Dear Samantha, My grandfather, Arthur Harpley Bradfield, appears to have been heavily involved with organising a monument of some sort to be erected in Creswick to honour W. G. Spence. I have just had a look through copies of some of his notes and letters and he has written a lot about the conditions in the mines that led to the formation of the Creswick Miners Association and later unions. He does mention John Sampson as well as W. G. Spence. I will type these notes up and send if you would like. There are several pages so I won't put them to the general list unless listers requests them. Cheers, Jeannie. ----- Original Message ----- From: "samm menzies" <sammtoocann@yahoo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:45 PM Subject: Creswick Miners Union > Hi all > > I am looking for information about the Creswick Miners Association (1870 - c 1883) which later, following a number of amalgamations became the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees Federation. A relative John SAMPSON along with a Mr W G Spence were the leaders of the Union in it's original form. My ggggrandfather was SAMPSON so I am after any pertinent info or photos. There is some biog info on the trades union ass website for WG Spence but none for John Sampson. > Regards > Samantha Menzies > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list send the word 'unsubscribe' in > the body of a message to AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L-request@rootsweb.com > > >

I'd be interested to know if there are any references to the JOHNS family, who mined in Creswick from 1859 to 1921. Peter THOMAS Darwin, AUSTRALIA <pmthomas@bigpond.com> -----Original Message----- From: Ron and Jeannie Lister [mailto:RonJeannieLister@paradise.net.nz] Sent: Friday, 12 August 2005 5:47 AM To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Creswick Miners Union Dear Samantha, My grandfather, Arthur Harpley Bradfield, appears to have been heavily involved with organising a monument of some sort to be erected in Creswick to honour W. G. Spence. I have just had a look through copies of some of his notes and letters and he has written a lot about the conditions in the mines that led to the formation of the Creswick Miners Association and later unions. ... I will type these notes up and send if you would like. There are several pages so I won't put them to the general list unless listers requests them. Cheers, Jeannie. ----- Original Message ----- From: "samm menzies" <sammtoocann@yahoo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:45 PM Subject: Creswick Miners Union I am looking for information about the Creswick Miners Association (1870 -c 1883) which later, following a number of amalgamations became the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees Federation. A relative John SAMPSON along with a Mr W G Spence were the leaders of the Union in it's original form. ... > Regards > Samantha Menzies >

I would love to read the notes Jeannie. Jenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron and Jeannie Lister" <RonJeannieLister@paradise.net.nz> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, 12 August 2005 6:16 Subject: Re: Creswick Miners Union > Dear Samantha, > My grandfather, Arthur Harpley Bradfield, appears to have been heavily > involved with organising a monument of some sort to be erected in Creswick > to honour W. G. Spence. I have just had a look through copies of some of > his notes and letters and he has written a lot about the conditions in the > mines that led to the formation of the Creswick Miners Association and later > unions. He does mention John Sampson as well as W. G. Spence. I will type > these notes up and send if you would like. There are several pages so I > won't put them to the general list unless listers requests them. Cheers, > Jeannie.