Thankyou Lenore very much for your help Regards Leanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenore Frost" <lenore10@hotmail.com> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 8:05 PM Subject: RE: [AUS-MELB] Essendon Historical Society > >Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 18:40:42 +1000 >>From: "Leanne Baulch" <lea.dave@cairns.net.au> >>Subject: Essendon Historical Society >> >>Hi everyone, >> >>Does anyone know if there is a Essendon Historical Society? >>If there is would anyone have an address as I would like to send them a >>copy of this Private Hospital to see if they can identify it. >> >>Thanking you >>Leanne Baulch >>Canberra > > Hi Leanne, > > I picked up your letter today and had a look at the photo of the hospital, > but it is not in Essendon. > > I would make few comments about it. One is that the plethora of open > windows in the buildings suggests that it was a sanitorium for the > treatment of TB. > > Another thing I found unusual in the photo was the flagpole, which has > that cross-strut that I cannot name for want of appropriate terminology, > but looks to me like something one might see in a Naval establishment - > and it even looks like there is a furled up flag hanging up there. > although that might be a tree behind. If you take a magnifying glass to > the photo, you should see the detail better than I can in the copy. > > The best suggestion I can come up with for identifying the photo is to > post a copy to the Royal Historical Society of Victoria "My Connected > Community" - there are 161 local historians subscribed covering a good > part of Victoria, and I hope someone amongst them would be able to > identify it. I've done a copy of the copy with my digital camera. > > http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/ This is the link to "My Connected Community" - > search the site to find the Royal Historical Society of Victoria mc2. I've > submitted it to go into the photo albums. I'm not sure if you will be > able to see it unless you are subscribed, but have a look and see. The > photo will have to be approved by the owner of the group, but I don't > expect that to be a problem. If it is not up tonight, it probably will be > by tomorrow. > > And no, I didn't have any Frost relations living in East Malvern. :-) > > Best wishes, > > Lenore > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >