My long-lost relatives in Australia?

Thanks to my pal Ben P. for sending along this snap shot he took recently in Canberra, Australia. Purnell Citywide appears to be a real estate firm there.¹

My understanding is that many Purnells came from England to the mid-Atlantic of the US in the 17th century. But perhaps there were others who made their way down under?²

1. Ben’s previous contribution to this blog is the excellent “On Guns and America,” which I asked him to write in the wake of the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. [↩]
2. A Google search for “Purnells” reveals many things, perhaps most interestingly — given my interest in amusing foodstuffs — this. [↩]

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