----- Original Message ----- From: Nandina Morris <nandina@alphalink.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 28 October, 1999 6:22 AM Subject: Re: [AVG] Re: Pademelons/unwanted kittens > 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. > > > > > > ==== 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. >