Gosh Ada, You're really trying to stretch our little grey cells!!! Would this sort of license be grouped in with the other myriad of licenses applied for in Court of Petty Sessions or similar? Publican, slaughterman, carrier, pension, etc.? I don't ever remember seeing any for dances / musicians in the Drysdale Court of Petty Session Registers and we've indexed all of those. This is getting more interesting by the minute! Bye for now ........ my brains are getting tired!! ........ Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ada Ackerly" <aackers@alphalink.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Quadrille Office/Malop St listings in 1858 > Hello Jenny, > > Now that we seem to have decided that the Quadrille Office seems to have > been a dance parlour, and one of the gents was a musician, perhaps someone > with a Geelong historical background can say who would have granted the > licence for them to operate. > > From earliest times (Port Phillip) it was necessary to apply for a licence > to run dances and musical entertainments. > > That could clinch it, if the records have survived! > > Regards Ada