Hi, Could anyone please direct me to where I could find a map which shows the location of the small settlement of Kimberley in the Pyrenees near Avoca, Vic in the early 1870s. It was never gazetted as a town or village, so doesn't appear on parish plans (Warrenmang or Yehrip). Flett's book "History of Gold Discovery in Victoria" (p456) mentions "a small village called Kimberley", with a reference to Mining Registrar's Reports, Sept 1871, Special Report, Plan. Unfortunately, I've looked at the bound volume of these reports for 1869-71 in the State Library Vic, and there is no such plan included.! Can anyone make any suggestions please, particularly re Kimberley, but also generally. There are also several other transient gold mining rush towns in the area which were never gazetted as towns or villages, eg Donkey Hill, Glendhu, Number Two Creek. I know roughly where these settlements would have been, but am seeking more precise information. Phil Waring Pubs of the Pyrenees project (all hotels, shanties, etc)

Hello Phil, I have a very detailed map of the area around Ararat, scale 40 chains to the inch, produced for the Department of Mines in 1875, titled "Ararat Goldfield" I imagine that similar detailed maps would have been produced for the area you seek. Very detailed, every mountain, hill and dale. school, cemetery, reservoir, dam, road, farm division and every gully where gold was found, name of lead, including type of soil, whether feldspar, porphyry, quartz, etc. But do you enquire at the State Library or the Mines Department (does it still exist?) for such a map? I've had this one for about 40 years, can't remember how I managed itback then! Originally supplied as a transparency, and had a print made at a "plan printer's"... I don't think they exist still, either! Best of luck in your search Regards Ada Phil Waring wrote: > Hi, > > Could anyone please direct me to where I could find a map which shows the > location of the small settlement of Kimberley in the Pyrenees near Avoca, > Vic in the early 1870s. It was never gazetted as a town or village, so > doesn't appear on parish plans (Warrenmang or Yehrip). > > Flett's book "History of Gold Discovery in Victoria" (p456) mentions "a > small village called Kimberley", with a reference to Mining Registrar's > Reports, Sept 1871, Special Report, Plan. Unfortunately, I've looked at > the bound volume of these reports for 1869-71 in the State Library Vic, and > there is no such plan included.! > > > > Can anyone make any suggestions please, particularly re Kimberley, but also > generally. There are also several other transient gold mining rush towns in > the area which were never gazetted as towns or villages, eg Donkey Hill, > Glendhu, Number Two Creek. I know roughly where these settlements would > have been, but am seeking more precise information. > > > > Phil Waring > > Pubs of the Pyrenees project (all hotels, shanties, etc) > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > >

Hi Phil, If you go to the Avoca History Society home page http://home.vicnet.net.au/~adhs/ADHSMain.htm and do a search on Kimberley, a bit of information comes up that may help you. Kimberley was renamed Tanwood. cheers Dorothy