2/21/07 Thank you very much Peter. Yes, I would very much appreciate your checking English, Scottish and especially Canadian regiments. I have wondered whether any Australians ended up in Canada during the Boer War, or a little before, or a little after. As I've mentioned, Mr. Bonat seems to have married a woman who was originally from Quebec, Marie-Louise LeBel, and who, after immigrating to the US with her family about 1885, continued to go back and forth across the border into Canada. I would still be very interested in knowing where parish records have ended up -- for the Catholic Church or the Presbyterian Church established in Bowna in the 1880s and 1890s. Perhaps there is a diocese to which the Albury District belongs? Thank you again. Best, Carren (Kaston) ------------------------------ >Message: 2 >Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:57:38 +1100 >From: "Peter Ross" <rossof@ozemail.com.au> >Subject: Re: [AVNE] Mr. Bonat - Bowna Division >To: <aus-vic-ne@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <006901c75596$56ffab80$0401a8c0@acerb13d74b0ac> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >I've hit a slight (?) brick wall, Carren. I can't find any mention of Bonat >or Bowna among Australian men involved in the Boer War. Could have been >attached to English, Scottish (like my great uncle) or Canadian Regiments, >but so far, no joy. > >I may have to resort to local Historical Societies now. > >Stay tuned. >Peter > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <aus-vic-ne-bounces@rootsweb.com> >To: <AUS-VIC-NE@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:01 PM >Subject: [AVNE] Mr. Bonat - Bowna Division > >>Dear Peter, >> >>Thank you again for your encouraging reply to my Bonat/Bowna >>inquiry. I am happy to think there is some sort of connection >>between the names, if we can find it. >> >>The Bowna Army Division has been explained to me in this way: many >>local land-holdings (sheep stations, etc.) "raised" soldiers for the >>Army, both during WWI and during the Boer War period. Sometimes the >>men in these local divisions actually carried the local banner into >>battle, other times they were absorbed into the Colonial NSW >>army. Other times, they became part of the British Army. >> >>I shall await further word from you. Thanks again so much for your >>assistance. >> >>All best, >>Carren (Kaston) >> >> >> >> <>------------------------------ >> >> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:01:22 -0500 >> From: Carren Kaston <ckaston@starpower.net> >> Subject: [AVNE] Mr. Bonat - Bowna Division >> To: aus-vic-ne@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <45DC2682.7010508@starpower.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >> >> 2/21/07 >> Hi Peter, >> >> I received a letter yesterday from the Albury and District Historical >> Society, along with some information about Bowna, which was evidently >> settled in the 1830s. The woman writing the letter, Helen Livsey, Hon. >> Research Officer, states that, "The origin of the name of Bowna is not >> available, but it would be an aboriginal word." I don't know how she >> knows that, but of course she's the second person who has made this >> association. Above that, she comments that the village of Bowna was >> flooded in the 1930s by construction of the Hume Dan on the Murray and >> Mitta Mitta Rivers. So perhaps, if "Bowna" does mean "big water," as my >> first correspondent thought, it is not, after all, a reference to the >> Murumbigee River, but instead to the Murray River or Mitta Mitta River. >> Would either of them qualify as "big"? I suppose it would depend on >> one's perspective. I also see references to Mullengandra Creek and >> Twelve Mile Creek in the materials that Mrs. Livsey sent. Apparently >> there were many bodies of water in the area. >> >> The enclosure she sent about Bowna refers, among other things, to the >> establishment of a Catholic church in 1865, a National School in 1865, a >> Presbyterian church in 1866, a post office in 1868, and a police station >> "at an unknown date" (From H. Jones, 1989). In particular, I would love >> to know where the records of that Catholic church and that Presbyterian >> church, from the 1880s and the 1890s, have ended up. Do you have any >> idea?? >> >> Many thanks, >> Carren (Kaston) >> Washington, DC USA >