Can anyone tell me, please...is there a site where we can find out the location and present day names of some of the old place names, eg Kingstown, Wallis Plains, etc? Thanks, Juliette Forbes NSW

Would anyone have any information on the ship 'AUSTRAL' that reached Sydney in possibly June 1899 or again in December 1899. Also an unknown Orient Steam ship that arrived in August 1900. Regards, Mary

Am looking for anyone with a connection to the above families. They were from England and settled in the Dubbo NSW area in the middle 1800's. Joy Ferguson Sydney Australia

Hi, I have in my possession a photocopy of a group of Broken Hill Miners, NSW taken in abt 1940ish. If you are related to any of these men and would like a copy, I would be happy to share. J HEMSON (Miner), B.W. BRADY (Miner), S.G.RENNIE (Miner) F.O.COFFEY(Miner), L.A.,CAHILL (Miner), F.R.P.WILLIAMS(Miner) H.E.LAVERS (Braceman), R.LEMMICH (Miner), R.MAGOR (Devt. Foreman), F.S.ANDERSON (Asst. U/G Manager), J.T.DONOVAN (Shiftboss), C.BUTCHER (Miner), R.F.GREENWOOD (Winding Engine Driver) Mullock Disposal Crew: A.A.BUTCHART, G.A.SANDERSON, A.YOURN, Kind regards Julie Clift Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia My Websites: England to Australia - http://www.angelfire.com/ne/roots * Home of the RENTON Surname World Wide - http://renton1.homestead.com * Tracking Our Family Footsteps through time in Australia: BDM's site. http://www.angelfire.com/ns/aust

Hi courtesy of Bob Beard - I have added some publicans for Timor and Chinaman's Flat VIC, 1876 to the publicans list Get to the site through my Indexes Sue O'Neill - from Very Far North Queensland. email = sloneill@octa4.net.au listowner POBJOY-L@rootsweb.com List of Indexes I have created on line: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/index.htm and here's where I live http://www1.octa4.net.au/sloneill/saibai/SAIBAI.htm

The following transcription is provided purely as a service to the many members/contributors of this news group. We have no connection whatsoever with ACP or The Australian Women's Weekly. Where are they now? - The Australian Women's Weekly; December 2000, p 310 * * * * * Where are they now? If you are searching for relatives, old school friends or one-time loves you haven't quite forgotten, you may find them - or even be found yourself - by reading this page. COLIN COX was a family friend when he lived in Boneo, Vic. He was last seen in 1954, and I'd love to hear from him or see him again. Please write to Joyce Cairns, 8 McCombe St, Roselands, Vic 3939. BEVERLEY CATCHPOOL was nursing in London from 1959-60. She worked night shifts and had the daytime free to help other young Australians, such as me, find work and accommodation. I'm still very grateful and would like to renew contact. Please write to Lola Tarnawski, 5 Dandaloo Street, The Gap, Qld 4061, or phone (07) 3300 2132. GABRIEAL ALLANDORF was at Lansvale Primary School with me in New South Wales. She is German and was living with her grandmother at the time. I miss you, Gabrieal. Remember when we sang those ABBA songs in a talent quest? Please contact Simonne Maunsell, 86 Brookfield Road, Kedron, Qld 4031, phone (07) 3357 4003. MONTO STATE PRIMARY SCHOOL, Qld, will celebrate its 75th anniversary on Australia Day, January 26. Those interested can contact Patsy Aisthorpe c/- the school, 3 Leichhardt Street, Monto, Qld 4630. MARIE HENRIETTA HIBBERT, born on June 22, 1916 in Sorrento, Vic, to Laurence and Marie Violet Hibbert (nee Ploog), sister of August, Bert and Kathleen, was last heard of in Sydney in the 1950s. Brother Bert would dearly like to hear from you or your family. Contact Pat Osborne, PO Box 217, Lakes Entrance, Vic 3909. RAYLENE MICHELLE LARK is the mother of my grandson, Blake Daniel Guest, and they're probably both in the Hervey Bay area of Queensland. I miss them terribly and would love to know if they're okay. Please call Julie Cochrane on 0401 469 307. ERIC LEE, now 51, is the brother I lost contact with in Wollongong, NSW, in about 1973, just after our brother Frank was killed in a car accident. His brothers John and Arthur would also like to find him. Contact Mrs Robyn Lynch (I have remarried), 21 Lang Street, Kurri Kurri, NSW 2327, phone (02) 4937 2870. MILDRED JARMAN lived in Hurstville, NSW, with parents Vince and Vi. She played the violin and was married. Cousins Rosalie and Phil would like to hear from you. Phone (08) 8295 2788. ST ATTRACTA'S CONVENT SCHOOL in Smithton, Tasmania, will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a reunion on January 27 and 28. For more information, phone Margaret O'Halloran (nee Woolley) on (03) 6456 1350. JAN MARIE HOLLAND, now 32, last known to be living in St Kilda, Vic, has not been heard from for five years and I am very worried. Please contact Lorna Hall, 324 Gladstone Street, Maryborough, Vic 3465. CLARENCE FREDERICK GEORGE MATHESON, formerly of Holmesglen, Vic, was last heard of in Queensland. Anyone with information about him or his kin, please contact Shirley Dwyer, PO Box 346, Box Hill, Vic 3129. JULIA and FRANCES JAMES, now in their 60s or 70s, are daughters of novelist Florence James of 'Come in Spinner' fame. We share the same great-grandparents and are descendants of Frederick and Hannah Russell's family, who arrived in New Zealand in 1881. We would be grateful for any help in finding them. Contact Ann Whitehead, l0a Arrow Road, Forest Hill, Auckland 9, NZ. YORKETOWN AREA SCHOOL, SA, plans a reunion of Grade 1 students of 1951-60 on January 21. All who joined (or left) the class in those years are invited. Contact Jenny Robertson (Aldenhoven), PO Box 401, Finley, NSW 2713. Share the joy of your reunion and win $200 If you have been reunited with a friend or loved one due to a notice on this page, send us a photo, a description of your reunion and contact details. If published, we will send you $200. Write to the relevant address below and include a stamped addressed envelope. If you wish to place a message, write to Where are they now?, The Australian Women's ,Weekly, GPO Box 4178, Sydney, NSW 1028, or fax (02) 9282 8887, or (NZ readers) Private Bag 92512, Wellesley St, Auckland 1. Where are they now? is published by The Australian Women's Weekly as a reader service. Notices are accepted at the risk of the writer ACP Publishing Pty Limited, the publisher of The Australian Women's Weekly is not liable for any losses or problems associated with communications arising from any notice. The company reserves the right not to publish any notice. THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY - DECEMBER, 2000, p 310 * * * * * We are actively collecting copies of The Australian Women's Weekly from the 30's, 40's and 50's that have covers painted by wep (William Edwin Pidgeon - Peter's father). If anyone has copies that they would like to go to a good home or are for sale then please e-mail us with the details at peter_pidgeon@bigpond.com Regards, Elizabeth & Peter Pidgeon 'Leafy' Eltham, Victoria, Australia Please visit our web site at www.users.bigpond.com/peter_pidgeon/ Research Names: http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/research/pid01.html

I would like to make contact with any descendants of Joseph Chidley Cordell, pilot at Low Heads, Tasmania and his wife Elizabeth Pitcher [Pritcher,Pritchard, nee Daniels] many thanks Jenny Fawcett

Folks, The Federation of Family History Societies will be making an award in June 2001 to the member society with the best website. The winning society will receive £100, kindly donated as an annual award by Family Tree Magazine. The winner and runners-up will be able to display the FFHS Web Award emblem on their web sites. How to enter Societies can enter by email to David Hawgood - email hawgood@one-name.org - who is the co-ordinator for the award. There will be a list of entrants at www.ffhs.org.uk/news/wa-entrant.htm . The closing date for entries is March 31st 2001. Please include the web address in your email entering the competition, and give the name of your society in full, not just initials. Please give a contact email address. We will acknowledge entries by email. Criteria The web pages should be useful, clear and attractive to non-members, outsiders, those who happen on the pages by searching, or by links from other web sites. They should make it clear what the Society provides - through the web, at public events, through publications and search services, or by joining. The web pages should be useful to members of the Society and other Societies - information about meetings, libraries, courses, email lists for the region or speciality of the Society. Some societies have pages restricted to members, but the FFHS award is restricted to consideration of pages open to all. The web pages should be integrated with other sites - having relevant working links to GENUKI, record offices, libraries, etc, relevant to the Society. It is possible to win an award for a clear and well designed web site achieved with limited resources. There is a preference for web sites which can be read using a variety of browsers, adhere to HTML standards, and are accessible to all. We will announce more detail on these criteria. Judges The composition of the judging panel, and appointed judges, are: Chairman and co-ordinator, David Hawgood; member of FFHS Computer Committee, Malcolm Austen; member of a U.K. Society, Eric Probert of Essex SFH; member of an overseas society, John Snelson of the Society of Australian Genealogists; GENUKI, Brian Randell; representing an organisation which is not a family history society, Michael Armstrong of Family Tree Magazine. Societies will be familiar with these names in other roles as well. Please send any enquiries to David Hawgood - email hawgood@one-name.org - who is the co-ordinator for the award. Information about the award is at www.ffhs.org.uk/news/webaward.htm ------------------------------ regards, David Hawgood. Merlene Ottey for President

I have a Victorian death certificate for James HART, farmer, aged 65 years, who died 11 December 1934 at Casterton, Shire of Glenelg, County Follitt whose usual residence was Carapook. (I think those place names are correct) Also on this death schedule are: Lindsay Gordon MILLER, aged 26 years, who died 6 Dec 1934 Mary BADAMS, aged 30 years, who died 8 December 1934 Valerie Alsion MALEE (or MALEC), infant, 2 months, who died 14 December 1934 and Archie WOMBWELL, aged 53 years, who died 15 December 1934. If anyone has an interest in any of these, please contact me. Mari Walker, Adelaide, Sth Australia Researching: Sth Aust : HART, MAIN, THREDGOLD, TILLER, WOOLLEY, JEFFERIES, JOHNSTON, LARKIN, O'TOOLE Sth Aust/Victoria : LEHMANN, CAMPBELL Sth Aust/WA : MOLLER, HART NSW : MAYNARD USA (California) : MURPHY/KELLY and Brian Walker Researching: England: WALKER, HEARD, WATSON, PAGE

Greetings to Each of you. I am trying to locate the address [snail mail and email] and phone numbers of the NANDEWARS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. I believe they are the publishers of Margaret Crowley's "Early Settlers in the Nandewars" and "More Early Settlers". I have tried to get these books/pamphlets by inter-library loan through my local library but have been unsuccessful. I am particularly interested in any information in them on the Jurd family to assist with my research and subsequent book on that family. I believe Nandewars area is around Inverell. Is this correct? All help appreciated. Could I also urge everyone to take notice of and act on the informatin regarding the saving of our census details when we complete our forms next August. Sincere thanks. Peter Stewart in Sunny Brisbane. SAVE OUR CENSUS ON 7 AUGUST 2001 VOTE "YES" To keeping your household census form in the National Archives of Australia, so this data will be available for genealogical, historical and medical research by our descendants in 100 years time. There are more than 100,000 genealogists in Australia. TELL 10 OF YOUR FRIENDS TO TELL 10 OF THEIR FRIENDS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SAVE THESE RECORDS. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ "To Live On In The Hearts And Minds Of Descendants ^ ^ Is To Never Die". ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Researching: Descendants of Daniel & Elizabeth Jurd, and associated families in the Hawkesbury and Macdonald River, Wollombi and Hunter Region as well as Moree and surrounding districts. Also researching the families of Dugald & Hannah Stewart [Jurd Connection] paternal Timothy & Margretta Tomlins} maternal David & Mary Simon } side _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

Subject: Banjo Patterson's poetry I sent a cousin in Canada a URL with one of Banjo Patterson's poems on it. From what she says, I think she'd like to read some more. Is there a site I could recommend that links into several of his poems, please? Pam ------ Hi Pam, This is a site of Australian poetry & I'm sure you'll find the poets & their works here. http://www.chariot.net.au/~dcampbel/index.html Regards, Denyse Bonney in Townsville, Qld

Hello All, I have a studio photograph taken by "FOOLEY" ( or could be KOOLEY) Photographers, Wagga in 1954 - it was badly damaged when taken from one of those horrible sticky albums popular some time back -- wondered if anyone knew of the photographer in Wagga, maybe a family business, with contacts, who could still have negatives ( crossed fingers!). Elspeth,Lake Macquarie

My surnames being researched are ROBERTS THORNE THOMAS ALLEN all Tasmania CORK, BALL WHIBLEY MONTGOMERY GAMBRELL THOMAS THORNE all Victoria Val Thomas

Dear Elaine Are you researching ROWLEY? Somebody gave me your email address but it bounced back so it was obviously wrong. Best regards. John Rowley John Rowley Sound Services Pty Ltd ABN 95 006 817 125 103 Carpenter Street Brighton Vic 3186 Australia T +61 3 9593 2000 F +61 3 9593 2100 M +61 418 100 860 / 0418 100 860 E rowleyj@ocean.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: <AUSTRALIA-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <AUSTRALIA-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, 24 November 2000 09:00 Subject: AUSTRALIA-D Digest V00 #351

Hello Everyone My name is Judy Rowe and I live in Boronia Heights in Queensland.(not too sunny recently) I work full time so unfortunately I am not able to spend much time working on the family history. I am currently researching my husbands family (Rowe) my family (Neilsen) and my mothers family (Williams) plus their families. I have two requests tonight that I hope SKS maybe able to help me with. 1. Cemetary I am hoping someone may have access to burial records for the Fernmount Cemetary (which is just out of Belligen) or the Urunga cemetary, we believe that my husbands grand father may be buried at one of these two cemetaries. The grave I am looking for is for Henry William (Harry ) Rowe who died somewhere, we believe, between 1945 and 1955. 2. Immigration Records I am hoping for information from the shipping records for a Charles and Elizabeth Williams who came to Australia with their 7 children aboard the "Emma Eugenia" 1849...I am after any background information on this family if possible (I don't know what type of information shipping records show-(please forgive my ignorance in this matter) Thank you one and all in advance for any assistance and for your time. Regards Judy Email ashmarr@powerup.com.au

Does any one have access to the passenger list for the Waterloo, arr. in SA 9 Nov 1840 to check the names and ages of Richard JONES's wife and children (4). Application # 7737 and Embarkation # 4746. TIA Regards, Dianne

Dear fellow listers, I'm helping out afriend who isn't on the net. She is researching the following: Children of Richard (b 1856) and Elizabeth (b.1867) PYKE of "Llandaff" Swansea Tasmania. There were fifeteen children and the only three she needs information about are: Thomas Merlin (b.1892) Certain he moved to NSW, need to know who/when he married and what family if any. Francis Henry (b.1887) Not sure where he went - may have stayed in Tasmania. Same details required as above. Elsie (b. 1900) m. Clarence POOLE in Tasmania. Moved to Victoria, know she had about 10 children. Names/dob's/dod required please. If anyone can assist or is researching the same family, please contact me through the list or privately. Kind regards to you all, Debra Manskey in sunny Tasmania -- www.tasmail.com

Hello, Thanks to everyone for the replys regarding my Williams/Tucker enquiry. Can anyone tell me what information would be found on a Victorian Death Certificate c1916? Thank you for your time. Regards, Michelle Dempsey Albury, NSW. http://family.border.net.au

Looking for descendents of my gggrandfather, Peter CLARK, Customs Officer, La Perouse, Botany Bay, 1880+. Migrated to Australia 1866+ from Kincardine Scotland. Thanking you, Leanne. dlparry@bigpond.com

Looking for information on or descendents of my gggrandmothers' 2 brothers George Hubbard COOPER, publican Mt Victoria NSW,1880+ and Henry Shalleas COOPER, missionary, Cleveland Street,Sydney, 1880+. Thanking you, Leanne. dlparry@bigpond.com