Hello Trevor, You wrote: From: "trevor" <tjwilliams@iinet.net.au> To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <016d01c5c12f$6328a940$6401a8c0@testerccb5031d> Subject: Re: Gold Mine called Lorna Doone Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jack, The fact that the Lorna Doone mine seems a long way from Maldon should not distract you. I am often staggered at the vast distances that our forebears walked or rode in the pre-car days. Their mobility was quite extraordinary, particularly in the days of early European settlement here. My current line of investigation, for example, involves a party of 5 men walking 800kms from Adelaide to the Mount Alexander gold fields. Trevor have you read the book called: "Olivers Diary -an' andkichef of eirth" This marvellous little book was Edited by Margaret E. Ragless a Great Great Niece of Oliver Ragless. He was part of a party that walked to the Mount Alexander Goldfields and particularly Fryers Creek. There were five Ragless brothers in the party of seven which left Adelaide on 23 January 1852. One member had gone ahead in December 1851. In a similar vein the recently discovered diary of Cornishman Thomas Ninnes is being transcribed by family descendants and other interested Cornish descendants. Thomas and his extended family walked from Burra to the Bendigo Goldfields in early 1852. His wife Maria and children lie buried on the outskirts of Bendigo in what was always known as "The Lonely Grave" It is also a wonderful story of tenacity in the face of tragedy. Best wishes...Tom and Libby.