Category: Family Stories

  • 1956 Olympic Torch Relay – Jack Hassall

    1956 Olympic Torch Relay – Jack Hassall

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    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

  • 210th Anniversary of Duff’s Departure

    210th Anniversary of Duff’s Departure

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    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

  • The Hassall Family and the Melbourne Cup

    The Hassall Family and the Melbourne Cup

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    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