Thank you Ada for that interesting information. David and Sarah Burston's Tower Hill Lake school building is still standing 150 years later, and is now the home of the Koroit & District Historical Society. > TOWER HILL LAKE > David Burston, teacher, salary 100 pounds, appointed 15 Nov 1857, age 34, > school hours 9-3, born Clifton, Church of England > Sarah Burston, work mistress, salary 30 pounds, appointed 15 Nov 1857, age > 36, school hours 9-3, born Bristol, Church of England Regards, Kathy

Hello Kathy, Amazing... when I saw "Tower Hill" I thought, little country place, probably long gone! Shows how wrong I can be, doesn't it. Makes my dabbling worthwhile. Regards Ada Ada Ackerly. Melbourne Formerly Ackerly Docusearch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Baulch" <kathyb@westvic.com.au> To: <aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] Western District teachers > Thank you Ada for that interesting information. David and Sarah Burston's > Tower Hill Lake school building is still standing 150 years later, and is > now the home of the Koroit & District Historical Society. > > > TOWER HILL LAKE > > David Burston, teacher, salary 100 pounds, appointed 15 Nov 1857, age 34, > > school hours 9-3, born Clifton, Church of England > > Sarah Burston, work mistress, salary 30 pounds, appointed 15 Nov 1857, age > > 36, school hours 9-3, born Bristol, Church of England > > Regards, > Kathy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message