Dear Sue, From what I can deduce from the web, Poolamacca is a 50,000-hectare station north of Broken Hill Have you ever considered contacting the owner or manager of POOLAMACCA to see if there were any diaries or employment records existing from that time? The web shows this address: Poolamacca Station Broken Hill New South Wales 2880 Ph: (08) 8091 2574 Poolamacca Station has been involved under the buy-back scheme and I expect would be managed on behalf of either the local aboriginal Land Council or more than likely the State / Federal Authority that does the buying. The present manager would be accountable to them. Before the buy-back took place a full investigation into the ownership and history would have had to take place by the government. This is a matter of public record and should be available from the relevant government authority. I have no idea what you are likely to find. Poolamacca's owner was one of the original shareholders at the time of the Broken Hill Company see: http://www.geocities.com/bhhsi/tracing-history11.html But at the time when finally the fortunes of the group were soaring, the fourteen shareholders in the Broken Hill Company, which held the leases of the Hill and had taken over responsibility for calls at the rate of 10/- per week were: 1. Charles Rasp - Boundary rider, Mount Gipps Station. 2. George McCulloch, Manager Mount Gipps Station, 3. David James, Contractor, 4. James Poole, Contractor, his mate. 5. Philip Charley, on Mount Gipps Station, 6..Solomon Wiseman, Rabbit Inspector, 7. Kenneth Brodribb, Station owner, Poolamacca, 8. Bowes Kelly, late station manager, Billilla, 9. Samuel Hawkins, Carpenter, 10. W. R. Wilson, Manager Barrier Ranges Association, 11. James G. Dalglish,District surveyor, Dubbo. 12. A. Cox, station hand, 13. William Jamieson, Surveyor, 14. J. C. Palmer. Here is another reference that may be worth following http://www.geocities.com/willyame2001/page20.html This one shows some buildings at POOLAMACCA http://www.earth.monash.edu.au/MUGS/Campsite.html I wonder would the librarian at the Broken Hill library be able to help you: Broken Hill City Library, Outback Archives Blende Street, Broken Hill 2880 Telephone (08) 8088 3117 URL http://www.brokenhill.nsw.gov.au/ http://www.bhlibrary.org.au/ http://www.bhlibrary.org.au/genealogy.html general e-mail: admin@bhlibrary.org.au e-mail archives@bhlibrary.org.au Cheers, Tony Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Frape <frapessa@adam.com.au> Date: Monday, January 26, 2004 12:45 pm Subject: [NSW-W] BOON STEPHENSON Poolamacca Station > Hi all > > I am new to the list and I am really hoping someone can help me > with a few brick walls. My first is James BOON. > All the information I have is from the marriage transcription > which does not say very much! > > Name: James BOON > Status: Bachelor > Place of Birth: Not stated > Usual residence: Poolamacca Station near Silverton > Parents: Not stated > Occupation: Blacksmith > > Married Jeanie STEPHENSON on 16 Nov 1886 at the Parsonage in > Silverton, NSW > > Name: Jeanie STEPHENSON > Status: Spinster > Place of Birth: Not stated > Usual residence: Poolamacca Station near Silverton > Parents: Not stated > Occupation: Domestic servant > > Together they had 13 children the first two, Edwin and James were > born in Gawler, SA 1887 & 1888 the rest were born in Broken Hill, > NSW 1890 to 1907. I do not have their deaths. > > I am looking for any information on the couple and POOLAMACCA > STATION where it looks as though they worked. I have not had much > success with google searches. > > > many thanks > Sue Frape > South Australia > > > ==== AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List ==== > This list is set that so, by default, replies to messages go to > the whole list. Please feel free to send replies to the list where > you think they would be of interest to the whole list, but if it > is only personal chat back and forth, please send messages just > between the parties involved. > >