Thank you to all who posted regarding the lost town of Verdon including Ada & Eric. A special thank you is extended to Linda and also to Steve in the background, your help has been fantastic. Regards Doug ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. www.yahoo7.com.au/y7mail

Doug, Verdon was located on the Dargo High Plains Road near the northern edge of the Dargo High Plains, near Mt. Bluerag. See page 127 "Victoria's Forgotten Goldfields" by Christie & Gray. They mention a Post Office & some burials in the 1860s. Another excellent book is by Luke Steenhuis, can't think of the exact title and I have lent my copy. Also, History of Gold Discovery in Victoria, by James Flett. Eric. -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-gippsland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-gippsland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Village People Sent: Sunday, 13 April 2008 9:20 PM To: aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com Subject: [AVG] Location of town required - Verdon Hi List, I'm helping a friend locate a 'Ghost' town in the Dargo area and seek any help on the matter I can get. We're looking for the town of Verdon, which was situated above Dargo, somewhere in the area of Treasures, possibly in the vicinity of the Evening Star Mine. The approx years 1850-60 and there were recordings of burials in the local Cemetery, but finding it or the remains of the town seem to hold some mystery. Nothing shows of the town on current Working Maps of the area. Do you know anything of the town Verdon or its location?? Regards Doug Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. www.yahoo7.com.au/y7mail ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Doug, Been digging since you wrote offlist - Found it! According to Luke Steenhuis in "Secrets of Ghost Towns of the High Country" page 23 "In 1867, a postal village named Verdon was recorded as being on the Dargo High Plains 4 miles south-west of Louisville. This was near the Conness Reef and Mt Blue Rag .... The post office closed in 1870" There is a little bit more in the book Cheers Linda At 04:20 AM 13/04/2008 -0700, you wrote: >Hi List, > I'm helping a friend locate a 'Ghost' town in the Dargo > area and seek any help on the matter I can get. We're looking for > the town of Verdon, which was situated above Dargo, somewhere in > the area of Treasures, possibly in the vicinity of the Evening Star > Mine. The approx years 1850-60 and there were recordings of burials > in the local Cemetery, but finding it or the remains of the town > seem to hold some mystery. Nothing shows of the town on current > Working Maps of the area.

Yes please Nardia Laurie Bairnsdale ----- Original Message ----- From: "KNABAT" <kntaylor@ozemail.com.au> To: <aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 7:46 AM Subject: [AVG] Trafalgar Cemetery A-B > > Hi all, just wanted to share with you the names of people with headstones > at > Trafalgar Cemetery upto the end of 2006, there are a lot of names so will > do > them in separate emails. I have been advised by the list admin to send > these > one day at a time so I don't overload anyones inbox. If you would like > the > rest ( 6) please let me know and I will send them to you personally. > > Cheers Nardia > >

Hi Everyone, If anyone is connected to Margaret NELSON nee DUNN, died Warragul 1943, could they drop me a line offlist at kapana[at]netspace.net.au Surname: NELSON Given Names: Margt Father: Dunn Thos Mother: Margt ROCHE Death Place: WGUL Age: 72 Year: 1943 Reg Number: 18600 Event: D I have a rather interesting personal document I am happy to copy and pass along. Cheers Linda

Hi! Would anyone have a photo of the Forge Creek Post Office? It was operated by two Greenwood sisters during the 20's & 30's. Greg G.

Hi Nardia, Thank you for these. Could people please direct requests for copies direct to Nardia, offlist. Her e-mail address is kntaylor[at]ozemail.com.au Cheers Linda List-admin AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND At 07:46 AM 13/04/2008 +1000, you wrote: >Hi all, just wanted to share with you the names of people with headstones at >Trafalgar Cemetery upto the end of 2006, there are a lot of names so will do >them in separate emails. I have been advised by the list admin to send these >one day at a time so I don't overload anyones inbox. If you would like the >rest ( 6) please let me know and I will send them to you personally. > >Cheers Nardia <big snip>

I would love the rest! Geraldine -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-gippsland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-gippsland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of KNABAT Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 7:46 AM To: aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com Subject: [AVG] Trafalgar Cemetery A-B Hi all, just wanted to share with you the names of people with headstones at Trafalgar Cemetery upto the end of 2006, there are a lot of names so will do them in separate emails. I have been advised by the list admin to send these one day at a time so I don't overload anyones inbox. If you would like the rest ( 6) please let me know and I will send them to you personally. Cheers Nardia Adams, Arthur Claude Adams, Louise Eleanor Adamson, Emma Louisa Adamson, Frederick Richard Adamson, F W Adams, Phillip Hyde Adams, Ruby Irene Adcock, Arthur Akers, Leslie Raymond Albon, Edgar John Allchurch, Doris Evelyn Allen, Eileen Elizabeth Allison, Lesley Elizabeth Anderson, Betty Selina Anderson, John Ossie Anderson, Mary Jane Anderson, Oliver Francis Lintott Andrews, Emily Grace Andrews, Roland Arthur Arboit, Elda Arboit, Giuseppe Arnott, Doris Ashby, Arthur W Ashby, Basil Allen Ashby, Ernest Ashby, Ethel Charlotte Ashby, Ethel Mary Ashby, Ethel May Ashby, Eunice Ashby, Florence May Ashby, Lavander Christmas Ashby, Minnie Ashby, Reginald Thomas Ashby, Roy Ernest Ashby, Susan Ashby, Thomas Ashby, William Asmussen, Eileen Annie Asmussen, Herbert William Asmussen, Kevin Bernard Asmussen, Peter Emanuel Atkin, Joshua Terrence Atkins, John Stephen Atkins, John William Atkins, Marguerita Kathleen Audrie, Lorraine Austin, Arthur Thomas Austin, Edith Ellen Austin, Edwin James Ayers, Leslie James Bagnara, Attilio Bagnara, Fiorina Baile, George Mark Baillie, Daniel Martin Baillie, Irvine Daniel Baillie, Lydia Elizabeth Miranda Baillie, Mary Frances Baillie, Stuart Charles Baker, Donald Alexander Ballantine, Allan Ballantine, Allan James Bantock, Marie Josephine Barker, Luke Harlan Thomas Barry, Gavan Michael Barry, Sylvia Dorothy Bartley, Doris Annie Bartley, GordonThomas Bartley, Leonard Rupert Bartley, Martha Bartley, Michael Battley, Eric John Battley, Ethel May Battley, Ivy Margaret Battley, Leonard Walter Battley, Roy Becker, Lilian Bell, Clara Louisa Bell, Elsie Grace Bell, George Allan Bellingham, Amelia Grace Eileen Bellingham, Edna Esme Bellingham, Lucy Doreen Bellingham, Patrick James Bellingham, Samuel Belling, Leonard August Bell, Robert Andrew Bennett, Leslie John Berry, Doreen Priscilla Berry, Doris Winifred Berry, Ernest Alfred Bertacco, Aldo Cristiano Bertacco, Maria Beveridge, Alan Wayne Beveridge, Beryl Joyce Beveridge, Ian Beveridge, Thomas Beveridge, Thomas Beveridge, Tracey Blacker, Nellie Blackshaw, Francis Ralph Blair, Alexander Blight, Betty Lorraine Bloye, Dorothy Bloye, Frederick Edmund Bloye, Phyllis Alida Bohl, Kurt Franz Booth, Catherine Booth, Frederick John Boreham, Ronald James Borsato, Giovanni Bortignon, Elio Bortignon, Maria Bourchier, Reuben Charles Bourchier, Vera Constance Boyles, Alexander Boyles, Mildred Victoria Boyles, Norina Boyles, Rhonda Lee Bradford, Percival Robert Bragagnolo, Giovanni Bragagnolo, Orfeo Brereton, Alan Alfred Brock, Donald John Brock, Ethel Maud Brock, Ken W Brock, Percy Bruce Brock, Veronica Joyce Brodie, John Brodribb, James Brodribb, Jean Victoria Brodribb, Leslie Brodribb, Louis Edward Broeren, Damian Joseph Brotherton, Claude Edward Brotherton, Elsie Florence Brown, Alice May Brown, Alice May Brown, Ann Brown, Barry Richard Brown, Carly Rose Browne, George Atwell Browne, Nancy Gordon Brown, Edward Brown, Edward Henry Brown, Floris Brown, Forrest Brown, George S Brown, Gilbert James Brown, Grace Brown, Graham Leslie Brown, Isabelle Brown, James Brown, James Brown, Jane Brown, Kevin John Brown, Leslie George Brown, Millicent May Brown, Nellie Olive Brown, Rachel Lee Brundell, E M Brunton, Margaret C Burgess, Margaret Sarah Burgess, Rose Martha Burgess, Walter Ernest Burvill, Alfred Burvill, Elizabeth Burvill, Emma Maud Burvill, John Burvill, Lyndon Raymond Burvill, Neryl Elizabeth Bury, William Charles Bush, Alf Bush, Alfred Basil Bush, Amy Ellen Bush, Florence Lydia Butler, Isabella Holmes Byrne, Adrian Joseph Byrne, Anastasia Byrne, Harry Byrne, Julia Byrne, Marie Therese Byrne, Martha Byrne, Norah Byrne, Peter Byrne, Pierce Byrne, Pierce ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi all, just wanted to share with you the names of people with headstones at Trafalgar Cemetery upto the end of 2006, there are a lot of names so will do them in separate emails. I have been advised by the list admin to send these one day at a time so I don't overload anyones inbox. If you would like the rest ( 6) please let me know and I will send them to you personally. Cheers Nardia Adams, Arthur Claude Adams, Louise Eleanor Adamson, Emma Louisa Adamson, Frederick Richard Adamson, F W Adams, Phillip Hyde Adams, Ruby Irene Adcock, Arthur Akers, Leslie Raymond Albon, Edgar John Allchurch, Doris Evelyn Allen, Eileen Elizabeth Allison, Lesley Elizabeth Anderson, Betty Selina Anderson, John Ossie Anderson, Mary Jane Anderson, Oliver Francis Lintott Andrews, Emily Grace Andrews, Roland Arthur Arboit, Elda Arboit, Giuseppe Arnott, Doris Ashby, Arthur W Ashby, Basil Allen Ashby, Ernest Ashby, Ethel Charlotte Ashby, Ethel Mary Ashby, Ethel May Ashby, Eunice Ashby, Florence May Ashby, Lavander Christmas Ashby, Minnie Ashby, Reginald Thomas Ashby, Roy Ernest Ashby, Susan Ashby, Thomas Ashby, William Asmussen, Eileen Annie Asmussen, Herbert William Asmussen, Kevin Bernard Asmussen, Peter Emanuel Atkin, Joshua Terrence Atkins, John Stephen Atkins, John William Atkins, Marguerita Kathleen Audrie, Lorraine Austin, Arthur Thomas Austin, Edith Ellen Austin, Edwin James Ayers, Leslie James Bagnara, Attilio Bagnara, Fiorina Baile, George Mark Baillie, Daniel Martin Baillie, Irvine Daniel Baillie, Lydia Elizabeth Miranda Baillie, Mary Frances Baillie, Stuart Charles Baker, Donald Alexander Ballantine, Allan Ballantine, Allan James Bantock, Marie Josephine Barker, Luke Harlan Thomas Barry, Gavan Michael Barry, Sylvia Dorothy Bartley, Doris Annie Bartley, GordonThomas Bartley, Leonard Rupert Bartley, Martha Bartley, Michael Battley, Eric John Battley, Ethel May Battley, Ivy Margaret Battley, Leonard Walter Battley, Roy Becker, Lilian Bell, Clara Louisa Bell, Elsie Grace Bell, George Allan Bellingham, Amelia Grace Eileen Bellingham, Edna Esme Bellingham, Lucy Doreen Bellingham, Patrick James Bellingham, Samuel Belling, Leonard August Bell, Robert Andrew Bennett, Leslie John Berry, Doreen Priscilla Berry, Doris Winifred Berry, Ernest Alfred Bertacco, Aldo Cristiano Bertacco, Maria Beveridge, Alan Wayne Beveridge, Beryl Joyce Beveridge, Ian Beveridge, Thomas Beveridge, Thomas Beveridge, Tracey Blacker, Nellie Blackshaw, Francis Ralph Blair, Alexander Blight, Betty Lorraine Bloye, Dorothy Bloye, Frederick Edmund Bloye, Phyllis Alida Bohl, Kurt Franz Booth, Catherine Booth, Frederick John Boreham, Ronald James Borsato, Giovanni Bortignon, Elio Bortignon, Maria Bourchier, Reuben Charles Bourchier, Vera Constance Boyles, Alexander Boyles, Mildred Victoria Boyles, Norina Boyles, Rhonda Lee Bradford, Percival Robert Bragagnolo, Giovanni Bragagnolo, Orfeo Brereton, Alan Alfred Brock, Donald John Brock, Ethel Maud Brock, Ken W Brock, Percy Bruce Brock, Veronica Joyce Brodie, John Brodribb, James Brodribb, Jean Victoria Brodribb, Leslie Brodribb, Louis Edward Broeren, Damian Joseph Brotherton, Claude Edward Brotherton, Elsie Florence Brown, Alice May Brown, Alice May Brown, Ann Brown, Barry Richard Brown, Carly Rose Browne, George Atwell Browne, Nancy Gordon Brown, Edward Brown, Edward Henry Brown, Floris Brown, Forrest Brown, George S Brown, Gilbert James Brown, Grace Brown, Graham Leslie Brown, Isabelle Brown, James Brown, James Brown, Jane Brown, Kevin John Brown, Leslie George Brown, Millicent May Brown, Nellie Olive Brown, Rachel Lee Brundell, E M Brunton, Margaret C Burgess, Margaret Sarah Burgess, Rose Martha Burgess, Walter Ernest Burvill, Alfred Burvill, Elizabeth Burvill, Emma Maud Burvill, John Burvill, Lyndon Raymond Burvill, Neryl Elizabeth Bury, William Charles Bush, Alf Bush, Alfred Basil Bush, Amy Ellen Bush, Florence Lydia Butler, Isabella Holmes Byrne, Adrian Joseph Byrne, Anastasia Byrne, Harry Byrne, Julia Byrne, Marie Therese Byrne, Martha Byrne, Norah Byrne, Peter Byrne, Pierce Byrne, Pierce

Hi List, I'm helping a friend locate a 'Ghost' town in the Dargo area and seek any help on the matter I can get. We're looking for the town of Verdon, which was situated above Dargo, somewhere in the area of Treasures, possibly in the vicinity of the Evening Star Mine. The approx years 1850-60 and there were recordings of burials in the local Cemetery, but finding it or the remains of the town seem to hold some mystery. Nothing shows of the town on current Working Maps of the area. Do you know anything of the town Verdon or its location?? Regards Doug Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. www.yahoo7.com.au/y7mail

As you already have the reference from the fiche and page no. of the shipping list (from the Fiche indexes) or a reference to microfilmed lists, then it is necessary to go to the PRO in Melbourne to view the actual shipping lists on a reader/printer, and a copy can then be printed. Have a look at the PRO guide 050 for further details - it is available as a .pdf document via the PRO website. www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide050/PROVguide050.j sp Also on the PRO site are the online lists of Unassisted Passengers from 1852-1923, and Assisted Passengers from 1839-1871. These are indexes of course, and you still have to visit the PRO to view the actual shipping list and get a print. Hope this helps, Sandra.

If you live in Gippsland, go to the Morwell Library and ask to use the family/local history room. They have the shipping records on Fiche and you can copy them out Kaye MGFHS member -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-gippsland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-gippsland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of aus-vic-gippsland-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 11 April 2008 5:01 PM To: aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com Subject: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Digest, Vol 3, Issue 62 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Gippsland Tile Works (heather) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:57:17 +1000 From: "heather" <heather@otp.com.au> Subject: Re: [AVG] Gippsland Tile Works To: <aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <001801c89b77$5f39b4d0$0201010a@frontend> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Can someone please tell me how to get a copy of shipping records from 1857? I have the fiche # and the port and the page from the PROV Index of Inward Passengers. Heather Coleman ------------------------------ To contact the AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND list administrator, send an email to AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND mailing list, send an email to AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Digest, Vol 3, Issue 62 ************************************************

Can someone please tell me how to get a copy of shipping records from 1857? I have the fiche # and the port and the page from the PROV Index of Inward Passengers. Heather Coleman

Researching for the family tree, Bliss, Munro. Sth Gippsland area's e.g Outtrim,Foster,Woorarra West,Le Roy, & Moe. Also would any of you listter's have any photoes of the Outtrim area say around 1890--1910 Would love to hear from you.. Regards Stan Bliss.

Good afternoon all Does anyone happen to know anything about the Gippsland Tile Works? I have come across a building in Sale constructed c1950 or earlier that would appear to have terracotta tiles on the roof. However, upon closer inspection from underneath, the tiles have the appearance of concrete and have "Gippsland Tile Works" cast into them. I am hoping that someone may be able to tell me the approximate date/s this company manufactured tiles, and if they manufactured only concrete products or if, by chance, they produced terracotta tiles. Any info much appreciated. Anne Napier

Well hello Margaret Murray As far as I know the Lay's and Willis's are not related, but who knows what we may find. No connections with those areas as far as I know. But there are a great many Lay's about. Frederick Walter Lay was born 2 Apr 1903 in Orbost, the 7th of ten children born to Charles Maurice Lay and Annie Purvis. Do you require more info? Regards Glenys Hunt On Monday 7 Apr 2008 11.19 PM you wrote I read your emails with interest. You mention a Frederick Lay and I have two of them in my family tree. I also find it interesting that you are making enquiries about a person with the surname of Willis who I also have in my family. My question is are the two related in some way? Do they have any connections with Ballan or the Strzleckis (Carrajung, Willing South)? If they do then they could be my family and I have a mountain of information on the Lay family and some on the Willis. Can you tell me more about Frederick Lay?

Stan - Check here -http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pictureaustralia?term1=outtrim&Submit=search&action=PASearch&attribute1=any+field&mode=search Regards Doug Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. www.yahoo7.com.au/y7mail

Thanks for that Sharon, The Giles brothers arrived at Lake View, Bengworden in 1865/6 and the family held the property for over 90 years before it was sold. The original brothers were John, Charles, James and James Francis. John was the manager of the Lake View property and a foundation member of the Bairnsdale Agricultural Society and Shire Council. He never married but Charles and Francis married Boyle cousins. Their family wre also living in the area at this time along with Hoffmans Blennerhassetts. All of these families are related and were from Co Kerry and they all had properties in the district. One, originally established by the Blennerhassett family is still owned and operated by the same family today. The Lake View property was both substantial and well-known in the district so I would expect it could be mentioned in any history of the area. Any lead you, or anyone can give me would be most appreciated. Sharon wrote: Hi Don Do you have any ideas of the dates and maybe names of the Giles, that were living around Bengworden / Goon Nure area, I have a book that mentions the family you are looking for. Regards Sharon I'm interested in contacting anyone who knows anything of the history of the Lake View property at Bengworden or of the Giles family that established this property in the mid 1800s. I believe there were 4 brothers who originally had a hand in establishing the property and that at least some of them were earlier involved in a fairly substantial overland trek from the Pentland Hills to Bengorden. Don Sutherland Researching Sutherland, Killeen, Boyle, Talbot(of Longford) and Giles, Blennerhassett, in Gippsland

Hello Glenys Hunt I read your emails with interest. You mention a Frederick Lay and I have two of them in my family tree. I also find it interesting that you are making enquiries about a person with the surname of Willis who I also have in my family. My question is are the two related in some way? Do they have any connections with Ballan or the Strzleckis (Carrajung, Willing South)? If they do then they could be my family and I have a mountain of information on the Lay family and some on the Willis. Can you tell me more about Frederick Lay? Best Wishes Margaret Murray

Hi Don Do you have any ideas of the dates and maybe names of the Giles, that were living around Bengworden / Goon Nure area, I have a book that mentions the family you are looking for. Regards Sharon