Hi Coral adn List Hoddinott died at Paynesville 4 October 1885. I would also look at Midge Beesley's book on Raymond Island. Running Linda At 03:46 PM 29/04/00 +1000, you wrote: >Does anyone have a death date for Uriah Hoddinott? He was buried at >Bairnsdale in 1885. I would like to check his obituary in the Bairnsdale >Advertiser. >I am trying to ascertain if he worked as a protector of Aborigines before >coming to Gippsland in 1845. Peck (memoirs of a stockman) said he came from >Goulburn NSW (where he had been protector of Aborigines) accompanied by two >Aborigines. I suspect it is more likely the Victorian Goulburn River >protectorate, there was a rations depot at Murchison on the Goulburn, but >the protectors there were Dredge and then LeSoeuf. >Any assistance much appreciated. > > >