Owen, I remember when I was living in Townsville as a child, about 63 years ago, there was some Company called POPE Not sure what their business was but you might like to try Townsville North Queensland next time you travel through. Try the Library...I am sure they will help you. Regards, Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "owenpope" <owenpope@farmside.co.nz> To: <AUS-QLD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Pope Research > Thank you Margm, > > Indeed Qld is large and hot - I love it. Just drove from > Nerang to Townsville and have been up to Irvinebank where my > GG grandfather is buried. I visit three or four times a year > to locate THE LIVE ONES as part of my project to construct > our Pope family history on my web site. >