Thank you to all who offered advice on the whereabout of Mount Cameron, Eglinton. Would Mount Cameron have been a mining area? On Elizabeth's birth certificate in 1870 Jabez Willett, g grandfather, lists his occupation as a drover but two years earlier he was a miner in Majorca, prior to that the family was in Amherst where the first two children were born 1863 and 65 when he was also listed as a drover. He married in Talbot in 1862. It seems he was moving around the mining areas and I wondered if he may have been mining as well as droving. Regards Cheryl

Hi Folks, Cheryl wrote: Would Mount Cameron, Eglinton have been a mining area? My reply: I've looked in my Municipal directories for 1916 and 1957 and Eglinton Parish was totally in the Talbot Shire, but there's no reference to Mount Cameron, which is more of a landmark and a locality than a settlement. (By the way the 1957 directory suggests that Red Lion - on the Talbot to Dunach Road - was formerly known as Eglinton, but when I did some research on this some years ago, the local (Craigie) resident historians said they had hardly heard of it). You could try the Talbot Museum for info on local mining, at http://www.ballarat.com/talbot/talbot_museum.htm There was certainly deep lead mining under the basalt further south, and early mining at nearby Mt Greenock, but I don't know about Mt. Cameron. In relation to the general area, there have been quite a few postings to the List over the years, particularly in 2004 when we were doing out Small Towns Project. You can search the List archives at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS, but don't blame me if you get in there and can't find the motivation to come out again! :-) Tom