Hi Trevor, The Sandstone in WA is on the Murchison Goldfield and mining did not start at that location until the late 1890`s. The main WA gold rush did not start until circa 1890. It is estimated that 35% of the diggers in the rush were from Victoria so if looking for missing ancestors in that period that is where they might have gone Cheers Keith Campbell ----- Original Message ----- From: "trevor" <tjwilliams@iinet.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 8:05 AM Subject: Sandstone > I have been looking at an advertisement in the "Tarnagulla and Llanelly > Courier" for April 1871. It was placed by the Manager of the South > Sandstone Gold Mining Company, James Christopher. > > The address given is simply, Sandstone. It is not Sandstone Reef, or > Sandstone Creek. It reads as if Sandstone might have been a settlement. > > Does anyone know if this was so? I have unsuccessfully checked the > Geoscience Australia Place Names search. > > Trevor > > > ==== 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/143 - Release Date: 19/10/2005 > >