Author: margaret.hassall
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1956 Olympic Torch Relay – Jack Hassall
This story about running a leg of the 1956 Olympic Torch Relay is from the notes of John “Jack” Hassall, who carried the torch from just outside Ballarat around 5am on the morning of 22-Nov-1956. by John Hassall – known as Jack in the running club – James line – AEJAB. Selection Early in 1955 Read more
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Denbigh – a Hassall Homestead in the mid 1800s
The original homestead “Denbigh”, at Cobbitty, was built in 1818 by Charles Hook and purchased by Thomas Hassall in 1827. It evolved into a small village with its own school master, blacksmith, carpenter, brickmaker, producing wheat, sheep, vineyards, and orchards, and continues to operate as a working farm under Ian and Susan McIntosh, whose family Read more
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210th Anniversary of Duff’s Departure
LMS Sends First Missionaries 10th August 1796 From Newsletter 12 – August 2006 Lucy Marshall, an enthusiastic family historian, has sent us an “Order of Service” that was a “Triple Jubilee Souvenir” produced on the occasion of a special church service held in Wellington, New Zealand, just on sixty years ago on Sunday 28th July 1946. Read more
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The Hassall Family and the Melbourne Cup
First published: Oct 28, 2024 Written by: John Hassall [AEJABA – James line] Australia’s most famous race, the Melbourne Cup, is known as ‘the race that stops a nation’. Victorians even enjoy a public holiday on the day! Communities and workplaces all over Australia down tools and get together, often around the BBQ, to watch Read more
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Welcome to the Hassall Family History Blog
The Association, Newsletters, and Blogs The Hassall Family History Association (HFHA) fosters and disseminates research on the life and heritage of Rowland and Elizabeth Hassall and other members of the Hassall family and encourages historical research on other early settler families – particularly those with whom the Hassalls are related or with whom they share Read more