Errrr, well I have to leave YOURS and the ORIGINAL in too for consideration. You - snow on Mt Dandenong Original - Snowy Mountains - a well known range of mountains - a la the Snowy Mountain scheme and Clancy's famous ride. tom On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:29:55 +1000, Linda Barraclough wrote: >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 > > >==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== >Rootsweb asks us to keep our signatures short to save bandwidth. Anything more than about five lines is getting a bit long. > >