Thank you Denise, I will look forward to hearing any info that you may find. Cheers Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [AVNE] DISCOVERY OF THE OVENS GOLDFIELD > One of the men reportedly to come from Omeo was John Strickland - > Englishman who had spent time on the Californian gold fields. He settled > in the northeast, living working etc. in Chiltern. > > Peter I have just returned from a few weeks away from my files, so when I > get back into the swing I'll let you know what I find. I have a booklet > which was written in 1881 which also names a few of the early people, so > will check it out for you. > > regards > Denise >