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The Black Sheep

The Black Sheep is the combined journal of the East Gippsland Family History Group Inc. and The East Gippsland Historical Society Inc. and is produced on a quarterly basis, which incorporates articles and information of interest on East Gippsland History. Publications now available:


Edition No. 104:

  • John Flynn at Bulumwaal. Another case of photographic deja vu 
  • Barnsdale, Bairnsdale or Bernisdale: what's in a name? 
  • Pigs on the Cann 
  • Are you a Genealogist or Family Historian? 

Edition No. 105:

  • Bairnsdale Delights All, the home of sport and beauty 
  • Old Hobart Town Model Village, 1820s Hobart in miniature 
  • The Crown Hotel, Wy Yung 

Edition No. 106:

  • The Discovery of Pairie Island, Gippsland Lakes 
  • And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray: Petitions of Gippsland 
  • The 1891 Bruce Auction