Maurice-Robinson Family

Preserving Family History, Sharing Personal Interests

Sydney, NSW, 2000 Australia

Family History is the sum of many individuals and events. When we know about the lives of our forebears we can better understand where we came from and who we are today. These are stories of two families which came together through the marriage of Daniel Maurice and Margaret Robinson in 1974.

As well Daniel and Margaret would like to share their interests in photography and art.

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The Sam Family of Wyalong: Where does it fit in?

January 25, 2014 / Daniel Maurice

Photograph of William Flood Sam attached to his identity documents when he travelled to China in 1915. Courtesy National Archives of Australia — Photograph of William Flood Sam attached to his identity documents when he travelled to China in 1915. Courtesy
National Archives of Australia

At the same time as Margaret Robinson's great-grandmother, Martha Sam (born Conway) and her husband Harry, were establishing themselves in Forbes, NSW another family with the same name, a story remarkably similar to them and yet apparently unconnected to the Forbes Sams was living at West Wyalong, less than 100 km (60 miles) away.

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The Conways of the Wyalong Gold Rush

January 19, 2014 / Daniel Maurice

Vera Conway (1864-1924) is Margaret Robinson's connection to the glory days of the central western NSW town of Wyalong in the late 19th century when it was (briefly) the centre of a major gold field. But there is also mystery surrounding if and how Vera might be related to the other Conway branch in Margaret's family tree.

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