS.). Web. 20 May 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/emma-crouch.jpg</image:loc><image:title>emma crouch</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 13 October 1881: 3. Web. 20 May 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-30T03:45:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/08/20/trove-tuesday-let-it-snow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/snow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snow</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON 1901.  Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/765795</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt4</image:title><image:caption>SNOW MAN ON A MOUNTAIN. (1910, October 11). The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times (Albury, NSW : 1903 - 1920), p. 2. Retrieved August 20, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111390335</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt3</image:title><image:caption>FALLS OF SNOW. (1905, September 8). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved August 20, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72817822</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt1</image:title><image:caption>HEAVY SNOW IN THE COUNTRY. (1901, July 29). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6. Retrieved August 20, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10563557</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-04T05:56:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/09/06/r-is-for-riddiford/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ridd6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ridd6</image:title><image:caption>NINE GAMBLE DEATH TO SEE ROOF OF THEY. (1952, February 23). Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), p. 14. Retrieved September 6, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52848815</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ridd2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ridd2</image:title><image:caption>ATOM STUDY IN AUSTRALIA. (1952, August 22). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved September 6, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18278393</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ridd41.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ridd4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ridd5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ridd5</image:title><image:caption>ALLENDALE. (1917, July 21). The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 10 Edition: DAILY.. Retrieved September 6, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73320328</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ridd4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ridd4</image:title><image:caption>IMPORTATION of VALUABLE STOCK.&#13;
&#13;
Evening Post, Volume X, Issue 134, 25 July 1874, Page 2</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ridd3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ridd3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_1478.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1478</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ridd1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ridd1</image:title><image:caption>MAYOR 7 TIMES ALD. RIDDIFORD WINS HONOR AT £1000 A YEAR. (1954, December 17). Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved September 5, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49976381</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-18T23:47:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/03/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-march/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gnotuk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gnotuk</image:title><image:caption>LAKE GNOTUK.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/289329</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/thomson8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thomson8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton</image:title><image:caption>JOHN THOMSON MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, HAMILTON BOTANIC GARDENS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/thom.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thom</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1953, July 21). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 21. Retrieved March 27, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23256981</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-15T01:26:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/11/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-73/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/boyd-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boyd</image:title><image:caption>CAMPERDOWN CHRONICLE. ,  OCTOBER 11, 1932.  NEWS. (1932, October 11). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved November 30, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23367240</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/boyd-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boyd</image:title><image:caption>LOOKING AROUND (1943, January 12). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved November 30, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28322115</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/boyd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boyd</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1937, June 22). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved November 30, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26090561</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/mt-william-pioneer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mt william pioneer</image:title><image:caption>No title (1900, July 28). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved November 27, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222249274</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/mafeking.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mafeking</image:title><image:caption>WINTER ON THE MT WILLIAM DIGGINGS 1900  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/172520</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/birth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>birth</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1875, February 13). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved November 26, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226076215</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/leigh-church-shelford.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh Church, Shelford</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/320782</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/golf-hill-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Golf Hill</image:title><image:caption>GOLF HILL c1859.  Photographer: Thomas Hannay.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/321169</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rankin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rankin</image:title><image:caption>IN THE COUNTRY'S CAUSE. (1923, August 3). Farmers' Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1917 - 1924), p. 3. Retrieved November 16, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223631678</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/destree-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>destree</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1875, June 26). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved November 16, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226071758</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-14T23:53:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/06/22/in-the-news-june-22-1877/</loc><lastmod>2020-06-01T22:29:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/05/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-74/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/thresher.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thresher</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/771220</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/casterton-racecourse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Casterton Racecourse</image:title><image:caption>CASTERTON RACECOURSE c1905. 
image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/399152</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cheviot-hills-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cheviot Hills</image:title><image:caption>FAMOUS PASTORAL PROPERTIES: Cheviot Hills Adjoins Penshurst in Rich Volcanic Country (1942, January 3). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 24. Retrieved May 28, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142415846</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cheviot-hills.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cheviot Hills</image:title><image:caption>EXTENSIVE BUSH FIRES. (1892, February 9). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved May 27, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226163601</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/wylie-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wylie</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1871, July 12). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved May 27, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196306880</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/wylie-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wylie</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1871, April 19). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved May 27, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196305691</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/316.jpg</image:loc><image:title>316</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/alexandra-college.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alexandra College</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/koroit-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>koroit</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/443593</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/skilbeck-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skilbeck</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1866, October 10). Hamilton Spectator and Grange District Advertiser (South Melbourne, Vic. : 1860 - 1870), p. 3. Retrieved May 24, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article194471135</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-30T22:35:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/05/29/passing-of-the-pioneers-32/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/luth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>luth</image:title><image:caption>SOUTH HAMILTON LUTHERAN CHURCH.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. 	H97.250/65
 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/229921</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/terang.jpg</image:loc><image:title>terang</image:title><image:caption>TERANG PRESBYTERAIN CHURCH.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H32492/3044 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63615</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fraser.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fraser</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1918, May 18). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved May 25, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119502066</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-10T09:16:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/05/02/time-fillers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/wdf-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WDF</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/wdf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WDF</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/0028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0028</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-02T00:16:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/02/04/trove-tuesday-beasts-of-burden/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/donkey5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>donkey5</image:title><image:caption>DONKEYS ABOARD THE HMT ASCOT EN ROUTE TO GALLIPOLI, APRIL 1915 P05927.011.002http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P05927.011.002 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/donkey4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>donkey4</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no, P02282.012 http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P02282.012</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/donkey3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>donkey3</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Image no. P01116.043 http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P01116.043</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/donkeys2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>donkeys2</image:title><image:caption>DONKEYS AT GALLIPOLI.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H83.103/218 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/43371 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/donkey1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>donkey1</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. Image no.  P03136.001 http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P03136.001</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/donkey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>donkey</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Image No.  P01116.009 http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P01116.009</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/tt20.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt20</image:title><image:caption>SERGT. A. L. DARDEL. (1915, December 4). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1857 - 1918), p. 8. Retrieved February 3, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130708312</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-27T22:36:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/04/22/the-mcclintock-brothers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/076.jpg</image:loc><image:title>076</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-17T00:29:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/02/11/sacred-memorials/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/greed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>greed</image:title><image:caption>"ABOUT PEOPLE." The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 1 November 1926 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/methodist.jpg</image:loc><image:title>methodist</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH c1930.  Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections http://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/769323</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/106.jpg</image:loc><image:title>106</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/087.jpg</image:loc><image:title>087</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/stapylton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stapylton</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/stapylton-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stapylton-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/bobbylewis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bobbylewis</image:title><image:caption>"PERSONAL." The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) 19 June 1920:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/learmonth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>learmonth</image:title><image:caption>"LATE MRS. PETER LEARMONTH." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 8 December 1913:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/greed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>greed</image:title><image:caption>"HAMILTON." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 22 May 1925: 6. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>001</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-24T06:04:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/10/18/after-many-days/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cuthbert.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cuthbert</image:title><image:caption>"AFTER MANY DAYS:" The Memories of Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh — A Fascinating Book of Adventures in the Australian Bush. (1918, April 10). Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), p. 14. Retrieved March 23, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159027098</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fetherstonhaugh-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fetherstonhaugh (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cf2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cf2</image:title><image:caption>GOSSIP. (1918, April 12). The Sydney Stock and Station Journal (NSW : 1896 - 1924), p. 3. Retrieved October 13, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124218838</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cf1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cf1</image:title><image:caption>CUTHBERT FETHERSTONHAUGH. (1925, July 15). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved October 13, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16210414</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cf</image:title><image:caption>EARLY MEMORIES. (1925, June 12). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved October 12, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16211009</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-22T23:14:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/31/portland-pioneer-womens-book-of-remembrance/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pw</image:title><image:caption>Pioneer Women of Portland. (1934, May 24). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64285807</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-21T01:29:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/06/06/hamilton-old-cemetery-beyond-the-headstones/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hickmer-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hickmer</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/rizzo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rizzo (4)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/239.jpg</image:loc><image:title>239</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/240.jpg</image:loc><image:title>240</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/222.jpg</image:loc><image:title>222</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/175.jpg</image:loc><image:title>175</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/077.jpg</image:loc><image:title>077</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/046.jpg</image:loc><image:title>046</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/043.jpg</image:loc><image:title>043</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/rizzo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rizzo (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-18T11:56:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/03/08/wonderful-western-district-women-part-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/davey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>davey</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954) 28 November 1939: 6. Web. 7 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_0135-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0135 - Copy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/lochardgorge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lochardgorge</image:title><image:caption>THE LOCH ARD GORGE AND COUNTRYSIDE BEYOND.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/59312</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/edithdavey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>EdithDavey</image:title><image:caption>"MISS EDITH DAVEY" Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954) 26 September 1939: 5. Web. 6 Mar 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/kittson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kittson</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1843; 1854 - 1876) 6 November 1857: 2 (EVENING.). Web. 26 Feb 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-17T23:17:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/08/02/claremont-portland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/197.jpg</image:loc><image:title>197</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/henty-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Henty</image:title><image:caption>CAROLINE HENTY c1865-1870  Image courtesy of the State LIbrary of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/290266</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/henty-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Henty</image:title><image:caption>MARY ANN HENTY 1841.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/282500</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/henty-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Henty</image:title><image:caption>FRANCIS HENTY c1847. Image courtesy of the State LIbrary of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/294251 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/henty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Henty</image:title><image:caption>MARY-ANN HENTY (nee LAWRENCE)  1841.  Image courtesy of the State LIbrary of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/282500</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/claremont-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Claremont</image:title><image:caption>CLAREMONT, c1859. Photographer:  Thomas Hannay.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/318575</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/claremont-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Claremont</image:title><image:caption>CLAREMONT c1962-1984. Image courtesy of the J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/claremont.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Claremont</image:title><image:caption>CLAREMONT, c1949.  Photographer: Colin Caldwell.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/72863</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cl27.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cl27</image:title><image:caption>The Late Mr. Francis Henty. (1889, March 16). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 513. Retrieved August 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19812393</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cl26.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CL26</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1904, April 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1. Retrieved August 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10315347</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-13T08:18:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/06/29/passing-of-the-pioneers-72/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/shilcock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shilcock</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1861, August 24). Hamilton Spectator and Grange District Advertiser (South Melbourne, Vic. : 1860 - 1870), p. 3. Retrieved June 29, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article194861874</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/hutcheson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hutcheson</image:title><image:caption>COLERAINE. (1886, August 28). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved June 29, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225773502</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/gala.png</image:loc><image:title>gala</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mortlake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mortlake</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/771417</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/commercial.jpg</image:loc><image:title>commercial</image:title><image:caption>B 21766/53 https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+21766/53</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-08T03:03:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/02/26/wdf-news/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>003</image:title><image:caption>SOUTH HAMILTON LUTHERAN CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/lisman-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lisman (2)</image:title><image:caption>HEADSTONE OF JOSEPH LISSIMAN</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/076.jpg</image:loc><image:title>076</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>056</image:title><image:caption>BYADUK</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/black.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Black</image:title><image:caption>BRANXHOLME CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/074.jpg</image:loc><image:title>074</image:title><image:caption>COLERAINE CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/031.jpg</image:loc><image:title>031</image:title><image:caption>BYADUK NORTH CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/073.jpg</image:loc><image:title>073</image:title><image:caption>BYADUK LUTHERAN CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-29T08:47:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/02/26/take-a-photo-daystar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ross-family.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ross family</image:title><image:caption>A PATRIOTIC FAMILY. (1916, June 29). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved December 8, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133702199</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/066.jpg</image:loc><image:title>066</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/079.jpg</image:loc><image:title>079</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/093.jpg</image:loc><image:title>093</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/daystar-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daystar</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/daystar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daystar</image:title><image:caption>A WONDERFUL JUMP. (1909, September 7). Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved December 8, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180126153</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/189.jpg</image:loc><image:title>189</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/068.jpg</image:loc><image:title>068</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/chetwynd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chetwynd</image:title><image:caption>CHETWYND RACES. (1905, June 6). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved October 19, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72816584</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/daystar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Take a Photo</image:title><image:caption> Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/771583</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-11-22T06:00:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/02/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-68/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/quigley-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quigley (2)</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF JOSEPH QUIGLEY, HAMILTON (OLD) CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/horwitz-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>horwitz</image:title><image:caption>MELBOURNE. (1865, May 23). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150405376</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/quigley.jpg</image:loc><image:title>quigley</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1865, April 12). Hamilton Spectator and Grange District Advertiser (South Melbourne, Vic. : 1860 - 1870), p. 4. Retrieved February 27, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article194468224</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mermaid.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mermaid</image:title><image:caption>SPORTING NOTES, BY "AUGUR." (1871, May 20). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved February 27, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219367415</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/russell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>russell</image:title><image:caption>LADY GOWRIE DECORATES A CHAMPION (1939, April 8). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 12. Retrieved February 26, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141815969</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/golf-hill-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>golf hill</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/campbell-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>campbell</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1860, December 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved February 23, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5694984</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/campbell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>campbell</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1864, September 8). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved February 23, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5734148</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/uren-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>uren</image:title><image:caption>A James Wilson Story (1935, December 21). Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954), p. 6 (Edition1). Retrieved February 22, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189136383</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/uren.jpg</image:loc><image:title>uren</image:title><image:caption>ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. (1871, May 27). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved February 22, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196305363</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-24T00:44:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2020/01/06/broken-memories-hamilton-old-cemetery-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/nigretta-falls.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nigretta Falls</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/53200</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lissiman-2-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lissiman (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lissiman-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lissiman</image:title><image:caption>Items of News. (1880, January 22). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved January 4, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226058043</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lissiman-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lissiman</image:title><image:caption>Items of News. (1880, January 22). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved January 4, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226058043</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lissiman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lissiman</image:title><image:caption>DUNKELD. (1879, December 25). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved January 4, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226053158</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/abrupt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>abrupt</image:title><image:caption>MOUNT ABRUPT NEAR DUNKELD c1879. Photographer: Thomas Washbourne.Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoriahttp://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/413198</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mount-sturgeon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mount Sturgeon</image:title><image:caption>MOUNT STURGEON NEAR DUNKELD c1879.  Photographer: Thomas Washbourne. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/408980</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/victoria-valley.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Victoria Valley</image:title><image:caption>Grosse, Frederick, 1828-1894, engraver.
Author/Creator:	Chevalier, N. (Nicholas), 1828-1902 artist.http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/236368</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/106.jpg</image:loc><image:title>106</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/gorman-3-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gorman</image:title><image:caption>[?] of News. (1880, December 11). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved December 12, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225485819</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-06T04:16:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/12/28/broken-memories-hamilton-old-cemetery-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/hing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hing</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/chadwick-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chadwick</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1895, July 2). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225861933</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/chadwick.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chadwick</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1892, August 6). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved December 9, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226165837</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/hing-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hing</image:title><image:caption>Items at News. (1893, June 8). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved November 17, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225180725</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/hing-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hing</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1887, April 16). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved November 5, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226157050</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/hing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hing</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1887, April 16). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved November 5, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226157050</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/thomson-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thomson (10)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/hing-9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hing</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1893, June 7). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 (EVENING). Retrieved August 21, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65402621</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/hing-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hing</image:title><image:caption> ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE (1881, November 15). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved August 19, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226061968</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/hing-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hing</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices (1875, February 25). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11512744</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-28T10:25:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/12/21/a-simpler-time/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My beautiful picture</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ooo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ooo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/0091.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0091</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/0089.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0089</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/llllll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>llllll</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/0076-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0076 (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-13T09:17:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/04/24/last-ride/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_8007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8007</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/066.jpg</image:loc><image:title>066</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/063.jpg</image:loc><image:title>063</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/080.jpg</image:loc><image:title>080</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/037.jpg</image:loc><image:title>037</image:title><image:caption>WALTER KINGHORN.  Photo taken at 2015 Byaduk Spring Show. The photo of Walter was part of a larger tribute to him.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/wm1-552x800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wm1 (552x800)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/wm-503x800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wm (503x800)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/trans.jpg</image:loc><image:title>trans</image:title><image:caption>4th LIGHT HORSE TRANSPORT.  Image Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Image no.  B00752 http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/B00752/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/afc2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>afc2</image:title><image:caption>No. 1 Squadron Mechanics at work in Palestine. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Image no.B01646  http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/B01646/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/king9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>king9</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial Image no.  	RELAWM06330  http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RELAWM06330/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-31T06:56:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/10/18/a-wdf-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/nicol.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nicol</image:title><image:caption>Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved July 29, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77987617</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/doig-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Doig (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_1725.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1725</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_1718.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1718</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-18T20:58:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/05/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-69/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jennings-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jennings (3)</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF JOHN AND BRIDGET JENNINGS, HAMILTON (OLD) CEMETERY.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jennings-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jennings</image:title><image:caption>PERSONAL. (1910, March 26). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 39.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142923081</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/pearson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pearson</image:title><image:caption>PROBABILITIES OF A NEW AURIFEROUS DISTRICT. (1857, August 3). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 5. Retrieved May 27, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7136358</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rippon-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rippon</image:title><image:caption>VIEW OF HA[?] [?]AM[?]TON VICTORIA. (1888, April 17). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 1 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR). Retrieved May 26, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225809074</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rippon-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rippon</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1876, July 12). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved May 26, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226037595</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/nicol-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nicol</image:title><image:caption>A TOUR IN THE WARRNAMBOOL DISTRICT. (1881, July 16). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 25. Retrieved May 25, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137816975</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/nicol-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nicol</image:title><image:caption>QUARTER-ILL, OR BLACK-LEG. (1871, March 18). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 24. Retrieved May 25, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138081853</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/nicol.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nicol</image:title><image:caption>A TOUR IN THE WARRNAMBOOL DISTRICT. (1881, July 16). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 25. Retrieved May 25, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137816975</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/155.jpg</image:loc><image:title>155</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rippon-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rippon</image:title><image:caption>CORIO INNINGS. (1860, February 27). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), p. 2. Retrieved May 22, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148789089</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-15T22:27:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/08/13/trove-tuesday-an-eagle-tale/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt12</image:title><image:caption>DESERVING OF RECOMPENSE. (1879, April 25). Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved August 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115122329</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-08-13T06:30:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/11/13/trove-tuesday-ufo-alert/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tt1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt1</image:title><image:caption>THE MARINS ARE HERE!. (1953, December 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1. Retrieved November 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23303135</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ufo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ufo</image:title><image:caption>Four saw flying saucers speed over Hamilton. (1954, January 13). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 5. Retrieved November 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26584624</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-04T11:18:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/05/07/vafho-family-history-expo-guest-speakers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hamilton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamilton</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/399049</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ham.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ham</image:title><image:caption>B 21766/55 https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+21766/55</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/football.jpg</image:loc><image:title>football</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/766108</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/017-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>017 (3)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-23T23:57:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/04/30/belated-birthday/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/wdf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WDF</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/769771</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-30T01:32:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/04/29/vafho-family-history-expo-exhibitors/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn0971-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0971 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/057-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>057 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/039.jpg</image:loc><image:title>039</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/037.jpg</image:loc><image:title>037</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>005</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/048-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>048 (3)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-29T10:22:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/04/24/hamiltons-ww1-an-update/</loc><lastmod>2019-04-25T23:36:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/03/18/current-upcoming-events-in-the-western-district/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/093.jpg</image:loc><image:title>093</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/048-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>048 (3)</image:title><image:caption>THE VIEW TOWARDS CHURCH HILL, HAMILTON</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-04T06:06:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/03/29/wonderful-western-district-women-part-5/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gray-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gray</image:title><image:caption>THE SYDNEY EXHIBITION. (1879, September 6). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), p. 3 (Supplement to the South Australian Register.). Retrieved March 28, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43089576</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/drawing-room.jpg</image:loc><image:title>drawing room</image:title><image:caption> The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), p. 315. Retrieved March 26, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162191070</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gray-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gray</image:title><image:caption>VASES PRESENTED TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. (1868, August 15). Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers (Melbourne, Vic. : 1867 - 1875), p. 12. Retrieved March 26, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60450420</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bishop.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bishop</image:title><image:caption> The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), p. 1017. Retrieved March 26, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164387353</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gray-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gray</image:title><image:caption>LADIES' COLUMN. (1875, July 31). Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 25. Retrieved March 25, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70584172</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gray-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gray</image:title><image:caption>SHIPPING. (1874, February 27). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199384026</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gray-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gray</image:title><image:caption>Items of news. (1870, April 30). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196305962</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gray-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gray</image:title><image:caption>Items of News. (1870, April 27). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196304722</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_5890.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5890</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/039.jpg</image:loc><image:title>039</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-31T22:53:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/01/28/trove-tuesday-dear-cinderella/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cin9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cin9</image:title><image:caption>FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT—school for sailors. (1944, September 16). The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 17. Retrieved January 27, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47502246</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cin8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cin8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cin7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cin7</image:title><image:caption>CORRESPONDENCE. (1915, June 19). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 55 Edition: WEEKLY. Retrieved January 27, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91366815</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cin6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cin6</image:title><image:caption>CORRESPONDENCE. (1914, June 13). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 58. Retrieved January 27, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89313857</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cin5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cin5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cin4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cin4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cin3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cin3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cin2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cin2</image:title><image:caption>CINDERELLA'S MENAGERIE. (1914, May 16). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 59. Retrieved January 27, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89309559</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cin</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-05T00:36:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/01/28/passing-of-the-pioneers-67/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/robertson-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robertson</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/robertson-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robertson</image:title><image:caption>The Portland Guardian, (1890, January 22). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 (EVENING). Retrieved January 25, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63626300</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/robertson-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robertson</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/769389</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/warrock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>warrock</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/robertson-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robertson</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/769391</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/robertson-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robertson</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1840, January 2). Launceston Advertiser (Tas. : 1829 - 1846), p. 1. Retrieved January 24, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84751944</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/robertson-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robertson</image:title><image:caption>Shipping Intelligence. (1840, February 14). The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette (Tas. : 1839 - 1840), p. 4. Retrieved January 23, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8748202</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/robertson-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robertson</image:title><image:caption>SHIP NEWS. (1840, February 29). The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880), p. 3. Retrieved January 22, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66015719</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/robertson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robertson</image:title><image:caption>PORT PHILLIP (1849, February 14). The Melbourne Daily News (Vic. : 1848 - 1851), p. 4. Retrieved January 18, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226471840</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/camperdown.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camperdown</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63204</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-27T22:55:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/10/07/trove-tuesday-friends-wanted/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/iris1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris1</image:title><image:caption>"TO CORRESPONDENTS." The Australian Worker (Sydney, NSW : 1913 - 1950) 12 Jul 1917: 13.  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/iris.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris</image:title><image:caption>"CHILDREN'S LETTERS." The Australian Worker (Sydney, NSW : 1913 - 1950) 26 Apr 1917: 11. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-20T11:53:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2019/01/15/trove-tuesday-in-tandem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/veale.jpg</image:loc><image:title>veale</image:title><image:caption>THE CYCLING VEALE GIRLS OF LAKE BOLAC.  Image courtesy of the William E. Veale collection of Lake Bolac.  State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/89464</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shearers-casterton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shearers casterton</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/767593</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/tandem1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tandem1</image:title><image:caption>Items of Hems. (1896, May 7). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved December 26, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225871697</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/tandem.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tandem</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/184376</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-07-21T04:26:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/02/07/ship-mates/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/waines4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>waines4</image:title><image:caption>THE CASTERTON MURDER. (1860, April 30). The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889), p. 3. Retrieved February 6, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1204764</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/waines3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>waines3</image:title><image:caption>EXECUTION OF THE CONVICT WAINES. (1860, July 18). Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved February 4, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87945170</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/waines1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>waines1</image:title><image:caption>POPULATION OF THE GOLDFIELDS. (1860, October 22). Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved February 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87947401</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/waines.jpg</image:loc><image:title>waines</image:title><image:caption>EXECUTION OF THE CONVICT WAINES. (1860, July 18). Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved February 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87945170</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-08T07:56:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/11/12/witness-for-the-prosecution-new-findings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/download2.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>download(2)</image:title><image:caption>"Family in front of their house on cleared land somewhere in Victoria"&#13;
F. J. Stubbs &amp; Co. Photographer [ca. 1858-ca. 1908] Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/73293</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/download1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>download(1)</image:title><image:caption>Sutherland, Alexander,  [Slab hut with bark roof ca. 1870-ca. 1880] Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=353791.xml&amp;dvs=1352638571965~542&amp;locale=en_US&amp;search_terms=&amp;adjacency=&amp;usePid1=true&amp;usePid2=true&#13;
	&#13;
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mad1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mad1</image:title><image:caption>CIRCUIT COURT. (1860, April 20). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved November 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65443361</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mad.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mad</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-08T06:33:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/12/30/best-of-2018/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/new-year.jpg</image:loc><image:title>new year</image:title><image:caption>Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/264346</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-09T05:24:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/15/christmas-1920s-style/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1920tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1920tt</image:title><image:caption>"THE ARGUS" SHOPPING PAGE. (1929, December 13). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 13. Retrieved December 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4056538</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1920ss.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1920ss</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1920rr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1920rr</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1920qq.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1920qq</image:title><image:caption>MODERN FATHER CHRISTMAS. (1929, December 7). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 17. Retrieved December 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4055264</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1920pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1920pp</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. (1929, December 5). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 14. Retrieved December 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4054513</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1920nn1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1920nn</image:title><image:caption>CURRENT TOPICS. (1929, December 3). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved December 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72674587</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1920nn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1920nn</image:title><image:caption>The Border Watch. (1929, December 24). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved December 13, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80132462</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1920mm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1920mm</image:title><image:caption>HOTSPUR. (1929, January 3). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 13, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64268065</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1920ll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1920ll</image:title><image:caption>"THE ARGUS" SHOPPING PAGE. (1928, December 21). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 13. Retrieved December 13, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3976851</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1920kk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1920kk</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS POSTER. (1927, December 10). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 33. Retrieved December 13, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3897110</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-09T06:15:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/12/christmas-1910s-style/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/christmas1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas1</image:title><image:caption>Advertising (1918, December 24). Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4 (DAILY.). Retrieved December 9, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74042080</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/chris191055.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chris191055</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS. (1915, December 18). Queensland Figaro (Brisbane, QLD : 1901 - 1936), p. 4. Retrieved December 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84404928</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/chris191054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chris191054</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/chris191053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chris191053</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/chris191052.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chris191052</image:title><image:caption>THE HOLIDAYS. (1918, December 30). Port Fairy Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91994828</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/chris191051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chris191051</image:title><image:caption>Casterton News. (1918, December 23). The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Bi-Weekly.. Retrieved December 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74222949</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/chris191050.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chris191050</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/chris191049.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chris191049</image:title><image:caption>Poultry for Christmas. (1918, November 18). Port Fairy Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 9, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91987945</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/chris1910441.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chris191044</image:title><image:caption>Poultry for Christmas. (1918, November 18). Port Fairy Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 9, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91987945</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/chris1910481.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chris191048</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-09T06:15:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/12/08/christmases-past/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/0089.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0089</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/christ.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christ</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/46778</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-08T07:26:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/01/summer-fashion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sum77.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sum77</image:title><image:caption>OUR LADIES' COLUMN. (1892, January 2). Williamstown Chronicle (Vic. : 1856 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved December 2, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68595885</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sum76.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sum76</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sum75.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sum75</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1856, December 27). The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), p. 1. Retrieved December 1, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66040226</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sum74.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sum74</image:title><image:caption>LADIES' FASHIONS FOR JUNE. (1849, September 27). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1847 - 1851), p. 2 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved December 1, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93139412</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sum73.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sum73</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sum72.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sum72</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sum712.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sum71</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sum711.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sum71</image:title><image:caption>THE FASHIONS. (1876, December 9). Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1853 - 1872), p. 5. Retrieved November 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63334047</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sum70.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sum70</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1914, January 19). Port Fairy Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91987072</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sum69.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sum69</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-01T01:27:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/11/16/in-the-news-november-16-1929/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/r10111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>r1011</image:title><image:caption>"R101 DISASTER." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 15 November 1930: 34 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Web. 15 Nov 2018  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140835576</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/r1011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>r101</image:title><image:caption>"AIR DISASTER" Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916 - 1938) 14 October 1930: 13. Web. 10 Aug 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-15T22:34:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/11/11/armistice-day-1918-in-the-western-district/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/colac.jpg</image:loc><image:title>colac</image:title><image:caption>A TIN CAN BAND READY FOR COLAC'S TORCHLIGHT PARADE ON 12 NOVEMBER 1918.  Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/771371 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ww1ii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ww1ii</image:title><image:caption>"General Rejoicing." Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954) 12 November 1918: 2. Web. 10 Nov 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ww1kk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ww1kk</image:title><image:caption>"PEACE RUMOURS." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 9 November 1918: 4. Web. 8 Nov 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ww1hh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ww1hh</image:title><image:caption>"AUSTRIA'S SURRENDER." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 5 November 1918: 4. Web. 8 Nov 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ww1gg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ww1gg</image:title><image:caption>"ARMISTICE SIGNED" Penshurst Free Press (Vic. : 1901 - 1918) 16 November 1918: 3. Web. 7 Nov 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ww1ff.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ww1ff</image:title><image:caption>"PEACE CELEBRATIONS." Ararat Chronicle and Willaura and Lake Bolac Districts Recorder (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 15 November 1918: 2. Web. 7 Nov 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ww1ee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ww1ee</image:title><image:caption>"Merino Celebrations." The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 14 November 1918: 3 (Bi-Weekly.). Web. 7 Nov 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ww1dd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ww1dd</image:title><image:caption>"Sandford Celebrations." The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 14 November 1918: 3 (Bi-Weekly.). Web. 7 Nov 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ww1cc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ww1cc</image:title><image:caption>"CELEBRATIONS IN COLAC" Colac Reformer (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 14 November 1918: 3. Web. 7 Nov 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ww1bb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ww1bb</image:title><image:caption>"ORDERLY CELEBRATIONS." Port Fairy Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 14 November 1918: 2 (EVENING). Web. 7 Nov 2018 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-10T21:08:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/22/trove-tuesday-snake-tales/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/snake1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snake1</image:title><image:caption>THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1864, February 23). The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), p. 4. Retrieved January 22, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72513798</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/snake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snake</image:title><image:caption>CRIMINAL SESSIONS. (1864, February 29). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 6. Retrieved January 22, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5744916</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-23T09:15:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/09/23/in-the-news-september-23-1870/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fire4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire4</image:title><image:caption>SMOKE HELMETS NEEDED. (1932, March 4). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved September 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72599000</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fire3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire3</image:title><image:caption>DISASTROUS FIRE AT HAMILTON. (1870, September 23). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 7. Retrieved September 22, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5832754</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fire2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fire11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fire1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-03T13:59:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/06/11/trove-tuesday-hamilton-then-and-now/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/arch.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arch</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. ARCHDEACON INNES. (1880, April 17). Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 17. Retrieved June 11, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70943080</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn0971.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton History Centre</image:title><image:caption>FORMER HAMILTON MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn0976.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spectator Office, Hamilton</image:title><image:caption>THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR OFFICE, HAMILTON</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn0967.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0967</image:title><image:caption>THE HAMILTON CLUB, HAMILTON</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn0969.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hewlett House, Hamilton</image:title><image:caption>HEWLETT HOUSE </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>John Thomson Memorial Fountain</image:title><image:caption>JOHN THOMSON MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, HAMILTON BOTANICAL GARDENS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn1014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1014</image:title><image:caption>KING GEORGE V MEMORIAL, HAMILTON BOTANICAL GARDENS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn0977.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0977</image:title><image:caption>GRAY STREET, HAMILTON</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn09731.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0973</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON POST OFFICE</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn0965.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GRAY STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON STATE SCHOOL, 2012</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-02T00:16:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/06/16/in-the-news-june-16-1881/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ploughs2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ploughs2</image:title><image:caption>"Ploughing Matches." The McIvor Times and Rodney Advertiser (Heathcote, Vic. : 1863 - 1918) 23 January 1896: 1 (Supplement to the McIvor Times.). Web. 1 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90151643 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ploughs1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ploughs1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ploughs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ploughs</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/plough.jpg</image:loc><image:title>plough</image:title><image:caption>"BYADUK PLOUGHING MATCH." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 18 June 1881:   .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>p4</image:title><image:caption>BYADUK PLOUGHING MATCH. (1881, June 16). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954), p. 6. Retrieved June 16, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5987319</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>p3</image:title><image:caption>Ploughing Matches. (1896, January 31). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876-1953), p. 1 Edition: EVENING, Supplement: Supplement to the Portland Guardian.. Retrieved June 16, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63634032</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/p2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>p2</image:title><image:caption>INTERCOLONIAL PLOUGHING MATCH. (1882, August 5). Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne, Vic. : 1876-1889), p. 120. Retrieved June 15, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63185745</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ploughing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ploughing</image:title><image:caption>INTERCOLONIAL PLOUGHING MATCH. (1882, August 5). Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne, Vic. : 1876-1889), p. 120. Retrieved June 15, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63185745</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-09-01T07:17:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/08/31/cemeteries-news-muse/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/foster.jpg</image:loc><image:title>foster</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mackillop.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mackillop</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dickens-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dickens (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/267.jpg</image:loc><image:title>267</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/048.jpg</image:loc><image:title>048</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/225.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/lawlor-2-e1534898251808.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lawlor (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/diwell8-e1534898272959.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Diwell8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bergin-e1534898286658.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bergin</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_4144-e1534898303918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4144</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-31T03:02:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/08/07/m-is-for-methodist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/methodist1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>methodist1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/methodist.jpg</image:loc><image:title>methodist</image:title><image:caption>METHODIST CONFERENCE. (1917, May 26). Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), p. 6 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved August 7, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50927004</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/js1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>js1</image:title><image:caption>Early Methodsim. (1928, June 25). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved August 6, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64266132</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lp1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lp1</image:title><image:caption>The Methodist Local Preacher. (1952, August 16). Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved August 6, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69442373</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lp</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_1492.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1492</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF REUBEN JAMES HARMAN &amp; EMMA LORDEN - BALLARAT NEW CEMETERY </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_1812.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1812</image:title><image:caption>FORMER BYADUK METHODIST CHURCH</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-27T03:25:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/08/28/in-the-news-august-28-1916/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/019.jpg</image:loc><image:title>019</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2808n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2808n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2808m.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2808m</image:title><image:caption>The Portland Guardian. (1916, August 28). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved August 26, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64015692</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2808l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2808l</image:title><image:caption>Australian Sons in Egypt. (1916, August 28). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved August 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64015713</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2808k.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2808k</image:title><image:caption>On Active Service. (1916, August 28). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved August 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64015700</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2808j.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2808j</image:title><image:caption>[No heading]. (1916, August 28). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved August 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page6068639</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mp1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mp1</image:title><image:caption>QUEENS OF THE FILM. (1916, April 29). The Prahran Telegraph (Vic. : 1889, 1914 - 1918), p. 5. Retrieved August 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74834158</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2808i.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2808i</image:title><image:caption>The Portland Guardian. (1916, August 28). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved August 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64015692</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2808h.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2808h</image:title><image:caption>    The Portland Guardian. (1916, August 28). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved August 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64015692</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2808g.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2808g</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-10T01:25:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/02/25/trove-tuesday-the-oldest-man-in-victoria/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aw7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aw7</image:title><image:caption>SHIP NEWS. (1836, July 16). The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880), p. 2. Retrieved February 24, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65950241</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aw6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aw6</image:title><image:caption>Classified Advertising. (1836, May 20). The Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : 1827 - 1839), p. 1. Retrieved February 24, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4176331</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aw5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aw5</image:title><image:caption>    ACTA POPULI. (1897, September 18). Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932), p. 8. Retrieved February 24, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115469610</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aw4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aw4</image:title><image:caption>TALK ON 'CHANGS. (1897, August 7). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 32. Retrieved February 23, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139745269</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aw3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aw3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aw2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aw2</image:title><image:caption>The Horsham Times. (1897, August 3). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved February 23, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73121416</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aw1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aw1</image:title><image:caption>THE OLDEST MAN IN VICTORIA. (1897, July 24). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 23. Retrieved February 23, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139744803</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aw</image:title><image:caption>THE OLDEST MAN IN VICTORIA. (1897, July 24). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 23. Retrieved February 23, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139744803</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-17T00:57:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/06/17/2019-vafho-expo-in-hamilton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/hamilton-aerial.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamilton aerial</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON FROM THE AIR IN 1927.

Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/177671</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/453.jpg</image:loc><image:title>453</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-14T04:14:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/05/12/port-fairy-cemetery-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/180-800x600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>180 (800x600)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/252.jpg</image:loc><image:title>252</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rh-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rh (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ghh1-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ghh1 (2)</image:title><image:caption>GEORGE HALL HARMAN</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pf22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pf22</image:title><image:caption>"VICTORIA." The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 10 Oct 1854: 3. Web. 17 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pf21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pf21</image:title><image:caption>"CLEARANCES." Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875) 10 Sep 1852: 2. Web. 17 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pf20.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pf20</image:title><image:caption>"THIRD DAY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST." Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876) 22 Feb 1856: 1 Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE PORTLAND GUARDIAN.. Web. 17 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pf19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pf19</image:title><image:caption>"DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE." Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876) 19 Dec 1856: 2 Edition: EVENING.. Web. 17 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pf18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pf18</image:title><image:caption>"SHIPPING." The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 8 Nov 1858: 4. Web. 17 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pf17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pf17</image:title><image:caption>"SHIPPING." The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 9 Nov 1857: 4. Web. 17 Jan 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-23T03:57:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/26/australia-day-blog-challenge-the-drovers-wife/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lysander.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lysander</image:title><image:caption>Shipping Report. (1840, September 8). Southern Australian (Adelaide, SA : 1838 - 1844), p. 3. Retrieved January 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71619943</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sb</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ararat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ararat</image:title><image:caption>ARARAT. (1856, June 27). Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88050962</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sh</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gb</image:title><image:caption>TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. (1878, May 11). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 7. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5932114</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/rb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rb</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hb</image:title><image:caption>PASTORAL NOTES. (1913, December 15). Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1885 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60386074</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cb</image:title><image:caption>PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE. (1890, January 15). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 6. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8583931</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dw11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dw11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dw10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dw10</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-20T22:01:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/08/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-42/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/409.jpg</image:loc><image:title>409</image:title><image:caption>THE FORMER ALEXANDRA LADIES COLLEGE</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/alex.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alex</image:title><image:caption>"TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 11 Nov .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>022</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/laidlaw6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>laidlaw6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/thomson2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thomson2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-20T10:50:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/17/pack-up-your-troubles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dscn1375.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1375</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dscn1372.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1372</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ord.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ord</image:title><image:caption>Men Wanted For Militia.—No. 7. (1940, August 6). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved January 17, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40949865</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/eg5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eg5</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1942, October 24). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved January 15, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78118780</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/eg4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eg4</image:title><image:caption>PERSONAL. (1942, November 12). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved January 15, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78119426</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/eg3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eg3</image:title><image:caption>Last Amateur Hour on Tuesday. (1942, October 24). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved January 15, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78118758</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gamblefamily.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gamblefamily</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/eg2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eg2</image:title><image:caption>Presentation to Staff Member. (1942, October 3). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved January 13, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78117772</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ern1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ern1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ern.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ern</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-13T04:38:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/04/12/seven-years/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/pict0003_1-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My beautiful picture</image:title><image:caption>My beautiful picture</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-18T04:15:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/04/14/in-the-news-april-14-1899/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/14-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14.4</image:title><image:caption>A SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE. (1899, April 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 6. Retrieved February 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9513558</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/14-4a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14.4a</image:title><image:caption>WARRNAMBOOL. (1899, April 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 6. Retrieved February 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9513570</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-09T01:07:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/03/05/autumn-fashions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/aut66.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aut66</image:title><image:caption>The 3-T Gersey Frock. (1955, March 1). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 12. Retrieved February 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71642613</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/aut67.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aut67</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/aut65.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aut65</image:title><image:caption>TWEED... is a Lady. (1955, February 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 4 Supplement: THE ARGUS SUPPLEMENT OF EXCLUSIVE MYER FASHION. Retrieved February 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71634754</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/aut64.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aut64</image:title><image:caption>FASHIONS FOR THE AUTUMN. (1947, February 19). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 4 Supplement: Woman's Magazine. Retrieved February 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22409723</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/aut63.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aut63</image:title><image:caption>AMERICA LAUNCHES AUTUMN FASHIONS. (1944, November 28). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 8. Retrieved February 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11372401</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/aut62.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aut62</image:title><image:caption>Treatment of Skirts Shows Variety. (1940, March 6). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 11. Retrieved February 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12429983</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/aut61.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aut61</image:title><image:caption>AUTUMN FASHIONS. (1923, March 21). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 6. Retrieved February 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1884490</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/aut60.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aut60</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/aut59.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aut59</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1922, April 21). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved February 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77674135</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/aut58.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aut58</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1922, April 21). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved February 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77674135</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-21T02:47:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/11/24/trove-tuesday-fancy-photos/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/221115.jpg</image:loc><image:title>221115</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 22 Nov 1915: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/tt3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt3</image:title><image:caption>"HAMILTON LADIES' FANCY DRESS BALL." Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925) 23 Dec 1915: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/tt2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt2</image:title><image:caption>"HAMILTON LADIES' FANCY DRESS BALL." Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925) 23 Dec 1915: 24. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/tt1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt1</image:title><image:caption>"HAMILTON LADIES' FANCY DRESS BALL." Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925) 23 Dec 1915:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>"FANCY DRESS BALL." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 19 Nov 1915: 4. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-13T02:55:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/08/25/trove-tuesday-a-venerable-couple/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/st.jpg</image:loc><image:title>st</image:title><image:caption>"A VENERABLE COUPLE." Weekly Times (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 14 Apr 1917: 10. Web. 15 Aug 2015 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-06T03:38:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/02/20/four-long-years/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20156029_10209253155715901_7040739869637442051_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20156029_10209253155715901_7040739869637442051_n</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF STAN NIDDRIE AT VILLERS-BRETONEUX CEMETERY.  Image courtesy of Melinda  Hestehauge.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/brake2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brake2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/brake1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brake1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-26T08:59:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2018/02/18/cemeteries-with-a-view/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/222.jpg</image:loc><image:title>222</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/212.jpg</image:loc><image:title>212</image:title><image:caption>AN AUTUMN VIEW TO MT NAPIER FROM HAMILTON (OLD) CEMETERY.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/045.jpg</image:loc><image:title>045</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_57471.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5747</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5747.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5747</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/245.jpg</image:loc><image:title>245</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/0461.jpg</image:loc><image:title>046</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/021.jpg</image:loc><image:title>021</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_0003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0003</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>061</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-20T03:40:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/12/23/seasons-greetings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/penshurst.jpg</image:loc><image:title>penshurst</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/399063</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-23T11:53:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/10/14/colacs-weekend-of-family-history/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4191.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4191</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/colac.jpg</image:loc><image:title>colac</image:title><image:caption>COLAC 1927.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/20366</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-19T23:35:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/11/12/trove-tuesday-fido-a-family-favourite/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-09T11:17:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/08/11/ancestral-places-geneameme/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/queensferry.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Queensferry</image:title><image:caption>SAWMILL NEAR QUEENSFERY, VICTORIA c1880.  Photographer: Fred Kruger. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/wonthaggi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wonthaggi</image:title><image:caption>WONTHAGGI, VICTORIA 1925.  Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia.   Image no.   B 61788/85http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+61788/85</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>054</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/smeaton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smeaton</image:title><image:caption>ANDERSON'S MILL, SMEATON.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/merino.jpg</image:loc><image:title>merino</image:title><image:caption>MERINO c1880   Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia.  Image no. B 21766/113 http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+21766/113</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1386.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1386</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>010</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>061</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dscn1028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1028</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_0936-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0936 (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-12T22:55:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/08/05/on-the-move/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/0028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0028</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/houseremoval1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>houseremoval1</image:title><image:caption>MOVING A HOUSE CRESSY ca. 1909-ca. 1915.  Photographer: Gabriel  Knight http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/38774</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/houseremoval.jpg</image:loc><image:title>houseremoval</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-05T07:06:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/03/10/the-general-hewitt-portland-bay-1856/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gh53.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gh53</image:title><image:caption>Established August 1842. The Portland Guardian,. (1902, March 12). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved March 10, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63992048</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gh52.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gh52</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1917, April 28). Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77664546</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gh51.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gh51</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gh50.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gh50</image:title><image:caption>Nautical History. (1929, April 18). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved March 10, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64269148</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gh49.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gh49</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gh48.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gh48</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gh47.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gh47</image:title><image:caption>Heywood's Pioneers. (1938, September 29). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 5 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved March 10, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64280358</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gh46.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gh46</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gh45.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gh45</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1919, February 21). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved March 9, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72993152</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gh44.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gh44</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1919, February 18). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved March 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72993062</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-12T03:54:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/12/14/the-vagabond-tours-the-portland-district/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/139-800x600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>139 (800x600)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122-800x600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>122 (800x600)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/101-800x600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>101 (800x600)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/098-800x600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>098 (800x600)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/vag6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vag6</image:title><image:caption>BURSWOOD.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Colin Caldwell Trust collection, Image no. H84.276/6/44A  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/72455</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/vag5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vag5</image:title><image:caption>PICTURESQUE VICTORIA. (1884, November 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved December 12, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6061787</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/vag4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vag4</image:title><image:caption>BLOWHOLE, CAPE BRIDGEWATER.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no, H32492/1661 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/65004</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/vag3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vag3</image:title><image:caption>CAPE BRIDGEWATER.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H32492/1662
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/64872</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/vag2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vag2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/vag1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vag1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-27T00:23:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/08/26/the-vagabond-rocks-the-cradle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/port6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>port6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/port5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>port5</image:title><image:caption>PICTURESQUE VICTORIA. (1884, November 15). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved August 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6061393</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/port4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>port4</image:title><image:caption>PORTLAND, PAST AND PRESENT Alfred Martin Ebsworth,c. 	December 17, 1884.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria Image no. A/S17/12/84/197 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/91532</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/172.jpg</image:loc><image:title>172</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vag5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vag5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/port3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>port3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/port21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>port2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/port2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>port2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/port1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>port1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/port.jpg</image:loc><image:title>port</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-27T00:20:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/08/18/portlands-immigration-wall/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/209.jpg</image:loc><image:title>209</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2131.jpg</image:loc><image:title>213</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/213.jpg</image:loc><image:title>213</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/212.jpg</image:loc><image:title>212</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/212.jpg</image:loc><image:title>212</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/211.jpg</image:loc><image:title>211</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/210.jpg</image:loc><image:title>210</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/208.jpg</image:loc><image:title>208</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-28T09:11:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/21/christmas-1940s-style/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1940kkk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1940kkk</image:title><image:caption>NO CHRISTMAS BUYING RUSH BUT TRADING IS STEADY. (1949, December 23). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved December 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73103040</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1940jjj.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1940jjj</image:title><image:caption>Your Christmas Table. (1949, December 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 4 Supplement: The Argus Woman's Magazine. Retrieved December 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22799645</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1940iii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1940iii</image:title><image:caption>Christmas. (1949, December 17). The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 53. Retrieved December 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51600533</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1940hhh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1940hhh</image:title><image:caption>Editorial. (1949, December 3). The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 18. Retrieved December 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51594508</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1940ggg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1940ggg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1940fff.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1940fff</image:title><image:caption>Xmas Radio Appeal for Hospitals. (1949, December 1). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 4 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64420168</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1940eee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1940eee</image:title><image:caption>Our cookery book will make a wonderful Christmas gift. (1948, December 4). The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 34. Retrieved December 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51389595</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1940ddd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1940ddd</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS BEER HOW ASSURED. (1947, December 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1. Retrieved December 20, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22529758</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1940ccc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1940ccc</image:title><image:caption>CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT. (1946, December 10). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved December 19, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73080615</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1940zz1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1940zz</image:title><image:caption>CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT. (1946, December 10). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved December 19, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73080615</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-15T05:54:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/23/christmas-1950s-style/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1950ww.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1950ww</image:title><image:caption>SANTA CLAUS IN MALAYA. (1957, December 24). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 5. Retrieved December 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91253618</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1950uu1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1950uu</image:title><image:caption>Royal Family Leaves For Sandringham. (1957, December 23). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 2. Retrieved December 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91253528</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1950uu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1950uu</image:title><image:caption>They had a Xmas treat. (1957, January 5). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 7. Retrieved December 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71774826</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1950tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1950tt</image:title><image:caption>PRESENTS FOR PRESLEY... (1957, January 2). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 2. Retrieved December 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71774164</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1950ss.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1950ss</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1950rr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1950rr</image:title><image:caption>We're all too busy with the Games FATHER CHRISTMAS IS FORGOTTEN. (1956, November 27). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 9. Retrieved December 21, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71768234</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1950qq.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1950qq</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1950pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1950pp</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1950oo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1950oo</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS GIFTS. (1956, November 28). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 9. Retrieved December 21, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71768469</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1950nn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1950nn</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-10T06:14:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/07/27/hamilton-old-cemetery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/025.jpg</image:loc><image:title>025</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/027-800x600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>027 (800x600)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/327.jpg</image:loc><image:title>327</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/greed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>greed</image:title><image:caption>"SOCIAL." The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) 22 Jun 1928:.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_0774-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0774 (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sack.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sack</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 8 Jun 1918 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119502851&gt;.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>026</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1317.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1317</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1316.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1316</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/burg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>burg</image:title><image:caption>"The Horsham Times." The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) 8 Jun 1888:.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-06T09:49:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/06/18/trove-tuesday-when-the-sea-covered-hamilton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tt27.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt27</image:title><image:caption>WHEN THE SEA COVERED HAMILTON. (1931, June 26). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved June 16, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72635176</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-26T04:03:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/05/14/hamilton-cemeteries-trust-news/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/044.jpg</image:loc><image:title>044</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-18T21:03:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/11/08/old-cavendish-cemetery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/rosanna.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rosanna</image:title><image:caption>"Items of News." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 28 August 1888: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn1066.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1066</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn1063.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1063</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn1062.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1062</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn1058.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1058</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn1053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1053</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn1061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1061</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn1060.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1060</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn1059.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1059</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscn1057.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1057</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-12T00:49:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/04/12/a-box-of-chocolates/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/top-50-blogs_inside-history.png</image:loc><image:title>Top 50 Blogs_Inside History</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/082.jpg</image:loc><image:title>082</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>004</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscn1055.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1055</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/choc-box4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>choc box4</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/34008</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/choc-box3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>choc box3</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/34008</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/choc-box2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>choc box2</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/34008</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/choc-box-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>choc box 1</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/32362</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/choc-box.jpg</image:loc><image:title>choc box</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/32815</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-15T02:11:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/05/14/elizabeth-ann-jelly/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/0229.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grandma &amp; Auntie Mat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/img_1314.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grave of Richard &amp; Elizabeth Diwell 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/img_1313.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grave of Richard and Elizabeth Diwell</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/diwell-watermark.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Diwell Family</image:title><image:caption>Richard &amp; Elizabeth Diwell and family</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-21T09:32:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/01/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-51/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/warren.jpg</image:loc><image:title>warren</image:title><image:caption>"DISTRICT NEWS." Stawell News and Pleasant Creek Chronicle (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 28 January 1915:     http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129499589 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/smith11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smith1</image:title><image:caption>"IN THE WANNON COUNTRY." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 3 January 1891:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/smith1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smith</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/smith.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smith</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 4 May 1881: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/176.jpg</image:loc><image:title>176</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/thomas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thomas</image:title><image:caption>"THAT WARRNAMBOOL CENTENARIAN." Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) 13 February 1909:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/grassdale.jpg</image:loc><image:title>grassdale</image:title><image:caption> J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/215963</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/174.jpg</image:loc><image:title>174</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/myrtle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>myrtle</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/382906</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nimmo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nimmo</image:title><image:caption>HENRY NIMMO - "PORT MORESBY." Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918) 30 June 1906: 36.  .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-22T23:10:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/02/04/not-just-hamiltons-soldiers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/253.jpg</image:loc><image:title>253</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-21T08:18:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/02/12/trove-tuesday-bush-valentine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/valday2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>valday2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/valday1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>valday1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/valday.jpg</image:loc><image:title>valday</image:title><image:caption>OUR ILLUSTRATIONS. (1883, February 21). Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne, Vic. : 1876 - 1889), p. 17. Retrieved February 10, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63186253</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-14T09:12:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/07/23/trove-tuesday-ewe-turn/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/079-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>079-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tt3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt3</image:title><image:caption>SUICIDE OF MADEMOISELLE MARIE ST. DENIS. (1868, October 26). Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved July 20, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87899437</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tt2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>James Stewart BUTTERS</image:title><image:caption>JAMES STEWERT BUTTERS (1867). Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H5672 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/208262</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-07T02:29:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2017/01/22/700-obituaries/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>THE PASSING OF THE PIONEERS. (1900, April 21). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 3. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-22T03:18:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/10/23/trove-tuesday-it-was-the-snake-in-the-drawing-room/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/snake1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snake1</image:title><image:caption>A SNAKE IN A DRAWINGROOM. (1878, January 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 10. Retrieved October 17, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5918117</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/snake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snake</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-16T19:35:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/06/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-33/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cole.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cole</image:title><image:caption>"Pastoral Pioneers" The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 13 October 1934: 49 (METROPOLITAN EDITION).  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lee</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ch1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ch1</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pp7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp7</image:title><image:caption>THE Roroit Sentine[?] AND Tower Hill Advocate. (1914, June 27). Koroit Sentinel and Tower Hill Advocate (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved July 1, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119554315</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-12T11:52:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/08/20/passing-of-the-pioneers-46/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/koort.jpg</image:loc><image:title>koort</image:title><image:caption>J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/217051</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/town-hall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>town hall</image:title><image:caption>"VIEW OF HA[?] [?]AM[?]TON VICTORIA." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 17 April 1888: 2 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR). Web. 19 Aug 2016 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/burnbrae.jpg</image:loc><image:title>burnbrae</image:title><image:caption>J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/233170</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/newlands.jpg</image:loc><image:title>newlands</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/214199</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/poli.jpg</image:loc><image:title>poli</image:title><image:caption> J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/217239</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn1056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1056</image:title><image:caption>THE HEADSTONE OF MARY AND JOSEPH BREWIS OBSCURED BY THE HEADSTONE  OF MARY'S PARENTS WILLIAM AND MARY LORD AT CAVENDISH OLD CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-09T09:17:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/07/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-34/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>020</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/learmonth-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>learmonth-10</image:title><image:caption>PLAQUE ON THE GRAVE OF PETER LEARMONTH, OLD HAMILTON CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/learmonth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>learmonth</image:title><image:caption>GRAVE OF PETER LEARMONTH, OLD HAMILTON CEMETERY.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/nat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nat</image:title><image:caption>FORMER BANK OF VICTORIA, GRAY STREET.  Image courtesy of the J.T. Collins collection, State Library of Victoria.  Image no.   H97.250/89http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/230031</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/melb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melb</image:title><image:caption>MELBOURNE 1841.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria,  Image no. H6262/2  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/87604</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/colac.jpg</image:loc><image:title>colac</image:title><image:caption>EARLY SETTLEMENT AT LAKE COLAC c1875, BY NICHOLAS CHEVALIER.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image No.  H3572 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/81081</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hospital</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON HOSPITAL.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, Image no. H32492/2732 , http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63599</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ca5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Learmonths, Hamilton</image:title><image:caption>P. LEARMONTH &amp; CO. STOCK &amp; STATION AGENTS. GARY STREET, HAMILTON.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/alex.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alex</image:title><image:caption>ALEXANDRA COLLEGE, [No heading]. (1874, July 11). The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic. : 1873 - 1889), p. 52. Retrieved July 24, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page5985586</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hc</image:title><image:caption>THE FORMER HAMILTON &amp; WESTERN DISTRICT COLLEGE NOW HAMILTON  COLLEGE.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, J.T.Collins Collection.  Image no. H97.250/74 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/229855</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-30T23:39:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/10/18/misadventures-deaths-and-near-misses-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/horse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>horse</image:title><image:caption>HORSE JUMPS INTO SIDE-CAR. (1932, April 19). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved October 18, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72600659</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/smith.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smith</image:title><image:caption>SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BYADUK. (1911, June 27). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved October 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73162971</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/blackney1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blackney</image:title><image:caption>CAKES FLEW WHEN HORSE BOLTED. (1942, September 15). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved October 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72705327</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/blackney.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blackney</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/hector.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hector</image:title><image:caption>Table Talk. (1864, December 5). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved October 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64632822</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-25T00:03:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/04/25/from-six-bob-tourist-to-souvenir/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lc45.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lc45</image:title><image:caption>NEWS OF THE DAY. (1916, July 22). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved April 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1023967</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lc44.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lc44</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1947, June 28). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 11. Retrieved April 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22436539</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lc43.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lc43</image:title><image:caption>(1944, June 28). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 12. Retrieved April 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page628551</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lc42.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lc42</image:title><image:caption>(1943, June 28). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 10. Retrieved April 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page625813</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lc41.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lc41</image:title><image:caption>"SIX BOB A DAY TOURISTS.". (1915, June 7). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 3 Edition: THIRD EDITION. Retrieved April 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81003870</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lc40.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lc40</image:title><image:caption>2nd Pioneer Battalion near Bapaume.  Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial ID No:  E00343 http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E00343/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lc39.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lc39</image:title><image:caption>A PIONEER BATTALION. (1918, July 13). Williamstown Chronicle (Vic. : 1856 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved April 24, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69681256</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lc38.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lc38</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lc37.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lc37</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lc35.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lc35</image:title><image:caption>AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS AND PIONEERS. (1919, May 16). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 7. Retrieved April 24, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62198709</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-25T00:02:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/05/11/misadventures-deaths-and-near-misses-4/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/deaths3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deaths3</image:title><image:caption>ACCIDENT. (1906, September 28). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved May 9, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63963309</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/deaths2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deaths2</image:title><image:caption>A RAILWAY BELL MISHAP. (1922, November 21). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved May 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72741866</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/death2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>death2</image:title><image:caption>ANOTHER LIFT ACCIDENT. (1899, June 20). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved May 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75059981</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/deaths1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deaths1</image:title><image:caption>HARROW. (1888, June 29). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved May 8, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72883804</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/deaths.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deaths</image:title><image:caption>The Portland Guardian,. (1888, July 23). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved May 7, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63589310</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fire1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire1</image:title><image:caption>What to do in [?]ase of Catching Fire. (1900, May 12). Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 43. Retrieved May 4, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71380496</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-25T00:02:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/08/23/harman-housekeeping/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/hyd1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hyd1</image:title><image:caption>The Horsham Times. (1883, March 16). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved August 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72872771</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/hyd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hyd</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_1830.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1830</image:title><image:caption>HEADSTONE OF CHARLES WARD AND HIS MOTHER ISABELLA HARMAN</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>013</image:title><image:caption>LETTERS FROM EDNA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-24T12:10:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/02/18/trove-tuesday-the-australasian/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bewsall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bewsall</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON. (1903, May 2). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 27. Retrieved February 18, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138684187</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gray-st.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gray st</image:title><image:caption>IN AND AROUND HAMILTON, INLAND METROPOLIS OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT. (1903, May 2). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 26. Retrieved February 18, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138684186</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/golf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>golf</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON GOLF MEETING. (1902, August 9). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 33. Retrieved February 18, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139129326</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-24T23:59:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/11/24/historical-tours-of-the-western-district/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/car.jpg</image:loc><image:title>car</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/38782</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/161116.jpg</image:loc><image:title>161116</image:title><image:caption>http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129390016</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/091116.jpg</image:loc><image:title>091116</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/211116.jpg</image:loc><image:title>211116</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/hh.png</image:loc><image:title>hh</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gor2.png</image:loc><image:title>gor2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gor1.png</image:loc><image:title>gor1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gor</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-19T22:09:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/05/05/the-fastest-ship-in-the-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/marcopolo4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marcopolo4</image:title><image:caption>"GENERAL NEWS." Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 3 November 1883:  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220537072</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/marcopolo3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marcopolo3</image:title><image:caption>"Advertising" Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875) 21 May 1853  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61324418 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/marco-polo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marco-polo</image:title><image:caption>"ON TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND" Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) 9 November 1932: 15. Web. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41180687</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/marcopolo2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marcopolo2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/marcopolo1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marcopolo1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/marcopolo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marcopolo</image:title><image:caption>MARCO POLO BY THOMAS ROBERTSON  (1819-1873). Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/132534</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/marcpolo.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Marco Polo </image:title><image:caption>ON TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND. (1932, November 9). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954), p. 13. Retrieved May 4, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41180687</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/marco-polo.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Marco Polo Brodie Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. </image:title><image:caption>Marco Polo   Brodie Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-21T01:50:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/10/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-48/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/talisker1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>talisker1</image:title><image:caption>TALISKER, MERINO 1901.  Image courtesy of the Museum Victoria Collections http://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/766380</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mexico.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mexico</image:title><image:caption>"Items of News." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 6 December 1881: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ss.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ss</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/allanlearmonth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>allanlearmonth</image:title><image:caption>"The Portland Guardian," Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 3 September 1886: 2 (EVENING.).    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63406515 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/carolinemacleod.jpg</image:loc><image:title>carolinemacleod</image:title><image:caption>"Wills and Estates" Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 12 December 1914:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/196.jpg</image:loc><image:title>196</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/carolinehenty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>carolinehenty</image:title><image:caption>"Personal." The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950) 30 August 1890: 3. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cc</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/245214</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/samuelking.jpg</image:loc><image:title>samuelking</image:title><image:caption>SAMUEL KING - "DEATH OF WELL KNOWN SHEEP JUDGE" Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) 21 November 1940:   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92400968</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hentymarriage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hentymarriage</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices" The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 22 August 1890: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8429127 </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-09T23:53:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/10/08/100-anzac-heroes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/300916a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>300916a</image:title><image:caption>"WAR SERVICE." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 30 September 1916: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/300916.jpg</image:loc><image:title>300916</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-17T06:36:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/08/09/trove-tuesday-hometown-news/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ishop.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ishop</image:title><image:caption>"Items of News." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 23 May 1885: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/diwell1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>diwell1</image:title><image:caption>"HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 14 October 1899: 2 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR).  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/diwell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>diwell</image:title><image:caption>"HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 28 October 1899: 2 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR).  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/116.jpg</image:loc><image:title>116</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/klug.jpg</image:loc><image:title>klug</image:title><image:caption>Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 17 April 1888: 2 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR)..</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscn0976.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0976</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/spec.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spec</image:title><image:caption>"VIEW OF HAMILTON VICTORIA." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 17 April 1888: 1 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR)..</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/joharman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>joharman</image:title><image:caption>"Items of news." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) 30 March 1893: .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-13T04:04:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/07/05/trove-tuesday-early-settlers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/huggins2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>huggins2</image:title><image:caption>"EARLY SETTLERS AT MACARTHUR" Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 6 September 1919: 25. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222567748</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/huggins.jpg</image:loc><image:title>huggins</image:title><image:caption>"EARLY SETTLERS AT MACARTHUR" Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) 6 September 1919: 25. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222567748</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-08T05:08:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/04/12/western-district-families-is-five-today/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/first.jpg</image:loc><image:title>first</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/hb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hb</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/110134</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2011</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-15T21:36:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/04/12/relief-for-all/</loc><lastmod>2016-04-11T02:47:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/18/trove-tuesday-buried-treasure/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cw5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cw5</image:title><image:caption>THE EDITOR'S POST-BAG. (1938, February 12). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 18 Supplement: The Argus Week-end Magazine. Retrieved December 17, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11148112</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cw4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cw4</image:title><image:caption>LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR'S POST-BAG. (1938, January 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 20 Supplement: The Argus Week-end Magazine. Retrieved December 17, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11142515</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cw3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cw3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-21T23:10:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/02/23/trove-tuesday-troveitis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/tt4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt4</image:title><image:caption>"BREVIA." The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) 18 Jul 1881 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219331682</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/tt5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt5</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-13T09:20:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2016/01/12/trove-tuesday-home-saloon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>"SALOON AT HOME." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 12 Jan 1916: .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-12T00:54:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/08/13/more-soldiers-more-sorrow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tent.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tent</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Image no.  P00649.004 https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P00649.004/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-10T09:39:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/03/12/trove-tuesday-whispering-wedding-bells/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt1</image:title><image:caption>PORTLAND PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY. (1890, January 17). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 4 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved March 11, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63626245</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/weddings2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>weddings2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/weddings1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>weddings1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-05T05:58:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/12/24/christmas-greetings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/santa1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>santa1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-11T18:13:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/11/11/hamiltons-ww1-on-facebook/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hww1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hww</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-20T04:31:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/11/08/in-broad-daylight/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/scan0966.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alfred W. Harman</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Rupanyup Historical Society.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-07T13:11:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/10/10/whats-news/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/keayang.jpg</image:loc><image:title>keayang</image:title><image:caption>"KEAYANG", TERANG.  Image courtesy of J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/234524</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/hamilton-pastoral-museum.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamilton pastoral museum</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON PASTORAL MUSEUM, 1974.  Image courtesy of J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/229985</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>022</image:title><image:caption>LOOKING OVER PENSHURST FROM MT.ROUSE.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tarrington.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tarrington</image:title><image:caption>ST. MICHAEL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, TARRINGTON. Image Courtesy of the J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/234372</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mortlake-presbyterian-church.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mortlake presbyterian church</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-10T04:21:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/11/06/trove-tuesday-november-6/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jb3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jb3</image:title><image:caption>Lucky Escape For Racehorse Comedy Court. (1947, October 16). Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved November 6, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49572477</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jb2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jb2</image:title><image:caption>He made her cry. (1950, November 11). Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved November 4, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49585975</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jb1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jb1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jb</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-30T02:02:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/06/30/trove-tuesday-spec-tacular/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/diwell2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>diwell2</image:title><image:caption>"MERINO." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1873; 1914 - 1918) 29 Mar 1871.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/diwell1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>diwell1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/op.jpg</image:loc><image:title>op</image:title><image:caption>""Operation swimming pool"." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 14 Dec 1951 .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-30T02:49:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/06/14/new-pioneer-index/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-12T11:52:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/12/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-39/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fetherstonhaugh1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fetherstonhaugh1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pp8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>"OBITUARY." The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) 29 Dec 1905: 3. Web. 30 Dec 2014 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pp21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp2</image:title><image:caption>"Birthday Celebration." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 25 May 1931: 2 Edition: EVENING. Web. 30 Dec 2014 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pp12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp1</image:title><image:caption>"FIRE IN BROWN STREET." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 20 Feb 1914: 4. Web. 30 Dec 2014 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pp7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pp6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>"Over - charging by a Portland Livery Stable Keeper." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 12 Jun 1880: 3 Edition: MORNINGS.. Web. 27 Dec 2014 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pp5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>TABLE TALK. (1877, December 19). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENINGS.. Retrieved December 27, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63340211</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pp41.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp4</image:title><image:caption>MUNDARRA Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H95.200/1068    http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/230342</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pp11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp1</image:title><image:caption>"[No heading]." Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876) 20 Jun 1864: 3 Edition: EVENING. Web. 26 Dec 2014 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pp4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-03T20:50:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/11/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-38/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/macs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>macs</image:title><image:caption>"DOMESTIC NEWS." Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876) 11 Jun 1855: 2 Edition: EVENING. Web. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/182.jpg</image:loc><image:title>182</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dart.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dart</image:title><image:caption>"Dartmoor." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 22 May 1911: 3 Edition: EVENING. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/nestor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nestor</image:title><image:caption>"[No heading]." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 19 Sep 1910: 2 Edition: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/badnall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>badnall</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876) 19 May 1864: 2 Edition: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pp2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp2</image:title><image:caption>"THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO THE WESTERN DISTRICT." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 28 Apr 1876: .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pp1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876) 19 May 1864: 2 Edition: EVENING. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/winnin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winnin</image:title><image:caption>WINNINBURN.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria JT. Collins Collection.  Image no, H98.250/295 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/232375</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title><image:caption>"Family Notices." The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 28 Sep 1852: 3. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscn0976.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0976</image:title><image:caption>HAMILTON SPECTATOR</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-14T01:52:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/09/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-36/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tanda.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tandarook</image:title><image:caption>TANDAROOK  CHEESE FACTORY.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, J.T. Collins collection.  Image no. H98.251/1632 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/234397</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-07T14:31:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/08/31/passing-of-the-pioneers-35/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/whale.jpg</image:loc><image:title>whale</image:title><image:caption>Image Coutesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no.  PN05/05/77/00  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/78495</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mayor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mayor</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1915, February 1). Port Fairy Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved August 30, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94722841</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-07T14:14:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/01/30/passing-of-the-pioneers-29/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pp5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp5</image:title><image:caption>The Portland Guardian,. (1889, January 16). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved January 29, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63591640</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fh</image:title><image:caption>FRANCES HENTY (c1890) Artist unknown.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H24630 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/91524</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-13T07:09:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/12/29/passing-of-the-pioneers-28/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/183.jpg</image:loc><image:title>183</image:title><image:caption>FORMER STEAMPACKET INN, PORTLAND</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pp4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pp3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp3</image:title><image:caption>FIRES IN THE GRAMPIANS. (1914, February 21). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 26. Retrieved December 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89311608</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pp2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp2</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1916, December 16). Stawell News and Pleasant Creek Chronicle (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved December 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12949152</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscn0968.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0968</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-07T10:52:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/04/21/trans-tasman-anzac-day-blog-challenge-2015/</loc><lastmod>2015-04-22T08:13:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/04/12/4th-blogiversary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fw</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, State Library of Victoria.  Image No. H98.101/329 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/202825</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-12T00:52:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/04/09/launching-hamiltons-ww1/</loc><lastmod>2015-04-11T12:23:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2015/04/01/make-a-pledge-for-the-spec/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-10T03:20:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/01/21/trove-tuesday-halls-gap-in-pictures/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pin1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pin1</image:title><image:caption>THE PINNACLE, HALLS GAP.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H84.461/488 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/51930</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gramps5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grampians</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H2012.90/49 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/245996</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0811-800x523.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0811 (800x523)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/035-600x800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Halls Gap</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/014-640x480.jpg</image:loc><image:title>014 (640x480)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hg9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Halls Gap</image:title><image:caption>HALLS GAP BOWLS CLUB. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H32492/4224 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/62069</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gramps4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gramps4</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H2012.90/50http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/245959 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gramps3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gramps3</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H2012.90/56 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/245952 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gramps2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gramps2</image:title><image:caption>THE GRAMPIANS. Image No. H2012.90/54.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/245952</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gramps1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gramps1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-04T03:55:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/12/30/trove-tuesday-happy-new-year-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no.  H2005.34/2675 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/73481</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt52.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt5</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/73481</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt41.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt4</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/82840</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt2</image:title><image:caption>http://bishop.slq.qld.gov.au/view/action/singleViewer.do?dvs=1419808008149~391&amp;locale=en_US&amp;metadata_object_ratio=14&amp;show_metadata=true&amp;VIEWER_URL=/view/action/singleViewer.do?&amp;DELIVERY_RULE_ID=10&amp;frameId=1&amp;usePid1=true&amp;usePid2=true</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt1</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/16584</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/16584</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-29T13:12:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/11/14/beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/xmas2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>xmas2</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. John Etkins Collection. Image No. H2005.36/75 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/73735 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/xmas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>xmas</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of State Library of Victoria.  Image No. H42790/19 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/41584</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-24T09:08:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/12/09/trove-tuesday-mysterious-aeroplanes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>"GARRA SENSATION." Western Champion (Parkes, NSW : 1898 - 1934) 9 Dec 1915: 28. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt51.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt5</image:title><image:caption>"MYSTERIOUS AEROPLANE." The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 1 Dec 1915: 1 Edition: DAILY.. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt5</image:title><image:caption>"The Mysterious Aeroplane." The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 25 Apr 1918: 3 Edition: Bi-Weekly. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt2</image:title><image:caption>"A MYSTERIOUS AEROPLANE." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 20 Apr 1918:  .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>"COUNTRY NEWS." The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1870; 1914 - 1918) 20 Apr 1918: 3. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-08T13:51:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/12/06/and-the-winner-is-hamilton-spectator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pool.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pool</image:title><image:caption>"One way to build an Olympic pool." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 21 Jul 1953: 20. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-06T04:56:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/11/19/vote-1-hamilton-spectator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/spec3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spec3</image:title><image:caption>"[No heading]." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 21 Nov 1914:   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page13385110&gt;.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/spec1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spec1</image:title><image:caption>"[No heading]." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 6 Jan 1914: .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-20T08:55:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/11/18/trove-tuesday-donts-for-centenary-week/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>""DON'TS" FOR CENTENARY WEEK." Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953) 15 Oct 1934: 2 Edition: EVENING.. Web. .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-17T12:34:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/11/11/trove-tuesday-fashion-quiz/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tt1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>"Weekly Prize of Two Guineas." Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) 31 Jul 1930: 19. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>"Weekly Prize of Two Quineas." Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) 4 Sep 1930: 34. .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tab2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tab2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tab41.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tab4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tab1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tab1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tab4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tab4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tab31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tab3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tab3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tab3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-12T05:02:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/11/04/trove-tuesday-cup-off/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mc4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc4</image:title><image:caption>"MELBOURNE CUP WINNER FACES THE CAMERA." Winner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1917) 15 Nov 1916:   .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mc3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc3</image:title><image:caption>"THE POSTPONED CUP." The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) 8 Nov 1916 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mc2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc2</image:title><image:caption>"No Title." The Bacchus Marsh Express (Vic. : 1866 - 1918) 29 Oct 1870 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mc1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc1</image:title><image:caption>"POSTPONEMENT OF MELBOURNE CUP." Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) 8 Nov 1916 .</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc</image:title><image:caption>"MELBOURNE CUP." The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) 7 Nov 1916: .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-04T03:35:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/10/28/trove-tuesday-yellow-cake/</loc><lastmod>2014-10-28T01:32:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/10/04/in-the-social-pages/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pauline.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pauline</image:title><image:caption>GEELONG NOTES. (1933, November 16). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 48. Retrieved July 19, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147259192</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-26T07:18:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/09/18/maniacs-and-milestones/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ara1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ara</image:title><image:caption>ARARAT ASYLUM</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/miles.jpg</image:loc><image:title>miles</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria J.T.Collins collection.  Image no. H98.252/296 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/235053 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mile.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mile</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, J.T. Collins collection.  Image no.  H98.251/292  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/233534</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ara.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ara</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-13T13:19:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/06/03/looking-for-mary-ann/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ararat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ararat</image:title><image:caption>ARARAT ASYLUM c1880.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H1887 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/151015</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/marya.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marya</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1951, February 8). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 18. Retrieved June 2, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23036219</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lost.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lost</image:title><image:caption>LOST WITHOUT TRACE. (1931, December 10). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), p. 62. Retrieved June 2, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90636449</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-03T01:46:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/04/12/happy-birthday-wdf/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/221.jpg</image:loc><image:title>_221</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/party.jpg</image:loc><image:title>party</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of the Lindsay G. Cumming Collection, State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H2005.88/353 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/26100</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hb</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hb1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hb1</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/85452</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-14T02:40:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/04/12/two-today/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My beautiful picture</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-09T00:16:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/03/27/oh-no-i-missed-trove-tuesday/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-28T09:02:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/03/18/trove-tuesday-money-shortage/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/jewels.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jewels</image:title><image:caption>AUSTRALIANS IN LONDON. (1930, September 3). Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1885 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved March 18, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60774888</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-18T01:41:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/02/20/bric-a-brac/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hamo4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamo4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0936-800x600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Harman Valley</image:title><image:caption>HARMAN VALLEY,  BYADUK</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1830-800x600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1830 (800x600)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/111-600x800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Port Fairy</image:title><image:caption>A Hint of Port Fairy</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-21T02:15:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/01/26/australia-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ad.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ad</image:title><image:caption>WATTLE &amp; WILDFLOWERS 1886,  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. IAN13/11/86/SUPP http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/253970</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-27T02:36:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2014/01/07/trove-tuesday-leopard-on-the-loose/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/leo3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leo3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/leo41.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leo4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/leo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/leo4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leo4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/leo2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leo2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/leo1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leo1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/leopard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leopard</image:title><image:caption>LEOPARD AT HOBART ZOO.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no.  H37687/17 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/56312</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-09T06:45:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/12/23/nellie-blighs-dogs-eyes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/th.jpg</image:loc><image:title>th</image:title><image:caption>Former facade of Hamilton Town Hall.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no.  H32492/2740 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/63929</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ham-pool.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ham pool</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-03T08:35:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/12/17/trove-tuesday-a-frisky-pony/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt7</image:title><image:caption>Mary Lloyd Tayler and two of her daughters in a buggy drawn by pony at "Mynda". c1890-1910.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. H83.94/156 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/16217 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt6</image:title><image:caption>A PONY'S ESCAPADE. (1909, January 19). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved December 16, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72825888</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-28T23:37:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/12/03/trove-tuesday-toy-sale/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tt3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt3</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1917, November 29). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved December 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119859911</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-05T07:32:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/11/26/trove-tuesday-high-fire-danger/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tt2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt2</image:title><image:caption>A FIRE AVERTED. (1915, June 22). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved November 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72974894</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tt1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt1</image:title><image:caption>A Magic Lantern (1909).  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no.  H2009.29/120 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/159294</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>First Issue, August 20, 1842. (1914, October 14). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63970668</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-25T12:25:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/11/25/its-a-small-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/comb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>comb</image:title><image:caption>THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. (1914, June 30). Kyneton Guardian (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129618902</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/com.jpg</image:loc><image:title>com</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-24T23:33:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/11/19/trove-tuesday-monkey-business/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/monkey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monkey</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria Image No. H83.47/154  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/23564</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/monkey2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monkey2</image:title><image:caption>NOVEL HIGHWAY ROBBERY. (1865, October 14). Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 1 Edition: Morning., Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO The Gippsland Times.. Retrieved November 19, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65366052</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/monkey1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monkey1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-28T23:26:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/08/13/trove-tuesday-the-tiger-again/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt13</image:title><image:caption>No title. (1923, June 20). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved August 13, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23695834</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt11</image:title><image:caption>SPORTING. (1896, March 12). Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), p. 13. Retrieved August 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32210351</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt10</image:title><image:caption>THE TIGER AGAIN. (1896, February 14). Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW : 1896 - 1939), p. 28. Retrieved August 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99428658</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-15T10:50:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/11/05/trove-tuesday-i-had-a-dream/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/patron.jpg</image:loc><image:title>patron</image:title><image:caption>PATRON, 1894 MELBOURNE CUP WINNER, Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. Image no.  IAN08/11/94/20-21e
 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/254730</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mc2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc2</image:title><image:caption>Melbourne Cup Dreamers. (1894, October 31). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 5, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65397112</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mc1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mc</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-04T22:47:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/10/30/a-pleasant-distraction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ham.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ham</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ham1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ham1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ham3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ham3</image:title><image:caption>A. MILLER &amp; CO. PTY LTD, GRAY STREET, HAMILTON. Circa 1950s.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image No.  H91.142/9 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/122523</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-28T23:26:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/10/29/trove-tuesday-early-hamilton-sport/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tt22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt22</image:title><image:caption>EARLY HAMILTON SPORT. (1914, November 25). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 6. Retrieved October 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119872739</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tt21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt21</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tt20.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt20</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tt19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt19</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tt18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt18</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tt17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt17</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-08T00:05:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/10/22/trove-tuesday-a-sweet-toothed-fox/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fox2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fox2</image:title><image:caption>FOX IN A FACTORY. (1914, February 21). Weekly Times (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4 Edition: TOWN EDITION. Retrieved October 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129945279</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fox1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fox1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fox.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fox</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-28T22:19:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/10/15/trove-tuesday-ostrich-farming/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/os3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>os3</image:title><image:caption>    OSTRICH FARMING. (1913, March 29). Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved October 15, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45239223</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/murray.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Murray Downs Homestead</image:title><image:caption>MURRAY DOWNS HOMESTEAD.  Image Courtesy of State Library of South Australia.  Image no.  PRG 1258/2/1721 http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/godson/2/01750/PRG1258_2_1721.htm</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ostrich1-600x800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ostrich1 (600x800)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/os2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>os2</image:title><image:caption>Ostrich Farming. (1885, January 13). Kerang Times and Swan Hill Gazette (Vic. : 1877 - 1889), p. 4. Retrieved October 15, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65601344</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/os1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>os1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/os.jpg</image:loc><image:title>os</image:title><image:caption>VICTORIAN OSTRICH FEATHERS. (1887, October 21). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 1 Edition: EVENING, Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE PORTLAND GUARDIAN. Retrieved October 15, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65410783</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ostrich.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ostrich</image:title><image:caption>OSTRICH FARM, PORT AUGUSTA, SA.  Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image No.  H82.43/140 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/57060</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/longer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>longer</image:title><image:caption>http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/165898</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt152.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt15</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-14T14:55:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/10/08/trove-tuesday-wartime-home-economics/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tt25.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt25</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tt24.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt24</image:title><image:caption>A FEW HINTS ON ECONOMY. (1917, April 18). The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918), p. 5. Retrieved October 6, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74520295</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tt23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt23</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-28T22:09:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/10/03/byaduk-methodist-church-jubilee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pioneers700.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pioneers700</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1812.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Byaduk Methodist Church</image:title><image:caption>BYADUK METHODIST CHURCH</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/meth3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>meth3</image:title><image:caption>METHODIST JUBILEE AT BYADUK. (1914, May 9). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 8. Retrieved September 18, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119828889</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/meth2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>meth2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/meth1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>meth1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/meth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>meth</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-03T08:39:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/10/01/trove-trove-gone-to-byaduk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bya1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bya1</image:title><image:caption>Cut among the People. (1938, May 11). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 27. Retrieved October 1, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30867560</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bya.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bya</image:title><image:caption>GONE TO "BYADUK.". (1945, May 17). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved October 1, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64404340</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-04T14:45:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/09/24/trove-tuesday-whats-in-a-name/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt91.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt81.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt8</image:title><image:caption>VICTORIA HAS SOME CURIOUS PLACE NAMES. (1944, July 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 2 Supplement: The Argus Week-end Magazine. Retrieved September 24, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11353326</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt71.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-04T14:13:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/09/18/stretching-my-genealogy-muscles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/stretch2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stretch2</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.  Photographer William Henry Freeman (1946) Image No. 126994 http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/126994/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/stretch.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stretch</image:title><image:caption>Physical training at P. T. &amp; R. School (ca 1942) Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria,Argus newspaper collection of war photographs. World War II. Image No. H98.105/4467  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/197430</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/stretch1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stretch1</image:title><image:caption>Circa 1930. Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria Image No. H84.165/1 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/197430</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-04T14:01:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/09/17/trove-tuesday-bottled-news/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt19</image:title><image:caption>BALLARAT TURF CLUB. (1867, April 13). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6. Retrieved September 16, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5764224</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt18</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt17</image:title><image:caption>NEWSPAPERS OF 1887. (1911, April 10). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 9. Retrieved September 16, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10893529</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-04T13:49:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/09/10/trove-tuesday-up-up-and-away/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt16</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt151.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt15</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt141.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt14</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt131.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt13</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt15</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of State Library of Victoria.  Image No: H90.31/103 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/75888</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt14</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt13</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-09T13:24:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/09/09/loads-of-links/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/knit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>knit</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, Argus newspaper collection of War photos WW2.  Image No. H99.201/919
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/52886</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/033-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>033 (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-10T03:24:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/09/03/trove-tuesday-scissors-and-paste/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt12</image:title><image:caption>THE CENSOR AT WORK AS HE IS SEEN BY THE PRESS (c.1914) Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image No. H97.248/154  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/142970</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt11</image:title><image:caption>SCISSORS and PASTE. (1899, February 4). Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 13. Retrieved September 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66440144</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt10</image:title><image:caption>SCISSORS and PASTE. (1896, September 12). Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 13. Retrieved September 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72549720</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tt7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt7</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-02T14:25:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/08/30/the-bloggers-geneameme/</loc><lastmod>2013-09-06T00:42:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/08/27/trove-tuesday-lets-celebrate/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt6</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image No. H36852 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/192072</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt5</image:title><image:caption>Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no.  H2010.137/14 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/85452 </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-06T00:41:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/08/06/trove-tuesday-unspoken-memories/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt9</image:title><image:caption>GRANTVILLE SOLDIERS' WELCOME HOME. (1918, June 21). Lang Lang Guardian (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved August 6, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119515605</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tt7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tt6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tt5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tt4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt4</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-31T01:36:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/07/30/trove-tuesday-wages/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tt31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt31</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tt30.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt30</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tt29.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt29</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-29T15:09:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/07/27/its-official/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>024</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/spec.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spec</image:title><image:caption>[No heading]. (1918, May 16). Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 1. Retrieved July 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page13332555</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-09T01:31:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/07/16/inside-historys-top-50-genealogy-blogs-2013/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/asseenin17-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AsSeenIn17 (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/asseenin17-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AsSeenIn17 (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-09T01:20:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/07/16/trove-tuesday-wallpaper/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>Historical Committee. (1932, March 17). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 13, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64297702</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-15T15:33:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/07/02/trove-tuesday-they-say/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ts7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ts7</image:title><image:caption>THEY SAY. (1917, November 15). Portland Observer and Normanby Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved June 29, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88674176</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ts6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ts6</image:title><image:caption>https://mywdfamilies.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/ts6.jpg</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ts5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ts5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ts4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ts4</image:title><image:caption>THEY SAY. (1917, June 25). Portland Observer and Normanby Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved June 29, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88675182</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ts3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ts3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ts2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ts2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ts1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ts1</image:title><image:caption>THEY SAY. (1917, January 11). Portland Observer and Normanby Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved June 29, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88675585</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ts.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ts</image:title><image:caption>THEY SAY. (1915, January 18). Portland Observer and Normanby Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved June 29, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88675762</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-01T14:48:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/06/25/trove-tuesday-what-a-newspaper-is/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tt28.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt28</image:title><image:caption>What a Newspaper Is. (1886, June 11). The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918), p. 1 Supplement: Supplement to the Colac Herald. Retrieved June 22, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90323615</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-30T14:42:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/06/24/trove-iffic/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-23T15:06:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/06/19/what-was-lost-is-now-found/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/herbert-combridge2.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Herbert Combridge2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/combridge2.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Combridge2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/combridge1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Combridge1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/combridge.jpeg</image:loc><image:title> </image:title><image:caption> </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-30T14:41:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/06/16/the-muddy-creek-reeds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wr61.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wr6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wr6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wr6</image:title><image:caption>SOCIAL. (1901, May 7). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved June 15, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73026998</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wr5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wr5</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1890, January 30). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 10. Retrieved June 15, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8586393</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wr4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wr4</image:title><image:caption>LOCAL LAND BOARD. (1871, November 30). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 6 Edition: EVENINGS. Retrieved June 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65426388</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wr3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wr3</image:title><image:caption>DISTRICT ROAD BOARD. (1863, February 23). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved June 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64628235</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/033.jpg</image:loc><image:title>REED GRAVE, HAMILTON CEMETERY</image:title><image:caption>REED GRAVE, HAMILTON OLD CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/reed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reed</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1888, June 6). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 9. Retrieved May 22, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6130428</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-30T14:42:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/06/04/trove-tuesday-highly-classified/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/class10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>class10</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1856, October 17). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 3 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved June 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64567048</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/class9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>class9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/class8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>class8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/class7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>class7</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1856, October 17). Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876), p. 3 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved June 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64567048</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/class51.jpg</image:loc><image:title>class5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/class6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>class6</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1879, July 25). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved June 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29098359</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/class5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>class5</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1879, July 25). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved June 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29098359</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/class4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>class4</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1879, July 25). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved June 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29098359</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/class3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>class3</image:title><image:caption>dvertising. (1851, May 20). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1847 - 1851), p. 3 Edition: DAILY and MORNING. Retrieved June 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91914023</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/class2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>class2</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1851, May 20). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1847 - 1851), p. 3 Edition: DAILY and MORNING. Retrieved June 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91914023</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-12T09:28:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/05/28/trove-tuesday-a-hare-raising-tale/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/coursing2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coursing2</image:title><image:caption>COURSING.  Image Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.  Image no. A/S07/05/83/85  http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/156341</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/coursing1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coursing1</image:title><image:caption>COURSING EXTRAORDINARY. (1873, August 5). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6. Retrieved May 27, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5868695</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/coursing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coursing</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-27T22:04:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/05/21/trove-tuesday-ladies-of-the-night/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ladies.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ladies</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS. (1848, December 26). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1847 - 1851), p. 2 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93133214</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-20T14:31:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/05/14/trove-tuesday-for-wives-and-daughters/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/daughter3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daughter3</image:title><image:caption>Useful Recipes. (1914, April 1). The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved May 13, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74224398</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/daughter2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daughter2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/daughter1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daughter1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/daughters.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daughters</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/forwives1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>forwives1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/forwives.jpg</image:loc><image:title>forwives</image:title><image:caption>FOR WIVES AND DAUGHTERS. (1916, February 23). The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved May 12, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75256133</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-14T11:22:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/05/07/trove-tuesday-more-commandments/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/comm7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>comm7</image:title><image:caption>    NEW COMMANDMENTS. (1914, February 13). Forbes Times (NSW : 1912 - 1920), p. 7. Retrieved May 6, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100263189
MLA citation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/comm6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>comm6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/comm5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>comm5</image:title><image:caption>TWENTY MORE COMMANDMENTS. (1928, January 14). Mirror (Perth, WA : 1921 - 1956), p. 12. Retrieved May 6, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76410193</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/comm4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>comm4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/comm3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>comm3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/comm2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>comm2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/comm1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>comm1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/comm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>comm</image:title><image:caption>For Men Only. (1935, February 9). Recorder (Port Pirie, SA : 1919 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved May 6, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100816903</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/com.jpg</image:loc><image:title>com</image:title><image:caption>TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR HUSBANDS. (1934, June 3). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), p. 3 Section: Second Section. Retrieved May 6, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61196667</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-07T02:13:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/05/03/burial-sites/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Old Portland Cemetery</image:title><image:caption>OLD PORTLAND CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamilton Cemetery</image:title><image:caption>KIRKWOOD HEADSTONE-HAMILTON OLD CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/img_1847.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Byaduk Cemetery</image:title><image:caption>BYADUK CEMETERY</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-03T10:06:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/05/02/a-moment-of-may-madness-maybe/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mm</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1953, May 5). Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved May 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69470334</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-02T03:30:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/04/30/trove-tuesday-the-husbands-commandments/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hc1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hc1</image:title><image:caption>THE HUSBAND'S COMMAND. (1872, May 11). Bunyip (Gawler, SA : 1863 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved April 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97206557</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hc</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-01T02:12:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/04/23/trove-tuesday-one-stop-shop/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ad6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ad6</image:title><image:caption>Our Soldiers. (1915, September 16). The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4 Edition: Bi-Weekly. Retrieved April 23, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74766366</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ad5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ad5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ad4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ad4</image:title><image:caption>Our Soldiers. (1915, September 16). The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4 Edition: Bi-Weekly. Retrieved April 23, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74766366</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ad3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ad3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ad11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ad1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ad2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ad2</image:title><image:caption>"Anzac Day.". (1917, April 26). The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Bi-Weekly. Retrieved April 23, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74489110</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ad1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ad1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ad.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ad</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-10T03:23:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/04/16/trove-tuesday-beautiful-hair/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bh7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh7</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1917, March 5). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), p. 9. Retrieved April 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5567352</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bh6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh6</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1915, August 9). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved April 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15605877</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bh5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bh4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh4</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1914, July 5). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), p. 29. Retrieved April 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57781617</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bh3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bh2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh2</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1913, September 13). The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), p. 3 Section: FIFTH SECTION.. Retrieved April 14, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63805694</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bh1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bh</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-26T04:15:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/04/08/gardeners-in-my-family/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gard8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gard8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gardening1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gardening1</image:title><image:caption>NOTES. (1911, March 25). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved April 6, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15231478</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_1329-21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1329 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_1329-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1329 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_0580.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0580</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/0112.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0112</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/021.jpg</image:loc><image:title>021</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/017.jpg</image:loc><image:title>017</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/039.jpg</image:loc><image:title>039</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_11781.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1178</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-12T13:04:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/04/02/trove-tuesday-dancing-girls/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tt19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt19</image:title><image:caption>THE REV. GEORGE GLADSTONE. (1899, June 21). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 8. Retrieved April 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9516823</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tt18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt18</image:title><image:caption>THE REV. GEORGE GLADSTONE. (1899, June 21). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 8. Retrieved April 1, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9516823</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tt17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt17</image:title><image:caption>Current Notes. (1900, October 8). The North Queensland Register (Townsville, Qld. : 1892 - 1905), p. 3. Retrieved April 1, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82340469</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tt16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt16</image:title><image:caption>Sensational Lecture by a Clergyman. (1899, September 23). The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950), p. 5. Retrieved April 1, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85778569</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt15</image:title><image:caption>THE EXTRAORDINARY SERMON. (1899, June 13). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7505982</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt14</image:title><image:caption>THE REV. GEORGE GLADSTONE. (1899, June 21). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9516823</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt13</image:title><image:caption>The Dancing Crusade. (1899, June 24). Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915), p. 7. Retrieved March 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61302118</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt12</image:title><image:caption>Established August 1842. (1899, June 7). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved March 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63676343</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt101.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt10</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-12T03:04:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/19/an-early-christmas-present/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-28T13:43:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/03/19/trove-tuesday-bottom-drawer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt5</image:title><image:caption>WOMEN TO WOMEN. (1913, September 10). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 5. Retrieved March 19, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7243175</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-03T03:51:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/03/05/trove-tuesday-a-lost-kaf-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tt1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt</image:title><image:caption>This is True!. (1939, August 17). Albany Advertiser (WA : 1897 - 1950), p. 6. Retrieved March 5, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70410510</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-06T06:19:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/16/christmas-1930s-style/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1930pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1930pp</image:title><image:caption>Christmas. (1930, December 24). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64294022</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1930oo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1930oo</image:title><image:caption>COBDEN. (1935, December 28). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved December 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32177289</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1930nn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1930nn</image:title><image:caption>Advertising. (1936, December 4). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 15. Retrieved December 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11943599</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1930mm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1930mm</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS IS COMING!. (1936, December 5). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 18. Retrieved December 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11944520</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1930ll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1930ll</image:title><image:caption>PERSONAL NOTES. (1936, January 6). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved December 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64271313</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1930kk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1930kk</image:title><image:caption>CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. (1935, December 17). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved December 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32177037</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1930jj.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1930jj</image:title><image:caption>SOLDIERS' CHRISTMAS HAMPERS. (1939, December 19). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved December 15, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73144465</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1930ii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1930ii</image:title><image:caption>Christmas Tree at Narrawong. (1939, December 18). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 15, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64394794</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1930hh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1930hh</image:title><image:caption>angling. (1939, December 8). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved December 15, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73144147</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1930gg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1930gg</image:title><image:caption>Posting of Christmas Cards. (1939, November 30). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved December 15, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64394633</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-28T06:56:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/02/26/trove-tuesday-accidental-tourists/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/kanga.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kanga</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/kang.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kang</image:title><image:caption>FIGHT WITH A KANGAROO. (1922, November 13). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved February 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64026993</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-12T02:43:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/02/05/trove-tuesday-gilding-the-lily/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/obit1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>obit1</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY FRILLS. (1914, February 24). Gippsland Mercury (Sale, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved February 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88665863</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/obit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>obit</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-18T12:08:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/29/trove-tuesday-longevity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/long.jpg</image:loc><image:title>long</image:title><image:caption>LONGEVITY IN FAMILIES. (1951, January 4). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: MIDDAY.. Retrieved January 28, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64427264</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-29T00:47:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/15/trove-tuesday-aladdins-cave/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/008-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>008 (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/034.jpg</image:loc><image:title>034</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pmrc61.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pmrc6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pmrc41.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pmrc4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pmrc21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pmrc2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pmrc10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pmrc10</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pmrc91.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pmrc9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pmrc9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pmrc9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pmrc7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pmrc7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pp</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-23T09:20:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/14/last-word/</loc><lastmod>2013-01-15T16:40:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/11/wow-another-nomination/</loc><lastmod>2013-01-12T00:09:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/11/blog-of-the-year-award-2012/</loc><lastmod>2013-01-12T00:10:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/08/thinking-of-the-far-s-w/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/038.jpg</image:loc><image:title>038</image:title><image:caption>THE GLENELG RIVER</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-10T05:35:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/31/accentuate-the-positive-2012-geneameme/</loc><lastmod>2013-01-08T21:25:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2013/01/01/trove-tuesday-happy-new-year/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tt15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt15</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tt14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt14</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tt13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt13</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/title.jpg</image:loc><image:title>title</image:title><image:caption>The New Year. (1877, December 29). Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 17. Retrieved December 28, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70611654</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tt12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt12</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-31T13:18:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/11/trove-tuesday-fidos-feat-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tt4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt4</image:title><image:caption>Amazing Story Of Canine Courage And Endurance. (1954, September 14). Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved December 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24008716</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tt31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-25T12:09:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/12/04/trove-tuesday-four-simple-lessons/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cw2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cw2</image:title><image:caption>CRASH WISDOM. (1942, May 1). The Charleville Times (Brisbane, Qld. : 1896 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved December 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7699277</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tt2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tt2</image:title><image:caption>Crash Wisdom in Easy Lessons. (1942, April 13). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 4 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved December 2, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64379670</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-04T02:04:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/11/28/a-busy-month-ahead/</loc><lastmod>2012-11-28T03:17:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/11/24/in-the-news-november-24-1941/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/heyw2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>heyw2</image:title><image:caption>HEYWOOD IS ONE HUNDRED. (1941, November 24). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 1 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 16, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64402492</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/heyw1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>heyw1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/heyw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>heyw</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-23T13:39:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/11/20/trove-tuesday-time-for-a-song/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jh1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jh1</image:title><image:caption>BYADUK. (1915, May 31). Port Fairy Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved November 14, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94725183</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jh</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-19T13:23:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/11/18/ellens-inquest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/eg1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eg1</image:title><image:caption>DEATH BY BURNING. (1882, January 27). The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Mornings. Retrieved November 17, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91455765</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/eg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eg</image:title><image:caption>DEATH BY BURNING. (1882, January 27). The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Mornings. Retrieved November 17, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91455765</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/inquest3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>inquest3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/inquest2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>inquest2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/inquest11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>inquest1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/inquest1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>inquest</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/inquest.jpg</image:loc><image:title>inquest</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-19T22:35:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/11/01/z-is-for-zero-zilch-zip/</loc><lastmod>2012-11-04T11:14:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/10/30/trove-tuesday-advertisments/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ads2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ads2</image:title><image:caption>THE TURF. (1917, May 21). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved October 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1074308</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ads7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ads7</image:title><image:caption>THE TURF. (1917, May 21). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved October 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1074308</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ads6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ads6</image:title><image:caption>THE TURF. (1917, May 21). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved October 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1074308</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ads5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ads5</image:title><image:caption>THE TURF. (1917, May 21). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved October 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1074308</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ads4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ads4</image:title><image:caption>THE TURF. (1917, May 21). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved October 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1074308</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ads3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ads3</image:title><image:caption>THE TURF. (1917, May 21). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved October 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1074308</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ads1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ads1</image:title><image:caption>THE TURF. (1917, May 21). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved October 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1074308</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ads.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ads</image:title><image:caption>THE TURF. (1917, May 21). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved October 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1074308</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-14T13:49:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/10/16/trove-tuesday-a-little-chatter-about-a-magpie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/038.jpg</image:loc><image:title>038</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/magpie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>magpie</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-16T02:03:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/29/in-the-news-july-29-1929/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eh2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eh2</image:title><image:caption>Early History. (1929, July 29). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 23, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64270110</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eh1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eh1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eh</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-30T08:12:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/17/mystery-photos/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mcbean.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mcbean</image:title><image:caption>Family Notices. (1930, March 6). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 17, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64291722</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jm6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jm6</image:title><image:caption>Established August 1842. (1896, February 28). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 17, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63634459</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/at2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>at2</image:title><image:caption>OBITUARY. (1940, February 26). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved July 17, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64395373</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/at1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>at1</image:title><image:caption>Obituary. (1937, August 5). Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), p. 3 Edition: EVENING.. Retrieved July 17, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64276614</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/at.jpg</image:loc><image:title>at</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1 001</image:title><image:caption>PHOTO 1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2 001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/unknown2-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unknown2 001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/unknown2-001-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unknown2 001 (3)</image:title><image:caption>PHOTO 1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/unknown2-001-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unknown2 001 (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-25T00:53:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2012/07/13/more-illuminating-blogger-award-excitment/</loc><lastmod>2012-07-13T01:14:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com/2011/06/24/mr-mortimers-daughters-postscript/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-25T02:04:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://westerndistrictfamilies.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2026-04-03T06:21:35+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
