OOPS, you're right of course, have you forwarded the correction to Kerrie, I will send you email to AUSTRALIA-L just in case Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond W. M. Henderson." <batman@origin.net.au> Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 11:55 am Subject: Re: WHITE BAY > Only one correction I might make that Darling Street should be > VictoriaRoad! > > thecallaghans@goconnect.net wrote: > > > Hello All > > Kerrie has the location of White bay pretty right, I grew up not far > > from there and know it well, in earlier days it was the site of > a large > > caol fired electricity generating power station with quite an > extensive> network of raillines nearby to bring in the coal. There > is still, I > > think several large grain silos bit further east of where the power > > station was located, I believe that the wheat was/is brought to the > > silos by train and then loaded onto ships for export. To slake the > > thirst of the local workers a large hotel, The White Bay Hotel was > > located on Darling St. very close to the power station. I think the > > building is still there but hasnt been used as a hotel for many > years.> Hope this helps a little > > Regards > > Patrick > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kerrie" <kerrie@optushome.com.au> > > Date: Sunday, November 12, 2000 8:25 pm > > Subject: Re: WHITE BAY > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I could be wrong but the exact location of WHITE BAY is the > start of > > > Victoria Road just pass the Anzac Bridge. Maybe I should say > > > Rozelle side > > > of Anzac Bridge, I believe that whole area is known as WHITE BAY > > > and as you > > > go round the corner to Rozelle is where it stops. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Kerrie > > > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > > > Free test drive of "Palm Tree" for the Palm Pilot > > > The first world genealogy program for the Palm Pilot > > > Written in Australia ! > > > Send an email to john@southernx.com.au > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & > Celebrate> > your heritage! > > > http://shop.myfamily.co > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > > Ballarat History Index > > http://www.southernx.com.au/ballarat1.html > > > > ============================== > > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > >