Carmel Beattie and Gayle Albert connecting up with the

                                         Drysdale network at Kerry's place in September 2018. We                                                                   had a great time together exchanging stories about our families

                                         and shared ancestry!

                                       

                                          Drysdale Family day 2018 at Shannon and Suzie's Home Brisbane

Back row L to R: Taz, Mark, Jarad, Bryce, Ava and Tamara, Benjamin, Kym with Bethany in front, Ron, Levi in arms of Joel with Andi in front, Josiah, Matthias, Grant, Anjie, Glenys, Darryl, Denise, Dennis, Liam (red shirt)

Middle row L: Elle, Sarah, Renae, Susie with Albie, Holy with Shannon, Gayle, Isabel, Michael with Hannah, Jacqui with Katie, David, Maddo, Bernhard, Harrison, Tamara with Sophia, Brad, Graham, Anne

Front row L to R: Denver, Sophia, Arden, Travis, Jordan, Isla, Lily, Gabrielle with Luca, Cherith with Micah and Jai, Gregg, Bec with Tudi, Lisa with Harley and Kayu, Kirra, Matt   64

Photos from Gayle Albert, Brisbane  (William Drysdale family)

Doug Drysdale RHS WWII

Doug Drysdale 6th from the left third row Wiston SS 1928

Ron and Doug Drysdale

Annie Drysdale

Annie Drysdale rhs, Woody Point

William Drysdale on WWI Memorial, Beaudesert

Beaudesert WWI Memorial

                                         John Drysdale and family: John and Annie front

                                         William, Amy and Stanley (right) circa 1900? Possibly

                                         in Beaudesert, QLD.

John Drysdale and the Tooloom gold fields.

Urbenville, originally known as Tooloom.  John Drysdale had a gold mining lease here in1860S

Tooloom Creek, Paddy's Flat, site of the gold rush that began in the 1850s.  John Drysdale was also in a partnership selling goods on the gold fields.  Much of the Tooloom gold was send to Ipswich or Brisbane banks.

Bizarre WWII anti tank traps to protect the south form the Japanese! (Maybe they stopped a few cattle...)

Kerry Drysdale down stream from the original mining town Tooloom Creek on the road from Urbenville.

Congratulations Kerry on starting this blog and for the invitation. Courtesy of the Family History (State Library of Queensland) my earliest find on Andrew Drysdale is as 2nd Mate on the Convict Transport 'Lord Melville' sailing from Batavia to England 23 Apr 1817.

Me outside the Royal Mail Hotel, Goodna.  Still going strong after 170 years! Andrew Cafe showed me around. It's now a very popular Blues venue.  Worth a visit and a cold beer!