Hi Walter for all that information in 1912 they were listed as Nilma. I thought there might have been something on Thomas as he was and oringinal director of the Cheese/Milk factory there. never mind I will keep looking The Savages must be a different lot Thomas Clark sister married a Savage back in about 1866 but mostly in Seymour. Thanks again for all that information Lorraine Walter Savige wrote: > Lorraine Key, > The book "The Path of Progress" (1934) by Hugh Copeland relates to early > selections in the Warragul district. It was reprinted with an index in 1982. > The name Clark does not appear in the index. > > Yhe book "Buln Buln" (Drouin, 1979 - 794 pages) by Graeme Butler covers the > area north, west and south of Warragul. The names T.J. Clark and G.M. Clark > are not shown in the index. > > The book "The Changing Years" (1972 - 60 pages) by Marie Nation, Joyce Erbs > et al (1972) relates to the Hill End, Willow Grove and Fumina Districts. > > There are several boioklets relating to Nilma, Darnum and Ellinbank - e.g. > "Lillico - Nilma North" by L & NN Centenary Celebration and Reunion > Committee (undated, probably about 1980 - 60 pages). There is no index. I > regret that I don't have time to look through it for your Clarks. > > I would advise you to find out where your Clarks were living (e.g. from > early directories or electoral rolls). Next, identify the land parish (from > Municipal directories), and then check the Schedule of Allotments for that > parish (Vic Government Bookshop) and find the position of the allotment in a > parish map. Note the file number of the allotment, then visit PRO Laverton > (or employ a searcher) and photocopy all documents in the file. > These should include the origfinal application of the selector for an > occupation licence, an application three years later for a Crown Lease > (which provides an enormous amount of information about the dwelling, crops, > etc) and all letters sent to the Lands Department by the selector. > . > You ask; "Have you researched Savige/Savage at all?'. > Members of the Savige family have been interested in the history of the > family for many years. Reference to the history of the family is made in > "There Goes a Man" (1959) by W.B. Russell - a Biography of Lieut-General Sir > Stanley G. Savige (who served his country in two World Wars and was founder > of Legacy). On page 13, reference is made to two branches of the family in > Gippsland - 'the Hill Saviges' (descendants of Thomas Savige and his wife > Annie Powell) and the 'Swamp Saviges' (descendants of John Savige and Emma > Russell)..[John and Thomas Savige were brotrhers who selected land in the > Narracan hills in 1877-5. Thomas and Annie lived out their lives at > Narracan, while John and family moved to Moe in about 1885.] > > In May 1961, in order to mark the 90th birthday of their father Albert > (Bert) Savige, Russell Savige and his sister Meryl Jackson of Moe organised > a family gathering of all Savige descendants at Narracan Falls. Over 500 > descendants attended and pages of pictures were shown in the "Weekly Times". > The reunions have been held triennially ever since. The 13th reunion was > held in March of this year, and some English and American relatives came > over in order to attend... > > Several books relating to the history of the family have been published - > the first by Ronald Murray Savige in 1966. Mrs Margot Titcher later > continued the research into the early history of the family in southern > Northamptonshire, and I teamed up with her following my retirement in 1980. > Our most recent book is "Savage-Savige" (1996). > > Walter Savige . > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > To post enquiries about Victorian families OUTSIDE Gippsland, you can subscribe to AUS-VIC-D-request@rootsweb.com by sending an e-mail with only the word subscribe in the body of the message.