Albert I lived in West St just around the corner from the Gowrie Rd Hotel You are right in thinking that Gowrie Rd started at West St...but by the time I was born, it started at Holberton. Yes Black Gully crossed Gowrie Rd diagonally at about Tor St [ I got dumped by my pony trying to jump the creek...but that's another story] Farms in Gowrie Rd on the Southern side would have backed down onto the creek...their water supply . It certainly would be in the vicinity of the aerodrome which cuts across Greenwattle Street, dividing it into 2. Judy PS Caught the Gowrie Rd bus to school. > There was sopme discussion about Greenwattle Street in Toowoomba. > I have since then noted htta the family home referred to Greenwattle > Ridge > and not street. That got me interested especially as it also mentioned > Black > Gully. > Now I thght that Black Guilkly was the area crossing Tor Street and > Bdrideg > Street cornwers and then flowing dowbn to jopin Gowire Creek at Mort > Styreet. > So I have doen abit of research and maybe it might itnerst optehrs > what I > leanred. > Mind you the peorsn givng me this information led me astray once > before and > I made a proper gig of myself. However this time I think he is almost > correct. > What I learn is: > Prior to about 1912-approx give it ten years either way, Gowrie Road > started > at West Street. Older people will remember the Gowrie Road Hotel was > near > West Street. I remember as a kid asking why it was called that when it > was > nearly in West Street and being told not to be so stupid. The answer > was > logical but for me not until recent years. I now know that I was not > the > only one to ever ask that question. Wonder what answer the others were > given. > Also there used to be a bus service that started at Holberton Street > and was > called the Gowrie Rood Bus. > In that time the Gowrie Shire existed and it started at West Street > but I am > unsure how far it went out or what were its boundaries. So Gowrie Road > was > the main road of the shire. > So a person could have lived on Gowrie Road in the 1800s and been no > where > near Wilsontopn. Fascinating I thought. > In my day Gowrie road started at Greenwattle Street. Until then it was > Bridge Street. > So from what I can make of what I am now told from a map is that > Greenwattle > Ridge was actually the area where the aerodrome now is. > The family Bleich who whereabouts started this must have had their > farm on > the town side of the aerodrome. > I have asked a person living in Toowoomba who can get access to > subdivisions > of that era to try and locate the block. > It seems then that Greenwattle Ridge was actually a suburb/district > and that > maybe Wilsonton either overtook the area or adjoined it. > It is difficult to identify these things from Melbourne but I would > love to > know just where it actually was. > The general description that I have of their home suggests that it > could be > anywhere between the aerodrome and Tor Street on the north side of > Warrego > Highway. > Open to any other thoughts. > Albert Grulke in sunny dry Melbourne > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of norm > bourguignon > Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2007 2:26 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SEQ-Germans] Diaries & Journals 1860's > > I wish> Good to see you are still enthusiastic and I'm looking > forward to > the finished product. Gaylene > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Noel & Del Bergman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:40 AM > Subject: [SEQ-Germans] Diaries & Journals 1860's > > >> Hi List, >> >> We are researching the 1865 voyage of the ship "Susanne Godeffroy" >> from Hamburg to Moreton Bay. >> >> We know of one diary about the voyage written 50 years later, but >> does anyone know of any other accounts of the voyage or other >> voyages around that time. >> >> Looking forward to hearing from some of you. >> >> Regards >> >> Noel & Del Bergman >> >> 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 2630 (20071031) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> > 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 > > 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 >