Hi List, The Deputy has been at it again, and has uploaded one of my old lists - all known service personnel from WWI from the former Maffra Shire. It incorporates war memorials and some honour rolls from Maffra, Heyfield, Glenmaggie, Briagolong and Tinamba. To find it go to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ and click on Resources and follow the link from there. Cheers Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/

Thanks for your input Lesley and Linda. I know the Shingles were brickmakers in Maffra. James and Mary Ann Shingles (nee Price) married in 1853 and lived in the Brunswick area of Melbourne before settling in Gippsland in the late 1860s - first Sale, I think. They were in Maffra by about 1874. My interest is really confined to a single and more recent branch of the family - that of Herbert James SHINGLES (1889-1915) and Grace Celia HEWAT. They married in 1911 and two children - Nina May (1911) and Keith Herbert (1913-1939) - were born in Maffra. I don't know whether they remained in Gippsland, though ........ Grace married William GILES (also from Maffra, I think) in 1918 and was living in North Fitzroy when she gave birth to Marjory (1917) and Doris (1918). If there are any SHINGLES researchers out there, I'd be very interested to learn about the circumstances surrounding Herbert Shingles' early death in 1915. Victoria Dunlop ********************************************************************* Victoria Dunlop Richmond, Victoria, Australia E-mail: victoriad@ozemail.com.au Scattered Harvest - A Hewat Story: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~victoriad/hewat-contents.html *********************************************************************

[excuse cross-postings] Dear List, Just a reminder that, as part of our 1st Birthday Celebrations, the Immigration Museum is hosting family history stalls and talks this weekend. I hope (those in Victoria, anyway!) can come along.... Sunday 14 November Family History Stalls - in the Immigration Discovery Centre (including: Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies, Genealogical Society of Victoria, National Archives of Australia, Port Phillip Pioneers Group, Pubic Record Office of Victoria) Talks on family history and shipping - *Bookings Recommended* 10:30am Sun 14 November Immigration Records at the National Archives of Australia 11:45am Sun 14 November The Journey Out - Matthew Churchward, Museum Victoria shipping expert, talks on the changing nature of the sea journey to Australia over the past 200 years. Cheers, Brigid Cooper Immigration Discovery Centre Coordinator Immigration Museum 400 Flinders Street Melbourne Ph: 03 9927 2700 http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/immigration

The Fire brigade act was established 20 December 1890 Re collapse of the land boom; 1-5 May 1893 The Government proclaimed five bank holidays as a result of four banks and other financial institutions having stopped payment. However this did not prevent the suspension of five more of the associated banks regards Brian - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This email server is running an evaluation copy of the MailShield anti- spam software. Please contact your email administrator if you have any questions about this message. MailShield product info: www.mailshield.com

Dare I say it (and long-term members on the list will understand!!!!) that the Shingles family are long-term brickmakers from Maffra from, I think (give or take ten years), about the 1870s. :) Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ ============================================================ At 07:35 PM 12-11-99 +1100, you wrote: >Hi Victoria, > >Not related to them but knew well a lot of the various Shingles >families in Maffra. One family were butchers for years. Went to school >with Kathryn Shingles, Carolyn Shingles & lots more. If I can help >with any ideas, please let me know. > >Lesley

Have been reading the List for some time now, and think it's time I put in my two penneth worth. My interests are as follows: POULSEN - Swan Reach (hop farmer, Tambo Councillor, Mechanics Institute, Sunday School) - 1876 > 1890 GOOD - Goodhurst (now Ryanston) - c1880's > c1930's WALSH - Sale (presumably road contractor, lived Reeves Street) - c1894 > at least 1903 WALSH - Wonthaggi / Dalyston (road building contractor) - c1900's > c1930's (?) Associated names are: JARRETT; SHEEDY / SILK; BARRETT and CULLEENY Thanks in anticipation of any info anyone may have Jan ROBERTS janroberts@net-tech.co.au

Hi Victoria, Not related to them but knew well a lot of the various Shingles families in Maffra. One family were butchers for years. Went to school with Kathryn Shingles, Carolyn Shingles & lots more. If I can help with any ideas, please let me know. Lesley -----Original Message----- From: Victoria Dunlop <victoriad@ozemail.com.au> To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, 12 November 1999 14:49 Subject: [AVG] Reposting Interests >Haven't had much time to post here lately .... but I've been working >on some of my Gippsland interests this week. I'm listing them again >for the benefit of newcomers. > >ALLEN, Bairnsdale area 1920+ >ASPDEN, Warragul 1890s+ >BAULCH, Bairnsdale area 1890s+ >BEAL, Traralgon 1920s+ >BOURKE, Bairnsdale area 1900+ >BUSBY, Bairnsdale area 1920s+ >COLEMAN, Bairnsdale area 1880s+ >EATON, Bairnsdale 1915+ >FALSEY, Bairnsdale area 1860+ >GILES, Maffra area 1915+ >GLENN, Bairnsdale area 1900+ >HAYLOCK, Bairnsdale & Omeo areas 1880s+ >HEWAT, Bairnsdale area 1860+ >LAWRENCE, Bairnsdale 1915+ >LEATHAM, Bairnsdale area 1910+ >LETT, Bairnsdale area 1870s+ >LIPSCOMBE, Bairnsdale & Yarram 1880s+ >McDONALD, Orbost 1930s+ >MEDLING, Bairnsdale 1910+ >MILLER, Bairnsdale area 1900+ >NICHOLL, Bairnsdale, Sale & Maffra 1890s+ >PROUT, Bairnsdale 1890s+ >RASHLEIGH, Bairnsdale area 1880s+ >SCOTT, Delvine & Bairnsdale 1850s+ >SHINGLES, Maffra 1911+ >STURGESS, Bendoc 1890s+ >THOMPSON, Bendoc, Orbost & Club Terrace 1890+ >WAIN, Sale 1870s+ >WHITE, Bairnsdale area 1900+ > >Cheers, > >Victoria > >********************************************************************* >Victoria Dunlop >Richmond, Victoria, Australia >E-mail: victoriad@ozemail.com.au >Dead Dunny Website: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~victoriad/ >********************************************************************* > > > > >==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== >Check out the Gippsland Mailing List Home Page at: >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ >

DEATHS, Bairnsdale, 1897 * FILMER, Stephen, 66 * TODD, Prem. unnamed daughter of James & Marcella (nee Horne) * HEWAT, Margaret (nee Hickey), 62 * PEUCKER, Lucy, 2 months * CRANE, Dorothy Irene, 1 year DEATHS, Bairnsdale, 1906 * HAMES, George, 66 * DUNCAN, Eliza (nee Austin), 48 * McKAY, Murdoch, 75 * HEWAT; John, 70 * OVERY, Elizabeth Mary Julia (nee Overy), 56 DEATHS, Warragul, 1922 * FARLEIGH, Sarah Jane (nee Lomman), 65 * HICKEY, Alice Ferguson (nee Dods), 50 * HEWAT, Henry, 60 * NEAVE, John Edward, 85 * MONGER, William, 82 MARRIAGES, Sale, 1912 * BALDWIN, Thomas Gladwin & GRIFFITHS, Ada Edgerton * SANDY, Henry & JOHNSTON, Ellen * HEWAT, Thomas John & LEAR, Mary Bertina BIRTHS, Coongulmerang, 1905 * HEWAT, John * BUTTERS, Terence Cole * LOCKHART, Gordon Mitchell * VARNEY, Sydney Lee * DESAILLY, Isabella Kathleen BIRTHS, Lucknow, 1863 * HALE, Eliza Ann * McDOUGALL, Ronald * TWITCHETT, Emma Susan * CLEAVELAND, Emma Eliza * HEWAT, Andrew If you'd like details of any of the above, please get in touch. Victoria. ********************************************************************* Victoria Dunlop Richmond, Victoria, Australia E-mail: victoriad@ozemail.com.au Dead Dunny Website: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~victoriad/ *********************************************************************

Haven't had much time to post here lately .... but I've been working on some of my Gippsland interests this week. I'm listing them again for the benefit of newcomers. ALLEN, Bairnsdale area 1920+ ASPDEN, Warragul 1890s+ BAULCH, Bairnsdale area 1890s+ BEAL, Traralgon 1920s+ BOURKE, Bairnsdale area 1900+ BUSBY, Bairnsdale area 1920s+ COLEMAN, Bairnsdale area 1880s+ EATON, Bairnsdale 1915+ FALSEY, Bairnsdale area 1860+ GILES, Maffra area 1915+ GLENN, Bairnsdale area 1900+ HAYLOCK, Bairnsdale & Omeo areas 1880s+ HEWAT, Bairnsdale area 1860+ LAWRENCE, Bairnsdale 1915+ LEATHAM, Bairnsdale area 1910+ LETT, Bairnsdale area 1870s+ LIPSCOMBE, Bairnsdale & Yarram 1880s+ McDONALD, Orbost 1930s+ MEDLING, Bairnsdale 1910+ MILLER, Bairnsdale area 1900+ NICHOLL, Bairnsdale, Sale & Maffra 1890s+ PROUT, Bairnsdale 1890s+ RASHLEIGH, Bairnsdale area 1880s+ SCOTT, Delvine & Bairnsdale 1850s+ SHINGLES, Maffra 1911+ STURGESS, Bendoc 1890s+ THOMPSON, Bendoc, Orbost & Club Terrace 1890+ WAIN, Sale 1870s+ WHITE, Bairnsdale area 1900+ Cheers, Victoria ********************************************************************* Victoria Dunlop Richmond, Victoria, Australia E-mail: victoriad@ozemail.com.au Dead Dunny Website: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~victoriad/ *********************************************************************

Does anyone have easy access to Orbost cemetery records and/or monumental inscriptions? Or an address that I might write to for information? I've got a couple of tricky ones on whom an MI might shed some much-needed light - THOMPSON, William - d. 20 Apr 1912 (buried 22 Apr 1912 at Orbost) HEWAT, Evan - d.1959 at Orbost SPENCER, Eva Grace (nee GLENN) - d. 1977 at Orbost. Any help would be much appreciated. Victoria. ********************************************************************* Victoria Dunlop Richmond, Victoria, Australia E-mail: victoriad@ozemail.com.au Dead Dunny Website: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~victoriad/ *********************************************************************

Just to thank those kind folk who answered my recent query. Glad to hear there are still koalas to be seen in Foster (a rare sight in my area) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

> Thought I would send in my spares deaths in the dist. of Warragul all died > in 1932 > Peter Ingles Patrick STEWART age 41 > Eileen Mary CARROLL age 20 > Margaret KING age 1 > Michael James O'NEILL age 46 further to that - I have: Vera SMITH (nee KEMPTON) d.1951 at Sale Robert FARMER d.1954 at Traralgon Michal PASZKIEWICZ d.1955 at Sale Frank Thomas KEMPTON d.1955 at Leongatha Lillian Ethel PETERSON (nee WHITE) d.1960 at Traralgon Anro Lytton PETERSON d.1961 at Traralgon Dorothy May JAMES (nee SMITH) d.1964 at Yallourn if anyone is interested in any of the above, can forward more info. cheers, Leone Fabre

Hi Thought I would send in my spares deaths in the dist. of Warragul all died in 1932 Peter Ingles Patrick STEWART age 41 Eileen Mary CARROLL age 20 Margaret KING age 1 Michael James O'NEILL age 46 If any of these names mean anything to anyone I am happy to send full details. Regards Michele

Hello list, Found at the local second-hand bookshop a hardcover copy of the book Sale: the Early Years and Later, by OS Green, pub. Southern Newspapers, Sale, no date, price $29. (Don't know if that's reasonable or not). If anyone has been searching for a copy, please e-mail me and I'll send it along. Kathy

Hi Linda I was browsing through the papers from Sale and came up with the following item. I have checked the home page for 1874 and noticed that it's not included. 17 September 1874 The new bridge over the Wanngatta at Waterford is completed and having been passed by the Government Inspecting Engineer is now open for traffic. I hope I got Wanngatta right as it was a bit hard to read. Regards Brian - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This email server is running an evaluation copy of the MailShield anti- spam software. Please contact your email administrator if you have any questions about this message. MailShield product info: www.mailshield.com

Hi listers While reading through the Argus in 1905 I came upon a column of points on Dairying. It mentioned different farmers. There is an entry for a James McKenzie Llance, near Yarram . If anyone is related to this person I will send a copy of the article. Regards Carolyn

There's one hotel only in Foster, The Exchange. It's undergone some changes since the 1950s but still looks the same outside. Haven't heard about anyone feeding koalas in the town recently but they are a common sight and sound in the trees along Stockyard Creek and in the magnolia tree outside the Foster Post Office. Cheers Shirley

Hi, list! Visits to Hawthorn Bank can be arranged through the Port Albert Maritime Museum Tel/Fax 03 5183 2520 or Delia Nicol 03 5182 5264 Why not make a day of it, inspecting other historic sites too - such as the Port Albert Maritime Museum, Christ Church at Tarraville, St John's Church at Port Albert, Wood Cot Park, Alberton Cemetery and the Port Albert Immigration Barracks - and sampling the best fish'n'chips in Australia at Port Albert? Look forward to seeing you! John O'Callaghan

With such a wealth of local knowledge on this list, I'm hoping someone can assist in identifying a hotel in Foster. All I know is that someone who was there in the 1950's describes the hotel as built around an open courtyard where gum trees grew and customers could feed the resident koalas. Appreciate any help. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Does anyone out there know of the following: JOHNSON family - Parents Thomas JOHNSON and Mary Jane (nee Conley) married Warragul 1877. Two of their daughters married brothers, i.e. Martha JOHNSON married Arthur George VINE in Warragul 1912 Ellen JOHNSON married Frederick William VINE in Warragul 1914 Others Johnson children included - Mary Jane - Thomas - Louisa (d.Thorpdale 1891) These children attended Thorpdale State School, which I believe was built near the Thorpdale Railway Station (?) Wonder if any descendants left in the area? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com