Hi List & Jeanette, Beaufort was in the Ararat District and definitely a mining area in the 1859 period, Dave in Ballarat At 12:48 PM 2/09/2005, David Heath wrote: >Hello List > >Can anyone tell me if the town of Waterloo, near Beaufort was a >goldmining town in the 1860s or thereabouts? I have a William Heath, >engineer who moved from Clunes to Waterloo after his marriage in 1861. >I think his brother James worked as an engineer with one of the big >Clunes mines and thought perhaps William had moved to Waterloo to take >up a position there. Also, does anyone know where records for Waterloo >might be found? > >Jeanette Heath > > >==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== >Victorian place names database >http://www.rootsweb.com/~auswgw/vic_place_names.htm