Hi Jenny, Everyone seems to have put in their two cents worth on this one, so I thought I'd do the same. However my two cents may have some validity. My father in law has told me that apparently one of our ancestors, George Denton, was a big rodeo star. So far I haven't been able to find any evidence of this and there are two George's in the family so I'm not sure which one it refers to. One George came to Australia and settled in Geelong in the 1850's and the other is his grandson, who was born in Geelong in 1896. Father in law is very vague on the details, but I was wondering if this quadrille thingy has something to do with horses, maybe this is what my George Denton was involved in, not rodeo. I know this isn't much help, but sometimes little leads turn into big ones. Good Luck Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: <JnnyB@aol.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 12:31 PM Subject: [GEELONG] Quadrille Office - Mapping office? > Hello listers, > > In an earlier message I asked if anyone had heard of a Quadrille Office in Geelong in 1858. The list was particularly quiet on this one so I googled and came up with the idea that it may have been a government mapping office. This idea was based on the fact that there is still available quadrille graph paper which can be used in mapping (and because I have absolutely no other ideas!). > > Is there some kind soul who could look up directories for the period and see if there was a mapping office listed, or any other government office in Malop St East? > > With thanks, > -- > Jenny Coates (Boyer) > Harkaway, Victoria > > > ==== 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 >

Hello Liz, also recall a term ( From my Geelong days-50 yrs ago) "Gymkhana" as an equestrian event - probably European as distinct from the "Wild West" type of Rodeo.. Liz Denten wrote: >Hi Jenny, >Everyone seems to have put in their two cents worth on this one, so I >t<Edited> > > George >Denton, was a big rodeo star. So far I haven't been able to find any >evidence of this and there are two George's in the family so I'm not sure >which one it refers to. One George came to Australia and settled in Geelong >in the 1850's and the other is his grandson, who was born in Geelong in >1896. > ><more editing> >----- Original Message ----- >From: <JnnyB@aol.com> >To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 12:31 PM >Subject: [GEELONG] Quadrille Office - Mapping office? > > > > >>Hello listers, >> >>In an earlier message I asked if anyone had heard of a Quadrille Office in >> >> >Geelong in 1858. The list was particularly quiet on this one so I googled >and came up with the idea that it may have been a government mapping office. >This idea was based on the fact that there is still available quadrille >graph paper which can be used in mapping (and because I have absolutely no >other ideas!). > > >>Is there some kind soul who could look up directories for the period and >> >> >see if there was a mapping office listed, or any other government office in >Malop St East? > > >>With thanks, >>-- >>Jenny Coates (Boyer) >>Harkaway, Victoria >> >> >>==== 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 > >. > > > -- John Whitehand Melbourne 61 3 93145306 "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." Antoine de St. Exupery http://www.westegg.com/exupery/