Hi Folks, Well there were all sorts of suggestions but nothing positive about Quadrille office from the committee members although one is going to look through some other sources tomorrow to see if they find anything ......... BUT ......... driving home from Geelong I had some more thoughts and I've found some more pieces to the puzzle. Remember also that "office" in the 1850s wasn't necessarily our idea of an office. In fact I remember getting rather excited finding my family in the Griffith's Valuations of Ireland as having two offices and was quite impressed until I found out that an "office" was an out-house / chook shed / small outbuilding. Anyway, back to the other pieces ......... from Brownhill's "History of Geelong & Corio Bay" ..... p. 378-9 ..... The dais was embowered in shrubs and flowers, and from behind these came the strains of music from Messrs. Wilton and Goodall's band of melody-makers. (refers to inaugural dinner given by G.F. Belcher as Mayor in November 1873). p. 433 ..... The ball at night transformed the dining hall into an even more sparkling scene. Two thousand people were there, and dancing went on into the next day to the music of Wilton's Band - a popular local company of musicians - and the 40th regiment Band. (this was referring to the celebrations 25th June, 1857, for the opening of the Geelong - Melbourne railway line.) And the piece-de-resistance (with a French accent of course) ......... 1866-67 : Geelong & Western District Directory ......... Malop st. east - among others ......... WILTON, T., musician So looks like the music / dance QUADRILLE is definitely tied to this "Quadrille office" !!!!!!!!!! Now I can sleep peacefully! <vbg> Regards ............. Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amanda" <greenthumbs@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Quadrille Office/Malop St listings in 1858 > Hi Jenny, > > Looked up Malop street in the 1858 directory and found that the Quadrille > office is listed between Yarra street and Bellerine street. It would take > too long for my two fingers to type out the entire listing for Malop street, > but here are the entries for Malop street, between Yarra street and > Bellarine street going west to east on the left hand side: