Pauline et al, We are attempting to locate John on our records. It is possible that he started his mining career in the Warrandyte/Andersons Creek area, which was also part of the Caledonia Diggings, before he came up here to Queenstown. We have been able to track some of our miners after they left our area and headed out to further fields, it is possible that he could have joined the hunt for gold in Diamond Creek which really continued for a further few years. there is a list which contains most of the deaths and injuries in the mines of Caledonia fields which has previously appeared on the goldfields postings, I suggest you check the archives there as well. Helen Kenney St Andrews/Queenstown Historical Society. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pauline Stuart Sent: 01 January 2009 12:47 To: [email protected] Subject: Lost man in Caledonian diggings Importance: High Can anyone shed any light on the death of John Gast who mined on the Caledonian Diggings from possibly 1850. His last known address was Queenstown in 1866 when his last child was born. I can not find him in either the Victorian or NSW GRO's. He was an ex convict who came to the goldfields from Maitland in NSW. We know that his family continued to live in the area of Diamond Creek. His wife Catherine died in 1895. Could it be possible that he died in a mining accident in the mines and is it possible that some of these deaths were not registered. Regards Pauline ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message