> >Greetings David, > >Below is the information you require on the Bullock Creek Cemetery. >Bullock Creek rises in the hills near Harcourt and wends it's way to Kow >Swamp near Kerang via Ravenswood, Lockwood South, Lockwood, Marong etc. etc. > >In the summer of 1851/2 when the Bendigo Goldfields were discovered >Bendigo like now, was in drought so the miners camped along Bullock Creek >and bought their wash dirt back there from Long Gully and other parts >of the Bendigo Field. It was at that time a permanent water supply. > > The Marong Cemetery was known in early days as Bullock Creek Cemetery. >Richard Oates co-finder of the worlds largest gold nugget (The Welcome >Stranger ) is buried there. > >We have photographed all the headstones and with the Burial Register have >placed them on a CD along with the Lockwood Cemetery. >This CD is available at the GSV bookshop and the Library have a copy for >research. > >The entries for Maria Howard are listed below: > >HOWARDMaria18 mths2/07/1862of Sailors Gully54NIR054 >HOWARDMartha Maria40 yrs 9/09/1862of Sailors Gully57NIR057 >HOWARDMartha Maria6 weeks 17/10/186219/10/1862of Sailors Gully59NIR059 > >Neering was the original name for Sailors Gully which could be best >described as a suburb of Eaglehawk and is only about 15KM's from Marong. > >It was a very rich part of the Bendigo Goldfields and quite a lot of our >Cornish Mining ancestors lived there. > >We are just completing a CD of the Eaglehawk Cemetery Monumental Section >which should be released in about a week to 10 days. > >David we hope this helps you in your research ? > >Best wishes...Tom and Libby.