Hi Norman, That excellent book: 'The Land of the Lyre Bird', published by the Korumburra Historical Society, has a number of references to the sawmills in that area (no sign of an Archibald in the index, though). It might give you some further leads. Some of my ancestors went to the Kardella area in the early 1890s to work at the sawmills there. Best! Lloyd MITCHELLS and WALKERS in Korumburra area: 1890s to present. At 01:39 PM 15/7/2000 +1000, Norman Archibald wrote: >Hi Listers, >My grandfather "Harry" ARCHIBALD worked in various saw mills in the >Gippsland area in the late 1800`s and early 1900`s. >His expertise was the installation and alignment of the saw benches that >they used in the mills in that period. >Are there any records of people that were employed in the mills of the >period and if so where would i look for same. >I don`t have the names of any of the mills and i understand that there >were large numbers of them operating, but as i have discovered from family >history research in the past, if you don`t try you don`t win.