thanks for the reply Michaela Morgan Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "kerry phillips" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 8:16 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-WA] FROM VICTORIA TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA > Hi Michaela > > Around 1895 the eastern states were hit with a recession, very few jobs and > money scarce and gold had been found in Western Australia so there was you > could say a mass exodus of people from Victoria and NSW to WA. This could > explain why. > > Kerry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michaela Morgan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:46 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS-WA] FROM VICTORIA TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA > > > > Hi Toni, > > > > Thanks for the suggestion, I'll keep trying to find out about them > > > > Thanks > > > > Michaela Morgan > > Hobart, Tasmania, Australia > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David McKay" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 6:53 PM > > Subject: [AUS-WA] FROM VICTORIA TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA > > > > > > > Michaela, > > > My grandmother went to WA from Victoria before the turn of the century > > with her aunt and her family. Her aunt's husband was a carpenter and he > went > > to work on the building of Fremantle harbour. Perhaps your ggggrandmother > > went to WA to be with one of her children who did a similar thing. And > there > > was my grandfather, along > > > with thousands of others, who travelled from Victoria to WA in 1891 for > > gold. > > > > > > Toni Dudgeon McKay in Artarmon, NSW > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== > > > > > > Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS-CHAT-L ? > > > A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.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 > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== > > > > Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS-CHAT-L ? > > A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.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 > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== > > Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS-CHAT-L ? > A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.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 >