From Castlebar to Leichhardt: A Carr family history

By Edwin William Carr

Why did nine brothers and sisters from a large Irish family take dangerous ocean voyages to the Australian colonies, on the other side of the globe? They came alone or in groups over 23 years and some of them were children as young as 13 or 14. Most never saw their parents or their birth country again.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Edwin Carr
• Release date: Jun 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9780645827415

Edwin William Carr

Edwin Carr lives in Hornsby, a suburb of Sydney. He uses the skills of writing and research, sharpened in the professional consulting and publishing industries, to follow his passion for family history and in writing the stories uncovered. Edwin has learned much about the lives of the ancestors, and also about the times in which they lived. Discovering the past gives an important perspective on our own life and times.

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