Tony Whelan - Welcome

The personal website of
Tony Whelan
Australia

Welcome to my personal space on the Web.

This site grew from a page first placed online in July 1995. It has changed many times, to reflect my then-current pre-occupations and interests.

It now mainly concerns the family history research I had conducted from time to time since 1996.

"Even a superstitious man has certain inalienable rights. He has a right to harbour and indulge his imbecilities as long as he pleases, provided only he does not try to inflict them upon other men by force. He has a right to argue for them as eloquently as he can, in season and out of season ... But ... he has no right to be protected against the free criticism of those who do not hold them. He has no right to demand that they be treated as sacred. He has no right to preach them without challenge." (HL Mencken, 1880-1956)

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." (HL Mencken, 1880-1956)