There is also an article on this page in papers past re the death of a child there http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=GRA18690928.2.13&cl=&srpos=0&st=1&e=-------en--1----0-all and also this page in the book Not Dead Yet "But Cadgers's Ally was the metropolis of the Pig-sty Gully district - which lay on the extreme outskirts of the Bendigo country, and at least nine mile from the noble creek after which the wide gold-field was named. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=baIiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=pigsty+gully+bendigo&source=web&ots=zhpXbbDNhz&sig=pp38jvWx1W75KL1L5fz2HCjP0Fw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result Regards, Maxine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Elsbury" <[email protected]> To: "'Alison Armstrong'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 4:27 PM Subject: RE: Pigsty Gully Bendigo > Hi > > The only reference to Pigsty Gully in Victoria I could find from a quick > search is here > http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=GRA18690928.2.13&c > l=&srpos=0&st=1&e=-------en--1----0-all > > There is a reference to Black Swamp in the same article. If you search > Google Maps for Black Swamp Victoria one is shown West of Ballarat. > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alison Armstrong [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: August 22, 2008 8:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Pigsty Gully Bendigo > > Hello > > Would anyone know the locality of Pigsty Gully in Bendigo , in the 1800's? > > > > Any suggestions welcome. > > > > Thank you > > > > Alison Armstrong > > [email protected] > > > > > > >