Federation of Australian Historical Societies (FAHS) Newsletter No. 53 June 2022 Abstract This article recounts a significant maritime history discovery within the historic homestead of ‘Bedervale’ at Braidwood, where a rare navigational text reveals connections between domestic collections and global seafaring networks. Through close examination of material evidence, the piece traces the life and career of Captain John Coghill and the enduring presence of his maritime past w

Federation of Australian Historical Societies (FAHS) Newsletter No. 56 October 2024 Abstract This article documents an Australian-led heritage initiative to record and preserve the East India Company Cemetery in Macau, a site that bears witness to the global networks of trade, empire, and migration in the nineteenth century. Established in the early 1800s when Macau served as a crucial base for British commercial operations in China, the cemetery contains graves of merchants,