Hi Raeleen, Thanks so much for your reply.G.V.D. may have been down there earlier for the building of the Railway by some of these old letters.Anything to do with Land clearing and wood etc he would have had a hand in also.He was Church of England.Griffiths is buried up here just out of Bendigo,with his brother,Jacob Willans Dixon,at the Raywood Cemetery. It would have been a Dairy farm that Griffith's brother,Jacob, had in the Leongatha area,l am still trying to trace this.l know that Griffith was working at it in 1904,and that Griffith's nephew,my Grandfather,Peter Verdon Dixon married my Grandmother,Ethel Winifred Craig,at Leongatha on 11th.Nov;1911. l would be thrilled to be able to work out exactly where this property was.The older Dixon Brothers were all Church of England.It was only that Jacob married Susan Malone,a Strict Irish-Catholic,that their children were then bought up in the Catholic faith,Peter and Ethel were both Catholic so their marriage would have been at a Catholic Church in Leongatha. l will read through some more of the letters for clues,but l'd say that the Railway you mention is the one Griffith worked on.Thanks so much,Pauline Pendlebury[Dixon],in Bendigo.

Hi PPendlebury, I have in my possession a photocopy of the "Back to Koonwarra" booklet of March, 1965 (my father has the original). My great grandparents were in Koonwarra also around the time you mention (1899 etc). The Great Southern Railway which originated in Tooradin, was opened between Leongatha and Port Albert (including Koonwarra) on 13 Jan 1892. "About 300 men were employed on the work at Koonarra and were camped at Camo Hill on the Black Spur Creek..." References to Dixon throughout this booklet are as follows: The earliest settlers: Dickson Bros is now owned by Rundel and J Fowler Lyre Bird Mound Methodist Church (built 1888): Trustee - F Dixon in 1903 Koonwarra was (supposedly) the last of the Great Gippsland Forest to be cleared, and was used for market gardening (onions mostly) and ultimately for dairying. Unsure if this is of any use, but it's what I have. Kind regards - RAELENE PROSSER

hi List, l have recently purchased some old family letters from the Hull Universtity in England.One is written by my Gr.Gr.Uncle,Griffith Verdon Dixon,it is written at Koonwarra on June 4th;1899.My interest is what he was doing there,he may have been on a Dixon family property in the area,He mentions in this letter an old friend of his taking a trip back "home" to England-W.Taek,or W.Tack.As well as working the family farm Griffith is known to have worked in Gold mines and also the Wood and Logging industry.there is also mention in another of the letters of Griffith helping with construction of a railway Line in Gippsland.l also know he was into building,as he tendered for the building of the Laanecoorie Mechanics Institute here in Victoria,a tender he received but later forfeited. If anyone can help me with any info at all concerning Griffith Verdon Dixon,re Koonwarra,l would be most grateful,thanking you,Pauline Pendlebury[Dixon].

Have you tried "Time to Remember" Keith McD FAIRWEATHER? Carl MATTHEWS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 11:55 PM Subject: [AVG] Reply to Black Horse Lead Mine > Thanks to everyone who replied to my request about the Black Horse Lead Mine. > > I should have added a relevant date which was mid to late 1850's. > My gg grandfather was James Keith and his obituary states: > "He sank his fortune in the Black Horse Lead Mine, Victoria leaving this mine within six feet of that great reef which turned out so rich afterwards." > > Robyn > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > Lookups are available by going to the AVG home page at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ and from there to Lookups. If the lookup that you need isn't listed there, and is a GIPPSLAND one, then it is appropriate to ask on list. >

Hi Trevor I have a copy of No. 3. Is there anything I can look up for you? the older of the tworobbos

Thanks to everyone who replied to my request about the Black Horse Lead Mine. I should have added a relevant date which was mid to late 1850's. My gg grandfather was James Keith and his obituary states: "He sank his fortune in the Black Horse Lead Mine, Victoria leaving this mine within six feet of that great reef which turned out so rich afterwards." Robyn

Hi! Can anyone tell me where I can find a copy of "Gippsland Heritage Journal" Volume 3? Thanks Jan Woods

It has just come back to me! The surname of the Black Snake mine operators. They were the Mitchelson brothers! the older of the tworobbos

Hi list,, I have a list of mines that my great granddad had or may have had an interest in, Is there anyone on the list who has knowledge of these mines...... Sons of Freedom (3 miles above Deptford) Tambo GalwayBattery Great Success Propriety Yahoo Hidden Treasure Trio Tubal Cane Duke of Edinboro Standard of Freedom Excelsior Mountaineer (Deptford) Browns Reef Victoria The great grandfather was Nicholas Hollensen, who had many other interests, coaches, Wy Yung Hotel, storekeeper.Any info would be very welcomeT I A Dusty

There was a White Horse Lead Mine in the Sebastopol area. Dont know if this of any help. Vicki Quoting Robyn Jones <[email protected]>: > Does any one know anything about the Black Horse Lead Mine? > > I'm not sure if it is the Central Vic Goldfields or the far East Gippsland > area. I only know that it was in Vic according to my gg grandfathers > obituary. > > Any help appreciated. > Thank you. > Robyn > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > Anyone seen any good GIPPSLAND websites lately. Please feel free to mention > GIPPSLAND websites on list, or drop a note to the Listowner to have them > added to the AVG Home page at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ > >

My husband drove truck loads of copper ore out of the mine at Tubbut Tubbut in 1959/60. A hair raising event from time to time as the roads were so very narrow. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Robinson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:21 PM Subject: [AVG] Re: Black Horse Lead Mine > Not that I'm any sort of an expert, but the only mine with a black anything in its name that I'm aware of in E. Gipps is the old Black Snake copper mine near Tubbut - at one stage owned and operated by two brothers (whose surname escapes me for the moment!) who ran what was for some time the largest commercial fishing trawler out of Lakes Entrance. This was back in the late 1950s/early 1960s. > > the older of the tworobbos > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > This list is dedicated to matters Gippslandish - for non-Gippsland enquires, consider subscribing to AUS-VIC >

Aaaah - but not to be confused with the battery at Black Snake Creek, near Crooked River (the Crooked River school was there), which was mainly a 1930s battery - the shed is still there, not sure about the equipment. And there was a Black Prince somewhere else - was it Bullumwaal???? Linda At 02:21 PM 30/03/05 +1000, a Robbo wrote: >Not that I'm any sort of an expert, but the only mine with a black >anything in its name that I'm aware of in E. Gipps is the old Black Snake >copper mine near Tubbut - at one stage owned and operated by two brothers >(whose surname escapes me for the moment!) who ran what was for some time >the largest commercial fishing trawler out of Lakes Entrance. This was >back in the late 1950s/early 1960s.

Not that I'm any sort of an expert, but the only mine with a black anything in its name that I'm aware of in E. Gipps is the old Black Snake copper mine near Tubbut - at one stage owned and operated by two brothers (whose surname escapes me for the moment!) who ran what was for some time the largest commercial fishing trawler out of Lakes Entrance. This was back in the late 1950s/early 1960s. the older of the tworobbos

Robyn I was going to suggest that you contact David Bannear, archaeologist, at Heritage Victoria. Their phone number is (03) 9655 6519. I see that he carried out the assessment listed in Rick White's email. Regards Anne Napier ------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "WHITE Richard C" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:49 AM Subject: RE: [AVG] Black Horse Lead Mine > Hi there Robyn : > > There was an extensive gold mining company called the Black Horse Mine . . . . . . . . . > SIGNIFICANCE RANKING: Site Listed Heritage Inventory. > Assessed by: David Bannear Date: July 1994. > Rick White > Wollongong > NSW

Hi there Robyn : There was an extensive gold mining company called the Black Horse Mine; later to be called the new Black Horse Mine in the Mt Egerton area of the central Vic goldfields. The operations ran from the 1860's through to the early 1900's. While many mines had the intent of mining for lead, etc, they often ended up mining gold. An extract from a report from the Victorian Department of Natural resources and Environment (1994) follows : VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS PROJECT HISTORIC GOLD MINING SITES IN THE SOUTH WEST REGION OF VICTORIA REPORT ON CULTURAL HERITAGE Department Of Natural Resources & Environment August 1999 NAME: NEW BLACK HORSE MINE LOCATION: Mount Egerton-Gordon Goldfield HI NO: H7722-0044 LOCATION: Egerton, immediately east of town MUNICIPALITY: Moorabool Shire CURRENT STATUS: Crown Land SITE HISTORY: The Mount Egerton goldfield was discovered in 1853 by a party of Ballarat miners led by George Grell. The field was rushed in 1854 with miners concentrating their efforts on extracting gold from one long line of quartz reefs. This line was eventually traced from Mount Egerton to Gordon and beyond. The dash for quick profits saw the bulk of early quartz workings abandoned by 1858-59 when the shafts dropped onto water. During the early to mid 1860s the Mount Egerton field experienced several disastrous mining booms and busts. In 1867 confidence in the field was maintained when the Egerton Company, along with an adjoining Black Horse Company, were successful in obtaining steady and sometimes outstanding yields. These two companies, through various re-organisations, continued to dominate the Mount Egerton field for the next twenty or so years. The Black Horse had three main re-organisations--Black Horse (1867-1874), New Black Horse (1874-early 1880s) and Black Horse United (early 1880s- 1900s). Both the Egerton and Black Horse companies had their turns at being the division's largest gold producer. The former held the record throughout much of the 1880s, and the latter for a shorter time during the late 1880s/early 1890s. The Egerton was to pay out some £300,000 in dividends and the Black Horse obtained £460,000 worth of gold and paid out £178,000 in dividends. The Black Horse mine continued to work through the 1890s and into the early 1900s. The later mining efforts of the company proved unprofitable because of the expense of working at great depths--by the 1900s the company was exploring below the 2,000 foot level. Machinery. The mining register records the following machinery installation for the Black Horse mine: Sept 1870 30-hp engine; June 1877 22-head stamp battery; June 1877 New boiler and brick stack; and March 1879 Erection of new 30-head stamping battery. Foundations surviving today would date to the 1870s. References Flett, J., The History of Gold Discoveries in Victoria, 1979, p.374. Mining Surveyors Quarterly Reports: December 1860; July 1863; September 1870; June 1877; December 1877; March 1879. Department of Mines, Annual Reports 1903 and 1904. Australasian Mining Standard, June 1, 1899. DESCRIPTION & INTERPRETATION OF FEATURES: Mining machinery. Site is obscured by black berry bushes. Only visible feature is a massive brick mounting bed which measures 50 ft x 5 ft, stands 9 ft and has line of thirteen, 2½ inch mounting bolts. The bed, set in an excavated platform, has stepped brickwork and bricks are set in concrete mortar. Tramway. Traces of an embankment to the north of the mine site. The tramway once connected the mine to a battery (now obliterated) which was located near site of government battery. The tramway largely runs through freehold land. Tailings. Have been extensively quarried CONDITION OF FEATURES: Site obscured by blackberry bushes. The engine bed in good condition and there is the prospect for buried (or obscured) foundations. SIGNIFICANCE RANKING: Site Listed Heritage Inventory. Assessed by: David Bannear Date: July 1994. See http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/doi/doielect.nsf/2a6bd98dee287482ca256915001cff0c/2131dff1538839554a25697e001553fd/$FILE/SouthWestRegionfinalreport.pdf for more information. Do a text search within this PDF document for "Black Horse". Hope this helps. Rick White Wollongong NSW -----Original Message----- From: Robyn Jones [ mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 29 March 2005 22:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AVG] Black Horse Lead Mine Does any one know anything about the Black Horse Lead Mine? I'm not sure if it is the Central Vic Goldfields or the far East Gippsland area. I only know that it was in Vic according to my gg grandfathers obituary. Any help appreciated. Thank you. Robyn ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== Anyone seen any good GIPPSLAND websites lately. 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Hi Robyn, I wonder if you are able to distinguish if this is a mine (ie gold) at the Black Horse Lead, or a mine for Lead (that heavy metal used in fish sinkers) called the Black Horse? There is something in the back of my mind about Lead (heavy metal) mines - did we have them at Buchan, or in the far East???? Bit of a worry with Lead (the geological feature) and Lead (the heavy metal) being spelled the same - it could be either. Regards Linda At 10:56 PM 29/03/05 +1000, you wrote: >Does any one know anything about the Black Horse Lead Mine? > >I'm not sure if it is the Central Vic Goldfields or the far East Gippsland >area. I only know that it was in Vic according to my gg grandfathers obituary.

Does any one know anything about the Black Horse Lead Mine? I'm not sure if it is the Central Vic Goldfields or the far East Gippsland area. I only know that it was in Vic according to my gg grandfathers obituary. Any help appreciated. Thank you. Robyn

I need time to check that - the most famous set around are the Rev Roberts baps of that time, but I cannot remember if he was at Stratford or Maffra - maybe at Stratford when it covered Maffra, and then moved to Maffra. I am unsure if they are in the Maffra Library local collection, and will need to check - they are around somewhere, as well as at the church - I THINK at Stratford, but covering across to Glenmaggie in the early days. They are also a prime example of what I am talking about - well after he retired there are a few baptisms in there from the other side of Victoria - either he went as a reliever, or on a private visit. And - having written all that - I have just remembered he was Presbyterian. But you never know - someone else may be looking for them. I have no knowledge of the Anglican ones, and suggest you contact the church in the first instance. Linda At 07:23 PM 26/03/05 +1100, you wrote: >Hi Linda > >Do you know where these records are kept? Would they be in the library >collection or at St Johns? > >I am looking for Baptisms and marriages from 1870's onwards. > >Cheers >Jan

Hi Linda Do you know where these records are kept? Would they be in the library collection or at St Johns? I am looking for Baptisms and marriages from 1870's onwards. Cheers Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Barraclough" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> > Just a thought. I know that for the 1840s Anglican records you can work out > where the minister was at any particular time, as you would get a group of > people from the same area on the same day. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.3 - Release Date: 03/25/2005

Hi Peter, This may or may not be of any use to you. My ancestors married at Jericho on the Jordan in 1864. They were married by a 'travelling' RC priest (Patrick Courtenay) in the local church. He carried his own record book with him as he moved. I found a copy of their marriage on the Victorian State Govt. website. Viv C Ak NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 5:28 PM Subject: [AVG] Gippsland Catholic Church records 1800s > Hello, > > I'm particularly interested in records between 1862-1864, the minister > would have been Rev J. McGirr. I think Sale Catholic Cathedral would have > been the most likely site for any records. > > If anyone has had any experience trying to access records, i would be most > interested. > > Regards, > > Peter > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > This list is set that so, by default, replies to messages go to the whole > list. Please feel free to send replies to the list where you think they > would be of interest to the whole list, but if it is only personal chat > back and forth, please send messages just between the parties involved. > >