Hi Malcolm, Perhaps you are related to the late Leah Ward of Porepunkah? Old friend of my father's. Might I suggest a call / letter to my cousin Rory Lumsden of the Buckland, phone 0357 562261. Getting on a bit, but an authority on the Buckland's history. You'd have passed his place on the LHS on your way up the valley, just past "Falls View". If stuck, contact me off list. Peter Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Ward" <greatbedwyn@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:26 PM Subject: [HC] Buckland area > Hi > > I unexpectedly was able to pay a visit to the Buckland area, near Bright (where some > ancestors were briefly in the gold rush) and am hoping listers can help me with some > geography. I went up the valley past the cemetery, through "Twelve Mile" as far as the > Junction. > > * Was the town of Buckland where the cemetery is today? > * In relation to the cemetery, where would "Lower Flat, Buckland" have been (ie down by > the creek or downstream or....)? > * I have a reference to a burial at "Joss House Hill" - can anyone describe where this > is/was in relation to the cemetery or other features in the valley? > > Regards > > Malcolm >

Hi Peter No, I'm afraid the Wards were very firmly from Tasmania - SHAKESPEARES lived (and died) at Buckland. Many thanks for the info re Rory - I'll give him a call. Regards Malcolm > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Ross [mailto:rossof@ozemail.com.au] > Sent: Tuesday, 14 September 2004 6:27 PM > To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HC] Buckland area > > Hi Malcolm, > > Perhaps you are related to the late Leah Ward of Porepunkah? Old friend of > my father's. > > Might I suggest a call / letter to my cousin Rory Lumsden of the Buckland, > phone 0357 562261. Getting on a bit, but an authority on the Buckland's > history. You'd have passed his place on the LHS on your way up the valley, > just past "Falls View". > > If stuck, contact me off list. > > Peter Ross > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Malcolm Ward" <greatbedwyn@bigpond.com> > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:26 PM > Subject: [HC] Buckland area > > > > Hi > > > > I unexpectedly was able to pay a visit to the Buckland area, near Bright > (where some > > ancestors were briefly in the gold rush) and am hoping listers can help > me with some > > geography. I went up the valley past the cemetery, through "Twelve Mile" > as far as the > > Junction. > > > > * Was the town of Buckland where the cemetery is today? > > * In relation to the cemetery, where would "Lower Flat, Buckland" have > been (ie down by > > the creek or downstream or....)? > > * I have a reference to a burial at "Joss House Hill" - can anyone > describe where this > > is/was in relation to the cemetery or other features in the valley? > > > > Regards > > > > Malcolm > >

Extract of Henry Morgans Diary of Buckland January, 1882. 1st. Sunday - Last (week?) we did not work in the claim, but was engaged in garden, etc. Mother Hall is quite an invalid, not able to rise out of seat, but otherwise enjoying moderately good health. The Halls are hard up not finding any payable claim for several years. There was a frost the other night which even killed pumpkins two miles higher up the stream. 7th. Saturday - S. Paulussy, who is in bad health, has been in Beechworth this week. 14th. Saturday - our claim is only paying half wages and E. Webb and party below us is getting less than we are after considerable expense in driving a tunnel. 21st. Mrs. James Dunphy died on Thursday last, her new borne babe dying a few days before. She was an inveterate drunkard. This week our claim has paid about wages. 22nd. Mr. Andrew Maguire died on the night of this date at Jas. Johnson's at Wandiligong. He died of Bright's disease and his death was anticipated. 24th. Andrew Maguire was buried at the cemetery, Lower Flat Buckland - there being a large procession. Lady Di List Administrator