Hi Walter Thanks for the information . T.J.Children would be to old for you to know as the youngest born 1881 and that was George Mervyn and as far as I know he only had girls. Thank you again Lorraine. Walter Savige wrote: > Lorraine Key, > > In my message I neglected to mention that the PRO is moving from Laverton to > North Melbourne. For Information about obtaining records, see their > website - www.prov.vic.gov.au > > Re land parish maps - I should point out that it is sometimes difficult to > find out the locations of parishes, and the boundaries sometimes undergo > change. The annual publication "Municipal Directories of Victoria" should be > consulted. The name of the parish is not always the same as the name of the > town. My impression is that the Warragul area north of the railway line > comprises the Parish of Drouin East. To the east of that is the Parish of > Darnum, extending to about Shady Creek. Further east again is the parish of > Yarragon which includes the Trafalgar - Moe Swamp. The Warragul area south > of the railway line comprises the Parish of Warragul, extending to Yarragon. > The Parish of Moe comprises the districts of Trafalgar South, Moe South, > Thorpdale and Thopdale South, including the upper Narracan Creek. The parish > of Narracan comprised the area between McDonalds Track and the Morwell > River, extending to the Latrobe River and part of Moe township.. > > The Lillico - Nilma North book I mentioned includes copies of photos of a > number of Nilma North school groups which include children named CLARK - for > example, Allie and Pat Clark in 1930 and 1932. Also, the Honor Roll for the > 1st World War includes the name N. Clark. There are a number of references > in the book to families named CLARKE (with an "e"). > > I failed to find entries for your CLARKs in the indexes of the following > books - > "Victoria and its Metropolis", Volume 2 (1888). > "Forests Old Pastures New - a History of Warragul", by Sally Wilde (1949). > I also had a cursory look through "Warragul - Progress through a Century" by > Warragul and District Historical Society (1982, unindexed). > > What were the names of some of the children of your T.J. and/or G.M. Clark? > I once knew a Harley CLARK of Warragul. > > Walter Savige > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > Morwell Historical Society now has a web page!!!! > http://members.xoom.com/morwell/index.htm