The authors (descendants of aforesaid Bath families) make a point of noting that the Civil War was already three months old.
Their son Will Jackson was born on July 31, 1861. (The intertwinings of Bath shipbuilding families sometimes makes one’s head spin.) The new book starts in the old Crooker mansion, now home to Charles’s daughter and her husband, Andrew Jackson, still struggling to get out from under the ruins of the defunct ship-building business. Crooker laid low by various financial vicissitudes. “Ships, Swindlers, and Scalded Hogs” ended with Charles and W.D. The Hills took their title from a passage by Joseph Conrad.
Further resources, including Jackson’s diary, fleshed out the narrative. When he received a collection of several hundred letters written by his great-uncle Richard Willis Jackson, Hill discovered “a remarkable treasure trove of an adventurous life before the mast.” It was a story he had to tell.
In his new book, “A Flick of Sunshine,” written with his son Alexander Jackson Hill, Frederick Hill does just that, and readers should be grateful. Crooker and his brother Charles, at one point in the mid-19th century, the most successful shipbuilding partnership in Bath, the “City of Ships.” In that book, which I reviewed in these pages, Hill wrote, “Anyone who dares to assess generations-old events, personalities, and motivations and advance a definitive conclusion is more in pursuit of ghosts than truths.” To attempt a family story would be a “daunting guessing game.” This workshop is open to Aboriginal young people aged 14 - 25, and there are limited spaces available, so contact Fiona to book your spot or for more information: or 0448 298 971.In “Ships, Swindlers, and Scalded Hogs,” Frederick Hill told the story of W.D. Koorie Youth Flick Fest- 2022 Information and GuidelinesĬheck out the Koorie Youth Filmmaking Workshop! Taught by local filmmakers from Hebron Films and Vid.Co, this free workshop will teach you all the skills you need to create, edit, and tell your story through a short film! Please see the guidelines document below for more information, or if you have any questions, contact Suzie at or 0448 298 971. These celebrations will be open to everyone to attend.ġ) Submit your completed application form by midnight on Friday 15 th AprilĢ) Submit your entry for judging by midnight on Friday 15 th April Winning films and a selection of entries will be screened at a special event during the Central Victorian Indigenous Film Festival held during Reconciliation Week, 27 May – 3 June. Submissions are due by midnight on Fri day 15th April. This competition is open to anyone with a smartphone, tablet or camera and who has a story to tell – no fancy equipment or big budget is needed!
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