Gwen I'd like to buy a copy of Clonmel to Federation - if you let me know the cost I'll send you a cheque. Margaret Ross- 31/79 Moray Street New Farm 4005.---- Original Message ----- From: <aus-vic-gippsland-request@rootsweb.com> To: <aus-vic-gippsland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 5:00 PM Subject: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Digest, Vol 2, Issue 151 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Clonmel to Federation (Gwen O'Callaghan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:29:10 +1000 > From: "Gwen O'Callaghan" <gwenoc@netspace.net.au> > Subject: [AVG] Clonmel to Federation > To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <20071012002915.OSUP24025.oaamta05sl.mx.bigpond.com@goc> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello, everyone > > Over five years, I compiled the guide as a volunteer of Gippsland Regional > Maritime Museum at Port Albert, mainly from resources held in the Museum's > archives. Initially it was intended so our mostly-elderly volunteers could > answer queries by the many casual visitors who have family connections to > early Port Albert. > > The first copies were published with a grant from the Alberton Project; > reprints are financed through sales of the books. Copies of the 754-page > two-volume set can be obtained through the Museum, any profit going to > museum operation. > > Because Port Albert was the main gateway to Gippsland until road, rail and > lakes entrance access was available, many of the 15,000+ people featured in > the publication settled elsewhere in the region, but used the Port for > trade and travel. For example, Rosedale is mentioned nearly 400 times in > the set and there is a great deal of information about Tasmania, crews of > ships on the coastal trade and even New Zealand. > > It is a big work and will provide you with years of bedtime reading! > > Gwen > > > Gippsland Regional Maritime Museum > Tarraville Road > Port Albert 3971, Victoria, Australia > http://yarrampa.customer.netspace.net.au/pamm.html > Tel/Fax 03 5183 2520 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND list administrator, send an email to > AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND mailing list, send an email to AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Digest, Vol 2, Issue 151 > ************************************************* >