Hi to the List, Just of interest, in the time that your refering to, Brown Coal Mine was the former name of Yallourn North. It changed in 1947. The following link may be of interest to learn more about the area. There is still the old coal mine site at Yallourn North as well as the operational mine at Yallourn. http://www.abc.net.au/gippsland/stories/s975876.htm Terry Goodwin Gippsland Victoria

Hi Terry, Thank you very much for this. Shall go now and have a read. Always interesting to read details and history of the area your family was in. I appreciate your help Regards, Pat -----Original Message----- From: Terry Goodwin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 15 July 2005 8:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AVG] BROWN COAL MINE Hi to the List, Just of interest, in the time that your refering to, Brown Coal Mine was the former name of Yallourn North. It changed in 1947. The following link may be of interest to learn more about the area. There is still the old coal mine site at Yallourn North as well as the operational mine at Yallourn. http://www.abc.net.au/gippsland/stories/s975876.htm Terry Goodwin Gippsland Victoria ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== Lookups are available by going to the AVG home page at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ and from there to Lookups. If the lookup that you need isn't listed there, and is a GIPPSLAND one, then it is appropriate to ask on list.