As a follow on to Denise's story; John Henry Conness was supposedly born aboard the ship ASIA that was on voyage from British America via Cork to Australia in 1835. He married Janet (Jessie) Gibson in 1867. John Conness was supposedly the discoverer of gold at the Indigo gold fields. John Conness often mined with his brother-in-law Hugh Gibson. In the 1880's John and Hugh opened the Grasshopper mine and employed fifty men. John Conness died in 1886 from pneumonia and was buried in the Albury cemetery. The upper Murray herald of 1/7/1886 stated 'General regret is expressed as Mr Conness was on of the oldest prospector's and miners of Victoria. He was known in every mining centre in the colony and NSW and always bore an unimpeachable character. His purse was always open to assist in any good work of charity.' Debbie