Trevor For my 2 cents worth, this is a list for Vic Goldfields and I believe it is one of interest into how some of the politics worked and how our goldmining ancestors would have seen the world at the time, whether directly or indirectly. Remember this goes on the archives so anyone in future looking for information may find it. I say post the transcripts Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: "trevor" <tjwilliams@iinet.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 11:31 PM Subject: Royal Commission into Gold Mining - 1890 testimony >I am in the process of typing out the testimony of Tarnagulla and Dunolly > witnesses before the Royal Commission into Gold Mining, 1890, as reported > in > the Tarnagulla and Dunolly papers of March 1890. > > The Royal Commission sat one morning in Tarnagulla to take evidence, and > then moved on to Dunolly in the afternoon. Some of the witnesses are > members of the family I am researching, hence my interest. > > What I would like to know from members of this list is if there is any > interest in me posting the typescripts I am making? > > I ask this because the testimony is fairly long. I have just finished > typing the testimony of Henry C. Bristol, first witness at Tarnagulla, and > it has taken over one and a half A4 sheet of closely-typed copying. > > The next witness is E. Rosman, H.C. Bristol's brother-in-law. His > testimony > is not quite as long, but together, they make a fascinating and > complementary contribution to the history of gold mining in Tarnagulla up > to > 1890. Add to this material the testimony of other well-known figures and > you get an interesting overview and history of gold mining in Tarnagulla, > Llanelly and neighbourhood. (And also of Dunolly in the subsequent > hearings > in that place.) > > If there is any interest from listers, I propose posting a series of > posts. > I would give the testimony presented by all the persons reported in the > press, one at a time over a couple of weeks. At the end of that time > listers would have the complete newspaper accounts. > > Let me know what you think of this suggestion. > > Trevor > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Searchable archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L > >