I have ancestors who were born at Back Creek, Central district of Sandhurst (Bendigo, Vic) Robyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mari and Brian Walker" <marbri@chariot.net.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 13 January 2001 3:46 Subject: Geography > Wondering whether anyone can help solve a puzzle for me. > > In my great-x-grandfather's sermon diary, he mentions two places: AMHERST > and BACK CREEK. > > I have searched the web and found Back Creek as a CREEK in Victoria and an > AMHERST in the gold diggings area around Bendigo, but I also found an > Amherst here in Sth Australia which indicates it was/is a homestead, > outstation, outcamp, woolshed and it is at 36 30'00"S 140 190'00"E (around > Lucindale, I think - anyway, above Naracoorte) (Geography not my subject!) > > Two questions: > Does anyone know anything of this Sth Austn Amherst and also, is there a > BACK CREEK in Sth Aust? It has been suggested there is/was one somewhere ? > around Normanville, or down that way. > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, from a very HOT Adelaide > Mari Walker, Adelaide, Sth Australia > Researching: > Sth Aust :Major interests: HART, MAIN, THREDGOLD, TILLER, LEHMANN > Minor interests: WOOLLEY, JEFFERIES, JOHNSTON, LARKIN, O'TOOLE, HENDER, > DOWNING, MOLLER, MURPHY > Australian interests: > Victoria : LEHMANN descendants, CAMPBELL > WA : MOLLER, HART, LEHMANN descendants > NSW : MAYNARD > USA (California) : MURPHY/KELLEY > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > Subscribe to the AGI (Australian Genealogy Information) Bulletin > A Free Service for Australian Family Historians > http://www.southernx.com.au/ > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > >