Please join us for an author chat with local author Rob Tickle at our Wauchope Library on Tuesday 10th March at 11.00am.
Rob Tickle has a BA (UNE) in archaeology, palaeoanthropology and history along with an Associate Diploma in Local and Applied History (UNE) and a postgraduate certificate in Historical Archaeology (University of Leicester). He has had a lifelong passion for history, but over the past thirty-five years, his main interest has been local history in the Hunter Valley, Hastings Valley and family history. He is a member of the Port Macquarie Historical Society, life member of Muswellbrook Shire Local & Family History Society Inc., and member of the International Golden Keys Society. For a number of years, he worked as a consulting archaeologist and historian in New South Wales and Western Australia.
Captain Robert Andrew Wauch: This book is the result of research undertaken to provide background on Robert Wauch, his family and the trials and tribulations that seemed synonymous with 18th and 19th century Europe. This story is set against major development in Scotland and NSW that had a profound impact on the fortunes of the Wauch family. This family grew up during a period when Great Britain and France were at war, and during a period of technological advances leading to the Industrial Revolution and massive changes in social structure. The book also delves into the problems of starting a new life far removed from that experienced before coming to New South Wales.
“Let me begin by expressing my admiration for Rob’s meticulous research into the details of the Wauch family over four generations and the better part of two centuries. He has recorded and referenced what is known of each individual’s life using primary and authenticated sources, and leaving no or very few stones unturned in his search for even the finest details. The book is abundantly illustrated with paintings, photographs and maps, and will serve as an excellent source of information for anyone with an interest in the family, or in the Hastings, Macleay or New England districts in which they made their lives and with which Rob has clearly become familiar.” – Tony Dawson, Port Macquarie Historical Society
