Hi List, Try this: And, much as I hate to repeat the whole message, you need to read it and consider: in 1854 there was very little settlement anywhere much. Bodies were not carried far at all. I think if they were five miles south of being able to see snow on Mount Dandenong, one of the closest burial grounds would have been getting down near Brighton. So I would be looking for Scott's Creek around, say Oakleigh/Springvale (suburbs of Melbourne). Which isn't bad, because in the very early days Oakleigh was even considered to be part of Gippsland! Linda (Having an unexpected quiet night home on the computer!) >*************************************************************************** ******* > >I recently received a Victorian death certificate for one Hannah Church, > >died 16 June 1854. Place of death was described thus: > >"At a place 5 miles from the Snowy Mountains and near Scott's Bridge." >One Robert Stone, Surgeon, of Gardener's Creek, gave the cause of >Hannah's death, but doesn't say if he saw her before she died. She was >buried at Brighton, in the C of E Church ground, on 18 June 1854. > >What I need to know, is where Scott's Bridge might have been, and >whether the "Brighton" mentioned could have been the place that is now >called "Bright". I'm trying to locate the Church concerned, so that I >may establish if there is/was a tombstone for her. > >Can you please help me? I'd really appreciate any help possible, as >this is my first enquiry on the internet! > >Many thanks, Marjorie Marsh. > >marjoriegm@xtra.co.nz