Great Queenslanders
the story of George & Rachel Williams,
their ancestors and descendants


by Pam Cooper © 1998


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Great Queenslanders .......... Winner of Queensland Family History Society's Family History Award for 1998; and Highly Commended in the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies' Alexander Henderson Award, 1998 ....


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An A4 book comprising 420 pages, Great Queenslanders covers over four centuries of family and local history. The story begins in Cambridgeshire, England where the earliest event dates from 1562. It then moves to Queensland, Australia in 1874.


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English families covered include:


WILLIAMS/WILLINGS1600-1900Shudy Camps, Castle Camps, Horseheath & Weston Colville (Cam)
ASHMAN1594-1850Wood Ditton & Weston Colville (Cam)
PURKIS1700-1800Shudy Camps (Cam) & Withersfield (Sfk)
POTTER1780-1900Weston Colville & West Wratting (Cam) & Withersfield (Sfk)
MAN(S)FIELD1630-1850Weston Colville & West Wratting (Cam)
WILLIS1700-1800Brinkley & Weston Colville (Cam)
MISSEN1580-1850Weston Colville & West Wratting (Cam)
WOOLLARD1580-1850Balsham, Weston Colville & West Wratting (Cam)
CA(R)LTON1750-1850Balsham?, Bartlow?, Great Abington & Weston Colville (Cam)
ANDREWS1725-1800Duxford, Weston Colville & West Wratting (Cam)
SIMONDS/SYMONDS1600-1750Balsham, Weston Colville, West Wratting (Cam)

Great Queenslanders examines the lifestyle of these families, particularly at Weston Colville and West Wratting in Cambridgeshire. It analyses the reasons for so many families emigrating from that area and focuses on George & Rachel Williams and their young family as they set sail on the Great Queensland for a new life in Queensland, Australia.


The story includes numerous pedigree and descendant charts, 180 photos spanning more than a century, and copies of various old documents - including wills, administrations and marriage records.


Comprehensively referenced and indexed, Great Queenslanders gives an insight into the lives of ordinary families living in Cambridgeshire, England and Queensland, Australia.


Localities of significance include:

  • WESTON COLVILLE and WEST WRATTING, Cambridgeshire;


  • the Queensland centres of TIARO, MARYBOROUGH, GYMPIE, KINGAROY, WONDAI, MURGON, EIDSVOLD, NEW FARM, CHARTERS TOWERS and RAVENSWOOD;


    • and to a lesser extent:

  • BUNBURY, PARKERVILLE and PERTH in Western Australia.



    • Australian families covered include those of

  • WILLIAMS, POTTER, WEBSTER, PUGH, HARWOOD, HEATH, ELLIS, KERR, SORENSEN, HAURITZ, MICKAN, and OWBRIDGE

    • and, to a lesser extent:

  • FREEMAN, MARSH, WATERS and GILBY.



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    A limited number of soft cover editions are available at AUS $45.00 + $9.00 postage     delivery within Australia. Overseas delivery costs will be quoted on application.

    For more information, contact the author, Pam Cooper,

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