Thanks Jenny That sums up the dilemma pretty well! Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Fawcett" <jfawcett@standard.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 5:44 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] boundaries > The difficulty in determining boundaries for the western district is a very > old dilemma.. > > in the 1820's..anything south of Sydney was known as southern New Holland, > > c1830,'s anything west of Cape Otway , to the border ,was known as Portland > Bay.. > > in the 40's..anything west of the township of Geelong was the western > district, as far as South Australia. >