Family, Farms and Faith: Two Strong Families and Kin launched in Berry

Robert Crawford
October 30 2019 - 3:30am
WHAT A STORY: Author Gillian Shadwick (nee Strong) with her husband Ken Olah, Gilmore MP Fiona Phillips, also a Strong family descendant and Berrys Strong family patriarch Ray Strong at the book launch.
WHAT A STORY: Author Gillian Shadwick (nee Strong) with her husband Ken Olah, Gilmore MP Fiona Phillips, also a Strong family descendant and Berrys Strong family patriarch Ray Strong at the book launch.

The journey of six Irish potato farming families who immigrated to Australia in the 1860s and 70s, and now have thousands of descendants across the country, especially in the Shoalhaven, was the focus of a new book launched in Berry recently.

Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford

Senior Journalist

Robert Crawford is a senior journalist at the South Coast Register, for Australian Community Media . Everyone's got a story, what's yours? Email robert.crawford@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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