Hey Susie and all...thanks for all you do for each of us on the list......as well as us NEWBIES who often remain NEWBIES to the likes of such as this!! When one is a once-in-a-whiler.......one remains a NEWBIE..... I am grateful for all the insights and help that you and others on the list have given me.. Thanks and "God bless us all every one!"-----(Dickens) Marylyn Adams Ocala, FL USA Marylyn D. Adams

Little Bendigo is a n old name for Nerrina, a few k's north east of Ballarat. Regards Peter Dr Peter Mansfield Chief Executive Officer Geelong Regional Library Corporation 194 High Street Belmont 3216 Victoria Phone: 5241 6151 Fax: 5243 3549 email: Peter.Mansfield@geelonglibraries.vic.gov.au >>> <JulieMWhyte@aol.com> 12/20/03 08:46am >>> Bungaree is near Ballarat - When you say Little Bendigo area where exactly is that?? Julie ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== Geelong & District and Bellarine Indexes : http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbksrc1.asp http://www.zades.com.au/bellhs/bpnmsrc1.asp -- Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au/tt

Hi Eve, Sorry we do not have documents re Devlin /Kinnear it is only through our research that we have found that information. I we do find any documents I shall forward copies to you. Dorothy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eve Anderson" <eanderson@bigfoot.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] KINNEAR > Hi again Dorothy, > Do you have those shipping documents (or copies) > in your posession? if so would I be able to have a copy please. > Cheers > Eve > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russell & Dorothy Devlin" <rustydoor@netspace.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:06 PM > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] KINNEAR > > > > Hi Ann, > > My husband's ancestors John and Mary Ann Devlin arrived on the Marco Polo > > in September 1852. Although they came from Ireland the Marco Polo sailed > > from an English port.. According to the shipping documents they were > > assisted migrants and sponsored by R. H. Kinnear of Connewarre where John > > worked for 12 months for 50 pounds plus keep. > > Connewarre is a small farming settlement between Geelong and Barwon Heads. > > This may give you a different lead in your investigations. > > regards, > > Dorothy Devlin. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Eve Anderson" <eanderson@bigfoot.com.au> > > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 7:20 PM > > Subject: [GEELONG] KINNEAR > > > > > > > Hello List, > > > I am a new subscriber from W.A.and am looking to find when > and > > where and on which vessel my GGrandfather Robert Hill Kinnear and his wife > > Rosalie Magdalene Catherine and their two children arrived in Australia in > > 1852. I have had no luck with passenger lists. I have records from > Pioneers > > of Pt. Phillip (i know he came out from Scotland in 1839 and returned in > > 1844. He took up land on the Mooroobool 1840-41) Married in Dundee 1847. > > Sold their farm in Corston (Scotland) June/July 1851, (I have an original > > poster for the "Finishing Sale" dated 8th July 1851 in Corston). Their > > second child, month old Robert Shiell Kinnear was christened in Scotland > on > > 27th Oct 1851 and their little 4 year old daughter Rosalie Korn Kinnear > died > > on the property "Ballanee" (4 miles north of Ballan, Vic on 14th Sep 1852 > > (no death reg. for her on the indexes only an entry in the family Bible I > > have) and I have this obsession to find where she is buried so I can visit > > her grave next year w! > > > hen we go across to Vic. They had to have left after the end Oct 1851 > and > > arrived before he took up "Ballenee" (as it was spelt then) in July 1852. > > > I know it's a big ask, but I am hoping some of the historians who are > more > > into this sort of thing than me, may be able to help me or give me some > > clues as to what to do. > > > My family motto is "I Live in Hope" above crossed anchors, so here's > > hoping. > > > Eve Anderson (nee Kinnear) W.A. > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > > > Geelong & District and Bellarine Indexes : > > > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbksrc1.asp > > > http://www.zades.com.au/bellhs/bpnmsrc1.asp > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > > Geelong & District Surnames of Interest : > > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdname.htm > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District Cemeteries : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdcem.htm >

Little Bendigo is a little suburb, just out of Ballarat. To the north of Ballarat actually. Now sometimes called Nerrina Di

Thanks Pam I look forward to getting a copy as soon as it becomes available. Regards Leonie

Hi Pat Many thanks for you email....will check it out Julie from sunny Qld ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick O'Sullivan" <pat@ozonline.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] NASH / MURPHY > G'day Julie, > Check your copy of Gazetteer of Victoria.. It's on the same CD as the > Pioneer Index. > Little Bendigo > County: Grenville > Population: 500 > Location: Ballarat East 4 miles > Cheers... > Pat... > > At 20/12/2003 Saturday08:46 AM, you wrote: > >Bungaree is near Ballarat - When you say Little Bendigo area where exactly is > >that?? > >Julie > > > > > >==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > >Geelong & District and Bellarine Indexes : > >http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbksrc1.asp > >http://www.zades.com.au/bellhs/bpnmsrc1.asp > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District Towns and Regions : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdtown.htm > >

G'day Julie, Check your copy of Gazetteer of Victoria.. It's on the same CD as the Pioneer Index. Little Bendigo County: Grenville Population: 500 Location: Ballarat East 4 miles Cheers... Pat... At 20/12/2003 Saturday08:46 AM, you wrote: >Bungaree is near Ballarat - When you say Little Bendigo area where exactly is >that?? >Julie > > >==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >Geelong & District and Bellarine Indexes : >http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbksrc1.asp >http://www.zades.com.au/bellhs/bpnmsrc1.asp

Hi Paula - our records are not yet available on CD as we still have issues with our database suiting all computers and meeting the Privacy Act. Hopefully we will have access to our records in some shape or form soon! Pam Jennings (Geelong Cemeteries Trust). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonie Oliver" <gloliver@nor.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 7:30 AM Subject: [GEELONG] Geelong cemetery CD? > Hi > Are the Geelong cemeteries burials available on CD? I am finding more and > more of my family are buried there, including some who have moved from > Warrnambool. > Thanks > Leonie > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District Towns and Regions : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdtown.htm >

Hi Julie I know very little about the area myself. Someone gave me the records from a CD....two of the children were born Little Bendigo 1876 & 1896. Interested in any info about the area or family. Regards Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: <JulieMWhyte@aol.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 7:46 AM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] NASH / MURPHY > Bungaree is near Ballarat - When you say Little Bendigo area where exactly is > that?? > Julie > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District and Bellarine Indexes : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbksrc1.asp > http://www.zades.com.au/bellhs/bpnmsrc1.asp > >

Hi Are the Geelong cemeteries burials available on CD? I am finding more and more of my family are buried there, including some who have moved from Warrnambool. Thanks Leonie

Looking for any info on Catherine MURPHY b. 1852 who married John William NASH. They had 9 children born Bungaree, Little Bendigo area. Children Mary b.1875, John William b.1876, Ann b. 1877, Charles b.1880, Francis b. 1883, Mary 1885, Margaret b.1887, John Leslie b. 1891, Richard Ernest b.1896. Regards Julie

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Hi Neil, Sorry I am late replying to your query. A couple of names in your query have aroused my interest, although I am not a descendant of any. Would your Squires family include William Squires who married Ellen Richardson Grant in 1873 and then her niece Esther Grant in 1895 in the Shelford area? William's sister Amy also married Ellen's brother Richard in 1872. (I am descended from Ellen and Richard's brother, William). Also do you have a George Urquart who lived in the Colac region and had two children, George and James, who were buried in Colac in 1891? Kind regards, Sharon Long, Melton Vic. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Nunn" <Neil.Anne.NUNN@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 7:14 AM Subject: [GEELONG] New to list > Dear List > > Please let me introduce myself. > > My name is Neil Nunn and I have only been researching my ancestors for a short time. I have found quite a bit of information in the same manner as I presume you all have. > > Quite a lot of my maternal ancestors were in the Geelong district. Surnames such as:- Rosser/Urquhart/Klemke/Betts/ Pyle/Squires/Taylor etc etc > > I thought I had found one person (whom I believe to be a member of the Geelong Society) namely Sue Wood, who left her name on the 2001 site as researching Betts/Pyle, but have been unable to locate her. > > I hope this is an approved method of trying to locate/contact anyone else who has an interest in the same surnames as I. > > Looking forward to hearing from anyone who has the same surnames of interest. > > Cheers > Neil Nunn > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District and Bellarine Indexes : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbksrc1.asp > http://www.zades.com.au/bellhs/bpnmsrc1.asp >

Bungaree is near Ballarat - When you say Little Bendigo area where exactly is that?? Julie

Hi Robyn No, not this time - fortunately that is one cemetery I don't have to look in. It tugs a bit at the heartstrings to see the rusty frames of the cots which they used to mark the children's graves, doesn't it? He was with Bank of New South Wales, and was transferred from Brisbane to Georgetown in 1887, and on to Croydon. Next was Cooktown and Port Douglas and then back to Croydon as Manager in 1893, by which time he was married. They were there until 1901, when he was transferred to Sydney, but the culture shock must have been a bit much as he resigned and went back to Croydon. He was as a commission agent and valuer, and director of one of the mines - the Golden Gate - until about 1908 when the family moved firstly to Brisbane, where he was employed by the Lands Dept, then to Wallumbilla, Roma and finally here in Toowoomba abt 1919 as Western Lands Commissioner. He and Gran are both buried here. What was your ggf's name? I presume you bought a copy of "Croydon Gold" from the Information Office. and I suppose any continuation of this had better be 'offlist' as it does not relate to Geelong. Don Watson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn Shaw" <mrshaw@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 7:05 AM Subject: Re: Croydon formerly - [GEELONG] KINNEAR - > Hi Don, can you tell us a bit about your grandfather. What did he do...did > you find HIS grave along with all others. robyn. > ----- Original Message ----- >

Hi Don, can you tell us a bit about your grandfather. What did he do...did you find HIS grave along with all others. robyn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Watson" <dontmba@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 2:03 PM Subject: Re: Croydon formerly - [GEELONG] KINNEAR - > Further to Robyn's info about Croydon - > Chris Weirman's phone is 0747456125 > and he can be reached by email at - > croydonifo@bigpond.com > > We were up there in August; my grandparents were there from about 1888 to > 1908. My father was born there. > Don Watson > (also in Toowoomba) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robyn Shaw" <mrshaw@bigpond.com> > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 6:15 AM > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] KINNEAR > > > > Croydon, for those not in the know, is in the top end of far north Qld. > The > > locals and council have updated the place and in town it looks very nice. > > Local tourist officer, Chris Weirman, is a fund of knowledge. > > > > Sadly, around 1888, dunno about earlier, there were heaps of people > looking > > for gold there. Mostly slightly out of town. The water was dreadful and > > the sanitation even worse so it seems. People died like flies. Guess the > > Irish survived by not drinking water! > > > > Well, my great grandfather did until 1888 when he died of 'local disease', > > dropsy, and other dreadful things. He left a large family, didn't they > all, > > and his wife. The couple ran the local hotel at Mulligan's Camp, out of > > town. After her husband died, and then her son, she came to town and ran > > another hotel. With all those kids! > > > > Anyway, eventually she came to Brisbane and lived with her daughter > Cecilia > > Gamble, and died at the ripe old age of about 84 I think from memory. > > > > I tramped over many grave sites, found an Irish cross fallen over, flooded > > and looking dreadful. Could not deciper the name of the person, so > > 'assumed' it was my great grandfather. Best I could do. Well, it COULD > be > > his...........er.....er.... > > > > Because of the hot weather, lack of preservation, people were buried not > far > > from where they died. I am sure he is buried on a property, with about 30 > > others, at a local area, but cannot have access to them all as the man who > > owns it does not let people in. > > > > Story goes that he purchased the place, knowing the graves were there, and > > was not supposed to 'fence them in', e.g. he was to make the fence do a > dog > > leg, but of course, he didn't. How can people 'buy' consecrated ground?? > > Then not let the rellies go there?? Dunno. > > > > I am sure if he had to do without the small area where the graves are, and > > had access to them available, it would not affect his monetary return from > > the property. He has thousands of other acres. It is not god's own > > country. It is dry and rocky and I am sure he would not miss the few > acres, > > but........... > > > > Sorry I cannot tell anyone about other goldfields. Chris Weirman is the > > man. There were heaps of goldfields, heaps of immigrants, all round > > Croydon. If anyone wants to contact Chris, ring the local council and ask > > for his email. > > > > robyn shaw. toowoomba.qld. (the bottom end of Qld!) > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Linda Edwards" <edwslsj@alphalink.com.au> > > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 8:00 PM > > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] KINNEAR > > > > > > > Robyn did you by any chance go near the Gibberton Goldfields not far > from > > > croydon? > > > We have someone who died there in 1869 would be interested if anything > is > > > left at all? > > > Linda > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Robyn Shaw <mrshaw@bigpond.com> > > > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 4:34 PM > > > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] KINNEAR > > > > > > > > > > Don't live in hope with the burial ground. > > > > I drove from Toowoomba, near Brisbane, to Croydon in far north Qld to > > find > > > > my great grandfathers grave. > > > > > > > > Found afghan camel drivers, chinese gold miners, but no great > > grandfather. > > > > He died in 1888. Local publican. Left a wife and a tribe of kids. > > > > > > > > Many people died up there and now some of the places where they were > > > buried > > > > as now fenced of and private property. You cannot get to them. > > > > > > > > Had similar trouble with Grong Grong. Floods, cattle stamping over > > them, > > > > more floods (cemeteries are always put on awful ground to keep the > best > > > for > > > > grazing). > > > > > > > > Maybe you need to ask a bit more to verify that you can even get to > the > > > > supposed place of burial. robyndehood. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Eve Anderson" <eanderson@bigfoot.com.au> > > > > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:20 PM > > > > Subject: [GEELONG] KINNEAR > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello List, > > > > > I am a new subscriber from W.A.and am looking to find > when > > > and > > > > where and on which vessel my GGrandfather Robert Hill Kinnear and his > > wife > > > > Rosalie Magdalene Catherine and their two children arrived in > Australia > > in > > > > 1852. I have had no luck with passenger lists. I have records from > > > Pioneers > > > > of Pt. Phillip (i know he came out from Scotland in 1839 and returned > in > > > > 1844. He took up land on the Mooroobool 1840-41) Married in Dundee > 1847. > > > > Sold their farm in Corston (Scotland) June/July 1851, (I have an > > original > > > > poster for the "Finishing Sale" dated 8th July 1851 in Corston). Their > > > > second child, month old Robert Shiell Kinnear was christened in > Scotland > > > on > > > > 27th Oct 1851 and their little 4 year old daughter Rosalie Korn > Kinnear > > > died > > > > on the property "Ballanee" (4 miles north of Ballan, Vic on 14th Sep > > 1852 > > > > (no death reg. for her on the indexes only an entry in the family > Bible > > I > > > > have) and I have this obsession to find where she is buried so I can > > visit > > > > her grave next year w! > > > > > hen we go across to Vic. They had to have left after the end Oct > 1851 > > > and > > > > arrived before he took up "Ballenee" (as it was spelt then) in July > > 1852. > > > > > I know it's a big ask, but I am hoping some of the historians who > are > > > more > > > > into this sort of thing than me, may be able to help me or give me > some > > > > clues as to what to do. > > > > > My family motto is "I Live in Hope" above crossed anchors, so here's > > > > hoping. > > > > > Eve Anderson (nee Kinnear) W.A. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > > > > > Geelong & District and Bellarine Indexes : > > > > > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbksrc1.asp > > > > > http://www.zades.com.au/bellhs/bpnmsrc1.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > > > > Geelong Family History Group : > > > > http://home.vicnet.net.au/~gfamhist/index.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > > > Geelong & District Surnames of Interest : > > > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdname.htm > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > > Geelong & District Cemeteries : > > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdcem.htm > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District Cemeteries : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdcem.htm >

Hi Eve, Sorry, I should have said that R.H.K. is mentioned in the book. Hope you can obtain a copy, or perhaps a library might have it ? Cheers......Wendy.

The only way you will get all that information is to buy the certificates. Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Griffin" <griffins@tpg.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 8:38 AM Subject: [GEELONG] GEELONG CEMETERY RECORDS > Hi > I am trying to locate burials/dates of death of the following family. I have the year of death from Victorian Deaths Index 1921-1985. > Olive Gertrude Finlayson (nee Clark)1909 - 1948 died Geelong > Lesley Patricia Finlayson c1933 - 1946 > Ronald John Finlayson c1933 -1935 > Elvie May Finlayson c1946 -1946 > > also looking for Olive's sisters > Hazel Naomi Loveday (nee Clark) 1912 - ?? > Irene Elizabeth Thompson (nee Clark) 1913 - ?? > Laura Lillian Bate (nee Clark) 1923 - > Lila May Coulter? (nee Clark) 1915 - > > Thankyou > Suzanne - Tasmania > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong and District web site : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/ >

That email address should have been croydoninfo@bigpond.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Watson" <dontmba@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 2:03 PM Subject: Re: Croydon formerly - [GEELONG] KINNEAR - > Further to Robyn's info about Croydon - > Chris Weirman's phone is 0747456125 > and he can be reached by email at - > croydonifo@bigpond.com > >

Eve The book "The Woolshed: A Riverina Anthology" by Peter Freeman is for sale on E bay. Pamela ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eve Anderson" <eanderson@bigfoot.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Re (GEELONG) KINNEAR > Thanks Wendy, no I haven't seen the book, would you know if R.H.K is > mentioned? > Eve. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "C.G&W.A.Mclennan" <burra@ansonic.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 6:38 PM > Subject: [GEELONG] Re (GEELONG) KINNEAR > > > > Eve, Have you seen the book "The Woolshed: A Riverina Anthology" by > Peter Freeman, published 1980 ? On pages 192 - 196 are sketches & photos of > "Madowla Park", and some early history. > > > > No doubt you have tried the Ballan cemetery for the grave you are seeking > ? > > > > Good luck......Wendy McLennan. > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > > Geelong & District Towns and Regions : > > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdtown.htm > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District Towns and Regions : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdtown.htm > >