Thanks Mike, The commercial links back then are a bit of a puzzle sometimes. ian >From: "Michael Skurrie" <skurrie@netspace.net.au> >Reply-To: aus-vic-ne@rootsweb.com >To: <aus-vic-ne@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [AVNE] Buckland Goldfields >Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:01:58 +1000 > >Hi Ian, > >Only one Post office named Buckland has ever existed in Victoria. 19km WSW >of Bright. Opened there on 1.4.1856 and closed on 21.2.1923. > >Mike > >-----Original Message----- >From: aus-vic-ne-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:aus-vic-ne-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ian Foster >Sent: Saturday, 18 August 2007 7:20 AM >To: AUS-VIC-NE@rootsweb.com >Subject: [AVNE] Buckland Goldfields > >I am rather puzzled by references to this place and particularly its >relationship to Yackandandah and Beechworth. How can both these >towns be seen as the main regional cent for Buckland when it is so >far away and many valleys in between. Was there another Buckland in >the 1860s or is the current Buckland (not far from Mt Buffalo) the >only area of that name that has ever existed? > >My Great great Grandfather was a baker at Buckland. > >Ian > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > >------------------------------- >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 _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Fast track your education. Become TAFE qualified fast http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fcareer%2Dresources%2Fsalary%2Dcentre%2F%3Ftracking%3Dsk%3Acon%3Ask%3Anine%3A0%3Ahot%3Asalarycentre&_t=764565661&_r=Seek_Main_AUG07_TAGlines&_m=EXT