Seasons greetings Peter, Thanks for the information it is greatly appreciated. The child born in 1883 never married but I do have her death certificate and it states place of birth as Bethanga Vic., I'm still waiting for the marriage and death certificates for the other child born 1886, but I'm sure that will also state Bethanga Vic as being the place of birth. On the 1883 certificate all places of birth are listed as Bethanga, shire of Towong, county of Benambra, except one where the place of birth is Talgarno. The 1886 Schedule has all births listed as being Bethanga. Thanks to you and Ian Foster, I now have a far better idea of where this family lived in those early years. Cheers Arnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Lakeman" <peter@ausvic.net> To: <aus-vic-ne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [AVNE] SPRING CREEK > Hello Arnie, > > Perhaps the most common feature names in Victoria are Spring Creek > and Stony Creek followed closely by Deep Creek, so you have a bit of > a challenge. > > Besides the Spring Creek which was a small "suburb" of Beechworth, > there are two other major Spring Creeks in the north east. > > The first is the creek just 5 km SE of Bethanga that flows into Lake > Hume. I don't know of any settlement on that creek that ever had that > name (willing to be corrected). > > The second one had a school that was known as both Wagra and Spring > Creek and opened in 1886 so there was obviously a reasonable local > population at that time. Details of this place are on the AVNE > support website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVNE/Towns/towns.html > > Both the above are in the County of Benambra, and both are currently > in the shire of Towong. However prior to 1994 both were in the > Tallangatta Shire. I am unsure what districts and shires existed in > the 1880s, so the District of Bethanga may help or hinder. > > As you appear to have the birth certificates, what are the other > placenames mentioned for the other births on that sheet? > > If you have their marriage certificates, where do they themselves say > they were born. > > Cheers > > Peter > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > At 05:10 PM 18/12/2007 +1100, you wrote: >>Hi Listers, >> >>I have been endeavouring to establish where or what, is or was, SPRING >>CREEK. >> >>I am aware that a SPRING CREEK runs through BEECHWORTH, but have >>been told that this was also the former name of said town, but I was >>under the impression that BEECHWORTH was formerly known as MAY DAY >>HILLS, is this correct ? >> >>The reason for my inquiry surrounds the birth of two of my >>grandfather's siblings, both were born at SPRING CREEK, in the >>district of BETHANGA, in the shire of TOWONG, in the county of >>BENAMBRA, one in 1883 the other in 1886. I have the certificates >>for both births and this is the place of birth stated on both, there >>is no mention of BEECHWORTH. The informant on both certificates was >>the father, George RICHARDS, both were recorded by the deputy >>registrar John C FORSTER. >> >>Does anyone know if this was the name of a property in this area, or >>maybe another small village ? my thoughts were that it was the name >>of a property as the informant has given his occupation as grazier. >> >>Any help is greatly appreciated. >> >>Arnie, Albury. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >