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CHANGE OF PRESENTER...JANE WINIFRED OATEN

Janeth Deen OAM is unable to present her talk on Wednesday 19 November due to ill health. QFHS member Chris Schuetz will give a presentation in her place.

THIS EVENT WILL BE HYBRID, I.E. AT THE RESEARCH CENTRE AND BY ZOOM.

A Zoom link will be sent to registered attendees the night before the meeting.

Chris Schuetz has kindly stepped up with a new Presenting... topic, a story of a courageous Queenslander and a different mosque in Australia.

In 1892 little Winifred Oaten boarded a ship with her parents bound for Queensland.  Her mother could not face the voyage, but Winifred continued with her father to land that turned out to be infested with prickly pear.

After a bad first husband she married an Afghan camel driver who really cared for her, and ended up going to Mecca. 

Welsh ancestors?
Dip your toe into researching in Wales!

Join Char Sale, Carolyn Grimward, and other members of the Welsh Interest Group for an engaging overview of researching family history in Wales.

Enjoy some authentic Welsh treats — Welsh cakes and bara brith (traditional fruit loaf) — while learning about both the easy wins and the more challenging aspects of tracing your Welsh ancestors.

Discover the wealth of Welsh resources available at the QFHS Research Centre and online — you might be surprised how much there is to explore!

📅 When: 16 November 2025 from 10 am to 1 pm – with research continuing into the afternoon

📍 Where: QFHS Research Centre, 46 Delaware Street, Chermside

💌 Have a Welsh research puzzle? Send your challenges beforehand to welsh@qfhs.org.au

✉️ Register your interest by emailing welsh@qfhs.org.au

Come along, share your enthusiasm, and uncover your Welsh roots!

Did you know?

The quarterly increment of names extracted from the Queensland Family Historian has just been added to our web site with 70 new names.

This brings the total to 17,806 in this dataset. Search here.