Hi Rowena, thought the following might answer your Maryborough Hospital question >From Bailliere's Gazetteer Victoria 1879 p308 MARYBOROUGH, 37° 4' S. lat., 143° 45' E. long. (Co. Talbot), is a postal, telegraphic, and money order borough town and railway station, situated near the Bet-Bet creek, which runs 5 miles N., running W. to E.; M'Callum's creek, 5 miles S., running W. to E. ; and Deep creek, 4 miles E., running W., formed by junction of Tullaroop creek with M'Cullum's creek, near Carisbrook N. There are two foundries, two breweries, a gingerbeer and cordial factory, and a brickyard in the township. The principal industry is mining-quartz and alluvial. Quartz- Mariner's reef, 1 mile ; Bristol hill, in the borough ; Golden point, 3 miles ; Mosquito flat, 3 miles; Blucher's reef, 3 miles. Alluvial-Blackman's lead, in borough ; Alma, 4 miles; Waterloo, 3 miles; Moonlight flat, 3 miles ; Adelaide lead, 6 miles ; Craigie, 5 miles ; Four-mile flat, 4 miles ; Carisbrook, 5 miles; Newtown, 4 miles ; Havelock, 7 miles ; and Chinaman's flat, 4 miles. The nearest townships, &c, are-Mariner's reef, 1 mile; Chinaman's flat, 4 miles N. ; Timor, 5 miles N. ; Alma, 4 miles N.W. ; Lower Alma, 5 miles N.N.W. ; Adelaide, 4 miles W. ; Craigie, 5 miles S. ; Mosquito flat, 4 miles S. ; Carisbrook, 5 miles S.S.E. ; Havelock, 6 miles E. ; Avoca, 16 miles W. ; Majorca 7 miles S.W. ; Ballaarat, 42 miles S. ; Castlemaine, 34 miles E. ; and Dunolly, 13^ miles N. Cabs run to Chinaman's flat and Timor. Mail conveyance to Alma, Lower Alma, Craigie, and Majorca, daily ; Adelaide lead, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday ; a conveyance to Majorca, 4 p.m. daily ; and railway to Carisbrook, Avoca, Dunolly, Castlemaine, and Ballaarat. With Melbourne, 112 miles S.E., the communication is by rail. Maryborough has a hospital, ladies' benevolent society, free library and literary institute, and debating club. It is in the parish of Maryborough, and electoral district of Maryborough and Talbot. The country is elevated (railway station, 787 feet above sea level), undulating (flat to N.), surrounded by Ironbark ranges, which are scrubby and. stony. Lower silurian ; basalt at M'Callum's creek. The population numbers 3,000 in the borough, and 2,500 engaged in mining within"5 miles of the town. There are-Church of England, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Independent, Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and Disciples of Christ places of worship ; two public halls ; a racecourse, 31/2 miles distant; a reservoir I1/2 miles, in the district (water laid on to town); Prince's park recreation ground, p309 with grand stand, in the borough ; borough gardens, ornamental, with lake, swans, &c., in borough ; Royal park, at eastern boundary of borough, and reserve near railway station. Maryborough is the chief town of the N. W. goldfields, and is the centre of postal and railway traffic for the district. Four lines of railway meet in it, viz.- Ballaarat to Maryborough, Maryborough to Castlemaine, Maryborough to Avoca, and Maryborough to Dunolly, which last is being extended to St. Arnaud. The soil is arid, and but little cultivated, though in places oranges and vines grow and bear well. The heat in summer is excessive ; but, being elevated, the nights are cold the greater part of the year. The climate is very agreeable and healthy. The town was surveyed in 1854, and proclaimed a municipality in 1857. It contains large new public buildings, in which are court-house, offices for sheriff, &c, sub-treasury, post and telegraph office, money-order office, post office savings bank and quarters, under one roof, surmounted by a handsome clock tower 80 feet high ; gaol, mining board office, mining registrar's office, mining surveyor's office, market place, and weighbridge. There are two newspapers published-the Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays ; the Maryborough Standard, published on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The Maryborough water supply is obtained from a reservoir having a storage capacity of 8,100,000 gallons, with a drainage area of 463 acres. There are 2 miles of reticulation. The cost of the works was £1,065. Bank ... VICTORIA-W. L. Fulton, acting manager ... (see special advt.) Insurance ... NORWICH UNION FIRE ... ... . . ,, Auctioneer and Authorized Government Valuator-A. R. Outtrim Engineer, Iron and Brass Founder-Abraham Robinson, Soho Foundry Hotel ... CAMBRIAN, close to railway station-E. Roberts, proprietor Solicitor ... Richard Matthews, High-street; also at Talbot and Avoca. Maryborough and Talbot electoral district commences at the junction of the Green gully with the river Loddon ; thence by that gully upwards to the southern boundary of allotment 60 of section 1, parish of Campbelltown; thence westerly by a road to the S. W. angle of the township of Campbelltown and by a line bearing W. to the eastern boundary of portion 40, parish of Glengower ; thence S. to the S.E. angle of that allotment; thence by a line bearing W. to the Deep creek ; thence by that creek upwards to the southern boundary of the parish of Eglinton ; thence westerly by that boundary to the N. E. angle of allotment 108, parish of Beckworth ; thence by roads bearing respectively S. to the S.E. angle of allotment 86, W. to the N.W. angle of allotment 57, S. to the S.W. angle of allotment 24, parish of Addington, E. to the N.E. angle of allotment 33, and S. to th,e main Dividing range ; thence north-westerly by that range to the source of the Bet-Bet creek ; thence by that creek downwards to its junction with the river Loddon ; and thence by that river upwards to the commencing point. It comprises the Back creek, Baringhup W., Carisbrook, Lexton, Majorca, Maryborough, Talbot, and Tarrangower divisions, is represented by J. M. Barr and R. Bowman, and has 4,704 electors. The Maryborough mining district commences at a point on the river Loddon due E. of the southern shores of lake Hindmarsh ; thence by a line bearing W. to the Yarriambiack creek; thence southwards by the Yarriambiack creek to the bifurcations of the Wimmera ; thence eastwards by the main road to the town of Navarre ; thence by the southern boundary of the town reserve of Navarre and a line E. to the Dividing range separating the waters flowing to the Wimmera and the Avoca, and thence southwards by that range and the Pyrenees range to the main Dividing range ; thence by the main Dividing range to the source of the mount Greenock creek ; thence northwards by the mount Greenock creek; and thence by a line E. to the junction of the Bullarook and Tullaroop creeks ; thence northwards by the Deep creek to the parish of Carisbrook; thence by the southern, eastern, and northern boundaries of that parish, and again by the Deep creek, to the river Loddon; and thence northwards by the river Loddon to the commencing point aforesaid; and contains the following divisions :-Korong, Dunolly, Maryborough, Amherst, Avoca, and St. Arnaud. The final line suggests that the hospital probably did service Avoca Take care Debbie McKay Sth Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rowena Gough" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 1:41 PM Subject: FW: Avoca & Maryborough > Many Thanks to Dorothy, Lois, Margaret and Julie for great suggestions and > helpful advice. I will follow up this week. > > With regard to marriage suggestion below, I think Elizabeth, husband John > and children were still in Sth Australia, as their daughter Elizabeth Ann > died and was buried (Murray District) in June of 1855. I'm doubtful that > she > remarried as her son was very young, approx age 7 when she died (according > to husband's 2nd marriage record in 1860. There is also the family oral > history that she died and was buried near Deep Creek / Bald Hill in the > Carisbrook area. I've already checked with the Carisbrook Cemetary and the > remaining Bald Hill Cemetary records, and she's not on them. Her death > pre-dates Carisbrook cemetery and I believe there are few surviving > records > for Bald Hill, plus a bush fire swept through there and destroyed the > wooden > marker boards. As husband John Knell Pascoe was resident in Avoca at the > time of his second marriage to Honora Burke in 1860, and his sister > Elizabeth Trevithick and her family were living in Avoca and she may have > been caring for his children, I thought that was the next most obvious > place > to try. > > A question - would the Maryborough hospital have serviced the Avoca > residents from the 1858/1860 period? Does anyone know this? > > > Rowena Gough > > > -----Original Message----- > From: margaret trewick [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, 5 October 2008 12:17 PM > To: Rowena Gough > Subject: Re: Avoca & Maryborough > > Rowena > Do you have her parents names? > There is a marriage for an Elizabeth Ann Treloar in 1855/52 to Wm > Treganowan. 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