Hello Linda, I listed my name interests on your site, some time ago. Since then I have changed my e-mail address, and are hoping that you could change it for me. It is under:- ROFFEY, BUNYIP 1870 - present. My new e-mail address is rpsharp@bigpond.com Thank you. Regards Pat Sharp. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Barraclough" <kapana@netspace.net.au> To: <aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 8:48 PM Subject: [AVG] AVG surnames page > Hi Bev (and all the other 250 list members who are wondering what the > heck this is about), > > I think you are referring to > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/surnames.html > > I have a number of additions to make, which will not happen for a > while yet, as I have a bit on my plate. But the page is still up there. > > Linda > > At 07:33 PM 28/10/2007 +1100, Bev wrote: > >>Hi Linda sorry lost the plot must have been excited over the pioneer index >>meant the register where we log our relatives in Gippsland that we are >>searching for found it once and haven't had any luck, do apologise and >>hope >>this makes more sense. Have tried what I thought was the site but no >>joy. >>Ta. > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Thanks for that , enjoy your day. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Barraclough" <kapana@netspace.net.au> To: <aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 8:48 PM Subject: [AVG] AVG surnames page > Hi Bev (and all the other 250 list members who are wondering what the > heck this is about), > > I think you are referring to > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/surnames.html > > I have a number of additions to make, which will not happen for a > while yet, as I have a bit on my plate. But the page is still up there. > > Linda > > At 07:33 PM 28/10/2007 +1100, Bev wrote: > >>Hi Linda sorry lost the plot must have been excited over the pioneer index >>meant the register where we log our relatives in Gippsland that we are >>searching for found it once and haven't had any luck, do apologise and >>hope >>this makes more sense. Have tried what I thought was the site but no >>joy. >>Ta. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 Bev (and all the other 250 list members who are wondering what the heck this is about), I think you are referring to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/surnames.html I have a number of additions to make, which will not happen for a while yet, as I have a bit on my plate. But the page is still up there. Linda At 07:33 PM 28/10/2007 +1100, Bev wrote: >Hi Linda sorry lost the plot must have been excited over the pioneer index >meant the register where we log our relatives in Gippsland that we are >searching for found it once and haven't had any luck, do apologise and hope >this makes more sense. Have tried what I thought was the site but no joy. >Ta.

Hi Linda sorry lost the plot must have been excited over the pioneer index meant the register where we log our relatives in Gippsland that we are searching for found it once and haven't had any luck, do apologise and hope this makes more sense. Have tried what I thought was the site but no joy. Ta.

Colleen and I went along to collect our pre-ordered copy. Good crowd in attendance and interesting opening remarks from Peter Synan on origin/s of the name 'Sale'. Truly amazed at the tremendous amount of work that has gone into this production. Judy Hirst and the rest of the gang deserve the highest praise for what they've turned out. the older of the tworobbos

Linda is your list still invogue have tried a few times and not getting any acknowledgement perhaps I have the wrong address. Thks BevJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Barraclough" <kapana@netspace.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 7:39 PM Subject: [AVG] Sale and District Pioneer Register > Hi Everyone, > > Just a reminder that the Sale and District Pioneer Register is being > launched tomorrow - everyone welcome, I gather. > > Details are in the original post are at > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND/2007-10/1191962677 > > and there is an e-mail address in that to contact. > > I have just sighted a copy, and it is rather good. > > It is 483 pages, A4, spiral bound (metal spiral). It seems to be > mainly based on full transcripts of all births, deaths and marriages > in the Gippsland Guardian, Gippsland Mercury and Gippsland Times to > 1900, but with added contributions and added research from all sorts > of places. Some entries have photographs. Those births deaths and > marriages are good, as often they include an address, property name etc. > > Included is a facsimile of the autograph book from the Inaugural > gathering of the Sale and District Pioneer Gathering in 1913. This > has been fully subscribed and often gives details of the signatory's > arrival in Gippsland. That takes up 11 pages. > > The map showing the area covered goes from Rosedale and Heyfield > through to Delvin and Roseneath, and north as far as Bushy Park > (Briagolong) > > Cheers > > Linda > > > ------------------------------- > 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 Everyone, Rootsweb is on a go-slow after a spam attack. I THINK what is happening now, as they go into recovery, is that the most recent messages are coming out first. So if you have something in there, and are wondering what has happened - give it a little longer. This one below I am sending again now, though, as it is for a function that it later today, Saturday. There is still time for you to get your glad rags on and get down there. Looks like it will be a good day - and I am only sorry I cannot be there. Cheers Linda ...................................................... Hi Everyone, Just a reminder that the Sale and District Pioneer Register is being launched tomorrow - everyone welcome, I gather. Details are in the original post are at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND/2007-10/1191962677 and there is an e-mail address in that to contact. I have just sighted a copy, and it is rather good. It is 483 pages, A4, spiral bound (metal spiral). It seems to be mainly based on full transcripts of all births, deaths and marriages in the Gippsland Guardian, Gippsland Mercury and Gippsland Times to 1900, but with added contributions and added research from all sorts of places. Some entries have photographs. Those births deaths and marriages are good, as often they include an address, property name etc. Included is a facsimile of the autograph book from the Inaugural gathering of the Sale and District Pioneer Gathering in 1913. This has been fully subscribed and often gives details of the signatory's arrival in Gippsland. That takes up 11 pages. The map showing the area covered goes from Rosedale and Heyfield through to Delvin and Roseneath, and north as far as Bushy Park (Briagolong). It goes only as far south as Dutson and Glencoe. Cheers Linda

Hi Everyone, Just a reminder that the Sale and District Pioneer Register is being launched tomorrow - everyone welcome, I gather. Details are in the original post are at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND/2007-10/1191962677 and there is an e-mail address in that to contact. I have just sighted a copy, and it is rather good. It is 483 pages, A4, spiral bound (metal spiral). It seems to be mainly based on full transcripts of all births, deaths and marriages in the Gippsland Guardian, Gippsland Mercury and Gippsland Times to 1900, but with added contributions and added research from all sorts of places. Some entries have photographs. Those births deaths and marriages are good, as often they include an address, property name etc. Included is a facsimile of the autograph book from the Inaugural gathering of the Sale and District Pioneer Gathering in 1913. This has been fully subscribed and often gives details of the signatory's arrival in Gippsland. That takes up 11 pages. The map showing the area covered goes from Rosedale and Heyfield through to Delvin and Roseneath, and north as far as Bushy Park (Briagolong) Cheers Linda

I should have explained before. Hoddle was the railway station between Foster and Fish Creek. There was also a school at one time but long since closed. Hoddle Road is the connecting route from Fish Creek to Foster. I've NEVER been to Binginwarri and I'm not locally born either. Cheers Shirley

Hi there Batesy The mention of Binginwarri brings back memories of my Grandmother Ethal Appleyard, who was born there in 1891! Although not from there myself, once drove through the area. Regards Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Batesy" <batesy@netspace.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:57 PM Subject: [AVG] Re Joe Summers > Thanks Shirley and Steve. > I`ll try and track down Brian Summers. > Hoddle Ranges eh ! > Here am i living at Binginwarri and I`ve never heard of Hoddle Ranges. But > I`m not born and bred locally. > Thanks again folks > > Batesy > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.10/1091 - Release Date: > 24/10/2007 2:31 PM > >

Thanks Shirley and Steve. I`ll try and track down Brian Summers. Hoddle Ranges eh ! Here am i living at Binginwarri and I`ve never heard of Hoddle Ranges. But I`m not born and bred locally. Thanks again folks Batesy

Try ringing Brian Summers he lives down there in the hoddle ranges somewhere the phone number should be in the book tell him Steve Dingwall said to get in touch Steve Dingwall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Westaway" <westaway@dcsi.net.au> To: <aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [AVG] Joe SUMMERS > The Hoddle Range is the hilly area between Foster and Fish Creek. A > handwritten copy of the 'Summerlea Express' is held at the Foster Museum > and bears the date 26.3.24. > > Shirley Westaway > > > > > On 2401 Oct 0520072005, at 8:07 PM, Batesy wrote: > > Hi all, > recently while going through our archives at the Yarram > Genealogy Group I came across a poem written by a Joe SUMMERS in > 1942. Titled the "Summerlea Express". (2 x A4 pages) Added to the top > of the first page are the words "Hoddle Range". Presumabley that is > the area pertaining to the poem. > Does anyone on this list have a conection with Joe SUMMERS or any > knowledge of him. > > Thanks in anticipation > > Batesy > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

The Hoddle Range is the hilly area between Foster and Fish Creek. A handwritten copy of the 'Summerlea Express' is held at the Foster Museum and bears the date 26.3.24. Shirley Westaway On 2401 Oct 0520072005, at 8:07 PM, Batesy wrote: Hi all, recently while going through our archives at the Yarram Genealogy Group I came across a poem written by a Joe SUMMERS in 1942. Titled the "Summerlea Express". (2 x A4 pages) Added to the top of the first page are the words "Hoddle Range". Presumabley that is the area pertaining to the poem. Does anyone on this list have a conection with Joe SUMMERS or any knowledge of him. Thanks in anticipation Batesy ------------------------------- 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, recently while going through our archives at the Yarram Genealogy Group I came across a poem written by a Joe SUMMERS in 1942. Titled the "Summerlea Express". (2 x A4 pages) Added to the top of the first page are the words "Hoddle Range". Presumabley that is the area pertaining to the poem. Does anyone on this list have a conection with Joe SUMMERS or any knowledge of him. Thanks in anticipation Batesy

Linda is correct if she is remembering that the sloyd and needlework rooms at Maffra High School (now Secondary College) were situated at the left hand side (facing from the street) of the original 1920s building. They were later to form the Home Economics area and eventually incorporated into the "new" library in the 1990s. It's worth noting that just for once the Education Department did not bulldoze everything and start again but rather extended the original building to nearly double its size in an archicturally sympathetic way. In fact it's so well done that you can only tell where the join is by looking at the roof - it wasn't possible to find tiles of exactly the same colour. Jeremy Hales

I left Leongatha High School in 1944 and well remember the Sloyd Room. Is it still there? Peter Westaway Foster

Hello Linda Toora SS2253 had a Sloyd Room. Woodwork in the Sloyd Room was a favourite time for me while I was in Grades 7 & 8 at Toora. I left there in 1946 ). >From Vision and Realisation : "Sloyd centre equipment was transfered from SS2779 Strzelecki to Toora, in 1915, but was more of an embarrassment than an asset, until a proper Sloyd room was added to the school". Tom Martin. ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Barraclough To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 6:55 PM Subject: [AVG] Sloyd Rooms Hi Everyone, In another forum of which I am a member, there is much discussion on Sloyd Rooms at schools, and there appear to have been few of these that survived. Sloyd was a form of manual work / woodwork that became important just before WWI, and your male ancestors at state or high school at that time would have been involved in it. Specially constructed Sloyd Rooms were built at schools, and so far only two have been identified in Gippsland - one at Leongatha High School and one at Briagolong State School. Both were built in 1914. Although not Gippsland, you can read a little bit about Sloyd at http://www.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_steane.shtml It is also something you may find older members of your family may mention when you are talking about their time at school. The question is - can anyone point to any other surviving Sloyd Rooms in Gippsland. I suspect I know where it was at Maffra High (the woodwork room behind the cookery room, in one wing of the original building. Doubt if it would be recognisable now). Does anyone know of any others???? Have any of your older family members mentioned it???? Regards Linda ------------------------------- 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

I understand that there used to be a sloyd room at Narracan State School in 1925-26 and that some senior boys of Thorpdale School used to go there for lessons once a week. Walter

Further to my previous post, I became curious about the origins of "Sloyd" For those who want to know more, the trusty old Wikipedi has some information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloyd. Sorry for the deviation from Gippsland, but I thought it might give some background and prompt some new connections. Richard Balsillie Linda Barraclough wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > In another forum of which I am a member, there is much discussion on > Sloyd Rooms at schools, and there appear to have been few of these > that survived. > > Sloyd was a form of manual work / woodwork that became important just > before WWI, and your male ancestors at state or high school at that > time would have been involved in it. Specially constructed Sloyd > Rooms were built at schools, and so far only two have been identified > in Gippsland - one at Leongatha High School and one at Briagolong > State School. Both were built in 1914. > > Although not Gippsland, you can read a little bit about Sloyd at > > http://www.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_steane.shtml > > It is also something you may find older members of your family may > mention when you are talking about their time at school. > > The question is - can anyone point to any other surviving Sloyd Rooms > in Gippsland. I suspect I know where it was at Maffra High (the > woodwork room behind the cookery room, in one wing of the original > building. Doubt if it would be recognisable now). > > Does anyone know of any others???? Have any of your older family > members mentioned it???? > > Regards > > Linda > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > >

For what it is worth: When I was a year 7 student at Gardiner Central School (Malvern) in 1961, I attended Sloyd classes at Armadale Primary School (my previous primary school) where there was a Sloyd room which was mainly used by outside secondary schools ( I do not recall any Armadale Primary students using it). As one not yet entitled to a senior's card, I can assure that it is not only the "old" people who can recall the joys of sloyd. Richard Balsillie Linda Barraclough wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > In another forum of which I am a member, there is much discussion on > Sloyd Rooms at schools, and there appear to have been few of these > that survived. > > Sloyd was a form of manual work / woodwork that became important just > before WWI, and your male ancestors at state or high school at that > time would have been involved in it. Specially constructed Sloyd > Rooms were built at schools, and so far only two have been identified > in Gippsland - one at Leongatha High School and one at Briagolong > State School. Both were built in 1914. > > Although not Gippsland, you can read a little bit about Sloyd at > > http://www.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_steane.shtml > > It is also something you may find older members of your family may > mention when you are talking about their time at school. > > The question is - can anyone point to any other surviving Sloyd Rooms > in Gippsland. I suspect I know where it was at Maffra High (the > woodwork room behind the cookery room, in one wing of the original > building. Doubt if it would be recognisable now). > > Does anyone know of any others???? Have any of your older family > members mentioned it???? > > Regards > > Linda > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > >