Lorrae Wolfram was an old tin mine up around Mt Molloy on the Atherton Tablelands, some years ago I worked for an Association who represented companies mining for tin etc in those areas, the company changed it names over several years and was operated by a company called RB Mining which eventually became Roche Mining (which was a privately owned company). Barbara BNE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorrae" <lorrae@uqconnect.net> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 8:38 PM Subject: [AUS-QLD] Wolfram , N Qld > Hi All > > Whilst searching the Australian Electoral Rolls, I came across these > entries: > > Australian Electoral Rolls - 1925 > OWENS - Robert Thomas - Wolfram - labourer > > Then the Australian Electoral Rolls - 1919 > OWENS - David Humphry - Wolfram - barber > > > Where is/was WOLFRAM, please? > > > I thought the Rolls were in areas/districts and I was looking at my > relatives: > > Owens - Charles Patrick Walsh St, Mareeba sawyer > Owens - Katherine Frances Walsh St, Mareeba home duties > Owens - Cecil Moore - Byrne St, Mareeba - Labourer > Owens - James - Mt Mulligan - Labourer > Owens - Charles Patrick - Mt Molloy - grocer > > The two at Wolfram are not related directly to the other OWENS but I was > hoping they may be related if they were in the same area. Still looking. > > TIA > > > > Lorrae > Glenore Grove Qld 4342 > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=helmrich > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 4439 (20090918) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be > a wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.104/2379 - Release Date: 09/17/09 15:55:00

Hi Colin have you read his Army records they are available on line Moore Maurice Francis : SERN 1754 : POB Wangaratta VIC : POE Wangaratta VIC : NOK M Moore Mary Ann (Mother) 1934 ELECTORAL ROLL only one Maurice Maurice MOORE Mourilyan Engine Driver 1949 ELECTORAL ROLL 2 Maurice MOORE's Maurice MOORE 43 West Esplanade East Innisfail Sugar Worker....****this fits with letters in his Army Records Maurice MOORE 15 Mill St. Mourilyan Engine Driver.. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Moore" <colin.m.moore@gmail.com> To: <AUS-QLD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 12:46 PM Subject: [AUS-QLD] Maurice MOORE > Hi, Am seeking info on Maurice Francis MOORE born Dunolly Vic. > 1896. last heard of working as a baker in Surat Qld. Recently saw a >

Hi, Am seeking info on Maurice Francis MOORE born Dunolly Vic. 1896. last heard of working as a baker in Surat Qld. Recently saw a Moore researcher seeking info on him and he was listed as married 1943 Goondiwindi and died in Brisbane 1959. Maurice was my fathers brother and would dearly love to contact anyone who can help. Regards Colin Moore Down South N.S.W.

Jenelle & Jan & Others Thank you for your information & advice Regards, Lance at Werribee. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jenelle McCarrick" <jmac2005@tpg.com.au> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 6:19 AM To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] First wife of William HENNESSY > Lance, > the purchase of the relevant certificates give you this information the > online indexes or micofiche don't... > Jenelle > >

Annie Myra (1903 Qld Electoral Roll) lived at Qunaba Sugar mill with Samuel who was an overseer. In 1914 she was a licensed victualler and he a cane inspector at Perry St, Nth Bundaberg. Will have a look for further info and get back to you. Alan at Bundaberg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Butler" <pbtree@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-QLD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 5:32 PM Subject: [AUS-QLD] ANDREW - Ship Caroline 1878 > Evening all, > > > > trying to discover where Anne Mire ANDREW b1865 (England) d1920 > (Bundaberg) > was born. Have a date of death and country of birth only because of > burial > information . > > > > Anne or Annie married Samuel GLASS b1865 (QLD) on the 6th of Mar 1888. > They > had 7 children; Henry 1888, Victor 1898, John 18896, Cecil 1900, Alice > 1892, > Clarissa 1894 & Margaret 1890. > > > > I have located an ANDREW family that arrived in Maryborough (from London) > on > the 12th of Oct 1878 on the ship Caroline, with an Ann aged 13. The > family > consisted of; John 48, Christina 38, Elizabeth 17, Ann 13, David 11, > Robert > 4, Christina 2 & Maggie Infant. > > > > I am assuming they are all the one family, > > > > Is anybody else researching this family? If so, I would love to know > where > they hailed from. > > > > regards > > > > Phil... > > Husband of a GLASS... > > > > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be > a wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Evening all, trying to discover where Anne Mire ANDREW b1865 (England) d1920 (Bundaberg) was born. Have a date of death and country of birth only because of burial information . Anne or Annie married Samuel GLASS b1865 (QLD) on the 6th of Mar 1888. They had 7 children; Henry 1888, Victor 1898, John 18896, Cecil 1900, Alice 1892, Clarissa 1894 & Margaret 1890. I have located an ANDREW family that arrived in Maryborough (from London) on the 12th of Oct 1878 on the ship Caroline, with an Ann aged 13. The family consisted of; John 48, Christina 38, Elizabeth 17, Ann 13, David 11, Robert 4, Christina 2 & Maggie Infant. I am assuming they are all the one family, Is anybody else researching this family? If so, I would love to know where they hailed from. regards Phil... Husband of a GLASS...

Hi Jan, Many thanks for all the information about the NEILL family...I have most of it but. I will check it with what I have found so far. The mothers name of Ann was probably short for Johanna (Guilfoyle) NEILL However. we cannot find Elizabeth Ellen/Helen/ Lena's death/burial and this is important if the family want to get her death certificate. At least, by the looks of the 1949 ELECTORAL ROLL, she was still living in Cooktown, in the street named after her. She was known as Helen and Lena which makes things a bit harder as we have to try all these names in our searches. So the search goes on.! Many thanks, Kind regards, Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug & Jan" <jst88221@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] RE death and burial of LENA NEILL. > Could this be birth of Elizabeth Ellen > > Elizabeth E. NEILL born 1865 Father James Mother Anne District Sydney > ref 440/1865 > > Jan > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be > a wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Annie. Will contact family I am researching for and show them this. Many thanks, Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "anne caroline pittard" <acpittard@optusnet.com.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Cc: <pamjdale@bigpond.net.au> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] AUS-QLD Digest, Vol 4, Issue 301 > > > You might try the church at Mossman, that's closer than Cairns. St > Therese is across the road from here but I think you will need the main > diocese in Cairns. Google should tell you the details. > Cheers. Annie from > Cairns, Aus. > >> Mary Mizzi <mmizzi@dodo.com.au> wrote: >> >> Hi Pam, >> >> Have received lots of history from the Cooktown Historical Society's >> Marjorie about the Neills but she cannot find her burial or death >> either. >> Lena is not registered in the cemetery and the cemetery is for all >> denominations. There is no Catholic Church there nowadays to search the >> registers so I will contact the Cairns Catholic Church or the Bishop in >> Cairns who might be able to help. >> >> Many thanks for your help, >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Mary >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Pam Dale" <pamjdale@bigpond.net.au> >> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com>; <mmizzi@dodo.com.au> >> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 5:55 PM >> Subject: Re: AUS-QLD Digest, Vol 4, Issue 301 >> >> >> > Hi Mary >> > >> > It might be worthwhile trying the council in Cooktown. Some if the >> > cemetery is overgrown when I was there about 12 years ago, though very >> > interesting. The main area looked okay though. There is a museum in >> > Cooktown, I think it is called the James Cook Museum or something >> > similar. >> > >> > Try http://www.cook.qld.gov.au/ >> > >> > http://www.cook.qld.gov.au/visitors/Cemetery.shtml >> > >> > http://www.cook.qld.gov.au/community/cthistoricalsoc.shtml >> > >> > Hope this helps >> > >> > Pam in Brisbane >> > >> > >> > From: "Mary Mizzi" <mmizzi@dodo.com.au> >> > To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:09 PM >> > Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] RE death and burial of LENA NEILL. >> > >> > >> >> Thanks to Stan, Janelle, Barbara and Sherrie for your replies to my >> >> email >> >> about Lena NEILl. >> >> >> >> No results as yet in finding her burial or grave. Family seem to >> >> think she >> >> is buried in Cooktown and I am thinking of contacting the Catholic >> >> Priest >> >> in >> >> Cooktown to see if he has any idea of her death/burial. As >> >> suggested, the >> >> grave might be there but the number covered in dust although, I >> >> would be >> >> rather surprised if there was not a headstone above her >> >> grave...after all, >> >> she had Helenvale and Helen Street, Cooktown named after her....a >> >> wonderful >> >> lady from what I have read, who was always a great help to all. She >> >> never >> >> married but was always on call to help her family and friends. >> >> Will see what I can find. >> >> >> >> I have most of the history of the Neill Family...thanks Janelle for >> >> that >> >> mention of Johanna Guilfoyle....will open that site and save the >> >> information >> >> for the NEILL family tree, which I am researching for the >> >> descendants. >> >> >> >> Again thanks for all your help...such a lot of kind people and a >> >> great >> >> site >> >> for getting any help in tracing our ancestors. >> >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> >> >> Mary >> >> >> > >> > >> >> All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and >> be a wasted effort >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Cheers. Anne from Cairns, Aus. > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be > a wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Doug & Jan and Listers, First, many thanks to you, and to Barbara, Gay, and the others who replied to my posting. I in fact spotted that book in the NLA, after writing, and also the details in FamilySearch (including a Pedigree, in the Pedigree Resource File). On the other hand, the Martin LIPP from Switzerland is *not* there ... so, I am left with a conundrum, which I will toss back into my cousin's lap, when he returns to his computer tomorrow :-) Cheers, Lesley (In sunny Melbourne, after a night of rain - lovely!) > From Ostheim Germany to Emu Creek, East Greenmount: The Journey of One > Generation (by Noel Lipp, 2007)

Unfortunately the Index does not give places just dates Jan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Potter" <lancepotter@swiftdsl.com.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] First wife of William HENNESSY > Hello Jan > > Thank you for your reply . Caroline Grace HENNESSEY is (as you state) > the > daughter of William & Bridget HENNESSEY & therefore sister of my > grandfather, Thomas HENNESSEY. > 1. William HENNESSEY's father (James H ) , in Kilkenny Ireland , was a > wheelwright so I wouldn't be surprised if the Martin HENNESSY of Hartley > St , Rockhampton is a descendent . I'll now have to search that family > to > see how they fit in. > > 2. Do you know where in " country Qld " the "second " Martin HENNESSY > married Mary POSTICH ? > > 3. Do you know where Martin HENNESSY & Eliza BRENNAN were married ? > > Thank you for this valuable information. > > Kind regards, > > Lance ( at Werribee Vic ) > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Doug & Jan" <jst88221@bigpond.net.au> > Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 2:46 PM > To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] First wife of William HENNESSY > >> There is a Martin HENNESSY living in Hartley St. Rockhampton occupation >> Wheelwright on the 1922 ELECTORAL ROLL >> >> at the same address is Mary HENNESSY occupation HOme duties. >> >> there is marriage of a Martin HENNESSY to a Mary POSTICH in Country Qld. >> 4-6-1913 ref 1913/000799 *******may be a bit late for your man... but >> could be related... >> >> The Above Martin could be the son of Martin HENNESSY and Eliza BRENNAN >> who >> was born 18-10-1888 ref 1888/003533 this couple maried 3-10-1883 ref >> 1883/000501 >> >> William and Bridgets dau Caroline Grace HENNESSEY **note spelling >> married >> James Jackson SUTTON 14-10-1910 ref 1910/000557 >> >> Jan >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > >> >>> Hello List >>> Can anybody please advise me how I may find the details of the first >>> wife of my great-grandfather , William Grace HENNESSY ? >>> William was born in Stoneyford , Kilkenny , Ireland about 1832-1836 >>> to >>> James HENNESSY& wife Catherine ( nee GRACE ) . The next information I >>> have of him is his marriage to Bridget GALVIN on 19th April 1866 at >>> Rockhampton , Qld, Australia. On their Marriage Certificate he is listed >>> as a widower & Bridget as a spinster. >>> The family have no knowledge of his first marriage -- date, place ( >>> Ireland , Australia , another country ) , bride's name, any children ( >>> anecdotal evidence suggests he had a son called Martin but is not >>> confirmed ). >>> >>> Any help would be gratefully appreciated. >>> >>> Regards & thanks, >>> >>> Lance ( at Werribee, Victoria ) >>> All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and >>> be >>> a wasted effort >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be > a wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.106/2381 - Release Date: 09/18/09 18:14:00

I think it was originally a mining camp as on some documents I have from a reli states "Wolfram Camp" and he was a miner... when he fell down a mining shaft they took him to Mareeba Hospital..where he died.. so some where near Mareeba I would say Jan

Hi Lorrae, Wolfram or Wolfram Camp is closer to Dimbulah than Irvinebank. You drive west from Cairns through Mareeba to Dimbulah, then turn north to Wolfram. There is little there now only the signs of mining. Two books have been written on the town - Riches of Wolfram Camp and Images of Wolfram Camp You may be able to get them via an interlibrary loan. Regards Lorraine FNQ On 19/09/2009 8:38 PM, "Lorrae" <lorrae@uqconnect.net> wrote: > Hi All > > Whilst searching the Australian Electoral Rolls, I came across these > entries: > > Australian Electoral Rolls - 1925 > OWENS - Robert Thomas - Wolfram - labourer > > Then the Australian Electoral Rolls - 1919 > OWENS - David Humphry - Wolfram - barber > > > Where is/was WOLFRAM, please? > > > I thought the Rolls were in areas/districts and I was looking at my > relatives: > > Owens - Charles Patrick Walsh St, Mareeba sawyer > Owens - Katherine Frances Walsh St, Mareeba home duties > Owens - Cecil Moore - Byrne St, Mareeba - Labourer > Owens - James - Mt Mulligan - Labourer > Owens - Charles Patrick - Mt Molloy - grocer > > The two at Wolfram are not related directly to the other OWENS but I was > hoping they may be related if they were in the same area. Still looking. > > TIA > > > > Lorrae > Glenore Grove Qld 4342 > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=helmrich > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4439 (20090918) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be a > wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Thanks everyone for your Replies. Irvinebank - interesting history too Thanks Lorrae Glenore Grove Qld 4342 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=helmrich -----Original Message----- From: Lorrae [mailto:lorrae@uqconnect.net] Sent: Saturday, 19 September 2009 8:38 PM To: aus-qld@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-QLD] Wolfram , N Qld Hi All Whilst searching the Australian Electoral Rolls, I came across these entries: Australian Electoral Rolls - 1925 OWENS - Robert Thomas - Wolfram - labourer Then the Australian Electoral Rolls - 1919 OWENS - David Humphry - Wolfram - barber Where is/was WOLFRAM, please? __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4441 (20090919) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Lance, the purchase of the relevant certificates give you this information the online indexes or micofiche don't... Jenelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Potter" <lancepotter@swiftdsl.com.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] First wife of William HENNESSY > Hello Jan > > Thank you for your reply . Caroline Grace HENNESSEY is (as you state) > the > daughter of William & Bridget HENNESSEY & therefore sister of my > grandfather, Thomas HENNESSEY. > 1. William HENNESSEY's father (James H ) , in Kilkenny Ireland , was a > wheelwright so I wouldn't be surprised if the Martin HENNESSY of Hartley > St , Rockhampton is a descendent . I'll now have to search that family > to > see how they fit in. > > 2. Do you know where in " country Qld " the "second " Martin HENNESSY > married Mary POSTICH ? > > 3. Do you know where Martin HENNESSY & Eliza BRENNAN were married ? > > Thank you for this valuable information. > > Kind regards, > > Lance ( at Werribee Vic ) > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Doug & Jan" <jst88221@bigpond.net.au> > Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 2:46 PM > To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] First wife of William HENNESSY > >> There is a Martin HENNESSY living in Hartley St. Rockhampton occupation >> Wheelwright on the 1922 ELECTORAL ROLL >> >> at the same address is Mary HENNESSY occupation HOme duties. >> >> there is marriage of a Martin HENNESSY to a Mary POSTICH in Country Qld. >> 4-6-1913 ref 1913/000799 *******may be a bit late for your man... but >> could be related... >> >> The Above Martin could be the son of Martin HENNESSY and Eliza BRENNAN >> who >> was born 18-10-1888 ref 1888/003533 this couple maried 3-10-1883 ref >> 1883/000501 >> >> William and Bridgets dau Caroline Grace HENNESSEY **note spelling >> married >> James Jackson SUTTON 14-10-1910 ref 1910/000557 >> >> Jan >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > >> >>> Hello List >>> Can anybody please advise me how I may find the details of the first >>> wife of my great-grandfather , William Grace HENNESSY ? >>> William was born in Stoneyford , Kilkenny , Ireland about 1832-1836 >>> to >>> James HENNESSY& wife Catherine ( nee GRACE ) . The next information I >>> have of him is his marriage to Bridget GALVIN on 19th April 1866 at >>> Rockhampton , Qld, Australia. On their Marriage Certificate he is listed >>> as a widower & Bridget as a spinster. >>> The family have no knowledge of his first marriage -- date, place ( >>> Ireland , Australia , another country ) , bride's name, any children ( >>> anecdotal evidence suggests he had a son called Martin but is not >>> confirmed ). >>> >>> Any help would be gratefully appreciated. >>> >>> Regards & thanks, >>> >>> Lance ( at Werribee, Victoria ) >>> All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and >>> be >>> a wasted effort >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be > a wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.106/2381 - Release Date: 09/18/09 18:14:00

Ah, Irvinebank, just east of Herberton, north of Ravenshoe & Mt Garnet, all being Sth west of Cairns. Thanks Barbara, very interesting. Cheers. Annie > Barbara OConnor <maurie777@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > > Short answer - Far North Queensland > > Long answer - from > http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/chims/placeDetail.html?siteId=21573 > > The former La Societe Francaise des Metaux Rares treatment plant > operated > between 1911 and 1913. The plant used an unusual dry blowing treatment > process for the rare mineral, wolfram. Wolfram was discovered in 1894 in > the > headwaters of the Hodgkinson River scattered over the surface as bunches > in > quartzose boulders or in drifts interdispersed with coarse gravel. In > 1899 > when wolfram was at its highest price, 240 tons were sent away for £38 > per > ton. The township, Wolfram, named after the mineral, formed on the banks > of > the Bulluburrah Creek in two parts, Upper Wolfram or Top Camp, and Lower > > Wolfram or Bottom Camp. In 1900, 91 pounds of molybdenite was discovered > at > Wolfram. This was said to contain some of the finest specimens of > molybdenite discovered in Australia. There were 100 men working at > Wolfram > by late 1900, on wolfram, molybdenite and bismuth. The Irvinebank Mining > > Company invested at Wolfram in 1900, appointing Alexander Gillan as > manager. > Demand for high grade wolfram, after the development of tungsten as a > lamp > filament in 1904, and for molybdenite for use in patent alloys, led to > an > earlty interest in rare minerals by British firms, the most prominent > being > George G. Blackwell and Sons of Liverpool. Prices in 1904 for both > metals > were high- up to £200 a ton for molybdenite and £140 a ton for wolfram - > and > attracted many goldminers. Of the 1,136 people on the Hodgkinson by > 1904, > 700 were miners working at Wolfram. By 1909 wolfram was returning > £41,820 > compared to the value of gold at £7,089. But the rare metals industry > was > unstable - there was insecurity in the unknown overseas markets where > demand > fluctuated erratically and local miners were never sure of their > returns. So > a Wolfram Co-operative Association was formed to arrange advances and > shipments through intermediaries such as the New Zealand Loan and > Mercantile > Agency and WJ Lempriere and Co, but generally the local industry was > poorly > organised (Kirkman 1982: 189-190). The workings extended without a break > > from over 3 kms along the contact of the intrusive granite with older > porphyries and slates from high rugged slopes down to the valley of > Bulluburrah Creek (QGMJ 15 Jan 1913: 4). Initially settlement was > concentrated on the higher slopes at Top Camp. From 1904, 2,500 tons of > wolfram valued at £250,000 were produced at Wolfram Camp, half of which > went > through Moffatt's Irvinebank Co. Mill. The Irvinebank Mining Company set > up > a battery on Bullaburrah Creek in the lower valley. This battery was a > stabilising influence on Wolfram Camp, although it was closed for long > periods throughout 1909 because of strikes over the 44 hour week. It > operated again from 1910 to 1912 and was closed in the rationalisation > of > Irvinebank Mining Company's assets at the end of that year. The area > around > the mill in the lower valley became the main settlement after 1907. The > township, clustered on a ridge north of the battery, was at its peak > during > WWI. The wolfram mining industry passed through a depression for several > > years from 1910 chiefly because of the exhaustion of the residual > surface > accumulations of ore, thus ending the days of the gouger. La Societe > Francaise des Metaux Rares was registered in Queensland in 1911. That > same > year Frenchman, Mr Poulet, took over a number of mine dumps and tailing > heaps on behalf of French syndicate. The objective was to extract > wolfram, > molybdenite and bismuth from the lowest grade mixed-metal ore using a > specially designed treatment plant. The crushing plant was delivered in > August 1911 and the Queensland Government Mining Journal (15 Jan 1913: > 4) > reports that earthworks were underway in July 1912 for installation of > the > plant above Bulluburrah Creek in Upper Wolfram. The power plant imported > by > the company included an early 240 horsepower MAN diesel engine, type > A4V49, > weighing nearly 35,000kg that was coupled axially to a DC generator. An > extensive system of overhead wire ropeways to collect ore from mullock > heaps > and a dam in Bulluburrah Creek were some of the proposed constructions. > The > cost of installation was expected to be considerably over £50,000 and > required constant employment of 50 people, mostly skilled mechanics. > After a > few short and unsuccessful trial runs, the process plant was liquidated > in > 1913 because of the health hazards associated with the dry blowing > process. > The diesel engine was sold to Cooktown syndicate, and transported to the > > Louisa mine on the Palmer Goldfield. It now resides at the Great > Extended > Mine, Totley. Many of the mines were closed during WWI. The > Thermo-Electric > Ore Reduction Corporation plant built near the site of the Irvinebank > Company Mill at Lower Wolfram, sustained the district through the war > years > with the government paying fixed prices. After slumps in metal prices > after > the return of free market forces in March 1920 the Thermo Co. failed to > survive. Wolfram Camp was almost deserted within weeks of its shutdown. > In > 1926 Queensland Rare Metal Company erected a new battery on the site of > the > Irvinebank Mining Company's 10 head battery. As the prices of wolfram > and > molybdenite were declining there was little hope of success and the > plant > worked intermittently, with no crushing in 1934. Increased wolfram > prices in > 1935 attracted miners back to Wolfram and in 1937 the Pepper mine was > dewatered and 200 men working in the area. During WWII 3 tributers > worked > mines at Wolfram: Larkin, Lansky and Forget-me-Not. In 1946 the contract > > price for wolfram between the British and Australian governments > expired, no > further prices were quoted and operations ceased. There were small scale > > workings at some of the mines in 1947. There was a brief rush after the > outbreak of the Korean war in 1951. However, as the price of wolfram > fell > many mining activities ceased. The Mount Arthur Molybdenite Company NL > worked several mines in the Wolfram Camp area in the 1970s until they > sold > their equipment by tender in 1989. In 2006 there is renewed interest in > mining wolfram, molybdenite and bismuth at Wolfram, and an open cut > mining > operation approximately 1km south of the site of the former La Societe > Francaise des Metaux Rares plant, is proposed. > > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and > be a wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message Cheers. Anne from Cairns, Aus.

Short answer - Far North Queensland Long answer - from http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/chims/placeDetail.html?siteId=21573 The former La Societe Francaise des Metaux Rares treatment plant operated between 1911 and 1913. The plant used an unusual dry blowing treatment process for the rare mineral, wolfram. Wolfram was discovered in 1894 in the headwaters of the Hodgkinson River scattered over the surface as bunches in quartzose boulders or in drifts interdispersed with coarse gravel. In 1899 when wolfram was at its highest price, 240 tons were sent away for £38 per ton. The township, Wolfram, named after the mineral, formed on the banks of the Bulluburrah Creek in two parts, Upper Wolfram or Top Camp, and Lower Wolfram or Bottom Camp. In 1900, 91 pounds of molybdenite was discovered at Wolfram. This was said to contain some of the finest specimens of molybdenite discovered in Australia. There were 100 men working at Wolfram by late 1900, on wolfram, molybdenite and bismuth. The Irvinebank Mining Company invested at Wolfram in 1900, appointing Alexander Gillan as manager. Demand for high grade wolfram, after the development of tungsten as a lamp filament in 1904, and for molybdenite for use in patent alloys, led to an earlty interest in rare minerals by British firms, the most prominent being George G. Blackwell and Sons of Liverpool. Prices in 1904 for both metals were high- up to £200 a ton for molybdenite and £140 a ton for wolfram - and attracted many goldminers. Of the 1,136 people on the Hodgkinson by 1904, 700 were miners working at Wolfram. By 1909 wolfram was returning £41,820 compared to the value of gold at £7,089. But the rare metals industry was unstable - there was insecurity in the unknown overseas markets where demand fluctuated erratically and local miners were never sure of their returns. So a Wolfram Co-operative Association was formed to arrange advances and shipments through intermediaries such as the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency and WJ Lempriere and Co, but generally the local industry was poorly organised (Kirkman 1982: 189-190). The workings extended without a break from over 3 kms along the contact of the intrusive granite with older porphyries and slates from high rugged slopes down to the valley of Bulluburrah Creek (QGMJ 15 Jan 1913: 4). Initially settlement was concentrated on the higher slopes at Top Camp. From 1904, 2,500 tons of wolfram valued at £250,000 were produced at Wolfram Camp, half of which went through Moffatt's Irvinebank Co. Mill. The Irvinebank Mining Company set up a battery on Bullaburrah Creek in the lower valley. This battery was a stabilising influence on Wolfram Camp, although it was closed for long periods throughout 1909 because of strikes over the 44 hour week. It operated again from 1910 to 1912 and was closed in the rationalisation of Irvinebank Mining Company's assets at the end of that year. The area around the mill in the lower valley became the main settlement after 1907. The township, clustered on a ridge north of the battery, was at its peak during WWI. The wolfram mining industry passed through a depression for several years from 1910 chiefly because of the exhaustion of the residual surface accumulations of ore, thus ending the days of the gouger. La Societe Francaise des Metaux Rares was registered in Queensland in 1911. That same year Frenchman, Mr Poulet, took over a number of mine dumps and tailing heaps on behalf of French syndicate. The objective was to extract wolfram, molybdenite and bismuth from the lowest grade mixed-metal ore using a specially designed treatment plant. The crushing plant was delivered in August 1911 and the Queensland Government Mining Journal (15 Jan 1913: 4) reports that earthworks were underway in July 1912 for installation of the plant above Bulluburrah Creek in Upper Wolfram. The power plant imported by the company included an early 240 horsepower MAN diesel engine, type A4V49, weighing nearly 35,000kg that was coupled axially to a DC generator. An extensive system of overhead wire ropeways to collect ore from mullock heaps and a dam in Bulluburrah Creek were some of the proposed constructions. The cost of installation was expected to be considerably over £50,000 and required constant employment of 50 people, mostly skilled mechanics. After a few short and unsuccessful trial runs, the process plant was liquidated in 1913 because of the health hazards associated with the dry blowing process. The diesel engine was sold to Cooktown syndicate, and transported to the Louisa mine on the Palmer Goldfield. It now resides at the Great Extended Mine, Totley. Many of the mines were closed during WWI. The Thermo-Electric Ore Reduction Corporation plant built near the site of the Irvinebank Company Mill at Lower Wolfram, sustained the district through the war years with the government paying fixed prices. After slumps in metal prices after the return of free market forces in March 1920 the Thermo Co. failed to survive. Wolfram Camp was almost deserted within weeks of its shutdown. In 1926 Queensland Rare Metal Company erected a new battery on the site of the Irvinebank Mining Company's 10 head battery. As the prices of wolfram and molybdenite were declining there was little hope of success and the plant worked intermittently, with no crushing in 1934. Increased wolfram prices in 1935 attracted miners back to Wolfram and in 1937 the Pepper mine was dewatered and 200 men working in the area. During WWII 3 tributers worked mines at Wolfram: Larkin, Lansky and Forget-me-Not. In 1946 the contract price for wolfram between the British and Australian governments expired, no further prices were quoted and operations ceased. There were small scale workings at some of the mines in 1947. There was a brief rush after the outbreak of the Korean war in 1951. However, as the price of wolfram fell many mining activities ceased. The Mount Arthur Molybdenite Company NL worked several mines in the Wolfram Camp area in the 1970s until they sold their equipment by tender in 1989. In 2006 there is renewed interest in mining wolfram, molybdenite and bismuth at Wolfram, and an open cut mining operation approximately 1km south of the site of the former La Societe Francaise des Metaux Rares plant, is proposed.

Lorrae, I've looked in our phone book/ street directory, postcode book & the closest is Wolfang 4721 & Wolfgang Creek near Clermont. Can't say I've heard of it before. Sorry. May be an old mining town that is no more. Cheers. Annie, from lovely warm Cairns, Aus. > Lorrae <lorrae@uqconnect.net> wrote: > > Hi All > > Whilst searching the Australian Electoral Rolls, I came across these > entries: > > Australian Electoral Rolls - 1925 > OWENS - Robert Thomas - Wolfram - labourer > > Then the Australian Electoral Rolls - 1919 > OWENS - David Humphry - Wolfram - barber > > > Where is/was WOLFRAM, please? > > > I thought the Rolls were in areas/districts and I was looking at my > relatives: > > Owens - Charles Patrick Walsh St, Mareeba sawyer > Owens - Katherine Frances Walsh St, Mareeba home duties > Owens - Cecil Moore - Byrne St, Mareeba - Labourer > Owens - James - Mt Mulligan - Labourer > Owens - Charles Patrick - Mt Molloy - grocer > > The two at Wolfram are not related directly to the other OWENS but I was > hoping they may be related if they were in the same area. Still > looking. > > TIA > > > > Lorrae > Glenore Grove Qld 4342 > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=helmrich > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 4439 (20090918) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and > be a wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message Cheers. Anne from Cairns, Aus.

Hi All Whilst searching the Australian Electoral Rolls, I came across these entries: Australian Electoral Rolls - 1925 OWENS - Robert Thomas - Wolfram - labourer Then the Australian Electoral Rolls - 1919 OWENS - David Humphry - Wolfram - barber Where is/was WOLFRAM, please? I thought the Rolls were in areas/districts and I was looking at my relatives: Owens - Charles Patrick Walsh St, Mareeba sawyer Owens - Katherine Frances Walsh St, Mareeba home duties Owens - Cecil Moore - Byrne St, Mareeba - Labourer Owens - James - Mt Mulligan - Labourer Owens - Charles Patrick - Mt Molloy - grocer The two at Wolfram are not related directly to the other OWENS but I was hoping they may be related if they were in the same area. Still looking. TIA Lorrae Glenore Grove Qld 4342 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=helmrich __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4439 (20090918) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

I've just looked up Lipp on National Archives - There are Lipps mentioned under a variety of birth countries, including Germany, Austria, Roumania, Poland and Scotland. Wars and 'portable' borders don't make things any easier for us either. I'm still trying to work out if my g-grandfather, who was born in Dalmatia at the time it was part of the Hapsburg Empire, was Dalmation or Austrian. And was his father, John, really named Johann or Ivan? Cheers Barbara

Hello Jan Thank you for your reply . Caroline Grace HENNESSEY is (as you state) the daughter of William & Bridget HENNESSEY & therefore sister of my grandfather, Thomas HENNESSEY. 1. William HENNESSEY's father (James H ) , in Kilkenny Ireland , was a wheelwright so I wouldn't be surprised if the Martin HENNESSY of Hartley St , Rockhampton is a descendent . I'll now have to search that family to see how they fit in. 2. Do you know where in " country Qld " the "second " Martin HENNESSY married Mary POSTICH ? 3. Do you know where Martin HENNESSY & Eliza BRENNAN were married ? Thank you for this valuable information. Kind regards, Lance ( at Werribee Vic ) -------------------------------------------------- From: "Doug & Jan" <jst88221@bigpond.net.au> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 2:46 PM To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] First wife of William HENNESSY > There is a Martin HENNESSY living in Hartley St. Rockhampton occupation > Wheelwright on the 1922 ELECTORAL ROLL > > at the same address is Mary HENNESSY occupation HOme duties. > > there is marriage of a Martin HENNESSY to a Mary POSTICH in Country Qld. > 4-6-1913 ref 1913/000799 *******may be a bit late for your man... but > could be related... > > The Above Martin could be the son of Martin HENNESSY and Eliza BRENNAN > who > was born 18-10-1888 ref 1888/003533 this couple maried 3-10-1883 ref > 1883/000501 > > William and Bridgets dau Caroline Grace HENNESSEY **note spelling > married > James Jackson SUTTON 14-10-1910 ref 1910/000557 > > Jan > ----- Original Message ----- > > > >> Hello List >> Can anybody please advise me how I may find the details of the first >> wife of my great-grandfather , William Grace HENNESSY ? >> William was born in Stoneyford , Kilkenny , Ireland about 1832-1836 to >> James HENNESSY& wife Catherine ( nee GRACE ) . The next information I >> have of him is his marriage to Bridget GALVIN on 19th April 1866 at >> Rockhampton , Qld, Australia. On their Marriage Certificate he is listed >> as a widower & Bridget as a spinster. >> The family have no knowledge of his first marriage -- date, place ( >> Ireland , Australia , another country ) , bride's name, any children ( >> anecdotal evidence suggests he had a son called Martin but is not >> confirmed ). >> >> Any help would be gratefully appreciated. >> >> Regards & thanks, >> >> Lance ( at Werribee, Victoria ) >> All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be >> a wasted effort >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >