Hi Lesley and Others, It is a nice thought. bit not, it is not. :( The Glenmaggie works were well-documented by the photographer HB Hammond, and the housing pictures I have seen were nothing like this - they were much less permanent and unplanned, and the majority of the workers lived in tents. And they were nothing like the size of this town. It is getting to the stage where, since this is open-cut coal mining (we think, from the steam scoop and excavations in the background) that it may be up on the Hunter River near Newcastle. I have got one town up there that is being considered as an option. I have also had a Wonthaggi suggestion - but i don't think it is that, as that was underground mining. All suggestions still welcome. :) Linda At 07:24 PM 30/04/05 +1000, you wrote: >Hi Linda >I keep going back and looking at that photo. It just looks so familiar to me > > >Is it possibly not an open cut but the building of the main Southern channel >from Lake Glenmaggie that runs round Blores Hill .

I thought Wonthaggi also but the hills seem to be in the wrong place and the railway line rises behind the street and Wonthaggi railway line is flat at that point of the town. There are areas in the Hunter Valley that could fit though so you may be right Linda. Of course their is a very direct link between Wonthaggi and Newcastle re history. Wonthaggi might not have been there if it were not for the 23 miners strikes in Newcastle in 1909. Wonthaggi celebrates its centenary in 4 years time. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Barraclough" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [AVG] Can you identify this town??? > Hi Lesley and Others, > > It is a nice thought. bit not, it is not. :( > > The Glenmaggie works were well-documented by the photographer HB Hammond, > and the housing pictures I have seen were nothing like this - they were > much less permanent and unplanned, and the majority of the workers lived in > tents. And they were nothing like the size of this town. > > It is getting to the stage where, since this is open-cut coal mining (we > think, from the steam scoop and excavations in the background) that it may > be up on the Hunter River near Newcastle. I have got one town up there that > is being considered as an option. > > I have also had a Wonthaggi suggestion - but i don't think it is that, as > that was underground mining. > > All suggestions still welcome. :) > > Linda > > At 07:24 PM 30/04/05 +1000, you wrote: > >Hi Linda > >I keep going back and looking at that photo. It just looks so familiar to me > > > > > >Is it possibly not an open cut but the building of the main Southern channel > >from Lake Glenmaggie that runs round Blores Hill . > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > Please do not post virus warnings and chain letters. Material from other lists should ONLY be reposted when it relates to Gippsland topics. >

Hi, Being a born & bred steel town girl, your reference to the Hunter Valley and Newcastle made me have another look, thinking maybe Mimni. It's not hilly enough for Mimni and the ground around the rail line and skips doesn't seem dirty enough for it to be a coal mining settlement. My memory of the area around the end of the coal line at Newcastle harbour in the 1950's is of jet black ground and black sheds. Everything was covered in coal and/or coal dust. Lorraine Bower. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Barraclough" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [AVG] Can you identify this town??? > Hi Lesley and Others, > > It is a nice thought. bit not, it is not. :( > > The Glenmaggie works were well-documented by the photographer HB Hammond, > and the housing pictures I have seen were nothing like this - they were > much less permanent and unplanned, and the majority of the workers lived > in tents. And they were nothing like the size of this town. > > It is getting to the stage where, since this is open-cut coal mining (we > think, from the steam scoop and excavations in the background) that it may > be up on the Hunter River near Newcastle. I have got one town up there > that is being considered as an option. > > I have also had a Wonthaggi suggestion - but i don't think it is that, as > that was underground mining. > > All suggestions still welcome. :) > > Linda > > At 07:24 PM 30/04/05 +1000, you wrote: >>Hi Linda >>I keep going back and looking at that photo. It just looks so familiar to >>me >> >> >>Is it possibly not an open cut but the building of the main Southern >>channel >>from Lake Glenmaggie that runs round Blores Hill . > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > Please do not post virus warnings and chain letters. Material from other > lists should ONLY be reposted when it relates to Gippsland topics. > >

Just an oddball thought. Something that has happened more than once in the past - the negative being reversed during the printing process? Several people have said it looks like Wonthaggi (?) but the railway line is on the wrong side. If the neg has been reversed that would produce that effect. the older of the tworobbos

try again... does this help with the identity of the town http://home.iprimus.com.au/hofman1980/mirroredpic.jpg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Robinson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [AVG] Can you identify this town??? > Just an oddball thought. Something that has happened more than once in the > past - the negative being reversed during the printing process? > > Several people have said it looks like Wonthaggi (?) but the railway line > is on the wrong side. If the neg has been reversed that would produce that > effect. > > the older of the tworobbos > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb asks us to keep our signatures short to save bandwidth. Anything > more than about five lines is getting a bit long. > >

Could it be the old Boolarra Timber Mill Kerry in Canbourne -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 05/02/05 18:33:41 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AVG] Can you identify this town??? try again... does this help with the identity of the town http://home.iprimus.com.au/hofman1980/mirroredpic.jpg

If not the Boolarra Timber Mill, What about the Morwell Open Cut , Am looking at similar pictures on the State Library Webssite under their Picture collections and see one very similialr Kerry in Cranbourne -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 05/02/05 18:33:41 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AVG] Can you identify this town??? try again... does this help with the identity of the town http://home.iprimus.com.au/hofman1980/mirroredpic.jpg >