At 08:06 AM 20/03/00 +1100, Ruth wrote: <Big snip> William Frederick STANBURY, according to family legend, was the Town >Clerk and also the Mayor of Wilcannia. This would be an interesting one to pin down - the separation of powers in local govt would mean that he was either Shire President and couldn't get anyone to do the clerical work, so stood in, or was a Shire Secretary who stood for office and became a councillor and ceased to be the worker. But interesting. He possibly sold "cordials" to my people who had the Victoria Hotel between Wilcannia and White Cliffs in 1904. Now, if you were travelling out there you really WOULD need a hotel to call into. Cheers Linda Barraclough Briagolong, Victoria, Australia List Owner: AUS-NSW-WEST email: [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/NSWW/