Kerry Drysdale at the Dryfe River Scotland 1989

Drysdale/Perry Family grave South Brisbane Cemetery

 

William Drysdale Memorial Dumbarton

Dumbarton Castle, Scotland.
Did Andrew Drysdale come from the old sea port of Dumbarton in Scotland?

Meghan Drysdale and Kerry Drysdale 

Christmas family get together Brisbane 2015.
Kerry Drysdale, Hanna Reugebrink, Dom Drysdale, Maureen Walsh, Rohan Drysdale

Royal Mail Hotel Goodna, Qld (circa 1890).
John Drysdale left the family home in the Rocks in Sydney in the 1850s to start a new life in Queensland, which had recently become an open colony to non convicts and settlers.  John's son John was born in the hotel and carried on the family tradition of hotel keepers into the 1930s. At the time Goodna was an important port carrying passengers and cargo along the Bremer River between Brisbane and the new settlement in Ipswich.

Welcome to the Drysdale Family in Australia Blog!  This Blog is dedicated to the memory of Captain Andrew and Rachel Drysdale who settled in Sydney in 1823, and their descendants who are now spread around Australia and beyond.  All descendants are welcome to add to the blog so that over time a more complete story of our family in Australia can be written!

So please add your stories, pictures and comments or contact me, Kerry Drysdale at drywalsh@optusnet.com.au, My family and I live in Brisbane.  It would be wonderful if each branch of the family had their own Blog or at least a page or two on this one!  All the best with your family research. Kerry