Got 5 family claim to fames:
1. mother's side were chronometer makers, and apparently those chronometers were on the First Fleet or with Cook (cannot remember which now!)
2. Mother's side again: violinist for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in the 1930's
3. AGAIN mother's side: one of the first female journalists in Australia (cannot remember her name)
4. Mother's side (getting a picture?
) - family name Hunsley - one of the founders of Hobart and surrounds
5. Father's side: sent to Australia as P.O.M.E/convict, for stealing lead from a church guttering and downpipes
My mother did always say from day one her side had been whipping his side...