Can anyone assist with the full version of the following place names? N Hill and Gobur .both in Victoria Many thanks Ron -- Ron McKenzie Email: ronmac@tadaust.org.au Phone: 07-38141490 Brisbane Australia

Hello Ron. From ''Australia Places'' found on Google: ''Gobur, a farming locality and former township, is 97 km. north-east of Melbourne and 26 km. north of Alexandra. The name comes from Gobur Creek and the Gobur pastoral run (c.1845) occupied by Henry Godfrey. Gobur is possibly a corruption of an Aboriginal word for Kookaburra. Henry Godfrey is commemorated in the name of the creek on which the township was situated.'' I wonder if your other place is NHILL? If so, also from Google: Nhill Nhill is a small town of some 2000 people on the Western Highway, 40 km west of Dimboola and 374 km north-west of Melbourne (halfway to Adelaide). It promotes itself as a centre of merino grazing although it is very much a part of the Wimmera wheatbelt. In fact the large grain silo in the centre of town is reputedly the largest single-bin silo in the Southern Hemisphere. There is also a poultry farm and a flour mill. HTH Cheers, Bob in Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron McKenzie" <ronmac@tadaust.org.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:26 AM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Place names > Can anyone assist with the full version of the following place names? > N Hill and Gobur .both in Victoria > Many thanks > Ron > -- > Ron McKenzie > Email: ronmac@tadaust.org.au > Phone: 07-38141490 > Brisbane > Australia snip

Hi, I'd like to add to this if I may, N Hill could also be Notting Hill which is out near Oakleigh on the Ferntree Gully Road use to be a lot of market garden out that way including Ilford Films at one stage, as the way it was abbreviated I don't think it would be Nhill? but I could be wrong, who knows. Regards, Ray. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Cunning" <rcun9703@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] Place names > Hello Ron. From ''Australia Places'' found on Google: > > ''Gobur, a farming locality and former township, is 97 km. north-east of > Melbourne and 26 km. north of Alexandra. The name comes from Gobur Creek > and > the Gobur pastoral run (c.1845) occupied by Henry Godfrey. Gobur is > possibly > a corruption of an Aboriginal word for Kookaburra. Henry Godfrey is > commemorated in the name of the creek on which the township was > situated.'' > > I wonder if your other place is NHILL? If so, also from Google: > > > Nhill > > Nhill is a small town of some 2000 people on the Western Highway, 40 km > west > of Dimboola and 374 km north-west of Melbourne (halfway to Adelaide). It > promotes itself as a centre of merino grazing although it is very much a > part of the Wimmera wheatbelt. In fact the large grain silo in the centre > of > town is reputedly the largest single-bin silo in the Southern Hemisphere. > There is also a poultry farm and a flour mill. > > HTH > > Cheers, Bob in Melbourne > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron McKenzie" <ronmac@tadaust.org.au> > To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:26 AM > Subject: [AUS-MELB] Place names > > >> Can anyone assist with the full version of the following place names? >> N Hill and Gobur .both in Victoria >> Many thanks >> Ron >> -- >> Ron McKenzie >> Email: ronmac@tadaust.org.au >> Phone: 07-38141490 >> Brisbane >> Australia > > snip > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > Hey have you updated your AntiVirus program lately ? ? > Is your AVG continuously activated while online ? ? > Does your AVG continue to check each and every email as it is down loaded > ? ? > Does your AV continue to check every Website you inter into ? ? > Better to be safe than sorry . . . let HouseCall check out your system > FREE ! > http://housecall.antivirus.com/. > other sites you might want to check out . . . > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Aid/AID-VirusProtect.htm > -this one mentioned in Missing Links Vol. 5 No. 44 > http://antivirus.cai.com/ > - this one was mentioned on the Listowner List > http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.cfm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Ron Can't help with N Hill but Gobur is a place, when coming from Melbourne it is just before Merton on the way to Mansfield. Know it well, we used to live at Merton Regards Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron McKenzie" <ronmac@tadaust.org.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:26 AM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Place names > Can anyone assist with the full version of the following place names? > N Hill and Gobur .both in Victoria > Many thanks > Ron > -- > Ron McKenzie > Email: ronmac@tadaust.org.au > Phone: 07-38141490 > Brisbane > Australia > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > Searchable archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Also Notch Hill! Country of Dargo. DARGO is a county in the S.E part of the colony (Gipps Land), bounded on the N. by the Omeo and Bowen ranges; on the S. by lake King and the Mitchell river; on the W. by that and the Wonnangatta and Wongungarra rivers; and the E. by the Tambo river. The principal townships are - Tongio W., Broket, Louisville, Mayford, Summerhill, Grant, Debtford, Bulumwaal, Tambo, Sarsfield, Bairnsdale, Merrijig and Johnsonville. Holdings: 241 Land under tillage: 2,985 acres Wheat: 299 acres Oats: 168 acres Hay: 221 acres. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gobur. County: Anglesey Population: 200 Location: Alexandra 16 miles ANGLESEY is a county lying in the central part of the colony, and bounded on the N. by the Murray District, from which it is separated by the Strathbogie range and Hughes's creek ; on the S. by the county of Evelyn, from which it is separated by the great Dividing range ; on the E. by the Murray district, from which it is separated by the Merton creek and Jerusalem river ; and on the W. by the county of Dalhousie, from which it is separated by the Goulburn river, and Dabyminga creek. Occupied land: 195,365 acres Land under tillage: 13,254 acres Cereals raised per annum: 87,929 bushels Green crops: 7,801 tons Hay: 1,156 tons Tobacco: 150 cwt Regards, Ray. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron McKenzie" <ronmac@tadaust.org.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:26 AM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Place names > Can anyone assist with the full version of the following place names? > N Hill and Gobur .both in Victoria > Many thanks > Ron > -- > Ron McKenzie > Email: ronmac@tadaust.org.au > Phone: 07-38141490 > Brisbane > Australia > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > Searchable archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx