Like most Australians, we are of immigrant stock. Tracing the history of our immigrant families is a fascinating and at times difficult task, very much like putting together a jigsaw puzzle.   Inevitably we all meet a brick wall and it may be years before we find a way around it, over it or through it. 
Yet, for all that, it is a labour of love and a gift to our children.  
For without our past we have no future.  To understand where we have come from is to know where we are going.
 

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Within these pages is our family history.  Some of our ancestors are early immigrants and others, including myself, are 20th century new arrivals.  

This is our story... from first arrival to fourth generation Aussie.  The first recorded arrival in Australia of an ancestor of those folk in our family who now bear the surnames of Ambler or Sutton was in 1835, when Edmund (Ned) Collins arrived by ship from Portsmouth, a convict, transported for 14 years for Highway Robber.  The latest arrival was myself, in June, 1958.

We have come from strong and often reckless stock, - from Scotland, England, Ireland and France.

Our history spans that of Australian history from the early 1830's to the present.  It is a living history to which we add, day by day, as we live in the lucky country.

 
 
 

Here's a look at some of the photographs of our family history:

Click on any of the thumbnails to view a gallery slideshow.   

 
 
 
 

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