It was before the school amalgamation that was about 1971. It was maybe 1969 Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippa Cooper" <pkcooper@aapt.net.au> To: <aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [AVG] The Heart > Mention of the Heart prompted me to look up my early edition of Is Emu on > the Menu only to find it didn't have anything about the Heart at all. > And > the other thing was, it has no date of publication either! Does anyone > know > when it was published? It would have been in the mid sixties I think. > Cheers > Philippa in Adelaide > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-vic-gippsland-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-vic-gippsland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Napier > Sent: Friday, 5 October 2007 9:06 AM > To: aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AVG] The Heart > > Hi Marion > > I think it's both. There is a very early property called "The Heart" > (c1850s) and I believe the general area is also known as that too. The > following extract is from > "Is Emu Off The Menu?" by Gippsland Grammar Foundation, 2007: > > "The property known as 'The Heart' was first selected by Curlewis. It > received its name from a heart carved on a tree where the old station > homestead stood. The 1856 electoral roll indicates the property was owned > by John Foster and he was running 4,000 sheep at the time. William > Montgomery was well-known in the district as the manager of 'The Heart' > and > the home built for him on the property was the first brick residence in > Sale, built towards the end of the 1870s. Montgomery purchased the > propety > in 1876 and left Sale in 1886. > > The property was leased in the 1890s to James Lyon and Atkinson who bred > horses for India. Fred Gilder owned the property in the late 1890s, and > in > 1906 Robert Gilder and his wife were living at the homestead, and their > child died there. > > In 1908 the Closer Settlement Board bought the Heart Estate from absentee > landlord Major Henry Foster whol lived in Tasmania. It was subdivided > into > small dairy farms to supply the Sale Butter Factory with milk. The > homestead farm was owned by Sarah Finegan, wife of the mayor, Philip > Finegan, who died at 'The Heart' around 1930 and the family sold the > property." > > I trust this helps you sort out your query. > > The Heart is between Sale and Lake Wellington, due east of Sale. > > Regards - Anne > > ========================================================= > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-vic-gippsland-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-vic-gippsland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marion Kelly > Sent: Friday, 5 October 2007 8:06 AM > To: Gippsland List > Subject: [AVG] The Heart > > Hi all, > The family of Denis O'Brien and Mary Egan, lived at "The Heart". I > thought this was a property name but John and Bridget Frawley also > lived at "The Heart". 1860s, 70s. Births and deaths in Sale area, > Sale Cemetery. So I assume it is near Sale. > Is it an area or property name? > Thanks, > Marion. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >