Robert Hines was the eighth child of Eliza Barwick and Cornelius John Hines. He was born in Carcoar in March 1859 and died two weeks later. He was possibly predeceased by a sister in 1857.
I've been working on this project since 2013, although my interest in local history and my family tree began in the 1980s. One of the key features of this website is to remember the names of those who descend from Hawkesbury convict and free settler families, but also to recall their stories through newspaper articles and family stories. This website also aims to discuss their relationships with the local landscape, the ways in which villages and towns have been created. It is a work in progress! Below is an excerpt from my postgraduate thesis on institutional landscapes. I have included it to spark some questions about history and the way it is interwoven with our social and physical environments. >>> What do we gain by studying history? Firstly we gain a sense of identity, an understanding of how past events have impacted where we are today. Then we come to the realisation that there is no correct interpretation of the past as all of our experiences of it are...