St. John’s Cemetery Project

Online database for St John's, Parramatta, Australia's oldest surviving European cemetery (1790), by Dr. M. A. Cameron @OldParramatta, supported by @Create_NSW.

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"THE GATEWAY TO OLD PARRAMATTA" OPENS 19 JUNE 2019 with the launch of the first essay in St John's Cemetery Project's @Create_NSW-funded collection on Old Parramattans buried at the cemetery. Free talk by @OldParramatta this Saturday too. Details: https://t.co/JctubMJ3zJ #OzHist

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@anthillis That is such lovely feedback! Thank you!

[Anthony Hillis @anthillis]

@stjohnsdatabase Wonderful! Thank you so much for this extraordinary resource, and all the time and passion behind it. Looking forward to exploring! ❤️

[St. John’s Cemetery Project @stjohnsdatabase]

@Elitism @holland_tom Yes, the use of the Batman name & image has proven highly sensitive & controversial in Australia, as discussed in this recent piece on the Batmans for @stjohnsdatabase: https://t.co/08ZiEiMlUW

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Out now: "Rogues, Rapists, Cheats, Thieves & Murderers," or a "syphilitic lesions & all" view of #TheBatmans by @oldparramatta, supported by @Create_NSW. Pictured: the #FounderofMelbourne #JohnBatman's #birthplace, Macquarie St #Parramatta. #Rogues #OzHist https://t.co/suSzhh3p5c

[David Morgan @Elitism]

@holland_tom Or they could have kept the Indigenous name, Naarm.

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Read all about #GeorgeBarrington's polite legerdemain, exquisitely artful dodging & much admired eloquence during his multiple appearances @OldBaileyOnline in "THE PRINCE OF PICKPOCKETS" by Dr Michaela Ann Cameron @OldParramatta, supported by @Create_NSW https://t.co/bhqdWbQfb2

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The #grave of Mary Cavillon & son Nicholas, St John's, #Parramatta. One arrived a #convict; the penal colony turned the other into one! Read @OldParramatta's "Homemaker, Housebreaker" & follow up with "A Hardened Villain" supported by @Create_NSW: https://t.co/xtq2YZ8Ycd #OzHist

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In February 1809, a man was tried and imprisoned for calling this guy a "rogue." So, at the risk of a law suit (😉) I offer you the latest "Rogue":
NICHOLAS BAYLY: THE ANTI-SETTLER
By @JamesHDunk, supported by @Create_NSW: https://t.co/YdxDWyl1aH

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How did this "Gentleman Rogue" manage to retain his gentlemanly status, even whilst enduring banishment beyond the seas? Find out in @historywhore's essay on D'Arcy Wentworth, supported by @Create_NSW: https://t.co/RzeDAjO8Xx

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Being chosen as a sea wife ensured Catherine Crowley survived the #SecondFleet, but she was later shunned by #Parramatta's small coterie of genteel ladies. A "damned convict whore forever." Read @historywhore's "A Convict Sea Wife" supported by @Create_NSW https://t.co/d8sSdLdMDO

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Out now: "Rogues, Rapists, Cheats, Thieves & Murderers," or a "syphilitic lesions & all" view of #TheBatmans by @oldparramatta, supported by @Create_NSW. Pictured: the #FounderofMelbourne #JohnBatman's #birthplace, Macquarie St #Parramatta. #Rogues #OzHist https://t.co/suSzhh3p5c

[St. John’s Cemetery Project @stjohnsdatabase]

@Elitism 🤣🤣🤣

[David Morgan @Elitism]

My seventh St John's Cemetery First Fleeter biography, 'John Williams: the Mayor of Reinvention', tells the story of a man transported for pickpocketing who rose to the heights of respectability as the first Mayor of Parramatta: https://t.co/4ogc0mO3GV

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@Elitism Also, the lovely people at #ParraNewsToday shared your piece earlier on their Facebook page: https://t.co/nRbeTKWXE6 😀

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#Parramatta's first Lord #Mayor was a #convict! Read all about @WoolpackHotel publican "John Williams: The Mayor of Reinvention" in @Elitism's latest essay for @stjohnsdatabase's "Rogues" mini-collection, supported by @Create_NSW #OzHist #twitterstorians https://t.co/A7yBAnGOOi

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@BoroniaDavie @OldParramatta @Create_NSW @JamesHDunk @Historywhore @Elitism I should clarify, the collection is published online, & totally free to access.

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"Rogues," a new collection of morally bankrupt or straight-up paradoxical Parramattans, edited by @OldParramatta, supported by @Create_NSW, & featuring new work from @OldParramatta, @JamesHDunk, @Historywhore & @Elitism! https://t.co/xtq2YZ8Ycd #OzHist #twitterstorians #rogues

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@BoroniaDavie @OldParramatta @Create_NSW @JamesHDunk @Historywhore @Elitism At the link in the tweet. Today, only one essay is accessible from that page. I’ll be releasing essays individually over the coming days, & tweeting about each one.

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"GUNS 'N' TUBEROSES" tells the tale of the Hollands, publicans of The Star Inn, Church Street, #Parramatta. Ex-con Jack Holland was a nature lover with a fondness for flowers, but let's just say, he was definitely not a cat person! Read on: https://t.co/u2pmisaTin #OzHist #Rogues