Welcome aboard the Australian!


Welcome aboard the Australian.


Yes, that's the name of the boat in the photo. Are you related to the people on the boat? The chap on the left is the patriarch of our family, William Webb Wagg (abt 1826 to 8 Jan 1905). Known as Bill Webb, "old Billy Webb" or Grandpa Webb to his grandchildren, he was 76 when this photo was taken. 


On the boat are his four sons who survived to adulthood - left to right - Charles "Charlie", Albert Hayden "Hayden", William John "Bill" and Christopher Henry "Chris". 


Four of Grandpa Webb's grandchildren are in the photo - William (son of William John) on the boat and left to right on the pier are Hayden Albert (son of Albert Hayden), Claude William (son of Charles) and Mabel Zoe Glencora "May" (daughter of Christopher Henry). 


The fellow on the pier is Halway Harry Anderson - known to all as Harry Anderson. Charles and Albert Hayden married two sisters, Amy and Josephine Clancy. Harry married another of the Clancy sister, Eva Theresa.


Jack Webb Wagg (son of Albert and Josephine) had this photo amongst his treasured possessions. It was taken at the same time as a photo published in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertised on Wednesday 13 May 1903-


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