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Andrew Goodwin and Lydia Munro Family Muster October 2026: Creating Stories

Family Muster of Andrew Goodwin, convict, Scarborough 1788 and Lydia-Letitia Munro-Munroe, convict, Prince of Wales 1788, who arrived in Hobart in 1808.

29 October - 1 November 2026

| Old Wool Store Hobart

View of Hobart Town 1824
Hobart 1817
Hobart Town Van Dieman's Land 1827
Old Wool Store Hobart
1 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000

Family Muster of Andrew Goodwin, convict, Scarborough 1788 and Lydia-Letitia Munro-Munroe, convict, Prince of Wales 1788 who arrived in Hobart in 1808. The Muster is being held at the Old Wool Store Hobart. Speakers include Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart: UNE and Digital History Tasmania; Dr. Dianne Snowden: Tasmanian historian and genealogist; John Short: Historian and author of A different view of Hobart; Goodwin Family Historians Gabriela Canning: Kimbra Thomas and Michael Monaghan; Public Historian Cathy Dunn.

Showcase topics of the early history of Hobart 1804 – 1830s.; DNA research; Creating Wealth: Early Hobart Hotels and Boarding Houses; A fight for stolen Briscoe land; Historical Tasmanian Records; Creating Stories: so much more to Family History research than just BDMs records; The Munros of Scotland; Historical early Hobart Records

Other activities include visit to St David’s Cemetery Hobart and a special tour of the Tasmanian Archives and the Hobart Penitentiary.

The Muster “Creating Stories” includes the book launch of Poverty and Wretchedness: Goodwin Family in Hobart 1808–1827 along with the the Taste of Tasmania Banquet Dinner .

With family members coming from NSW, VIC, QLD, TAS, WA, ACT and NZ. Other family historians are also welcome and discover the early history of Hobart and Creating Stories.

Old Wool Store Hobart
1 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000
Listing Updated: 10 April 2026

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