Deborah, My ancestors started out in Sth Aust in 1848, were involved in the Eureka Stockade, went to the Canoona goldfields in the 1860s, then worked their way up to Ravenswood, Charters Towers etc. Here they changed from seeking gold to squatting then owning pubs and died in Townsville on Xmas Day 1900. So the story behind your people could be anything? Ian, Port Macquarie Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com