Hi Grant and others I live in Victoria Australia I remember when the 4 digit postcodes came into being. Before that we had something like S 10 for populated places. I am not that old either. Perhaps the mail peoples would be able to help here. I am ill at present but a look at the Australia Post web page may help the search Elizabeth Lynette Begg wrote: >Hi Grant, > >I live very close to Largs, an outer 'suburb' of Maitland. We've never had >any kind of postcodes like that here, just 4 numerals in this case, 2320. I >suggest it would be Largs somewhere else in the world and not in Australia. > >Lynette > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Grant Cargill [mailto:Gcargill@btinternet.com] >Sent: Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:27 AM >To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [AUST] Assistance required > > >Hi Everyone, > >I have heard great things about this mailing list, so I thought I would see >what assistance you could provide for me. > >Just after WW1 my great-aunt (Barbara Duncan) married William Adam and they >soon moved to Australia from the NE of Scotland. I have been able to obtain >a photo which I believe to be of them and their family. I am very confident >that this photo is of them, and at the bottom of the photo it reads: > >"Dellow-Studio. >Largs >S-17" > >I have had a look around on the web and believe that there is a Largs in NSW >and one in South Australia. I also have checked a BMD database for NSW but >I cannot see either William or Barbara there. > >I would love to be able to find out more about the family, in the photograph >there are five girls. Any help on the old postcode, if indeed that is what >the S-17 is, would be of help and I can then be at least hopefully be >searching in the correct state. > >Regards, > >Grant Cargill > > > >==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== >Plea > >

Hi all Well some of us older folk have short memories! The Australian four digit system only dates from 1967 (in common with most of the world, which adopted this system in the 1960s; presumably to aid new mechanical sorting systems. Germany was the first). Before that, in Australian cities, we had a method based on the British system of directional letters and numbers (although ours was more rational than theirs). For example, I lived in SE11, which became 3147. S10 was Beaumaris (consulting me old wall map of Melbourne, which is available for other look-ups as needed of course). And they were quite commonly used on letters, although not as universally as now. Best Lloyd Eliz Cook wrote: > Hi Grant and others > I live in Victoria Australia > I remember when the 4 digit postcodes came into being. > Before that we had something like > S 10 > for populated places. > I am not that old either. > Perhaps the mail peoples would be able to help here. > I am ill at present but a look at the Australia Post web page may > help the search > Elizabeth > Lynette Begg wrote: > >> Hi Grant, >> >> I live very close to Largs, an outer 'suburb' of Maitland. We've >> never had >> any kind of postcodes like that here, just 4 numerals in this case, >> 2320. I >> suggest it would be Largs somewhere else in the world and not in >> Australia. >> >> Lynette >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Grant Cargill [mailto:Gcargill@btinternet.com] >> Sent: Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:27 AM >> To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [AUST] Assistance required >> >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I have heard great things about this mailing list, so I thought I >> would see >> what assistance you could provide for me. >> >> Just after WW1 my great-aunt (Barbara Duncan) married William Adam >> and they >> soon moved to Australia from the NE of Scotland. I have been able to >> obtain >> a photo which I believe to be of them and their family. I am very >> confident >> that this photo is of them, and at the bottom of the photo it reads: >> >> "Dellow-Studio. >> Largs >> S-17" >> >> I have had a look around on the web and believe that there is a Largs >> in NSW >> and one in South Australia. I also have checked a BMD database for >> NSW but >> I cannot see either William or Barbara there. >> >> I would love to be able to find out more about the family, in the >> photograph >> there are five girls. Any help on the old postcode, if indeed that >> is what >> the S-17 is, would be of help and I can then be at least hopefully be >> searching in the correct state. >> >> Regards, >> >> Grant Cargill >> >> >> >> ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== >> Plea >> >> > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > For all Rootswebs lists check out http://lists.rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > __________ NOD32 1.1601 (20060615) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > >

Hi Liz, I'll be 50 in a couple of weeks and I can't remember any codes at all. I vaguely remember the postcodes coming in, but never anything before that. You never had to put it on your letters to post them - or do you disagree. I'm sorry but I don't remember anything other than a town and state being put in an address. Hope we solve this. Lynette Lynette Begg P.O. Box 289 East Maitland NSW 2323 Australia BROBBEL One Name Study - brobbel@one-name.org Guild member 4139 researching BROBBELs worldwide from all time periods. SUTHERLAND Family Reunion for descendants of Robert SUTHERLAND and Grace LOUTFOOT / LIGHTFOOT on 14th & 15th October 2006 at St. John's Centre, Morpeth NSW Australia. Their grandchildren's surnames SUTHERLAND, HOY, RODEY, TICKLE, SMITH, WINTERS, HENDERSON, WESTWATER, SMART, PETERSON, ISLES and MEDEW. http://www.geocities.com/sutherlandreunion New England surnames from late 1800s - BERRY, BRIDGE, EGAN, FARDELL, FENERTY, FRANCIS, GOODWIN, HANSON, HATCH, HAYDEN, HERON, HOLDER, HOY, HUNTER, JONES, KELLY, LISLE, McMILLAN, OGILVIE, RODEY, SCOTT, SMITH (James from Niangala), STEIR, SUTHERLAND, TICKLE (Henry from Quipolly), WEBB, WINTERS, WOOD, WRITE -----Original Message----- From: Eliz Cook [mailto:divaandwillow@yahoo.com.au] Sent: Friday, 16 June 2006 10:01 AM To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUST] Assistance required Hi Grant and others I live in Victoria Australia I remember when the 4 digit postcodes came into being. Before that we had something like S 10 for populated places. I am not that old either. Perhaps the mail peoples would be able to help here. I am ill at present but a look at the Australia Post web page may help the search Elizabeth Lynette Begg wrote: >Hi Grant, > >I live very close to Largs, an outer 'suburb' of Maitland. We've never had >any kind of postcodes like that here, just 4 numerals in this case, 2320. I >suggest it would be Largs somewhere else in the world and not in Australia. > >Lynette > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Grant Cargill [mailto:Gcargill@btinternet.com] >Sent: Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:27 AM >To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [AUST] Assistance required > > >Hi Everyone, > >I have heard great things about this mailing list, so I thought I would see >what assistance you could provide for me. > >Just after WW1 my great-aunt (Barbara Duncan) married William Adam and they >soon moved to Australia from the NE of Scotland. I have been able to obtain >a photo which I believe to be of them and their family. I am very confident >that this photo is of them, and at the bottom of the photo it reads: > >"Dellow-Studio. >Largs >S-17" > >I have had a look around on the web and believe that there is a Largs in NSW >and one in South Australia. I also have checked a BMD database for NSW but >I cannot see either William or Barbara there. > >I would love to be able to find out more about the family, in the photograph >there are five girls. Any help on the old postcode, if indeed that is what >the S-17 is, would be of help and I can then be at least hopefully be >searching in the correct state. > >Regards, > >Grant Cargill > > > >==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== >Plea > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== For all Rootswebs lists check out http://lists.rootsweb.com ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx