Hello Group, Can someone tell me if Dame Nellie Melba's father David Mitchell ever had a connection with the Bellarine/Geelong area. Cheers, Matt

On Friday 06 July 2007 20:14:58 Hanka Bachledova wrote: > Hello Group, > Can someone tell me if Dame Nellie Melba's father David Mitchell ever had a > connection with the Bellarine/Geelong area. > Cheers, > Matt > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://www.zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > 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 Hi Matt, Short answer- Yes! seems Mitchell was involved in the breaking of the "Limeburners monopoly" see http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050296b.htm regards Johm -- John Whitehand Melbourne Australia ~ a Linux (Ubuntu"Feisty Fawn") Desktop ~ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~whitehaj/index.html