Thank you Joan that's great. They will be going thru Wangaratta having trained up from Melbourne and coaching to B/worth (wrong sort of coach tho sadly) D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan" <joanmck@cv.quik.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [HC] Meaning of town names > Hi Denise, > Wangaratta, Aboriginal, meaning Cormorants rest, was the > name > of Faithful's > home on the Oxley Plains. > Cheers Ray. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Denise <denisem@powerup.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:42 PM > Subject: [HC] Meaning of town names > > >> Next year I am playing 'tour guide in a small way to a small group of > Americans. They will be coming to Beechworth in March - no worries with > this town - but I would like some assistance as to how towns got their > names. >> e.g. >> Yackandandah >> Stanley >> Albury >> Wodonga >> Wagga Wagga >> Wangaratta >> Chiltern >> >> and so forth into NSW and up to Qld where I'll be driving these Americans > with help of my family. These I can source by other means as they are out > of the area of this list. >> >> I guess I"m going to try to explain to my guests as I go, the meaning of > towns, and a little history behind each area. Got to fill up two days > driving with something. >> >> Anyway help me please? >> >> Denise >> >> >