Hi - I'm interested in your Johnson research. I was a Johnson. My fa came from Ipswich in London. Have recently procured his b. certificate. His mo Wilhelmena, fa Henry. Henry was a scientific Instrument Maker. My fa born 1901. Came to Oz in the 30s I believe, and served in WW2 with the RAAF. Any connection? PS - I won't tell you what I thought Paddymelons were! Cheers, Nandina nandina@alphalink.com.au ---------- > We used to find them everywhere along the roadsides when we lived in Cobar > in central NSW > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Graeme R Roberts <graemer@melbpc.org.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: 23 October, 1999 11:35 AM > Subject: Re: [AVG] Re: Pademelons/unwanted kittens > > > > Hi Lauris > > You are right on both counts as we in Vic calla shovel a shovel but the > > other states call things differently i.e. Pork German in SA is Fritz and > so > > on however I think the South Australians and the Queenslanders call a > small > > melon not unlike a cantaloupe a Paddy Melon.The ones I am thinking about > > grow along the roadside in the dry areas between Vic and SA borders they > > could have a smooth skin but the size of a cantaloupe.Come on the > scraggers. > > Regards > > Graeme R Roberts > > graemer@melbpc.org.au > > Researching Roberts,Thomas ,Johnson. Millard,Gordon,Herbert,Brucciani > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Lauris Crampton <crampton@senet.com.au> > > To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, 22 October, 1999 3:51 AM > > Subject: [AVG] Re: Pademelons/unwanted kittens > > > > > > > Please, cld SKS tell me what a pademelon is? I thought they were some > > kind > > > of melon that grows by the side of the road and is yellow in colour, but > > > now assume that they are some sort of animal - like a kangaroo perhaps. > I > > > am a city person from Footscray. > > > > > > I wish people wld deal properly with their cats, unsterilized cats are a > > > curse in the suburbs as well. > > > > > > Lauris > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > > > Rootsweb asks us to keep our signatures on Mailing Lists short. > > > Please do not exceed five or six lines on this List. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > > Please try and edit as much as you can out of return messages to the List. > It helps make life easier for Rootsweb, as well as all of us on the List. > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > Please try and edit as much as you can out of return messages to the List. It > helps make life easier for Rootsweb, as well as all of us on the List. >