Hi Julia, I can't answer all your queries, as I'm not learned enough, but a lot of Clunes & Cressick (think that's right) newpaper articles are on-line. I found them by "googling" for Clunes. So you "might" find something useful there. When I visited Clunes in 2001 it was very much arable farming land in the vicinity. Clunes does have a small museum which may have some information on your family. I'm not sure how you'd go about contacting them. IF nobody else on the list can help you, I could ask one of my cousins.... he grew up there, and the day I visited the museum, my cousin knew the chap who was looking after it that day. Jools NEW ZEALAND jools@maxnet.co.nz jqqls@hotmail.com From: "Julia Mosman" <jwmos99@msn.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:16:55 -0500 To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Thomas family, Clunes & St. Arnaud-1854-1890 Hello - I'm a newbie to Australian and Victorian research, and have been directed toward your list by another researcher. I really need your help. The family I'm researching is that of Henry THOMAS, bapt. 2 Apr 1820 in Camborne, Cornwall, UK, father John THOMAS, mother Eleanor EVA Thomas. He emigrated first to New York City, US, circa late 1840's and stayed a year, then moved on to Australia. If one accepts what is on his death certificate, that would have been 1854. Henry appears to have moved to Clunes, and was a partner in a foundry there. (His father was an iron founder, and all the boys were brought up with that trade.) He married Sarah SPITTLEHOUSE in Clunes in 1856. They had several children, half of whom died in infancy. His death certificate shows he was buried in St.Arnaud, near the children, in 1875 - aged 55. His wife died in Geelong in 1910. Now for the queries! His death cert. shows he lived in Conover, in the district of Kera Kera. I looked at lists of place names, and the only thing close is Coonooer. Might they be one and the same, or was there a Conover in 1875? (His sister-in-law & fam. was living in Coonooer in 1885.) On his death cert., he's shown as a farmer in Conover. That must have been a terrible stretch; can't imagine a life-long 'town boy' trying to farm! No wonder his cause of death was shown as "1. hepatitus" "2. exhaustion". That aside, was the land good for farming, or did it take thousands of acres to 'farm', as I've read? (more like ranching in the US) Is the land around that area fertile, or semi-arid desert? Are there any records for Clunes, where I could confirm that my Henry Thomas was partner in the foundry? (not that Thomas was a rare name....) Thank goodness they named one of their daughters for his mother - Ellen Eva - and thank goodness Australian records are so thorough! Thanks for any information. I really appreciate it! Regards, Julia Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad ______________________________

Alice Norton wrote: > > or try Australian cemeteries > http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/vic/vicsec1.htm Our new member, Julia, will find that at least one of her line is buried in the Bendigo Cemetery if she follows the above link. Edward Travis THOMAS, son of Henry and Sarah Anne nee SPITTLEHOUSE is buried there. Interment number is 046421. I know that there are others, but will write separately to Julia. Trevor

Julia, From the 1879 Gazetteer of Victoria - Conover County: Kara-Kara Population: 500 Location: St. Arnaud 15 miles Jackie/Melbourne -----Original Message----- From: Julia Mosman [mailto:jwmos99@msn.com] Sent: Monday, 25 July 2005 5:17 AM To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Thomas family, Clunes & St. Arnaud-1854-1890 Now for the queries! His death cert. shows he lived in Conover, in the district of Kera Kera. I looked at lists of place names, and the only thing close is Coonooer. Might they be one and the same, or was there a Conover in 1875? (His sister-in-law & fam. was living in Coonooer in 1885.) On his death cert., he's shown as a farmer in Conover. That must have been a terrible stretch; can't imagine a life-long 'town boy' trying to farm! No wonder his cause of death was shown as "1. hepatitus" "2. exhaustion". That aside, was the land good for farming, or did it take thousands of acres to 'farm', as I've read? (more like ranching in the US) Is the land around that area fertile, or semi-arid desert? A ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== The mailing list for the golden triangle of Ballarat, Bendigo and Maryborough VICTORIA

Hi I am looking for information on the ANDERSEN family. Andrew Peter ANDERSEN from Schleswig Holstein,Denmark married Catherine Elizabeth O'LEARY from Cork. The marriage was in 1865 at Ballarat. (She was the dau of Thomas O'LEARY and Johanna MURPHY) First two children were Johanna Margaretha ANDERSEN b 1866? Marie (or Mary or Maria) ANDERSEN b 1867? I am helping a friend who is writing up her family history. Any help and details on this family will be very much appreciated regards Elaine in NZ

Hi Norm, I think that you will find that the NEW Melbourne Cemetery is Fawkner I was told by the Girl at the Melbourne General cemetery just a few weeks back as we were there in June. They are on line as well as the MGC www.necropolis.com.au or try Australian cemeteries http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/vic/vicsec1.htm Fawkner http://www.fcmp.com.au/ Trusting that this will help you, Alice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Archibald" <normanarch@yahoo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 9:21 AM Subject: New Cemetery, Melbourne. > Could someone on the list please enlighten me. > One of my rellies died in 1876 and according to their death certificate > are buried in the "new cemetery, Melbourne". > Do i take it the so called "new cemetery" was"Melbourne General Cemetery", > Carlton.? > Norm. > > ______________________________

James Wilmot born 1822 approx in Norfolk. I cannot find his death would be very grateful for look up on the new Cemetery Geelong Cd by some one on the list holding this cd. Many thanks Marie minbalup@ihug.co.nz

"many web sites plant little darlings called Cookies into your Computer when you visit their website." Hi Ron, Beth and Lyn :) I've been to the Bendigo Cemetery Trust site, if this is the one you're talking about, and I could view it just fine. I'm using Firefox and my internet settings are set to medium with primary cookies allowed, third party cookie requests are to prompt me for a response. I've been chatting to Paul offline about this site since my post about the site in general. It seems the site itself runs fine, but there's very little information on it. I can attest to that; I just did a search for "BYNON" and got quite a few hits with nothing material contained in the results other than an internment number and a request for $12 per enquiry form!!! Outrageously expensive if you ask me, and not enough details to warrant spending that much money on something that could possibly not even be one of my ancestors! I'm going to email them and see if there are plans to improve their website and also to recommend they either include more information or reduce their price by at least half. It seems to me that in this day and age they could also have this payable online using a credit card or Paypal, especially since there are so many of us living overseas who, like me, are not prepared to pay the $15 fee for an international money order just to get a cheque for $12. Even with the exchange rate being in my favour, that's still $27 for a $12 enquiry!! :( Oooops! that ended up longer than I hoped, sorry! If you're using Internet Explorer and the site isn't working, try Firefox and ensure you have Java installed on your computer. If you're still having problems, email me offlist (or Ron? since he seems to know a lot about computers too) and I'll try and help you with your browser settings! :D Take care, Rob.

Hi Norman and Marie, I'm not sure why there is discussion about the "New Cemetery Geelong CD" - to my knowledge there is no such animal!!!!!! The Geelong Cemeteries handled by the Geelong Cemeteries Trust were all released on microfiche some years ago. So if anyone knows about this CD I'd be most interested to hear about it and I think the Geelong Cemeteries Trust would be interested too! <vbg> Regards ....... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Cooper" <minbalup@ihug.co.nz> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 11:08 AM Subject: Re: New Cemetery, Geelong. > > James Wilmot born 1822 approx in Norfolk. I cannot find his death would be > very grateful for look up on the new Cemetery Geelong Cd by some one on the > list holding this cd. > > Many thanks > Marie > minbalup@ihug.co.nz > > > ==== 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 > >

"Any takers to go on with the project?" Is there a web design company down there who would be interested Paul? I'd love to help, but if a Uni has created the site and it has frames, I'm lost! lol I'm okay with HTML and CSS, but put in frames and I'm done for. Can't teach an old dog new tricks I'm afraid and to be honest I hate frames!! My daughter's site is full of them and I'm ALWAYS growling at her! ;D Take care, Rob.

Could someone on the list who has the CD for the "New Cemetery, Geelong", do a look-up for me please. I`m looking for the burial of Philip MAGUIRE or McGUIRE who died in 1876. Regards, Norm.

Could someone on the list please enlighten me. One of my rellies died in 1876 and according to their death certificate are buried in the "new cemetery, Melbourne". Do i take it the so called "new cemetery" was"Melbourne General Cemetery", Carlton.? Norm.

Called in to see this free exhibition (The Way We Were) at the SLV on Friday, and to get a glimpse of the fantastic dome, newly restored, with glass panels in the roof as originally intended and constructed. High above the reading room (level five), where the stacks used to be when I was in my youth a zillion years ago, is a great exhibition of Victorian memorabilia, mementoes, photos and artefacts from the time of pre-European settlement till the present. I was particulary fascinated by the goldfields material. I spent two hours reading and inspecting the exhibition, but only got less than half way. However, that was long enough for me to inspect some ambotype (yeah, I hadn't heard of it either) photographs of Dunolly township in 1860, especially scenes of Broadway. Other scenes I saw were of Talbot, Majorca, Maryborough, Ballarat and other places of interest to this list. Not hugely worth the effort of a trip down from the country, but if you are near the SLV, do go and have a look at it. You might spot stuff of interest to you. Trevor

Hello list, I am searching for information and/or contact with descendants of Philipp POSEINER, b. 1827 in Germany. Philipp migrated to Australia with his family in 1862 aboard the "Great Australia". They settled at Dunolly, where Philipp owned an orchard and also did some gold-mining in the area (Burnt Creek), working a reef which was apparently named after him (so I've been told). He and his wife Margaretha had 3 children - Valentin, Elizabetha m. John Berryman, and Wilhelm m. Augusta Vanselow (my G-G-Grandparents). I have details of the deaths, marriages and most of the children but would love some more background information on the family, the mining reef, or anything else. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. I am willing to share my information with anyone who may be interested. Also, in the archives (2003) I came across a message from a Robert in Seaford regarding a photo of Timor 1926. I have tried to email him but the message came back as "undelivered". If anyone knows of this Robert, or has a copy of the photo, please contact me regards this also. My grandmother was born at Timor and her family may be in the photo(I hope!). Thanking you in advance. Marita in Perth (formerly from Victoria) <http://promos.hotbar.com/promos/promodll.dll?RunPromo&El=&SG=&RAND=4105 4&partner=hotbar> Upgrade Your Email - Click here!

Hello - I'm a newbie to Australian and Victorian research, and have been directed toward your list by another researcher. I really need your help. The family I'm researching is that of Henry THOMAS, bapt. 2 Apr 1820 in Camborne, Cornwall, UK, father John THOMAS, mother Eleanor EVA Thomas. He emigrated first to New York City, US, circa late 1840's and stayed a year, then moved on to Australia. If one accepts what is on his death certificate, that would have been 1854. Henry appears to have moved to Clunes, and was a partner in a foundry there. (His father was an iron founder, and all the boys were brought up with that trade.) He married Sarah SPITTLEHOUSE in Clunes in 1856. They had several children, half of whom died in infancy. His death certificate shows he was buried in St.Arnaud, near the children, in 1875 - aged 55. His wife died in Geelong in 1910. Now for the queries! His death cert. shows he lived in Conover, in the district of Kera Kera. I looked at lists of place names, and the only thing close is Coonooer. Might they be one and the same, or was there a Conover in 1875? (His sister-in-law & fam. was living in Coonooer in 1885.) On his death cert., he's shown as a farmer in Conover. That must have been a terrible stretch; can't imagine a life-long 'town boy' trying to farm! No wonder his cause of death was shown as "1. hepatitus" "2. exhaustion". That aside, was the land good for farming, or did it take thousands of acres to 'farm', as I've read? (more like ranching in the US) Is the land around that area fertile, or semi-arid desert? Are there any records for Clunes, where I could confirm that my Henry Thomas was partner in the foundry? (not that Thomas was a rare name....) Thank goodness they named one of their daughters for his mother - Ellen Eva - and thank goodness Australian records are so thorough! Thanks for any information. I really appreciate it! Regards, Julia Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad

Hello, I'm new to this list, but not to genealogy, but I need some assistance on what records I may be able to find to discover anything about this person, between 1869 and 1876, who I have good reason to believe may be my gt.grandfather William DODSWORTH. Unassisted Immigration to Victoria Index of Inward Passenger Lists for British, Foreign and New Zealand Ports 1852-1923 Family Name First Name Age Month Year Ship Port Fiche Page DODSWORTH W 29 JUL 1869 GOTHENBURG N 099 001 <d.o.b. ca 1840> Shipping Arrivals to New Zealand from Victorian Ports Dodsworth W Year: 1876 Aged: 36 <d.o.b. ca 1840> Sex: male Marital Status: single Occupation: miner Nationality: English Passenger in: steerage Aboard ³Arawata² Departed from: Melbourne 11 Sep 1876 Arrived: Wellington prov vprs 948 0352109 I have no reason to expect that his mining was limited to Victoria's golden triangle, but I have to start somewhere in Victoria. He didn't marry my gt.grandmother, and there is no death record for him in NZ, or anywhere in Australia that I've been able to find. He is NOT William Innes Dodsworth of South Australia, as I've researched him until I'm blue in the face.. but he does belong to others! Melbourne is a place I often visit, so if I'm pointed in the right direction I can undertake research myself on the next trip at the State Library etc. I just need guidelines as to what to look for outside of BMDs. Thnaks, for any assistance Jools NEW ZEALAND jools@maxnet.co.nz jqqls@hotmail.com

Thanks to all who helped fill in gaps for me on the Morse tree and especially for the requested Edward and George. Ps I am doing all the fun work on behalf of my wife’s side of tree. Ruby Morse and Thomas Bennell being g parents! Richard (Melb) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 22/07/2005

Hi List, Definately not pushing Ebay, but I would hate to think any researchers were missing out on family heirlooms so hope you don't mind my posts when I come across things. On Ebay I have come across a publicans licence for sale issued in 1864 to a William Henwood of Ballarat to operate the 'Essex'. Hope this belongs to someone's family out there. Jenny

Subject: Look-ups please? Hi Richard, <Edward MORSE b. 1887 Footscray d 1975 M’borough> Edward Austin MORSE , father Richard Edward MORSE, mother Mary JAMES, b 1887, Footscray, # 11176, d. 1975, Maryborough,# 11174. Richard Edward MORSE, father Richard MORSE, mother Elizabeth u/n, d 1937, aged 77, Maryborough, #16663. <George MORSE b 1896 M’borough> George Horace MORSE, father Richard Edward MORSE, mother Mary Mitchell JAMES, b 1896, Maryborough, #13222, d 1975, aged 79, Moon, #11340. Trish, Researching Hedges, Jones, Mathie, McNaughtan, Parker, Redfearn.

CARBERRY, Agnes A CB 306622 Birth Father: Joseph Mother: Rosannah Reg Year: 1861 Reg State: New South Wales Ref Number: 7866 Consider the transcriber just made a mistake and put the top number down instead of the reference number below? The above is if you copy an entry from the AVRI and paste it. Regards, Kaye -----Original Message----- From: Andrea K. Johnston [mailto:movieart@netspace.net.au] Sent: Wednesday, 20 July 2005 4:59 PM To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Death Register Hello List , I have received this info regarding an ancestor. But I dont recognise the index number CB 1817985 "Farmer CB 1817985 (Death by drowning) Drowned fording a river (place unknown) while driving stock" I have one on another family member but that is all - " Age 81 CB 1818093" Can someone tell me in what records this registration number may be found Thanks Andrea ______________________________

Nrs Hanley Russell is very close to Mrs Stanley Russell.. A big swirly capital S followed by a lowercase t in copperplate scrawled a bit could well be read as H.. Maybe the same person? Wish they were my family! All the best Dawn -----Original Message----- From: jenny [mailto:jenwy@netcon.net.au] Sent: Friday, 22 July 2005 8:23 AM To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Sydney Grammar I realise this is not a goldfields topic, but at present I am only on one Australian list. Found a post card in an antique shop with a photograph of: Honor Company, Sydney Grammar School, 1913. One of the students was George Gordon RUSSELL. There are lots more cards at the shop pertaining to the RUSSELL family. Names: Mrs Stanley RUSSELL, c/- Grand Hotel Bournemouth UK Mrs Hanley RUSSELL, Wormald Bros Sydney NSW Also Robert RUSSELL was mentioned also Granley Lodge, York. Can give the name of the shop if anyone is interested. The only card I purchased was the picture of Honor Company. Jenny..Kyneton..Vic...Aus ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== The mailing list for the golden triangle of Ballarat, Bendigo and Maryborough VICTORIA