Hi Trevor, bit of a conundrum. It seems that in a lot of the goldfields there were many local names that people referred to and knew where they were, but they werent necessarily written down or passed through to following generations or maps. A lot of the alluvial mining country for example- most of the gullies and minor creeks had names. I checked John Tully's maps of the area and unfortunately no Sandstone. I suspect its a local name for a place near Llanelly, as I've seen the references to it as well, and it wasnt Sandstone Reef, although mining reports about the work of various companies in the T&L Courier refer to both New Chum and Sandstone. New Chum later became Llanelly which suggests that Sandstone was its own locality, and not to be confused with Llanelly. The Sandstone Reef is a about one kilometer north of the township of Llanelly (previously called New Chum, then Maidentown before being called Lllanelly),off the Bridgewater road in the bush. There was a Sandstone Reef Hotel at Llanelly built 1867/68. Perhaps Sandstone was a small locality north of Llanelly but not far from the Sandstone Reef, but on the road to Bridgewater. Peter Matthews trevor wrote: >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 > > > >