Murray (Twoey) HUTCHISON had many great stories to tell, before he died (1998). His daughter Jenni recorded some of his words, along with his brother Geoff & sister Esme, recording Hutchison family History.
He had a camera, back in the day when not many folk owned one, which gives us a glimpse into ‘how it was then’, from the early settlers arriving to Van Diemen’s Land from their Scottish Murray Clan. These kept diaries, including Gov. Macquarie’s record of his first visit to VanDiemen Land.
Jenni also recorded her mother Diana (Pike) Hutchison’s stories with her family. The Pike brothers, ‘Adventures at Sea’, and their parents stories.
Jenni named her collection ‘The BAYSIDERS’ (BC) ‘before computers’; with her own story (volumes 3 & 4) ‘How it was growing up in St.Helens’, ‘After High School’ and ‘My Life in a Sketch Book’.
Volumes 5,6 ++ showcase Tasmanian places.
More about Baysiders:
The Baysiders (1)
Tales of the Sea
Twoey Hutchison & the Pike brothers: (oral history)
How it was ‘in those days’, crayfishing, boat building,
Written by Jenni Hutchison
Front cover, painting by Diana Hutchison
Then and Now: St.Helens, Tasmania.
The Baysiders (2)
It all started in a wooden boat
A Tasmanian Family Story; How we came to be here from 1822 with early arrivals to Van Diemen’s Land the Hutchison/Murray family describe how it was back then;
1900’s growing up in Longford, Tasmania, and life beyond.(my father’s story) by Murray Hutchison, his brother Geoff and sister Esme who collected so much family history for us.
Their parents, Arthur+Myra (Murray) Hutchison their grandparents + ancestors (my mother’s story)
Written byJenni Hutchison and family.
Front cover, painting by Jenni Hutchison
Tall Ships: ‘Lenna’, ‘Defender’ , Enterprise’, Bayview Hotel, St.Helens, Tas
The Baysiders (3)
How it was back then, growing up in small seaside village
Volume 3 covers the author’s own story (Before Computers)
Written byJenni Hutchison
Front cover, painting by Jenni Hutchison
St.Helens, Tas