Hello Maureen, The Orphanage isn't there anymore it was taken over by a Catholic School a few years ago and They rebuilt it. Dave At 08:13 AM 4/08/2008, Maureen Player wrote: >Thank you to everyone for the helpful information about the Ballarat >orphange, especially the 'cafs' website. > >My ancestors must have been among the first children at the >orphanage as their father was written up in the Vic Police Gazette >in 1860 and 1861 for desertion when the children were not even six years old. > >Thier mother went to the Ballarat Benevolent Home and died alone in >1878 in the Kew Lunatic Asylum. > >I'm presuming the children lived at the orphanage for many >years...hence my interest in the records. > > >Once again, my grateful thanks for the replies. I did drive around >Ballarat for quite a while and no doubt passed the Orphanage given >the descriptions you have provided! I certainly will get back there >in the not too distant future. > >Regards, >Maureen > >------------------------------- >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 :-) Victorian Mining Accident Index, over 12,100 names sorted Alphabetically as well as by Place. on CDROM $20.00 plus Postage. Mining Registrars Reports 1859 to 1887 all Victoria, most reports published, send for a list to Dave Evans 439 Main Rd. Ballarat, 3350 Victoria or email [email protected]