Dear Beryl, A Happy New year to you and all the listers. I will get back to diaries again very soon. May I take the liberty and speak about this book. After reading about people searching for special books, I thought I would note that I had a large sketchbook on the "Homesteads of Victoria 1836-1900" by Maurice Cantlon, which I don't need anymore. It is hardback, 34 cm X 25 cm and has sketches of 50 of the prominent/historic homesteads including text for each property. Feel free to ask if your link to family is included and I could write it up. If anyone should like to know about it, they could email me privately. For now Sincerely in Searching.. Thelma Birrell in Maroochydore. 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/ If you have an interest in the early squatting history of the West Wimmera then this small book, containing and extraordinary amount of detail (names, dates, prices, etc) from station records is a very useful reference from this area. It is the story of the .... HAMILTON / GIBSON / COWELL family of Long Hills (Bellvue), Kilmore