Dear Mary, I strongly suspect that what you could be looking for is the civil parish of St James in central Sydney. This civil parish is named after the"historic Anglican Church of St James, designed by Francis Greenway located near the south end of Macquarie St in Sydney. If its not this one above then all the other possibles are at the government list of place names:.................... To get the following results go to: http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ and put . ......... James ........... in the place names box and press .............. submit query or: http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazm01?placename=james&placetype=0&state=0 or: http://tinyurl.com/26cdk Place Names Search: JAMES (near Goulburn on the TOWRANG map) STATE: NSW CUSTODIAN: NSW FEATURE CODE: TRIG (Trig. Stations) STATUS: Official LATITUDE: 34º 32' S [Decimal Degrees -34.549º] LONGITUDE: 149º 56' E [Decimal Degrees 149.935º] EASTING: 769000 [UTM zone 55, GDA 94] NORTHING: 6173000 FEATURE NUMBER: NSW25146 100K MAP No.: 8828 Another possibility is near Maclean, northern NSW: Place Names Search: JAMES CREEK STATE: NSW CUSTODIAN: NSW POSTCODE: 2463 FEATURE CODE: LOCB (Towns & Localities) STATUS: Official LATITUDE: 29º 27' S [Decimal Degrees -29.457º] LONGITUDE: 153º 14' E [Decimal Degrees 153.240º] EASTING: 523000 [UTM zone 56, GDA 94] NORTHING: 6741000 FEATURE NUMBER: NSW78469 100K MAP No.: 9539 Place Names Search: JAMES CREEK (near Canberra) STATE: ACT CUSTODIAN: ACT FEATURE CODE: STRM (Water Courses) STATUS: Official LATITUDE: 35º 37' S [Decimal Degrees -35.617º] LONGITUDE: 148º 57' E [Decimal Degrees 148.950º] EASTING: 677000 [UTM zone 55, GDA 94] NORTHING: 6057000 FEATURE NUMBER: ACT000465 100K MAP No.: 8626 Place Names Search: JAMES CREEK (east of Cooma on coast) STATE: NSW CUSTODIAN: NSW FEATURE CODE: STRM (Water Courses) STATUS: Official LATITUDE: 36º 15' S [Decimal Degrees -36.265º] LONGITUDE: 150º 02' E [Decimal Degrees 150.035º] EASTING: 234000 [UTM zone 56, GDA 94] NORTHING: 5983000 FEATURE NUMBER: NSW25150 100K MAP No.: 8925 Place Names Search: JAMES CREEK (near Singleton) STATE: NSW CUSTODIAN: NSW FEATURE CODE: STRM (Water Courses) STATUS: Unofficial LATITUDE: 32º 33' S [Decimal Degrees -32.565º] LONGITUDE: 150º 32' E [Decimal Degrees 150.535º] EASTING: 269000 [UTM zone 56, GDA 94] NORTHING: 6394000 FEATURE NUMBER: NSW30325 100K MAP No.: 9032 Place Names Search: JAMES REGULATOR (east of Deniliquin) STATE: NSW CUSTODIAN: NSW FEATURE CODE: DAM (Dams & Locks) STATUS: Official LATITUDE: 35º 36' S [Decimal Degrees -35.615º] LONGITUDE: 145º 27' E [Decimal Degrees 145.451º] EASTING: 360000 [UTM zone 55, GDA 94] NORTHING: 6058000 FEATURE NUMBER: NSW25155 100K MAP No.: 7926 Of the 181 names of " James" in Australia, here is the only "James" in the Western Division: Place Names Search: JAMESVILLE" (south of Menindee) STATE: NSW CUSTODIAN: GA FEATURE CODE: HMSD (Built Structures) STATUS: Unofficial LATITUDE: 33º 44' S [Decimal Degrees -33.733º] LONGITUDE: 142º 17' E [Decimal Degrees 142.283º] EASTING: 619000 [UTM zone 54, GDA 94] NORTHING: 6267000 FEATURE NUMBER: O27250 100K MAP No.: 7330 Happy Hunting, Tony Moore (Balgo, Western Australia) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ On 30 Apr 2004 at 17:13, mewilson wrote: > Hi Listeners, > Does anyone know where South James Station is/was? > Mary > > > > ==== AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List ==== > Have you registered your surnames on the NSW-WEST home page??? Go to > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/NSWW/ and from there to > Surnames for further details. >