Hi All I'm hoping somebody out there can help me. I have two questions. Firstly, does anybody have any suggestions for research on teamsters of western nsw/southern central qld during the era 1870-1900. Especially the Dubbo to Bourke, then onto the Roma to Charleville routes. Second question, can anyone help me to find a photo of the old Carrier Arms Hotel in Charleville, it apparently changed name to Bell's Hotel between 1910-1930. Cheers Deb

Dear Deb, You may get some more positive feedback from the Charleville & District Historical Society Inc.: http://www.charlevillehistorichouse.com.au/ Also Roma & District Local & Family History Society PO Box 877, Roma QLD 4455 no active web site I notice last year you posted a related message also: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 in which you added an extra word: Carrier's Arms Hotel, Charleville, Maranoa Using the gazetteer of place names, and still in the Charleville region but towards Roma, http://www.ga.gov.au/place-name/ Could the hotel be part of the homestead , or could it be in the town of Mitchell? Maranoa Homestead QLD location...... Latitude -26 31 Longtitude 148 1 The station buildings are on the eastern side of the Maranoa River slightly south east of the town of Mitchell More possible resources with e-mail contact: http://www.libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/roma/roma_library http://www.libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/roma/mitchell_library Also in case you're trying to locate Eroungella Station, it is accessed via the Mt Margaret Tobermory Rd, Eromanga, QLD 4480 which is about 300km south-west of Charleville In some towns, the hotel / inn named "Carrier's Arms" was possibly connected with Cobb & Co. Terminology may be important in your search, too. My father worked as a contract carrier for much of his life driving trucks etc which he owned. Even projecting backwards to horse drawn days, I would not hardly expect that he would have been called a teamster. To me that is North American terminology, but I could be wrong. In Australian English, a teamster was also known as a bullocker or bullocky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullocky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier I hope some of these ideas may end up being fruitful. Cheers, Ton Moore (Castle Hill, NSW) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ On 11 Nov 2011 at 15:49, Larry McDougall wrote: From: "Larry McDougall" <[email protected]> To: "RootsWeb Mailing List" <[email protected]> Subject: Teamster Date sent: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:49:09 +1100 Send reply to: [email protected] > Hi All > > I'm hoping somebody out there can help me. I have two questions. > > Firstly, does anybody have any suggestions for research on teamsters of > western nsw/southern central qld during the era 1870-1900. Especially the > Dubbo to Bourke, then onto the Roma to Charleville routes. > > Second question, can anyone help me to find a photo of the old Carrier Arms > Hotel in Charleville, it apparently changed name to Bell's Hotel between > 1910-1930. > > Cheers > > Deb