All our tracks and ways - available now!
All our tracks and ways - available now!
Jim Fleming writes about the history of the Fleming, Jolliffe, Kessey and Murphy families of New South Wales, including their forebears.
In November 2024 he published the acclaimed All Our Tracks and Ways. The book provides a history of a pioneering Bourke family headed by James Reed and Frances Heazle, a devoted, resilient and resourceful couple whose lives of initiative and enterprise helped to forge a better future for their ten adult children and eighty-nine grandchildren. It details the struggles and successes of ordinary people from rural England and Ireland throughout the nineteenth century and their Australian offspring. The background to their lives features the Napoleonic war, the Aboriginal Wars, the development of democracy in NSW and the experience of women on the Australian frontier.
Presented as an heirloom-quality hardback, the book has appeal for descendants, the Bourke community and readers of Australian history. It comprises 612 pages that include 51 photographs, 19 illustrations, 11 maps, 3 descendant charts, detailed family group sheets and an appendix on Bourke hotels. Click the image at left to open his other, book-focussed website for full details about the book.
Latest blog posts
Links to my last few stories and research findings are provided below. For earlier blogs, click on the Blog menu item (or click here).
10/7/2023 - Discovered! Maryn Lahy's fate - About Mary Scott nee Lahy
19/10/2022 StoryFrances Reedpioneer of Bourke
28/7/2022 Solved!The mystery of William Baker's arrival in Australia
10/7/2022 StoryAlfred Ernest Whye was one of the first Aboriginal servicemen
8/7/2022 CorrectionJames Murphy did not die in 1914 and is not buried in Bourke
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- James Michael Fleming
- Reginald Bruce Fleming (b. 7 Sep 1929, d. 15 Aug 2016)
- Reginald Angus Fleming (b. 11 Sep 1908, d. 22 May 1984)
- Charles Taylor Fleming (b. 27 Dec 1878, d. 24 May 1937)
- Charles Fleming (b. 17 Feb 1854, d. 17 Aug 1928)
- Angus Fleming (b. 11 Jul 1831, d. bef 18 Jul 1884)
- Angus Fleming (b. 14 Jun 1800, d. 30 Apr 1837)
- James Fleming (b. 5 Jan 1761)
- Robert Fleming (b. ca. 1730)
- John Fleming (b. 1685)
- Mary Millar (b. ca. 1690, d. ca. 1740)
- Janet Hamilton (b. ca. 1730)
- Robert Fleming (b. ca. 1730)
- Mary Sinclair (b. 24 Feb 1764)
- Angus Sinclair (b. ca. 1730)
- Janet, wife of Angus Sinclair (b. ca. 1731)
- James Fleming (b. 5 Jan 1761)
- Margaret Lawson (b. 8 Feb 1799)
- William Lawson (b. ca. 1770)
- Jean Alexander (b. ca. 1771)
- Angus Fleming (b. 14 Jun 1800, d. 30 Apr 1837)
- Elizabeth Taylor (b. abt 1831, d. 12 Feb 1881)
- Charles Taylor (b. 29 Jun 1809, d. 7 May 1877)
- Alexander Taylor (b. 20 Dec 1780, d. 21 May 1859)
- Charles Taylor (b. ca. 1740)
- Mary Reid (b. ca. 1741)
- Isabella ("Elizabeth") Burns (b. ca. 1778, d. bet 6 Jun 1841 and 7 May 1877)
- Alexander Taylor (b. 20 Dec 1780, d. 21 May 1859)
- Jane Robertson (b. ca. 1813, d. 1 Jan 1896)
- Matthew Robertson (b. ca. 1780)
- Elizabeth Dale (b. ca. 1782)
- Charles Taylor (b. 29 Jun 1809, d. 7 May 1877)
- Angus Fleming (b. 11 Jul 1831, d. bef 18 Jul 1884)
- Margaret Scott Ballantyne (b. 6 Jan 1855, d. 23 Nov 1930)
- Thomas Ballantyne (b. 26 Jul 1826, d. 27 Mar 1873)
- Thomas Ballantyne (b. 2 May 1799, d. 14 Sep 1887)
- Thomas Ballantyne (b. ca. 1770, d. bef 1851)
- Jean Park (b. 9 Jul 1772, d. 21 Nov 1867)
- Peter Park (b. 1 Dec 1743)
- Peter Park (b. ca. 1700)
- Agnes McClean (b. ca. 1700)
- Janet Hamilton (b. ca. 1750)
- Peter Park (b. 1 Dec 1743)
- Margaret Scott (b. 1 Apr 1803, d. 27 Jan 1887)
- William Scott (b. ca. 1769, d. 15 Apr 1847)
- Margaret Craig (b. ca. 1776, d. bef 7 Apr 1861)
- Thomas Ballantyne (b. 2 May 1799, d. 14 Sep 1887)
- Christina Ballantyne (b. Aug 1826, d. 8 Mar 1867)
- William Ballantyne (b. 8 Jun 1789, d. 6 Mar 1842)
- Andrew Ballantyne (b. ca. 1760, d. aft 1795)
- Isabella Young (b. ca. 1760, d. aft 1795)
- Christina Dow (b. ca. 1801, d. 21 Apr 1877)
- James Dow (b. ca. 1768, d. 15 Apr 1856)
- William Dow (b. ca. 1740)
- Catherine Johnston (b. ca. 1742)
- Helen Frame (b. 18 Nov 1767, d. 23 Sep 1852)
- John Frame (b. ca. 1740)
- James Dow (b. ca. 1768, d. 15 Apr 1856)
- William Ballantyne (b. 8 Jun 1789, d. 6 Mar 1842)
- Thomas Ballantyne (b. 26 Jul 1826, d. 27 Mar 1873)
- Charles Fleming (b. 17 Feb 1854, d. 17 Aug 1928)
- Ada Grace Flowerdew (b. 21 Oct 1881, d. abt 1952)
- John James Flowerdew (b. 20 Sep 1846, d. 6 Aug 1910)
- Benjamin Flowerdew (d. aft 1870)
- William Flowerday (b. say 1786)
- James Flowerdew (d. 1836)
- William Flowerdew (d. aft 20 Jan 1798)
- William Flowerdew (b. 1688, d. 1753)
- John Flowerdew (b. bet 1660 and 1670)
- Sarah ? (b. bet 1660 and 1670)
- Elizabeth ? (b. bet 1680 and 1690)
- William Flowerdew (b. 1688, d. 1753)
- Sarah Hasleton (b. say 1718, d. 1797)
- John Hasleton (b. bet 1680 and 1690)
- Esther Brierton (b. bet 1680 and 1690)
- William Flowerdew (d. aft 20 Jan 1798)
- Elizabeth Tooly (b. bet 1755 and 1765, d. 1834)
- James Flowerdew (d. 1836)
- Elizabeth Woolston (b. bet 1780 and 1790, d. 1822)
- Benjamin Woolstone (b. bet 1750 and 1760)
- Mary ? (b. bet 1750 and 1765)
- William Flowerday (b. say 1786)
- Elizabeth Tubby (b. abt 1813, d. Aug 1848)
- Benjamin Flowerdew (d. aft 1870)
- Grace House (b. 12 Aug 1845, d. 6 Oct 1900)
- John House (b. Jan 1807, d. 12 Dec 1888)
- James House (d. bef 1856)
- Martha (d. bef 1856)
- Mary Hooper (b. abt 1808, d. 2 Apr 1875)
- William Hooper (d. bef 1856)
- Grace Lloyd (b. abt 1785, d. bef 1856)
- John House (b. Jan 1807, d. 12 Dec 1888)
- John James Flowerdew (b. 20 Sep 1846, d. 6 Aug 1910)
- Charles Taylor Fleming (b. 27 Dec 1878, d. 24 May 1937)
- Stella Jolliffe (b. 1 May 1910)
- James Jolliffe (b. 1 Jan 1883, d. 4 Jan 1969)
- James Jolliffe (b. abt 1849, d. 22 Jun 1936)
- Thomas Jolliffe, 2 (b. 28 Apr 1810, d. 21 Nov 1867)
- James Jolliffe (b. abt 1774, d. 20 May 1853)
- Thomas J Jolliffe (b. abt 1737)
- Mary Thresher (b. abt 1738)
- Anna Baker (b. abt 1780, d. bef 1841)
- James Jolliffe (b. abt 1774, d. 20 May 1853)
- Elizabeth Curry Shepherd (b. 17 Jun 1810, d. 26 Dec 1894)
- Jeremiah Curry (b. abt 1788)
- Susanna Shepherd (b. bef 9 Jul 1786, d. aft 1857)
- Thomas Shepherd (d. Apr 1840)
- Martin Shepherd, 2 (b. 24 Aug 1703)
- Martin Shepherd (b. abt 1679)
- Jone (b. abt 1680)
- Joan (b. abt 1710)
- Martin Shepherd, 2 (b. 24 Aug 1703)
- Ann Talbot (b. abt 1756, d. Apr 1837)
- Thomas Shepherd (d. Apr 1840)
- Thomas Jolliffe, 2 (b. 28 Apr 1810, d. 21 Nov 1867)
- Susannah Waples (b. 4 May 1855, d. 30 Jul 1927)
- George Waples (b. 1807, d. 27 Feb 1884)
- William Walpole
- Elizabeth Haseldine (b. ca. 1780)
- Amelia Carlisle (b. 29 Jan 1813, d. 2 Jun 1876)
- William Carlisle (b. abt 1782, d. 27 Jul 1852)
- William Carlisle (b. abt 1765)
- Mary Ann Gordon (b. 24 Nov 1792, d. Feb 1813)
- Thomas Gordon (b. abt 1765, d. Apr 1851)
- Alice Smith (b. abt 1770, d. abt 1806)
- William Carlisle (b. abt 1782, d. 27 Jul 1852)
- George Waples (b. 1807, d. 27 Feb 1884)
- James Jolliffe (b. abt 1849, d. 22 Jun 1936)
- Amy Laura Emily Gardner (b. 12 Mar 1892, d. 23 Sep 1952)
- Attwood Charles Gardner (b. 24 Dec 1862, d. 1 May 1937)
- George Gardner (b. 4 Sep 1813, d. 25 Sep 1890)
- James Gardner (b. ca. 1790)
- Ann ?, wife of James Gardner (b. ca. 1790)
- Mary Grime (b. 4 Jun 1829, d. 14 Nov 1911)
- James Grime, The Younger (b. 5 Oct 1796, d. 1 Mar 1869)
- James Grime, The Older (b. 1759, d. 10 Sep 1831)
- John Grime (b. 10 Sep 1727, d. 4 Jul 1777)
- Joshua Grime (b. 2 Mar 1683, d. 23 Jan 1768)
- Joseph Grime (b. 1660)
- Elizabeth Duckworth (b. 1660, d. 10 Jul 1700)
- Jenet Howorth (b. 1700, d. 28 Jan 1767)
- Joshua Grime (b. 2 Mar 1683, d. 23 Jan 1768)
- Alice Haworth (b. Nov 1732, d. 15 Feb 1816)
- John Haworth (b. 1700, d. 9 Apr 1750)
- Mary, wife of John Haworth (b. 1700)
- John Grime (b. 10 Sep 1727, d. 4 Jul 1777)
- Betty Entwistle (b. Mar 1764, d. 15 Jan 1831)
- William Entwistle (b. 1 May 1743, d. 27 Mar 1827)
- William Entwistle (b. 22 Jun 1704, d. 19 Apr 1767)
- William Entwistle (b. Oct 1670, d. 9 Apr 1719)
- William Entwistle (b. ca. 1640, d. 7 Apr 1701)
- Ellin Greenhalgh (b. ca. 1640, d. 1 Aug 1678)
- Katherin Entwistle (b. May 1677, d. 15 Dec 1758)
- Richard Entwistle (b. ca. 1650)
- William Entwistle (b. Oct 1670, d. 9 Apr 1719)
- Sarah Knowles (b. ca. 1714, d. 20 Apr 1791)
- William Entwistle (b. 22 Jun 1704, d. 19 Apr 1767)
- Alice Haslam (b. 1740, d. 6 Feb 1791)
- William Entwistle (b. 1 May 1743, d. 27 Mar 1827)
- James Grime, The Older (b. 1759, d. 10 Sep 1831)
- Catherine Long (b. 1801, d. 9 Jan 1871)
- James Grime, The Younger (b. 5 Oct 1796, d. 1 Mar 1869)
- George Gardner (b. 4 Sep 1813, d. 25 Sep 1890)
- Frances ("Granny Gardner") Kemp (b. 7 Jul 1859, d. 10 May 1943)
- William Isaac Kemp (b. abt 1826, d. 29 Apr 1897)
- Isaac Kemp (b. 16 May 1796, d. 11 Apr 1857)
- Laurance Kempe (b. 27 Oct 1751, d. 17 Jul 1803)
- Henry Kemp (d. 20 Jul 1788)
- Laurence Kemp (b. 26 Aug 1681, d. 12 Jan 1756)
- Bridget, wife of Laurence Kemp (b. abt 1681)
- Dina Spice (b. abt 1722, d. 10 Jul 1804)
- Henry Kemp (d. 20 Jul 1788)
- Elizabeth Lavender (b. abt 1751, d. abt 8 Jan 1833)
- Laurance Kempe (b. 27 Oct 1751, d. 17 Jul 1803)
- Mary Mowgee
- Isaac Kemp (b. 16 May 1796, d. 11 Apr 1857)
- Emma Mary ("Granny Kemp") Elliott (b. 17 Oct 1837, d. 12 Dec 1931)
- George Elliott (b. abt 1802, d. 25 Oct 1838)
- Frances ("Granny Elliott") Gibson (b. abt 1806, d. 12 Jan 1870)
- James Gibson (b. abt 1784)
- Elizabeth Knapp, or Nepp (b. abt 1784)
- William Isaac Kemp (b. abt 1826, d. 29 Apr 1897)
- Attwood Charles Gardner (b. 24 Dec 1862, d. 1 May 1937)
- James Jolliffe (b. 1 Jan 1883, d. 4 Jan 1969)
- Reginald Angus Fleming (b. 11 Sep 1908, d. 22 May 1984)
- Halvene Therese Kessey (b. 6 Feb 1934, d. 6 Oct 2005)
- Halvar Roy Kessey (b. 1 Apr 1905, d. 11 Dec 1981)
- James Kessey (b. 18 Jun 1858, d. 14 Aug 1944)
- John Kessey (b. 1836, d. 18 Mar 1902)
- Thomas Cassey (b. 23 Mar 1794, d. 22 Jul 1882)
- Michael Cassey (b. abt 1771)
- Mary (b. abt 1771)
- Judith Grady (b. 1815, d. 1 Feb 1883)
- Patrick Grady (b. 1788, d. 16 Jan 1866)
- Margaret Whalan (b. 1785, d. 4 Jun 1857)
- Thomas Cassey (b. 23 Mar 1794, d. 22 Jul 1882)
- Mary Ann Hanrahan (b. Aug 1828, d. 16 Aug 1907)
- Patrick Hanrahan, the Elder (b. 1784, d. 30 Nov 1858)
- Catherine Hogan (b. 1807, d. 19 Sep 1865)
- Philip Hogan (b. 1766, d. 22 May 1829)
- Mary McMahon (b. 1777, d. 7 Sep 1859)
- Dennis McMahon (b. 1750)
- John Kessey (b. 1836, d. 18 Mar 1902)
- Mary Jane Press (b. 24 Oct 1867, d. 5 Mar 1951)
- David Press (b. abt 1837, d. 31 Aug 1918)
- Daniel Press (b. 1790, d. bef 24 May 1880)
- John Press (d. bef 1849)
- Hannah (d. bef 1849)
- Ethelinda Staid (b. 1809, d. 24 May 1880)
- Daniel Press (b. 1790, d. bef 24 May 1880)
- Susannah Baker (b. abt 1848, d. 14 Oct 1907)
- William Baker (b. abt 1805, d. 25 Jan 1882)
- Samuel Baker (b. ca. 1741, d. 5 Dec 1815)
- Elizabeth Chorley (b. 1779, d. bef 1861)
- Eliza Connors (b. abt 1808, d. 29 Jan 1876)
- William Baker (b. abt 1805, d. 25 Jan 1882)
- David Press (b. abt 1837, d. 31 Aug 1918)
- James Kessey (b. 18 Jun 1858, d. 14 Aug 1944)
- Ena Ruby Murphy (b. 6 Sep 1908, d. 16 Oct 1995)
- George Charles Reed Murphy (b. 24 Dec 1880, d. 11 Dec 1949)
- James Murphy (b. Nov 1843, d. 5 Nov 1919)
- John Murphy (b. 1819, d. 31 Jul 1894)
- Jeremiah ("Darby") Murphy (b. ca. 1790, d. bef 1853)
- Johannah (b. ca. 1795, d. aft 1853)
- Mary Shea (b. 1821, d. 22 Jun 1904)
- Denis Shea (b. abt 1797, d. 27 Mar 1858)
- Daniel Shea (b. ca. 1770)
- Honora Barrett (b. ca. 1771)
- Mary Horgan (b. ca. 1795, d. Aug 1855)
- Daniel Horgan (b. ca. 1760, d. bef 1849)
- Grace (b. ca. 1765, d. bef 1849)
- Denis Shea (b. abt 1797, d. 27 Mar 1858)
- John Murphy (b. 1819, d. 31 Jul 1894)
- Prudence Reed (b. 3 Jul 1846, d. 29 Oct 1940)
- Private James Reed, 80th Regiment of Foot (b. 14 Dec 1808, d. 30 Jan 1898)
- Thomas Reed (b. Aug 1765, d. 17 Feb 1853)
- William Reed (b. ca. 1745, d. 7 Jan 1786)
- Sarah Martin (b. ca. 1745, d. 16 Aug 1802)
- Elizabeth Sutton (b. ca. 1767, d. 1 Apr 1809)
- Thomas Reed (b. Aug 1765, d. 17 Feb 1853)
- Frances Heazle (b. 1812, d. 5 Apr 1895)
- Sergeant Benjamin Heazle (b. ca. 1792, d. 28 Dec 1850)
- Elizabeth Wilson
- Private James Reed, 80th Regiment of Foot (b. 14 Dec 1808, d. 30 Jan 1898)
- James Murphy (b. Nov 1843, d. 5 Nov 1919)
- Ellen Ruby Bowen (b. 16 Sep 1882, d. 14 Apr 1912)
- John Henry Bowen (b. 23 Jun 1853, d. 8 Jan 1902)
- Martin Bohen (b. Nov 1819, d. 22 Jul 1891)
- Cornelius ("John") Bowe (b. abt 1795, d. abt 1828)
- Mary ("Granny Scott") Lahy (b. Mar 1793, d. 27 Jan 1884)
- Martin Lahy (b. ca. 1760)
- Bridget Kain (b. ca. 1761)
- Elizabeth Seage (b. 1834, d. 5 Jun 1910)
- Martin Bohen (b. Nov 1819, d. 22 Jul 1891)
- Alice Clarkson Poulton (b. 23 Mar 1860, d. 27 Nov 1927)
- John Poulton (b. 26 Mar 1830, d. 5 Sep 1887)
- John Robert Poulton (b. 6 Apr 1785, d. ca. 1834)
- John Poulton (b. ca. 1760)
- Margaret Hodson (b. ca. 1760)
- Elizabeth Green (b. 1787, d. 30 Jan 1855)
- John Robert Poulton (b. 6 Apr 1785, d. ca. 1834)
- Elizabeth Clarkson (b. 1834, d. aft 1883)
- Robert Clarkson (b. 28 Dec 1809, d. 9 Oct 1881)
- Thomas Clarkson (b. ca. 1786)
- Ann Leeming (b. 1 May 1782)
- John Leeming (b. 1755, d. 9 May 1808)
- Isabel Dewhurst (b. 1755)
- Alice Singleton (b. ca. 1814, d. 9 Jul 1850)
- Robert Clarkson (b. 28 Dec 1809, d. 9 Oct 1881)
- John Poulton (b. 26 Mar 1830, d. 5 Sep 1887)
- John Henry Bowen (b. 23 Jun 1853, d. 8 Jan 1902)
- George Charles Reed Murphy (b. 24 Dec 1880, d. 11 Dec 1949)
- Halvar Roy Kessey (b. 1 Apr 1905, d. 11 Dec 1981)
- Reginald Bruce Fleming (b. 7 Sep 1929, d. 15 Aug 2016)