Sandstone is in Western Australia. It is about ?50 kms east of Mt Magnet. My father was born there in 1907, when his father was there as a mining engineer from Ronaldson and Tippetts, of Ballarat. There was a gold field called Nunngara 10 kms south of the town, which was very busy in the 1900-1914 period. I went there in 1982 - booked into the Hotel Oraya by the Alice Springs travel agent. A local in the lovely old Victorian-style pub told me the Oraya blew away in 1927 - so much for the booking! It had a wide central street, but not much there. The local hall had many old photos of the crowd there to greet the train arriving in 1910 (removed after WW2), etc. Only about 10 people there when I visited. Gillian Johnston, Adelaide t> I have been looking at an advertisement in the "Tarnagulla and Llanelly t> Courier" for April 1871. It was placed by the Manager of the South t> Sandstone Gold Mining Company, James Christopher. t> The address given is simply, Sandstone. It is not Sandstone Reef, or t> Sandstone Creek. It reads as if Sandstone might have been a settlement. t> Does anyone know if this was so? I have unsuccessfully checked the t> Geoscience Australia Place Names search. t> Trevor t> ______________________________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TERAUSTRALIS AUSTRALIAN TERRIERS - www.teraustralis.com

Thanks, Gillian I found the WA Sandstone when I googled for the name. It seems, however, that the Sandstone I am looking for was a locality in Victoria, in the vicinity of Tarnagulla circa 1870. I will hunt out the exact wording of the advertisement and post it to the list some time tonight. Trevor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gillian" <gillda@ozemail.com.au> To: "trevor" <tjwilliams@iinet.net.au> Cc: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 9:15 AM Subject: Re: Sandstone Sandstone is in Western Australia. It is about ?50 kms east of Mt Magnet. My father was born there in 1907, when his father was there as a mining engineer from Ronaldson and Tippetts, of Ballarat. There was a gold field called Nunngara 10 kms south of the town, which was very busy in the 1900-1914 period. I went there in 1982 - booked into the Hotel Oraya by the Alice Springs travel agent. A local in the lovely old Victorian-style pub told me the Oraya blew away in 1927 - so much for the booking! It had a wide central street, but not much there. The local hall had many old photos of the crowd there to greet the train arriving in 1910 (removed after WW2), etc. Only about 10 people there when I visited. Gillian Johnston, Adelaide t> I have been looking at an advertisement in the "Tarnagulla and Llanelly t> Courier" for April 1871. It was placed by the Manager of the South t> Sandstone Gold Mining Company, James Christopher. t> The address given is simply, Sandstone. It is not Sandstone Reef, or t> Sandstone Creek. It reads as if Sandstone might have been a settlement. t> Does anyone know if this was so? I have unsuccessfully checked the t> Geoscience Australia Place Names search. t> Trevor t> ______________________________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TERAUSTRALIS AUSTRALIAN TERRIERS - www.teraustralis.com