The Hidden Thread: Huguenot Families Australia

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The Hidden Thread: Huguenot Families Australia is the 2010 paperback that family-history hunters and Australian-history buffs keep on their “must-own” shelf. In 262 tightly-written pages, historian Robert Nash traces the fugitive strand that links more than 200 years of refugee French Protestants to modern-day Australia, naming ships, farms, churches and businesses that still carry Huguenot fingerprints. Because the Huguenot Society of Australia Inc. printed only a small members-only run, clean, unmarked copies in very-good condition now trade among collectors and genealogists for many times the original cover price.

What makes this copy especially appealing is its state: tight, square binding, crisp un-dog-eared pages and absolutely no prior owner marks—just a light bump at the spine head from careful bookshelf storage. For anyone compiling a family tree, the book functions as a ready-reference, mapping surname variants, parish transits via London, and colonial land grants in New South Wales and South Australia. Teachers and home-schooling parents also value the clear, young-adult-friendly narrative for classroom units on migration, perseverance and inter-generational memory.

Unlike general histories, The Hidden Thread is packed with first-person letters, shipping lists and photographs never digitised, so even seasoned researchers discover fresh leads. Owning a physical copy guarantees instant access to these out-of-print records while supporting the continuing preservation work of the Huguenot Society of Australia.

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