Roderick McKenzie^[1]

1910 - 1989  (79 years)

• Name	Roderick McKenzie
  Born	2 Feb 1910	Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Nov 1989	Yallourn, VIC, Australia
  Person ID	I34	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Angus McKenzie,   b. 7 Dec 1875, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 4 Nov 1918, France  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Margaret Gibbons,   b. 14 Dec 1878, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 19 Jul 1950, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 71 years)
  Married	16 Jul 1903	Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Muriel Jean Smith,   b. 1921, Maffra, VIC, Australia ,   d. 29 Dec 2000, Yallourn, VIC, Australia  (Age 79 years)
  Married	28 Jun 1939	Maffra, VIC, Australia   [2]
  	Witness: Karsten Anders Richard Rautman Witness: Dorothy Edith Rautman
  Children	1. Margaret McKenzie   2. Donald McKenzie
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2015
  Family ID	F227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Big Brother Movement was a juvenile migration scheme that brought young men to Australia from Britain starting in 1925. However, when I contacted the Big Brother Movement I was advised that Roderick had arrived in Australia with a similar migration scheme called the Dreadnaught Boys. He arrived in Sydney on board the SS EURIPIDES, on 12th July 1929. He then went to a training farm in Scheyville, NSW that was used by both the Big Brother Movement and the Dreadnought Boys. Records held by the National Library of Australia - Dreadnought Trust Microfilm no. N120, covering the period 1909–39, includes: index to the names of the boys sponsored by the Trust – vol. 1; the register of boys – vol. 2; the register of the ships bringing the boys – vol. 3. The original manuscripts are in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. Mitchell Library, Sydney - Records held relating to child migration include the Richard Arthur papers and Australian Joint Copying Project microfilm reels of Public Record Office, UK, records: DO 35 and DO 57. See also the Dreadnought Trust entry under the National Library of Australia, above. http://guides.naa.gov.au/good-british-stock/index.aspx

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] Sheena MacKenzie, Sheena MacKenzie. [S177] Marriage Maffra, Victoria, Australia (St Andrews Church) 28 Jun 1939 Roderick McKenzie & Muriel Jean Smith, (XXIV).