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Dec 31, 2012 •
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The details of M.G.H.W.Ross's grants in present-day Dromana,their advertisement for sale in 1881, and John Saunders Ross (who is presumed to have been related) are given in my journal JAMES ROBERTSON ...
Dec 28, 2012 •
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This journal results from an overlong aside in my SHIRE OF FLINDERS journal about non-councillors who were involved in a meeting about the Flinders and Kangerong Farmers' Union. As not much seems to h...
Dec 1, 2012 •
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ADAMS James Smith Adams, Mornington butcher and councillor, who had much land on the east side of the peninsula, was killed in an accident.
(P.2, Mornington Standard, 14-11-1895.)
McKAY James Mc...
Nov 12, 2012 •
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POSTSCRIPT 11-12-2018. Knowing nothing about Victorian BDM in 2012, I had presumed that Sarah Renouf had been the daughter of Henry Prosser of Frankston Fish Company fame. As she died in 1916 aged 95 ...
Nov 7, 2012 •
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These names could not fit on the surname list.See my journal THE SHIRE OF FLINDERS, VIC., AUST.
Nov 5, 2012 •
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While looking for specific information, I often make a note of something else that may be of value, but looking for these asides can take hours, often without result. Such miscellaneous notes will be ...
Oct 27, 2012 •
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LIME LAND LEISURE is this shire's official history. It was written by Charles N.Hollinshed, a Melbourne architect who first holidayed at Sorrento in 1923, and soon realising that much of the peninsula...
Oct 25, 2012 •
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Family historians are the salt of the earth. They are always ready to help each other out and much of the information in my local history has come from them with great enthusiasm. However some go way ...
Oct 23, 2012 •
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This book was written by Mary Karney in partnership with Bruce Bennett who has written several books about early butchers, bakers, shopkeepers etc on the Mornington Peninsula. Mary has written No Rugg...
Oct 9, 2012 •
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Why has this duty been thrust upon me? My neighbour has had dizzy spells so I spent some time with him, resulting in the need for another journal, despite the fact that I have the Red Hill Dictionary ...
Oct 4, 2012 •
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When the councillor, who helped me with an attempt to ensure recognition of David Mairs and Edward Louis Tassell, tells me that he is related to Portsea pioneers and arranges an interview with his rel...
Sep 30, 2012 •
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When I was trying to find details of John (Peter) Shand's marriage to Mary (nee Hope, widow of John Huntley), I came across the Dromana Historical Society's PIONEER PATHWAY page. I thought it would be...
Sep 16, 2012 •
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Charles Daniel of "Narbonne" in Oakland Rd (Melway 177 K 4) and his descendants are described in detail in I.W.Symonds' "Bulla Bulla", D.F.Cameron-Kennedy's "The Oakland Hunt" and "The Daniel Family"....
Aug 26, 2012 •
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David Mairs was granted a total of 1745 acres in the parish of Bittern east of Coolart Rd and between Disney St and the mouth of Bittern Creek. Full details of each allotment can be supplied if reques...
Aug 24, 2012 •
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My 2500 page DICTIONARY HISTORY OF TULLAMARINE AND MILES AROUND was designed to enable family historians to quickly locate any information I might have about their families. Alexander Sutherland had d...
Aug 22, 2012 •
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This journal was formerly part of a summary of Sheila Skidmore's THE RED HILL. Sheila gave little specific information about the village settlement pioneers on pages 41-3 of her book so I decided to ...
Aug 13, 2012 •
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I never had great sporting ability, despite my father being named in Bunyip's football team of the era 1902-1940, but had reasonable success in cross country at University High, C Grade footy at Doutt...
Aug 11, 2012 •
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A limited printing of this history was done for purchase at the Back To Tullamarine in 1998 with all proceeds going to the Gladstone Park Primary School. The pioneers at the 1989 reunion had expressed...
Aug 7, 2012 •
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Excerpt from my journal THE RED HILL by Sheila Skidmore.
P.41-3. The Village Settlement. The Dromana Historical Society decided to reprint Sheila's book without any alterations. Hopefully there is ...
Aug 6, 2012 •
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This journal describes where the grantees' land was in greater detail than in the other journal but also contains information from Keith Holmes about later occupants of those blocks and even some gene...