I am hoping someone would have a Melbourne Directory for around the period 1888-1890. I really don't know if one exists or not, but I am hoping to locate the name Jenks, probably within the area of Richmond. Almina, (Mina) Jenks and son Henry Jenks were art teachers in the USA. They came here in 1888 and I am trying to find out if they continued with their teaching here. I have a copy of a flyer they put out in the States showing this joint teaching venture. regards Denise

The opening of this yesterday was a huge success. And although I didn't get there until 2 hours after the opening, due to a dead car battery (grrrr), I very much enjoyed it once there. Got to speak with Dr Kok Hu Jin who launched his book Chinese Graves in the Beechworth Cemetery . Wonderful book too. Nice feller, has done a book on Yackandandah as well (not yet published) so have sent him what I have on Yack Cemetery Chinese graves. The Centre is a must for any visit to B/worth. It is in the 1850s building originally built to house the Chinese Protector, 2 buildings up from the Court House. Peter R

Legislative Assembly. District of Gippsland, to wit Division of Eastern Province, Gipps Land. List of persons claiming or supposed to be entitled to Vote in the Election of a Member for the District. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Christian & Surname Place of Abode Occupation & Nature of Qualification AITKEN, James Seacombe freehold £100 p.a. Seacombe AITKEN, John Buchan AITKEN, John Mewburn Park gardener £100 p.a. J.Johnson ALEXANDER, Robert Genoa license ALLAN, Benjamin Wagra leasehold ANDERSON, John Sale wages Sale ARBUCKLE*, Alexander Sale medical practitioner Sale ARMSTRONG, William H. Hazlewood overseer £100 per annum, Bennett BAIRD, Henry Lindenow wages £100 p.a. BAKEWELL, Lochend license BALLYCORN, Thomas Bairnsdale tenant Bairnsdale BARKER, Robert Lake Wellington wages £100 p.a. Raymond BAYLISS, Edward Merton license Merton BEAN, Francis Boisdale wages £100 p.a. Boisdale BEILBY, Wood Dandenong license Moe BELCHER, William R St Kilda freehold Tarra River BELL, Robert Mewburn Park wages £100 p.a. J.Johnson BELSHER, James Sale freehold Sale BENNETT, Kennick H. Hazlewood farmer License, Hazlewood BENNETT, William Hazlewood run Hazlewood BENNISSON*, Richard Sale freehold Sale BILLINGHAM, Stephen Fulham wages £100 p.a. J.Jones BLACK, George Cape Liptrap license Cape Liptrap BLACKER, Thomas Sale freehold Sale BLAIR, John Taralgon West stockman £100 p.a. Campbell BLOWER, Daniel Coady Vale wages £100 p.a. BOLD, John Green Wattle wages £100 p.a. McArdell BORHAM, James Kilmaney Park stockman £100 p.a. Pearson BRADLEY, James Green Wattle wages £100 p.a. McArdell BRADLEY, Michael Sale freehold Sale BRADLEY, William Bendoc license BREARTON, John Sale freehold Sale BROAD, Thomas Lindenow wages £100 p.a. BROWN, John Scrubby Forest freehold Scrubby Forest BROWN, John Stratford freehold Stratford BROWN, Nicol Scrubby Forest squatter Scrubby Forest BUCHANAN*, Isaac Roseneath license Freehold BUCKLEY*, Patrick C. Coady Vale license Coady Vale BUCKLEY, Edmund Gammon Creek license Freehold BUNTINE, Hugh Bruthen Creek license Bruthen Creek BURN, John Sale wages £100 p.a. Dawson BURNETT, Robert Stratford license Stratford BURNS, Allen Holey Plains storekeeper £100 p.a. P. Crooke BUTLER, Thomas Deighton license Deighton CALWELL, James Delvine salary Delvine CAMERON, Dougald Bushy Park wages £100 p.a. McMillan CAMERON, John Lake Wellington stockman £100 p.a. Raymond CAMERON, John Heyfield CAMPBELL, Bairnsdale license Bairnsdale CAMPBELL, Daniel Franklyn River leasehold Franklyn River CAMPBELL, David Boisdale wages £100 p.a. Foster CAMPBELL, Duncan Taralgon license Taralgon CAMPBELL, Evanded Bushy Park wages £100 p.a. McMillan CAMPBELL, John Glencoe license Glencoe CAMPBELL, John Glencoe license Glencoe CAMPBELL, John Kilmore manager £100 p.a. Kilmore CAMPELL, Malcnlm Glencoe salary £100 p.a. CARANNAGH, Silvester Newstead wages £100 p.a. CARPENTER, Albert Sale freehold Sale CARPENTER, Benjamin Kilmaney Park wages £100 p.a. Pearson CARPENTER, John Devon license Devon CARR, Ja. D. Merton license Merton CARTER, John Sale income £100 p.a. J.Fisher CARVER, Henry Clyde Bank freehold £100 p.a. R.Thomson CHANDLER, Thomas Stratford house rent £100 p.a. CHRISTIE, Charles Wattle wages £100. p.a. McArdell CLARK, Duncan Sale freehold Sale CLOTHIER, John Mewburn Park wages £100 p.a. J.Johnson COHILL, John The Ridge farm servant £100 p.a. Holt & Co Ridge COLLINS, John Snugborough license Snugborough COLLINS, William Coady Vale wages Coady Vale CONNOLLY, Denis Lindenow freehold Lindenow CONNOLLY, Thomas Sale freehold Sale CONNOR, David Bunyip license COWELL, James Boisdale freehold Rosedale CRAIG, William Clyde Bank farm servant £100 p.a. R.Thomson CRAWFORD, John Stratford freehold Stratford CROFT, John The Ridge freehold The Ridge CROOKE, Edward Holey Plains freehold Holey Plains CULLEN, John Kilmaney Park wages £100 p.a. Pearson CUMMINGS*, John Gifford freehold Gifford CUNNINGHAM, Boyd A. Fulton freehold Sale CUNNINGHAM, Robert C. Clyde Bank license Clyde Bank DANDSON, Alexander Wattle wages £100 p.a. McArdell DANIEL, Thomas Mewburn fencer £100 p.a. J.Johnson DARGAN, John Stratford wages £100 p.a. Raymond DAVIDSON, James Sale freehold Sale DAVIDSON, John Wattle wages £100 p.a. McArdell DAVIS, James Woodside license DAVIS, Joseph Glencoe freehold Glencoe DAVIS, Samuel Lucknow wages £100 p.a. Crooke DAWSON*, William T. Sale freehold Sale DAY, John Mitchell freehold Mitchell River DEE, William Mewburn Park wages £100 p.a. J.Johnson DEMONLIN, Jacobus Mewburn Park overseer £100 p.a. J.Johnson DEXTER, William Stratford rent Stratford DICKSON, James Orbost wages £100 p.a. Orbost DILLON, John D. Stratford farm servant £100 p.a. Thomson DOBSON, John Cape Liptrap license Cape Liptrap DONALDSON, John Sale freehold Sale DOWLING, Martin Newstead wages £100 p.a. Lovell DRIVER, William Coady Vale wages Coady Vale DUNCAN, James Sale freehold Sale DUNCAN, William Sale freehold Sale DURHAM, Thomas Heart salary £100 p.a. Heart ELKNIS, William Lucknow wages £100 p.a. Crooke ELLIOTT, William Scrubby Forest license Scrubby Forest ENIMETT, Robert Bushy Park wages £100 p.a. McMillan EVANS, Joseph Lindenow wages £100 p.a. Smith FARLEY, Robert Sale freehold Sale FARLEY, William Moe run FARRELL, Thomas Coady Vale wages £100 p.a. FERGUSON, Gillespie Sale freehold Sale FERGUSON, Roderick Sale freehold Sale FISHER, James Sale freehold Sale FITCHETT*, Robert Sale freehold Sale FOSTER*, John Heart freehold Heart FOSTER, William Erin Vale salary £100 p.a. FRASER, Alexander Mitchell River license Mitchell River FROST*, William Mitchell River freehold Nicholson River FURNIVAL, Joseph Sale freehold Sale GEDDES, John Wattle wages £100 p.a. McArdell GERRAND, William Sale license Sale GIBBS, Robert Sale rent £100 p.a. McColl GIBSON, George Sale freehold Sale GIBSON, Richard B engineer Sale income £100 p.a. GILLIES, Simon Glenaladole license Glenalodale GRANT, John The Fulton salary £100 p.a. Cunningham GREEN, George Sale freehold Sale GREEN, George Sale freehold Sale GREENWOOD, William Stradbroke freehold Stradbroke GREENWOOD, William jr. Stradbroke freehold Stradbroke GRIFFITH, George Mewburn Park wages £100 p.a. GURNEY, H.B. Sale attorney Sale HALE, Henry Mewburn Park sawyer £100 p.a. J.Johnson HALL, Francis Delvine wages £100 p.a. Delvine HALL, James Lindenow wages £100 p.a. HAMMOND, Charles Stratford freehold Stratford HARRIS, Phillip Wattle wages £100 p.a. McArdell HARRISON, George Sale freehold Sale HARVEY, William Melbourne license River Tyers HASLEM, John Snowy River squatter Snowy River HEFFERNAN, James Sale freehold Sale HENSLEIGH, J.S. Deddick license HEWITT, John Sale freehold Sale HICKEY, Thomas Holey Plains stockman £100 p.a. Crooke HICKSON, Andrew Stratford freehold Stratford HILL, Samuel Sale freehold Sale HILLIARD, William Scrubby Forest license Scrubby Forest HODDINOTT, Uriah Sunville freehold Sunville HOLT, Thomas Ridge freehold Ridge HOWARD, Joseph Stratford freehold Stratford HUTCHINS, John Sale rent Sale HUTTON, Andrew Bushy Park stockman £100 p.a. McMillan INNES, Thomas Lake Wellington wages £100 p.a. Raymond JACKSON, Thomas Bendock license Bendock JACOB, Charles Lake Wellington wages £100 p.a. Raymond JACOBS, Charles Sale freehold Sale JACOBS, James Sale freehold Sale JAMES, John Fulham wages £100 p.a. Jones JAMES, Thomas Lake Wellington JAMIESON*, William K. Roseneath M.D. JENNER, George Stratford freehold Stratford JENNINGS, Henry Bunyip license Bunyip JOHNSON*, John Mewburn Park freehold JOHNSTON, John Roseneath JOHNSTON, Samuel Lindenow wages £100 p.a. JOHNSTON, Thomas Bairnsdale wages £100 p.a. McLeod JONES*, John Fulham freehold Fulham JONES, Frederick Lucknow license KENNEBURY, Daniel Sale freehold Sale KENNEDY, Bryan Warrigal Creek wages £100 p.a. KESTERTON, Henry Loggent Buggon license KEYLE, Stephen Mewburn Park sawyer £100 p.a. J.Jonston KING*, John The Ridge freehold Sundry properties KING, Arthur Septimus The Ridge manager £100 p.a. Holt & Co KING, Charles McArthur The Ridge manager £100 p.a. Holt & Co KING, John Stratford freehold Stratford KING, John The Ridge freehold Sundry properties KING, John Mitchell River surgeon KING, John Stratford freehold Stratford KNIGHT, Robert Seacombe wages £100 p.a. Aitken LAMBERT, Richard Lake Wellington wages £100 p.a. Raymond LATHAM, John 0. Stratford freehold Stratford LAWSON, Charles Gingelli license LETT, John Sutton Forest freehold Sutton Forest LETT, William Sutton Forrest freehold Sutton Forrest LOGAN, John W. Sale M.A. LOVELL, J.W. Newstead salary £100 p.a. Raymond LUCAS, Charles Lowlands license LUCKMAN, John Mewburn Park wages £100 p.a.J.Johnson LUDFORD, Alfred Sutton Forest wages £100 p.a. W.Lett LYE, John Lucknow MACARTY, John Holey Plains fencer £100 p.a. Crooke MACFARLANE* Heyfield squatter Heyfield MACFARLANE, Glenfallach freehold Glenfallach MACFARLANE, Malcolm Glenmaggie salary £100 p.a. MACFARLANE, Walter Glenmaggie rent Glenmaggie MACKNE, S Mangrove freehold Mangrove MALLABY Tanveen freehold Tanveen MARKS, Thomas Bony Point leasehold Bony Point MARLAY, Henry B.C. St Leonards freehold Sale MARSHALL, Charles Nicholson freehold Nicholson River MARTIN, William Sale freehold Sale MASON , Leonard Eagle Point salary £100 p.a. MATHEWS, George Fulham wages £100 p.a. J.Jones MAUSON, Donald Sale freehold Sale MAWLEY, Patrick Boisdale freehold Boisdale MAWLEY, Thomas Sale wages £100 p.a. Dawson MAY, Robert Buchan wages £100 p.a. McLeod MAYNARD, Thomas Fulham wages £100 p.a. J.Jones MCADAM, William Bairnsdale wages £100 p.a. Bairnsdale MCALISTER, John Mibost license Mibost MCALISTER, John Lucknow wages £100 p.a. Crooke MCALISTER, John Lucknow wages £100 p.a. Crooke MCALISTER, Matthew Tambo license Tambo MCALISTER, Thomas Mibost salary £100 p.a. Maclister MCARTHUR, freehold Sale MCARTHUR, Andrew Merri Creek MCCADE, Peter Dargo wages £100 pds. p.a. Foster MCCOLL, Alexander Buchan wages £100 p.a. McAlister MCCOLL, Duncan Sale freehold Sale MCCOLL, John Swan Reach wages £100 p.a. MCCOLL, Kenneth Kilmore wages £100 p.a. Campbell MCCRAE, Alexander Taralgon stockman £100 p.a. Campbell MCDONALD, Donald Bushy Park wages £100 p.a. McMillan MCDONALD, James Lake Wellington stockman £100 p.a. Raymond MCDONALD, John Armidale freehold Armidale MCDONALD, Neil Armidale freehold Armidale MCDOUGALL, Archibald Tambo license Tambo MCDOUGALL, D. Neoyang license MCDOUGALL, Donald Sale poundkeeper Salary £100 p.a. MCDOUGALL, Peter Sale farm servant £100 p.a. MCDOUGALL, Peter Bairnsdale wages £100 p.a. Bairnsdale MCDOUGALL, Ronald Bairnsdale wages £100 p.a. MCINTOSH*, Archibald Sale freehold Sale MCINTYRE, Peter Sale freehold Sale MCINTYRE, Peter Bushy Park freehold Bushy Park MCKAY, George Bushy Park salary £100 p.a. Bushy Park MCKINNON, William The Ridge stockman £100 p.a. Holt & Co MCKNIGHT, George Mewburn Park wages £100 p.a. J. Johnson MCLAREN, Colin Mewburn Park stockman £100 p.a. J. Johnson MCLAREN, John Bushy Park wages £100 p.a. McMillan MCLAUCHLAN, Phillip Lindenow wages £100 p.a. MCLEAN, Charles Glenalodale license Glenaladale MCLEAN, John Bushy Park shepherd £100 p.a. McMillan MCLENNAN, Norman Bairnsdale rent Bairnsdale MCLEOD, Archibald Bairnsdale salary £100 p.a. MCLEOD, Archibald W. Bairnsdale salary £100 p.a. MCLEOD, Donald Numlassmungi salary £100 p.a. MCLEOD, John C. Buchan license Orbost MCLEOD, Norman Buchan license Buchan MCLEVAN, Angus Bushy Park shepherd £100 p.a. McMillan MCMILLAN Donald Bushy Park salary £100 p.a. Bushy Park MCMILLAN*, Angus Bushy Park freehold Bushy Park MCNAUGHTON*, John snr Dutson freehold Dutson MCNAUGHTON, Alexander Dutson freehold Dutson MCNAUGHTON, James Dutson wages £100 p.a. Dutson MCNAUGHTON, John jr Dutson freehold Dutson MCPHAIL, John Meadows freehold Meadows MENVEILLES, John The Ridge stockman £100 p.a. Holt & Co MEREDITH, Lewellyn Holey Plains stockman £100 p.a. Crooke MILLER, Henry Redman Clyde Bank wages £100 p.a. Thomson MITCHELL, Frederick Fulham wages £100 p.a. Fulham MITCHELL, John Sale wages £100 p.a. Dawson MONTGOMERY, William The Heart freehold Sale MOORE, John Armidale wages £100 p.a. McDonald MORRIS, William Loyang stockman £100 p.a. Turnbull MORRISON, Harvey Bushy Park farm servant £100 p.a. McMillan MORRISON, John Bushy Park wages £100 p.a. McMillan MORROW, William Tyers Station manager £100 p.a Harvey MORT, Thomas The Ridge freehold The Ridge MUCKLE, Lochend freehold Lochend NEWHAM, James Wattle wages £100 p.a. McArdle NICHOLSON, Norman Skye wages £100 p.a. McArdle NORMAN, David Tangel salary £100 p.a. Foster O'NEIL, John Ridge stockman £100 p.a. Holt & Co ORCHARD, David Stratford freehold Stratford ORR, William Sale freehold Sale PEARSON*, Alexander Kilmaney Park freehold Kilmaney Park PEARSON*, William Kilmaney Park freehold Kilmaney Park PEARSON, Hugh Kilmaney Park Lieutenant Royal Navy PECK, James Loyang superintendent £100 p.a. Turnbull PEISLEY, John Stratford freehold Stratford PLOTT, Peter Wattle wages £100 p.a. McArdell PRESNELL, William Yewit wages £100 p.a. Yewit PRICE, William Lucknow income £100 p.a. Crooke PURDOM, Thomas Sale freehold Sale RAY, John Sale wages £100 p.a. Sale RAYMOND*, William 0. Stratford & Strathfieldsaye freehold Stratford & Strathfieldsaye REACH, Hugh Kilmaney Park rent Kilmaney Park REAVES, Samuel Stratford freehold Stratford REDDING, Thomas The Ridge stockman £100 p.a. Holt & Co REED, James Glencoe wages £100 pds p.a. Glencoe REED, John Newstead wages £100 pds p.a. Lovell RICE, John Fulton wages £100 p.a. Cunningham RICKARDS, George Coady Vale property RINTOUL* James Rosedale freehold Rosedale ROBERTS, Thomas Numlassmungie wages £100 p.a. ROBERTSON, John Bushy Park sheperd £100 p.a. McMillan ROSS, Donald Buchan wages £100 p.a. McLeod ROURKE, Christopher Black Mountain license Black Mountain ROURKE, John Reedy Creek license Reedy Creek ROWLEY*, John The Ridge freehold Rosedale RYAN, Patrick Heyfield wages £100 p.a. Macfarlane SAUNDERS, Edward Lindenow stockman wages £100 p.a. Scanlon, Thomas Stratford farm servant wages £100 p.a. Thomson SCOTT*, John sen. Delvine freehold Delvine SCOTT, Daniel Stratford freehold Stratford SCOTT, James Delvine license Delvine SCOTT, John jun. Delvine leaseholder tenant £100 p.a. Delvine SCOTT, Peter Delvine, carrier rent Delvine SHELTON, John Sale, farm servant wages Sale SHIEL, John Holey Plains, stockman wages £100 p.a. Crooke SHORT, Benjamin Sale freehold Sale SILLAR, Thomas Stratford, servant tennant Stratford SILVERTON, John stockman wages £100 p.a. SIMMONS* Sale Protestant Clergyman M.A. Sale SIMMONS, John Sale freehold Sale SIMPSON, John Taralgon, stockman wages £100 p.a. Taralgon SIMPSON, Robert Allandale license Allandale SIMPSON, Thomas Lucknow, stockman wages £100 p.a. Crooke SIMPSON, William Bruthen license Bruthen SLADE, Edgar Lieutenant R.N. Alberton freehold at Stratford & Gifford SMITH* Lindenow freehold Lindenow SMITH* John D. Lindenow freehold Lindenow SMITH, John B. Sale, shopman wages £100 p.a. Crombie & Co SMITH, Thomas Boisdale freehold SMITH, William Honeyman Sale freehold Sale STAGG, Charles Erin Vale freehold Erin Vale STATHEM, Clarke T. The Ridge, stockman wages £100 p.a. Holt & Co STEEL, Hamilton Lucknow, fencer wages £100 p.a. STEVENSON, John Wangarbill license Wangarbill SWAN, Samuel Mitchell River, carrier income Mitchell River SWEENY, James Warrigal Creek, stockman wages £100 p.a. D.Campbell TAYLOR*, James Warrigal Creek license Warrigal Creek TAYLOR, Peter Bendock, stockman wages £100 p.a. THOMAS, John Mewburn Park, brickmaker wages £100 p.a. Johnson THOMSON*, Edward Sale freehold Sale THOMSON*, Robert Clyde Bank freehold Clyde Bank THOMSON*, William Clyde Bank freehold Clyde Bank THORNE, Thomas Swan Reach, stockman wages £100 p.a. McAlister THORNER, William Heyfield, farm servant wages £100 p.a. Macfarlane THREADER, Joseph Holey Plains, farm servant wages £100 p.a. Crooke TIERNEY, Edward Stratford freehold Stratford TIERNEY, Edward Stratford, overseer wages £100 p.a. Raymond TIMMS, Thomas Rosedale freehold Rosedale TINCOMBE, George Lucknow, superintendent salary £100 p.a. Crooke TOOTH, Robert The Ridge freehold The Ridge TRACY, Wm de Tracy Sale income £100 p.a. TURNBULL*, David Port Albert freehold Port Albert TURNBULL*, George Kilmorie freehold Kilmorie TURNBULL*, John F. Loyang freehold Loyang TURNBULL*, Patrick Swalgach freehold Swalgach TURNBULL*, Robert Alberton freehold Alberton TYERS*, Charles J. Sale freehold Sale VENABLES, Thomas Timiogoninjie overseer salary. £100 p.a WALKER, Charles Rosedale freehold Rosedale WALLACE, Robert Heyfield, overseer salary £100 p a. WALLACE, William Heyfield, stockman wages £100 p.a. WARDLE Phillip H. Wattle freehold Wattle Steam Mills WARRENER, William Sale freehold Sale WATERHOUSE, Thomas Glencoe, stockman wages £100 p.a. Campbell WATSON*. Edward Sale, freehold Sale WEATHERHEAD, A. Merriningo WEAVER, Samuel Sale wages £100 p.a. WEBB, John Sale freehold Sale WEIR*, David Stratford freehold Stratford WEIR, Neil Mewburn Park, carpenter wages £100 p.a. Johnson WELCH, James Mewburn Park, fencer wages £100 p.a. Johnson WELCH, Patrick Lucknow wages £100 p.a. Crooke WHALEN, Edward Coady Vale property Coady Vale WHIELDIN*, John Sale freehold Sale WHITBURN, Henry Lindenow wages £100 p.a. Smith WHITTAKER, Tibbutt license Tibbutt WIDDERSON, John Rosedale freehold Rosedale WILLIAMS, Francis Sale wages £100 p.a. Crooke WILLIAMS, William Sale freehold Sale WILSON, James Mewburn Park, stockman wages £100 p.a. Johnson WILSON, John Sale freehold Sale WILSON, John Clyde Bank freehold Clyde Bank at Sale WINCH, Ben jn. Sale freehold Sale WINDSOR, Thomas Taralgon license Taralgon WORSLEY, James Mitchell River freehold Mitchell River YOUNG, James Sale accountant salary £100 p.a. D. Clarke

Looking for any connection to the family McNeil - Anna and 10 children arrived in 1852 - husband and 3 children died on voyage. Many of the family are missing from our tree. Once they landed we lost them! Anna the mother worked on a property near what is now Preston (Strathallan I think) and supposed owned by a cousin McLean. Does anyone know of these families? Anna McNeil aged 17 went to Albury to work in 1852. A few of the family found in the Yan Yean area. If you recognise any of this, then I'm happy to send more info on the 13 children! Denise

Hello Bev, My connections is with Omeo, which is why l asked about the Witham surname. Thankyou for taking the time to reply to me message. Kerry in Cranbouren kben1679@bigpond.net.au Hi Listers, I have the book Pioneers of the Omeo District by Jane Vince Pendergast in which there are many references to the Sloans. I would like to know if there is anything else written about the town of Benambra and its pioneers please. I would appreciate any info. ---

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/ Absolutely fantastic...try it out. Denise

Hi Kerry, I am sorry but I haven't noticed that name in the book, it is not indexed so hard to say exactly. It isn't a name I am familiar with, but then I am no expert either. I think the book is out of print but you may pick it up somewhere, my daughter found mine at a clearing sale in Castlemaine. Do you have connections with Benambra? Someone on the List may also be able to help you . Regards, Bev -----Original Message----- From: Kerry Bennett [mailto:kben1679@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Friday, 17 September 2004 10:21 PM To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HC] Re. Benambra Books. Hello Bev, Was wondering if there was any mention of the name WITHAM in this book, if so ,would it be worth while me trying to purchase this book . Thankyou, Kerry in Cranbourne kben1679@bigpond.net.au -------Original Message------- From: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Date: 09/17/04 21:40:08 To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HC] Re. Benambra Books. Hi Listers, I have the book Pioneers of the Omeo District by Jane Vince Pendergast in which there are many references to the Sloans. I would like to know if there is anything else written about the town of Benambra and its pioneers please. I would appreciate any info. Many thanks, Bev --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004

Hello Denise, I have just been there and see they have removed the Ancestry link. My information told me it would be available until the end of September, maybe they changed their minds. I will see what I can find out. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise" <denisem@powerup.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 7:59 PM Subject: [HC] Free trial > Mary, h as the free trial finished early? > I can't get into An. com. just when I've received exciting information which I was after confirmation on. > > Denise > > >

Hello Bev, Was wondering if there was any mention of the name WITHAM in this book, if so ,would it be worth while me trying to purchase this book . Thankyou, Kerry in Cranbourne kben1679@bigpond.net.au -------Original Message------- From: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Date: 09/17/04 21:40:08 To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HC] Re. Benambra Books. Hi Listers, I have the book Pioneers of the Omeo District by Jane Vince Pendergast in which there are many references to the Sloans. I would like to know if there is anything else written about the town of Benambra and its pioneers please. I would appreciate any info. Many thanks, Bev --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004

Hi Listers, I have the book Pioneers of the Omeo District by Jane Vince Pendergast in which there are many references to the Sloans.  I would like to know if there is anything else written about the town of Benambra and its pioneers please. I would appreciate any info.   Many thanks,  Bev --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004

Hi Kerry, Thanks for the response. I am seeking any information on the current hut, which I believe replaced the original Culhane Homestead. I am trying to find out who lived there, when both (hut & homestead) were built. Dates that the property changed hands, and to who. Any snippets about the family of interest ....etc...etc... The more historical and cultural heritage I can get on these huts and their sites, the better it will be. My final report will become the research tool as part of the forthcoming management plan, so need to get as much as possible and as accurate as possible. Regards Di ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry" <kerryb@austarnet.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [HC] Huts & Local Families > Hi Dianne > > My family as you know are Culhanes who are also related to the Maguires, (as > in Maquire's track) Costello's (Kevin Costello the poet etc..) > and we lived next door to the Higgin's, but I am not sure what you want to > know, or what you are researching. > Also for Culhane's and Higgins do you mean "house" or "hut" both these > families houses were situated near the junction of the Crooked and > Wongungarra rivers at Talbotville. There was a family called Flannigan that > used to live in the house before Mick Higgins. We originally had three > properties in the area, one of them Paddy Culhane sold to Nellie Gibbs (Guy) > back in the early forties. > > Kerry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dianne Carroll" <highcountryheritage@dodo.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 7:58 PM > Subject: [HC] Huts & Local Families > > > Hi All, > I am seeking some information, connections of family history on families > associated with some of the huts I am researching. > Below is a list of huts and the families I know are connected with them, or > a business connected with them.. If you can assist I would love to here from > you. > > Culhanes Hut = Culhane > Howitville Hut = Higgins > Treasures Hut: = Treasures, Ryders > Riley's Creek Hut = Sawmill at Eurobin > Wheelers Creek Hut = seeking info on the property Avonvale at Shelly > (Material from this homestead was used on this hut) > Marthavale Hut = Connected to the Marthadale Station in the Baldhead area. > > Regards Dianne > > > > >

Thanks Mary for this poem. I'm fine, How are you? D ----- Original Message ----- From: "MM" <elthamlax@techinfo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 12:17 PM Subject: [HC] I'm fine...how are you?. - Denise know you like a good poem. > Hope you like this one - I fall into several categories!!! > Mary > > > > > I'm Fine - How are you? > There's nothing the matter with me, > I'm just as healthy as can be, > I have arthritis in both knees, > > And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze. > My pulse is weak, my blood is thin, > But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in. > > All my teeth have had to come out, > And my diet I hate to think about. > I'm overweight and I can't get thin, > But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in. > > And arch supports I need for my feet. > Or I wouldn't be able to go out in the street. > Sleep is denied me night after night, > But every morning I find I'm all right. > My memory's failing, my head's in a spin. > But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in. > > Old age is golden I've heard it said, > But sometimes I wonder, as I go to bed. > With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup, > And my glasses on a shelf, until I get up. > And when sleep dims my eyes, I say to myself, > Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf? > > The reason I know my Youth has been spent, > Is my get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went! > But really I don't mind, when I think with a grin, > Of all the places my get-up has been. > > I get up each morning and dust off my wits, > Pick up the paper and read the obits. > If my name is missing, I'm therefore not dead, > So I eat a good breakfast and jump back into bed. > > The moral of this as the tale unfolds, > Is that for you and me, who are growing old. > It is better to say "I'm fine" with a grin, > Than to let people know the shape we are in. > > > >

Hi Dianne My family as you know are Culhanes who are also related to the Maguires, (as in Maquire's track) Costello's (Kevin Costello the poet etc..) and we lived next door to the Higgin's, but I am not sure what you want to know, or what you are researching. Also for Culhane's and Higgins do you mean "house" or "hut" both these families houses were situated near the junction of the Crooked and Wongungarra rivers at Talbotville. There was a family called Flannigan that used to live in the house before Mick Higgins. We originally had three properties in the area, one of them Paddy Culhane sold to Nellie Gibbs (Guy) back in the early forties. Kerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Carroll" <highcountryheritage@dodo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 7:58 PM Subject: [HC] Huts & Local Families Hi All, I am seeking some information, connections of family history on families associated with some of the huts I am researching. Below is a list of huts and the families I know are connected with them, or a business connected with them.. If you can assist I would love to here from you. Culhanes Hut = Culhane Howitville Hut = Higgins Treasures Hut: = Treasures, Ryders Riley's Creek Hut = Sawmill at Eurobin Wheelers Creek Hut = seeking info on the property Avonvale at Shelly (Material from this homestead was used on this hut) Marthavale Hut = Connected to the Marthadale Station in the Baldhead area. Regards Dianne

Mary, h as the free trial finished early? I can't get into An. com. just when I've received exciting information which I was after confirmation on. Denise

Hi All, I am seeking some information, connections of family history on families associated with some of the huts I am researching. Below is a list of huts and the families I know are connected with them, or a business connected with them.. If you can assist I would love to here from you. Culhanes Hut = Culhane Howitville Hut = Higgins Treasures Hut: = Treasures, Ryders Riley's Creek Hut = Sawmill at Eurobin Wheelers Creek Hut = seeking info on the property Avonvale at Shelly (Material from this homestead was used on this hut) Marthavale Hut = Connected to the Marthadale Station in the Baldhead area. Regards Dianne

Is there anyone on the list who has a copy of the Donnybrook parish map and wouldn't mind sharing a scanned copy with me. Regards Judy

Oh Mary, How very true,better to grin and bear it and therefore one often feels better for having said so. Be v -----Original Message----- From: MM [mailto:elthamlax@techinfo.com.au] Sent: Friday, 17 September 2004 12:18 PM To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HC] I'm fine...how are you?. - Denise know you like a good poem. Hope you like this one - I fall into several categories!!! Mary I'm Fine - How are you? There's nothing the matter with me, I'm just as healthy as can be, I have arthritis in both knees, And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze. My pulse is weak, my blood is thin, But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in. All my teeth have had to come out, And my diet I hate to think about. I'm overweight and I can't get thin, But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in. And arch supports I need for my feet. Or I wouldn't be able to go out in the street. Sleep is denied me night after night, But every morning I find I'm all right. My memory's failing, my head's in a spin. But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in. Old age is golden I've heard it said, But sometimes I wonder, as I go to bed. With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup, And my glasses on a shelf, until I get up. And when sleep dims my eyes, I say to myself, Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf? The reason I know my Youth has been spent, Is my get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went! But really I don't mind, when I think with a grin, Of all the places my get-up has been. I get up each morning and dust off my wits, Pick up the paper and read the obits. If my name is missing, I'm therefore not dead, So I eat a good breakfast and jump back into bed. The moral of this as the tale unfolds, Is that for you and me, who are growing old. It is better to say "I'm fine" with a grin, Than to let people know the shape we are in. --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004

Hope you like this one - I fall into several categories!!! Mary I'm Fine - How are you? There's nothing the matter with me, I'm just as healthy as can be, I have arthritis in both knees, And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze. My pulse is weak, my blood is thin, But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in. All my teeth have had to come out, And my diet I hate to think about. I'm overweight and I can't get thin, But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in. And arch supports I need for my feet. Or I wouldn't be able to go out in the street. Sleep is denied me night after night, But every morning I find I'm all right. My memory's failing, my head's in a spin. But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in. Old age is golden I've heard it said, But sometimes I wonder, as I go to bed. With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup, And my glasses on a shelf, until I get up. And when sleep dims my eyes, I say to myself, Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf? The reason I know my Youth has been spent, Is my get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went! But really I don't mind, when I think with a grin, Of all the places my get-up has been. I get up each morning and dust off my wits, Pick up the paper and read the obits. If my name is missing, I'm therefore not dead, So I eat a good breakfast and jump back into bed. The moral of this as the tale unfolds, Is that for you and me, who are growing old. It is better to say "I'm fine" with a grin, Than to let people know the shape we are in.

Hi Bev. Guess I was lucky I didn't have to pay for anything. In fact I spent two nights looking thru Vitals before I even saw the link thru to Ancestry. Sorry you didn't get far Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Walker" <bbwalker@vic.chariot.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:15 PM Subject: RE: [HC] USA descendants - reply > Hi Denise, > Had a look for Penn and there are two that are probably > mine but won't pay for it. It is in the war service records > and I have an idea about it anyway. Lots to look at. > Thanks for the tip. Bev > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christine [mailto:wildmob@dodo.com.au] > Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2004 9:50 PM > To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HC] USA descendants - reply > > > Thanks Denise for all the USA links.....the guru here is making good > use of them.... > unfortunately his mother has come to a grinding holt!! > > Chris > > On Thursday, September 16, 2004, at 09:41 PM, Denise wrote: > >> For those of us who are hunting more on our families from the USA to >> Northeast - >> >> http://vitalrecords.accessgenealogy.com/ >> >> Vital records of many if not all states - I've not counted them! >> >> Good luck >> I've found a few >> >> Denise >> >> > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004 > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004 > >

Hi Denise, Had a look for Penn and there are two that are probably mine but won't pay for it. It is in the war service records and I have an idea about it anyway. Lots to look at. Thanks for the tip. Bev -----Original Message----- From: Christine [mailto:wildmob@dodo.com.au] Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2004 9:50 PM To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HC] USA descendants - reply Thanks Denise for all the USA links.....the guru here is making good use of them.... unfortunately his mother has come to a grinding holt!! Chris On Thursday, September 16, 2004, at 09:41 PM, Denise wrote: > For those of us who are hunting more on our families from the USA to > Northeast - > > http://vitalrecords.accessgenealogy.com/ > > Vital records of many if not all states - I've not counted them! > > Good luck > I've found a few > > Denise > > --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 29/07/2004