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 >
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 > >