Linda, Bob & Wynnette, I have always thought that West Gippsland referred to that part of Gippsland lying west of the Morwell River, and that is approximately the boundary set by the West Gippsland Genealogical Society. In their website they state that the families eligible for inclusion in the proposed Pioneer Register include those which lived in the Shire of Narracan before it became part of the present Baw Baw Shire. The Shire of Narracan extended to the river until about 1885 when a part comprising the Driffield district was transferred to the new Shire of Morwell. Walter Savige