Dear Friends at mail list in Victoria and Tamania., After reseaching for about 18 years, I am delighted this morning to find an old letter. I am trying to thin out these wonderful papers I have, and share with respective family lines...in the future.... This one was still in the envelope - of which I have many. Written at Bendigo on 10th November ? date unknown. The letter concerns Augustus Bostock and the Diary I have edited. Until this time I have never known if he had any formal education. This is the answer to my question. Augustus was born 1833 At Vaucluse at Cleveland Tas. His mother had died in childbirth in 1837 and until now, I knew nothing of his education. This was amazing in the light of the diaries he wrote from 1854-1920 when he died. Grammar was not perfect (like mine) but he got the message across. This was written by Henry Palmer..... and is hard to read with cross overs BUT be patient. "Dear Bostock, I had a friend of your family Mrs.Hunter (Eliza Ann Bostock w/o Alex cLean Hunter) has been staying here and has been speaking about you and it has given me very great pleasure to hear of my very old Tasmanian school friends. But, Augustus Bostock Esq., it appears your memories of the happy days we spend in the College at Bishopsbourne is not so good as mine and that you do not remember me. So I am just writing a line to recall those days to you, which are so vividly imprinted on my own. Mind this, I can see the faces now as though it were but yesterday. I obtained the clerical scholarship and arrived at the college where Cox was warden and White was ?? school ? warden. The fellows were Cartwright, Atkinson, Drew, Smith, Norman. Among the students were you and your brothers - Ernest, the two Cox's - George Cox and his brother Adam ? Dumaresq, ? Ashbourne ??, Bethune and others whom I fail to remember as you have failed to remember me. You will remember the square where we used to play Hockey and the cricket field and the annual match at Reiby's Place (Entally) and Hartnall's paddocks through which we passed to bathe in the Liffey. Alas the hall in which we dined ???and the latin grace and the sugar beer. (suggestions please..Thel) I left when Windsor was warden and returned home and went to America where I spent 6 years. Since then I have been a wanderer ? in the world and for 36 years have held office as Civil ?? of Victoria. With this little picture of youthful days, Believe me to be Sincerely Yours...Henry Palmer. Bostock/Wilkinson/Rafferty/Rhodes - http://birrell.1hwy.com/index.htm Stokes/Yates/Wilson/Hearsfield www.freehomepages.com/mrbirrell/ Cox/Dorset/Clarendon/N.S.W. www.angelfire.com/rnb/mrbirrell/ James Cox/Connell Clarendon/Tasm. http://matthewbirrell.tripod.com/index.htm Birrell/Robertson/Kirk/Overton/Anderson/Stobie/Reith www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/birrell2.html Scots/Irish/Delahunty/Mulholland/Fletcher/Maltman http://matthewbirrell.50megs.com/index.html Crawford/McKay/Sarkies/Rafferty/Robe/Landsborough www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/crawfor2.html Montgomery/Skeats/Redman/McGregor/Barber/Jeram www.users.bigpond.com/mrbirrell/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Codling" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 7:46 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-West] BOSTOCK DIARY No.79. > Thanks Thelma. It is always interesting to read of these early times in this > part of SW Victoria. Although my ancestors aren't mentioned, I have a mental > picture of the era in which they lived after arriving at Belfast in 1854. > > It is a shame that the diary entries aren't being displayed permanently on a > "Warrnambool" area website for all to enjoy in a similar way to such things > on the Ballarat website. They need to be accessible for future > researchers/students etc as well. > > Thanks for all your time and effort. > Beth in Melbourne > > > ==== AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Western Victoria Association of Historical Societies > http://home.vicnet.net.au/~wvahs/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hello Thelma, In the 1885 Public Service List here was an "H.PALMER" in 1885, age 40, an officer in the Postmaster General's Dept at the GPO, commenced 1858 and also a "James PALMER" age 58 who was appointed in 1862 to Lands & Survey, also a "K.S. PALMER" age 41 in Post & Telegraph office, commenced 1878 (a bit late?) None appears to be exactly the age of Bostock, and if it is one of the first two, the letter (after 36 years in the service) would be written in 1894 or 1898 Thought I'd just throw that into the mix! Regards Ada At 11:33 18-11-03 +1000, Thelma wrote: >Dear Friends at mail list in Victoria and Tamania., >After reseaching for about 18 years, I am delighted this >morning to find an old letter. I am trying to thin out >these wonderful papers I have, and share with respective >family lines...in the future.... >This one was still in the envelope - of which I have many. > >Written at Bendigo on 10th November ? date unknown. >The letter concerns Augustus Bostock and the Diary >I have edited. Until this time I have never known if he had any formal >education. This is the answer to my question. >Augustus was born 1833 At Vaucluse at Cleveland Tas. >His mother had died in childbirth in 1837 and until now, I >knew nothing of his education. This was amazing in the >light of the diaries he wrote from 1854-1920 when he died. >Grammar was not perfect (like mine) but he got the >message across. This was written by Henry Palmer..... >and is hard to read with cross overs BUT be patient. > >"Dear Bostock, > I had a friend of your family Mrs.Hunter >(Eliza Ann Bostock w/o Alex cLean Hunter) has been >staying here and has been speaking about you and it >has given me very great pleasure to hear of my very >old Tasmanian school friends. >But, Augustus Bostock Esq., it appears your memories >of the happy days we spend in the College at >Bishopsbourne is not so good as mine and that you >do not remember me. So I am just writing a line to >recall those days to you, which are so vividly >imprinted on my own. >Mind this, I can see the faces now as though it were >but yesterday. I obtained the clerical scholarship >and arrived at the college where Cox was warden >and White was ?? school ? warden. >The fellows were Cartwright, Atkinson, Drew, >Smith, Norman. Among the students were you >and your brothers - Ernest, the two Cox's - >George Cox and his brother Adam ? Dumaresq, >? Ashbourne ??, Bethune and others whom I fail >to remember as you have failed to remember me. >You will remember the square where we used >to play Hockey and the cricket field and the >annual match at Reiby's Place (Entally) and >Hartnall's paddocks through which we passed >to bathe in the Liffey. >Alas the hall in which we dined ???and the latin >grace and the sugar beer. (suggestions please..Thel) >I left when Windsor was warden and returned home >and went to America where I spent 6 years. Since >then I have been a wanderer ? in the world and for >36 years have held office as Civil ?? of Victoria. >With this little picture of youthful days, >Believe me to be >Sincerely Yours...Henry Palmer. > > >Bostock/Wilkinson/Rafferty/Rhodes - >http://birrell.1hwy.com/index.htm >Stokes/Yates/Wilson/Hearsfield >www.freehomepages.com/mrbirrell/ >Cox/Dorset/Clarendon/N.S.W. >www.angelfire.com/rnb/mrbirrell/ >James Cox/Connell Clarendon/Tasm. >http://matthewbirrell.tripod.com/index.htm >Birrell/Robertson/Kirk/Overton/Anderson/Stobie/Reith >www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/birrell2.html >Scots/Irish/Delahunty/Mulholland/Fletcher/Maltman >http://matthewbirrell.50megs.com/index.html >Crawford/McKay/Sarkies/Rafferty/Robe/Landsborough >www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/crawfor2.html >Montgomery/Skeats/Redman/McGregor/Barber/Jeram >www.users.bigpond.com/mrbirrell/ > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Beth Codling" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 7:46 AM >Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-West] BOSTOCK DIARY No.79. > > > > Thanks Thelma. It is always interesting to read of these early times in >this > > part of SW Victoria. Although my ancestors aren't mentioned, I have a >mental > > picture of the era in which they lived after arriving at Belfast in 1854. > > > > It is a shame that the diary entries aren't being displayed permanently on >a > > "Warrnambool" area website for all to enjoy in a similar way to such >things > > on the Ballarat website. They need to be accessible for future > > researchers/students etc as well. > > > > Thanks for all your time and effort. > > Beth in Melbourne > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > > Western Victoria Association of Historical Societies > > http://home.vicnet.net.au/~wvahs/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > >==== AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >Dead Persons Society Melbourne Victoria Australia >http://home.vicnet.net.au/~dpsoc/frames.htm > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 regards, Ada Ackerly, Melbourne, Australia formerly Ackerly DocuSearch