Thanks to all who replied re above and Lin maybe your rellies knew mine as 50 Km is not far in that area. Are they still with us? Researching RAYNER/SYSON(SISSON) DOUGLAS/WALDREN/GROTHERR/LEAVY(LEVY)/HOOD Heather from Budgewoi -----Original Message----- From: Lindsay Little <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [NSW-W] GEWEROO STATION near CANBELEGO >Hi Heather, > A Trig Station is normally the highest point in a given >area from which surveys are conducted. Trig, I assume being an abreviation >of trigonometry. If you have accessed the geog. names site you will also >have listed the latitude and longitude of the trig. station, the current >NRMA maps have these details so it would be easy to establish your point. >From previous experience, the name of the trig station (don't be confused by >the word "station", normally this would only comprise a cairn of stones or a >metal frame to which a reflector or something similar is attatched) is taken >from an original pastural property. Sorry I can't help you with the names >you are searching. > If you go to: >http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/geog/search.htm you find a listing for the Parish >of Geweroo. If you go to: >http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/maps/pmap/search.html and select pastoral you >will find two maps of the original pastoral property! > On the maps I have, the centre of the Parish looks to be >approximately 12-15 kms. south/east of Canbelego. The Mapping Authority Map, >Canbelego 8134 would possibly show the Parish at least. >Incidentally, Geweroo would be roughly 90 kms.south, as the crow flies, from >a property "Glen Arif" my g.grandfather owned in the 1880's and 50kms north >of Nymagee, where a few of my old relies were born. >Regards, >Lin Little > > >==== AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List ==== >The Home Page for this List is at >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/NSWW/ >

Hi Heather, Unfortunately, all of my relatives who would have known anything of the past have long gone, which has made it extremely difficult for me to trace "the tree". But, co-incidently in regard to your query through the Hunter Valley, my Great Aunt Nellie Little married a Thomas G. Smith at Nymagee, the town 50 kms. from your area, in 1909. Regards, Lin Little