As far as I'm aware the '17 Miles' was measured from Brisbane as it was 17 miles upstream on the Brisbane River. Not too sure about swamps though. Gaylene ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 8:29 AM Subject: [SEQ-Germans] "Miles" from where? > Hi all, > > Apologies if this is really off the intended list topic, but > I've been curious about the "Mile" references in a number of > places in Brisbane. > > Gaylene mentions "17 Mile Rocks", I have ancestors who lived > in the Brisbane area at "1 Mile Swamp" and another family at > "4 Mile Swamp". > > Can anyone enlighten me on where they were measuring the > miles from? > > Rosemary. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "norm bourguignon" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SEQ-Germans] Weil/Breadsell > Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:47:55 +1000 > >> Arthur do you have a connection to the Breadsell's who >> were at 17 Mile Rocks on the Brisbane River in the >> 1860's-70's. A Sarah Breadsell was a witness at the >> death of a child at that time. I know of someone who has >> done some research on their land ownership at this time. >> Gaylene >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Arthur Christensen" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:07 AM >> Subject: [SEQ-Germans] Weil >> >> >> > > A List for the research for the descendants of the Germans who migrated to > South East Queensland, Australia. > Archives - > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-QLD-SE-Germans.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ NOD32 2985 (20080330) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >