The Final Post for the Time Line. Thank you to all who have helped. The Gippsland Time Line was posted to the list in irregular posts - if anyone has any additions, corrections or suggestions, please feel free to engage in historical discussion! :) Some of you may even come up with important dates we have missed. Some state, national and world events are included for comparison. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This time-line is copyright, and was originally extracted from "Steps in Time: A Gippsland Chronology to 1899". Additions by Dr Walter Savige are also acknowledged. It is posted for private study only. Earlier, consolidated posts can be found through the AVG Home Page at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au - ---------------------------------------- 1895 (SERIOUS DROUGHT, CONTINUING TO 1902) First income tax imposed in Victoria. Reef gold discovered at Club Terrace and Brookville. 1896 Feb: Maffra Sugarbeet Company Bill passes final stages in Parliament. Sep 23: The Bogong goes down near the mouth of the Snowy River with the loss of five crew members. unk: Arrival of rabbits in Gippsland. unk: Teredo worm damage to lake entrance becomes obvious. unk: Second briquetting plant built, but later wound up. unk: A new bridge is built over the Latrobe River south of Willowgrove. 1897 Jan 12: The barque County Antrim sinks off Lakes Entrance without loss of life. unk: Destruction of entrance during storms begins. unk: First sighting of a rabbit at Morwell. 1898 January 1898 Bushfire swept through Gippsland and the Otway Ranges destroying townships and killing settlers and their stock. Feb 'Black Friday' bushfire, one of a series this year that devastates Gippsland. Jan/Feb - Disastrous bush fires occur in the Thorpdale district - Narracan, Thorpdale South, Childers, Allambee. unk: Royal Commission into Forests. Formation of Forests Conservancy Board. unk: Closer Settlement approved. unk: New Lands Act is proclaimed. 1899 March: Great Morwell Coal Mining Company goes into liquidation. Mar 28: Malcolm Campbell dies at Sale. unk: First Victorian troops leave for the South African (Boer) War. Oct: 103 Blocks on the reclaimed Moe Swamp are sold