You’re Australian, and your last name is __. You may have a story to tell about how you got it or what it means to you. This blog post contains 8 stories from Australian people with various last names that are worth reading right now!
This blog post contains stories about people with the last names: __, __, and __.
Last Name 01: Smith
“Australia was a British colony for over 200 years before our national anthem ‘Advance Australia Fair’ was composed.” The song’s words were penned by Victorian poet Peter Dodds McCormick under instruction from the Irish-born Australian composer John Joseph Woods in 1878 to celebrate Victoria’s centenary of settlement. “Woods took as his theme ‘the grandeur of this wide land’ – writing that Australians should be ‘proud of an Empire o’er span so free,'” says Macquarie University historian Dr Evelyn Berckmans on her website.”
Last Name 02: Jones
“It seems the Australian “Joneses” have been migrating to America for some time. The surname arrived in Virginia with English immigrants Thomas and Sarah Jones, who settled near Yorktown in 1621.” -The National Archives of England and Wales
Last Name 03: Johnson; Williams; Smithson; Robertson (all different last names)
All these people share this same story about their work ethic that is worth reading right now! They all had a positive outlook on life and when they would start working they would always be friendly. Anne Boleyn was even quoted saying, “I will give you what I never gave any woman before a husband’s love.” Anne Boleyn -Last Name 04: Brown “A study of a sample population in Scotland revealed that the surname is not uncommon. As many as 18% of individuals with this last name have relatives who have emigrated to Australia.” “Browns are thought to be descended from one Adam de Brone, an English mercenary soldier known for his service during the Anglo-Scottish Wars and then on behalf of James II against England.” -Oxford University Press Encyclopedia Britannica Online Edition. -Last Name #05: Smithson; Williams; Johnson (all different last names) All these people share this same story about their work ethic that is worth reading right now! They all
