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ABC podcast: Who Counts? A history of the census

ABC Radio's Rear Vision program examines the history of the census in Australia, Great Britain and the United States of America.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rearvision/stories/2011/3279033.htm

Guests include:

• Beth Wright - Historian of the Australian Census. Worked for the Australian Bureau of Statistics for many years
• Edward Higgs - Historian of the British Census. Professor of History, University of Essex
• Margo Anderson - Historian of the US Census. Prof of History and Urban Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Was your ancestor in the Queensland Parliament?

"The Queensland Parliament’s Re-Member project is a fully searchable online database of biographical information on the parliament’s first members. The database will be updated to ultimately present information on all former members of the Queensland Parliament."

http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/historical/formermembers/

Did you know that some early members had convict backgrounds?

They include:

• Patrick O'Sullivan (1818-1904) - MLA
• Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823-1905) - MLA and MLC
• William Henry Groom (1833-1901) - MLA and Speaker

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