Pat, now that Linda has replied I know I can add a little bit too. Waterholes Road is still there, it runs off the road to Deptford and is not far from the Clifton Creek school. I had friends who lived just off Waterholes road. It finishes at the Nicholson River, but the general area is called Waterholes by the locals. It is about 25 minutes by car from Bairnsdale and there is a magnificent view of the distant mountains. It is very bushy with lots of hobby farms and just folks living in the bush. Lots of old farms in the vicinity, and old old homes, often at the rear of new, quite substantial homes. I will ask a friend of mine whose folks still live in the area if they know any residence, or for that matter, any place known as the cottage - my friends lived in "the bark hut", so no doubt 'the cottage" will be a cinch ? Judy -----Original Message----- From: Pat Bates <pbates@compcom.com.au> To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, December 02, 1999 11:29 AM Subject: [AVG] East Gippsland School >Hello Listers, >Would a lister be able to tell me anything about a school named " THE >COTTAGE ", please? >My late mother, BEATRICE CARSON, told me she went to school at WATER HOLES, >via DEPTFORD, would this be the The Cottage? >She would have been aged about 13 in 1914, and lived for a time with the MC >DERMONT family [not sure of the spelling]. >It would be great to have information about this piece of >our history. >I have not found Beatrice on the microfiche of the East Gippsland school's. >Patricia Bates. > > >==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== >Do YOU know about the Centre for Gippsland Studies at Monash University, Gippsland Campus? >http://www-mugc.cc.monash.edu.au/~meredith/gipps_studies/index.html > >