These records would be available through the PROV. not sure on the legalities of time so only up to a certain date may be available. There is a list of inmates, patients on the web site. Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Patterson" <aapatterson@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 9:03 AM Subject: Re: Ararat Asylum > Crikey ! It was so long ago. > I got the information through using Freedom of Information papers but I > can't rmember how I got them ! > Perhaps check the Post Office or the government section of the phone book > for your area. > I think that when wanting information about war records from the War > Memorial in Canberra the papers were faxed to me. > Perhaps the first step would be to write to the mental health authority in > Ararat and ask how to go about it> > I'm sorry the grey cells are fewer than before... > Oh by the way: a few years ago the gaol was open to the public and it was > quite sad to see the conditons under which so many people had had to be > restrained.Someone in Ararat will be able to tell us if it is still open > to > the public. > > Susan > ----- > >> Hi Susan >> >> Would you tell us how to get the records please? Who and where do I >> write >> to? What is required? >> >> Thanks >> Teresa >> > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Victorian place names database > http://www.rootsweb.com/~auswgw/vic_place_names.htm > >

Crikey ! It was so long ago. I got the information through using Freedom of Information papers but I can't rmember how I got them ! Perhaps check the Post Office or the government section of the phone book for your area. I think that when wanting information about war records from the War Memorial in Canberra the papers were faxed to me. Perhaps the first step would be to write to the mental health authority in Ararat and ask how to go about it> I'm sorry the grey cells are fewer than before... Oh by the way: a few years ago the gaol was open to the public and it was quite sad to see the conditons under which so many people had had to be restrained.Someone in Ararat will be able to tell us if it is still open to the public. Susan ----- > Hi Susan > > Would you tell us how to get the records please? Who and where do I write > to? What is required? > > Thanks > Teresa >

Hi Susan Would you tell us how to get the records please? Who and where do I write to? What is required? Thanks Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Patterson" <aapatterson@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:19 AM Subject: Re: Ararat Asylum > At one point it was gaol for the criminally insane. > I managed to get informtion ( not she hastens to add for one of those poor > thngs) through Freedom of Information. > Susan

Hi Narelle, I'm also working on the SHORE surname. My 2 x gt grandmother was Elizabeth SHORE, (b 1848 at Lexington/Mt William), who married Thomas HAWKINS in Corop in 1877. Elizabeth's parents were: Richard Shore & Mary Welsh, according to her baptism certificate. Elizabeth's siblings were: Lucy, William, Mary, Robert, Jane - and perhaps John. As far as I'm aware, they married into the following families: Braine / Price / Weeks / O'Mullon. Let me know if this links up at all. Rgds, RAELENE - Melbourne Hello All, I am interested in BLADIN and SHORE surnames anywhere they might appear. regards Narelle

At one point it was gaol for the criminally insane. I managed to get informtion ( not she hastens to add for one of those poor thngs) through Freedom of Information. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evanie Clack" <evanie_c@hotmail.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:30 PM Subject: Ararat Asylum > Hi Listers, > > Does anybody know whether Ararat Asylum was strictly for "Lunatics" or if it > was also a "Benevolent Asylum" and if so, who might be admitted there? Was > it by Medical assessment, or Judicial disposition, or what? > I hope someone has information on this--thanking you in advance for your > assisstance! > Cheers > Evanie Clack > > ______________________________

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_asylum this may help. http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/publications/documents/07427-P1.asp and this one. The first tells of the history of Aradale and who was admitted the second is a list of patients admitted over the years. Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evanie Clack" <evanie_c@hotmail.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:30 PM Subject: Ararat Asylum > Hi Listers, > > Does anybody know whether Ararat Asylum was strictly for "Lunatics" or if > it was also a "Benevolent Asylum" and if so, who might be admitted there? > Was it by Medical assessment, or Judicial disposition, or what? > I hope someone has information on this--thanking you in advance for your > assisstance! > Cheers > Evanie Clack > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list send the word 'unsubscribe' in the > body of a message to AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L-request@rootsweb.com > >

Hi Evanie My great grandfather was admitted to Ararat Asylum several times, for alcoholism - it seems he couldn't resist tasting his wares (he was the publican of the hotel at Raglan, Vic)...! Cheers Teresa > Does anybody know whether Ararat Asylum was strictly for "Lunatics" or if it > was also a "Benevolent Asylum" and if so, who might be admitted there? Was > it by Medical assessment, or Judicial disposition, or what? > I hope someone has information on this--thanking you in advance for your > assisstance! > Cheers > Evanie Clack >

Marg, I commiserate with you - I'm also still waiting for someone to find a box of my family photos. I don't have a Jones in my English ancestors, but I do have a Smith and a Haynes. I also have an Irish Twomey with the vague address of Cork. As you say, we must keep hoping, and we do have great Mailing Lists to keep us going. Good luck Joan

Hi When talking about Buninyong, my Gunn family were there in a big way... Alastair AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 295 > >Today's Topics: > #1 My Interests ["bapincott" <bapincott@austarnet.c] > #2 Interests john mitchell smith ["bapincott" <bapincott@austarnet.c] > #3 Re: My Interests ["trevor" <tjwilliams@iinet.net.au>] > #4 Buninyong mid 1800's, McMillan McM ["Kaye" <macore@netspace.net.au>] > #5 John Blewett & Grace Dunstan Happy ["Ronda Shambrook" <shambrookdr@dcs] > #6 Re: Button Index ["MM" <elthamlax@techinfo.com.au>] > #7 Photos ["Joan Canning" <joannieroannie@big] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-D, send a message to > > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >Searchable archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L > > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > My Interests > From: > "bapincott" <bapincott@austarnet.com.au> > Date: > Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:47:43 +1000 > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > >John Mitchell Smith B 1829 Glasgow -M -Margaret Mc Donald 1852 Glasgow >Arrived about 1855 to Dunolly >Children >* Margaret Grace Smith 1855 ? >* Mary McDonald Smith B 1857 Dunolly M Charles William Sandwell 1878 Melbourne ( my Line ) >* William Smith B 1859 Dunolly M Ellen Wolfenden 1901 Amherst >* Grace Smith B 1862 Dunolly M Isaac Myall 1882 Melbourne >* Charles James Smith B 1864 Dunolly Died 1868 Dunolly >* John Mitchell Smith B 1867 Amherst Died 1868 Amherst >* Elizabeth Jane Smith B 1871 Amherst Died 1895 Amherst >* James Gordon Smith B 1871 Amherst M Margaret Mc Isaac 1900 deep Creek Vic >* George Graham B 1874 Amherst >John Mitchell Smith died 1898 from Mt Greenock Son William was the informant >On Margaret's Charles Smith from Lawerence was the informant , Margaret died 1906 at Talbot . > >I'm hoping some one else is researching these names > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Interests john mitchell smith > From: > "bapincott" <bapincott@austarnet.com.au> > Date: > Tue, 8 Nov 2005 12:13:23 +1000 > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > >Dear list >In my haste to send of my interests i forgot to put my name >sorry >regards >barbara Pincott >Qld > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: My Interests > From: > "trevor" <tjwilliams@iinet.net.au> > Date: > Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:24:40 +1100 > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > >Could I respectfully suggest that when someone posts their research >interests, that they type each SURNAME in capital letters? > >This is standard practice in on-line genealogy, and for a good reason. >People are much more likely to spot a connection when the surname is >capitalised and your chances of a reply are thus increased. > >Trevor > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Buninyong mid 1800's, McMillan McMillen > From: > "Kaye" <macore@netspace.net.au> > Date: > Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:34:13 +1100 > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > >My McMillans were there >Kaye > > >Hi Mae, > >I am always on the lookout for FOWLERS, do you have any other info on Amelia >and Eleanor Fowler? Parents or birthplace etc? I have Thomas Fowler who >lived in Buninyong from the mid 1850's. > >Cheers Maureen > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "mae bowater" <maebow@yahoo.com> >To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 11:58 AM >Subject: Buninyong mid 1800's, Orme, Hall, Fowler > > > > >>i would like to add my names to the list. >> >>Joseph ORME m Amelia Fowler 1863; Buninyong >>Jonathan HALL, m Eleanor Fowler 1863, Buninyong >> >>Also >>Mary Ann DWYER b 1863 Ballarat, parents John Dwyer and >>Maria Morris (both born Tipperary Ireland) >> >>would be very happy to hear from anyone else >>researching any of these names. >> >>thank you >>Mae >> >> >> >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >>http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> >>==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== >>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send the word 'unsubscribe' in >>the body of a message to AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L-request@rootsweb.com >> >> >> > >______________________________ > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > John Blewett & Grace Dunstan Happy Valley > From: > "Ronda Shambrook" <shambrookdr@dcsi.net.au> > Date: > Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:31:38 +1100 > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > >Hi List, > >Just wonderng if there is anyone out there researching John BLEWETT & Grace DUNSTAN of Happy Valley/Linton? > >Children >Edward BLEWETT b abt 1855 married Eliza MILLIGAN >Thomas BLEWETT b. 1865 >Bessie BLEWETT b. abt 1868, married Wm Ernest SMITH >Mary Jane Dunstan BLEWETT b. 1869 married Fredk Wm DAVIS >John BLEWETT b. 1872, died 1872 >Edith Grace BLEWETT b. 1873, married William Arthur FITRIDGE, then ?TALBOT > >Ronda Shambrook >Leongatha > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: Button Index > From: > "MM" <elthamlax@techinfo.com.au> > Date: > Tue, 8 Nov 2005 19:14:54 +1100 > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > > Hello Margaret, > She may also have been in an Asylum, I will have a look. > When I had a quick scan the other day there were other CUSACK'S. > Do you want them as well? > Mary > ----- Original Message ----- From: "margaret trewick" > <margaretwh@dodo.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 8:38 AM > Subject: Button Index > > >> Mary >> I am dumbfounded. Had not even considered gaol for this one. Was >> convinced she must have been in an Asylum . Now I have to somehow get >> that file and find if she ends up being mine. >> The original entry I was told about said 30 years of age. Is there >> any reference to that in your entry, or could there be an additional >> entry? I have never seen this Button Index so not sure about it. >> Thank you VERY much. >> Margaret >> >> Margaret >> >> >> >> ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== >> Support RootsWeb and help it support genealogy >> http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >> >> >> > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Photos > From: > "Joan Canning" <joannieroannie@bigpond.com> > Date: > Tue, 8 Nov 2005 21:31:42 +1100 > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > > >Marg, > >I commiserate with you - I'm also still waiting for someone to find a box of my family photos. I don't have a Jones in my English ancestors, but I do have a Smith and a Haynes. I also have an Irish Twomey with the vague address of Cork. > >As you say, we must keep hoping, and we do have great Mailing Lists to keep us going. > >Good luck >Joan > >

Hello Margaret, She may also have been in an Asylum, I will have a look. When I had a quick scan the other day there were other CUSACK'S. Do you want them as well? Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "margaret trewick" <margaretwh@dodo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 8:38 AM Subject: Button Index > Mary > I am dumbfounded. Had not even considered gaol for this one. Was convinced > she must have been in an Asylum . Now I have to somehow get that file and > find if she ends up being mine. > The original entry I was told about said 30 years of age. Is there any > reference to that in your entry, or could there be an additional entry? I > have never seen this Button Index so not sure about it. > Thank you VERY much. > Margaret > > Margaret > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb and help it support genealogy > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > >

Hi Listers, Does anybody know whether Ararat Asylum was strictly for "Lunatics" or if it was also a "Benevolent Asylum" and if so, who might be admitted there? Was it by Medical assessment, or Judicial disposition, or what? I hope someone has information on this--thanking you in advance for your assisstance! Cheers Evanie Clack

My McMillans were there Kaye Hi Mae, I am always on the lookout for FOWLERS, do you have any other info on Amelia and Eleanor Fowler? Parents or birthplace etc? I have Thomas Fowler who lived in Buninyong from the mid 1850's. Cheers Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "mae bowater" <maebow@yahoo.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 11:58 AM Subject: Buninyong mid 1800's, Orme, Hall, Fowler >i would like to add my names to the list. > > Joseph ORME m Amelia Fowler 1863; Buninyong > Jonathan HALL, m Eleanor Fowler 1863, Buninyong > > Also > Mary Ann DWYER b 1863 Ballarat, parents John Dwyer and > Maria Morris (both born Tipperary Ireland) > > would be very happy to hear from anyone else > researching any of these names. > > thank you > Mae > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list send the word 'unsubscribe' in > the body of a message to AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L-request@rootsweb.com > ______________________________

Hi List, Just wonderng if there is anyone out there researching John BLEWETT & Grace DUNSTAN of Happy Valley/Linton? Children Edward BLEWETT b abt 1855 married Eliza MILLIGAN Thomas BLEWETT b. 1865 Bessie BLEWETT b. abt 1868, married Wm Ernest SMITH Mary Jane Dunstan BLEWETT b. 1869 married Fredk Wm DAVIS John BLEWETT b. 1872, died 1872 Edith Grace BLEWETT b. 1873, married William Arthur FITRIDGE, then ?TALBOT Ronda Shambrook Leongatha

Could I respectfully suggest that when someone posts their research interests, that they type each SURNAME in capital letters? This is standard practice in on-line genealogy, and for a good reason. People are much more likely to spot a connection when the surname is capitalised and your chances of a reply are thus increased. Trevor

Dear list In my haste to send of my interests i forgot to put my name sorry regards barbara Pincott Qld

John Mitchell Smith B 1829 Glasgow -M -Margaret Mc Donald 1852 Glasgow Arrived about 1855 to Dunolly Children * Margaret Grace Smith 1855 ? * Mary McDonald Smith B 1857 Dunolly M Charles William Sandwell 1878 Melbourne ( my Line ) * William Smith B 1859 Dunolly M Ellen Wolfenden 1901 Amherst * Grace Smith B 1862 Dunolly M Isaac Myall 1882 Melbourne * Charles James Smith B 1864 Dunolly Died 1868 Dunolly * John Mitchell Smith B 1867 Amherst Died 1868 Amherst * Elizabeth Jane Smith B 1871 Amherst Died 1895 Amherst * James Gordon Smith B 1871 Amherst M Margaret Mc Isaac 1900 deep Creek Vic * George Graham B 1874 Amherst John Mitchell Smith died 1898 from Mt Greenock Son William was the informant On Margaret's Charles Smith from Lawerence was the informant , Margaret died 1906 at Talbot . I'm hoping some one else is researching these names

Hang in there Marg - the Phillips clan (England/Welsh/Scottish??) coupled with Commerford (Irish) will give you a run for your money - both are almost as common as Smith Jones McMahon etc and Dollars to Donuts I know exactly how you feel! My lot settled in Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong and almost all the major spots throughout the Western District as did halve the rest of the unrelated lot!! I keep thinking I've hit pay dirt only to find they belong to an unrelated tree! Good Hunting Ron Phillips ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Watson" <margwatson@aapt.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 8:57 PM Subject: Re: photos > Dear listers, > what am I doing wrong? > > Why doesn't someone find a box of my family photos? Why doesn't someone > post > a message saying they are looking for me to add the last bit to complete > the > family tree? Why are my English ancestors named Smith and Jones (yes, > really) and my Irish connections McMahon and Casey? > > Sad, but still hoping, > Marg. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Helen McKnight <helen@ballarat.hotkey.net.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:41 PM > Subject: photos > > >> hi all , >> the following are a selection of names that should give some idea of the >> family. A lot of these photos seem to be sent as gifts >> > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Threaded archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/aus-vic-goldfields >

Dear listers, what am I doing wrong? Why doesn't someone find a box of my family photos? Why doesn't someone post a message saying they are looking for me to add the last bit to complete the family tree? Why are my English ancestors named Smith and Jones (yes, really) and my Irish connections McMahon and Casey? Sad, but still hoping, Marg. ----- Original Message ----- From: Helen McKnight <helen@ballarat.hotkey.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:41 PM Subject: photos > hi all , > the following are a selection of names that should give some idea of the > family. A lot of these photos seem to be sent as gifts >

Marion Button was a wonderful genealogist who resided in the Gisborne /Macedon area in Victoria. She was instrumental in starting many of us off on the genealogical trail. She did many early indexes in the 1990's and published them in fiche form. Sadly she died of cancer a few years ago now. The Gisborne Genealogical Society would be the people to contact for a list of her indexes and from memory they have many of the indexes. They house their holdings at the Gisborne Library. Jenny..Kyneton..Vic.

Hello Listers. My general interests are: Prendergast - Newlyn, Clark's Hill, Mt Prospect and Creswick. Arrived May 1858 on "Admiral Boxer". Rush - Daisy Hill, Mt Prospect. Arrived Sydney August 1841 on "The Pearl" from Plymouth. Lynch - Kilmore, Kyneton, Daylesford. Dwyer - Kilmore. Dettman - Kyneton, Port Melbourne, Yarra Junction. Regards, Mike Dobson Researching: Dobson, Dwyer, Lynch, Dettman, McMorran and Prendergast