Please email me with any information, comments, corrections or additional information on the pioneers of the above districts in south-western Victoria or your contact details if you wish to be included in the list below.If you would like to contribute a story or information for publication on a person, family, organisation, building, property,
event, occasion, celebration, etc., it would be most welcome.
| Valerie ANDERSON | OWENS, POVEY |  |
| Glen ANGUS ph 04 1105 7547 |
ANGUS, DEARSLEY, HUTCHINSON Webpage : gangus39.tribalpages.com/ |
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| Peter ANNETT | ANNETT, OSBORN, VINEN, WHEELER, WILLIAMS Annett Web Page |
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| Cliff BETHUNE | BETHUNE Webpage - http://members.tripod.com/~bethunec/ |
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| Rita BROWN 27 Hazel St Cockatoo VIC 3781 ph: 0419 548 304 |
CORNFORD, WHITE | |
| Colin BUCKLE | BUCKLE | Ph: 0419 999 327 |
| Casterton Historical Society Secretary: PO Box 48, Casterton, VIC 3311, Australia. |
Webpage : Casteron Historical Society | Casterton Historical Society |
| Kylie Campbell |
Researching BOWEN, DONEHUE, HARE, KOHN & PARRY. | |
| Rae Clarke 65 Heywood Street, Ringwood, Vic. 3134 |
Researching BALL, McRAE, ALBERT, EVANS, KIPPING, SMITH, JARRAD, DEVEREUX, MURRELL, from Digby, Merino, Casterton & Starthdownie. | |
| Geoff Corner Canberra |
All Digby history. Names - BARKER, BURGESS, FARLEY, McCALLUM Webpage : Vern McCallum Photo Collection |
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| Dawn Dare Wittlesea, Vic |
ALBERT / HERBERT, MILLSTEAD, McDONALD, McRAE, SMITH | |
| Robert G. Eldridge 189 Reservoir Road, Cardiff NSW 2285 |
Names - ELDRIDGE |
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| Ruth Farmer | SHARPE, HOWARTH | |
| Ken Fitzgerald | Sec. Coleraine Historical Society PO Box 39, Coleraine, VIC 3315 |
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| David Grant | Christopher and Mary COULSON of Merino. Christoff and Mary NOLTE of Tahara. John Scott GRANT and Ann KILPATRICK of Sandford. Elijah EASTICK of Merino. William Henry and Elizabeth BLACKBURN of Merino |
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| Michael Greenham Dartmoor Museum, Dartmoor, VIC 3304 Ph: 03-5528 1435 |
Historic photographs, general history of the area |
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| Terry Guthridge Melbourne |
GUTHRIDGE | |
| Hamilton History Centre PO Box 816, Hamilton, Vic 3300 |
Phone: 03-5572 4933 - Fax: 03-5572 4933 Hamilton History Centre Webpage South Western Victoria War History Webpage (Missing in Action) |
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| Doug Hille Geelong |
Matthew CARTER, a blacksmith with connections to Harrow, Bahgallah & Casterton, was also involved in horse racing, being an owner & handicapper. His son Matthew was also a blacksmith & a jockey. Another son John Robert CARTER was also a blacksmith. Philip MARTIN, a Cobb & Co driver with links to Harrow and Casterton who spent his later years working at the Hamilton hospital. Philip's father in law was Cornelius O'REILLY who worked on Nareen & Koolomert who is buried in the Tarrayoukyan cemetery. | |
| Horsham Historical Society PO Box 1113, Horsham, VIC 3402 |
Webpage - http://www.vicnet.net.au/~hhs/ | |
| Jean Hosking | MONTGOMERY (Coleraine) | |
| Alan Jarrad 42A Appin Street Wangaratta, Victoria 3677 Australia |
JARRAD, COX, TUFFNELL, MURRELL, HUMPHRIES, BALL, BULL, MURTAGH (Coleraine), BAWDEN (Coleraine) & JARRETT (Coleraine) | |
| Pam Jennings | MELDRUM | |
| Phil McCallum | BARKER, BEST, FARLEY, McCALLUM | |
| Vern McCallum 45 Fergusons Road, Allestree via Portland, VIC 3305 Ph:03-5529 2280 |
Historic Photographs, etc.. Webpage : Vern McCallum Photo Collection |
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| Libby McMillan | McEACHERN, McGUINNESS, McMILLAN, McDONALD | |
| Jeni Martin | HAWORTH, HETHERINGTON | |
| Kylie Malcolm Melbourne |
BURGESS, MALCOLM | |
| Beryl O'Gorman Melbourne |
Hotspur names - WELLNER & NICHOLSON. Merino names - WILSON, BURRELL, HOLLARD, GOODE, BRIDGMAN, STRUTH, MCSWAIN, STEPHENSON, DAVIS, KOHNE. Beryl also has a great interest in the local history of the area and in recording oral history. Webpage : |
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| Barbara O'Neil | BEST, BRAME, LEWIS, McSHEEHY - Casterton, Merino, Pleasant Valley, Sandford and other areas of south west Victoria. Webpage : www.FamilyQuest.bndon.com |
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| Elaine A Pattle | Researching Ann Harris my G.G.Grandmother, her brother Joseph Joyce & daughters Lucy Harriet [Smith] & Emily Sarah Harris, from the Digby-Merino area. | |
| Portland History House PO Box 152, Cliff St, Portland VIC, 3305 |
South-west Victorian Historical & Genealogical records and information | Ph: 03-5522 2266 |
| Daryl & Erica Povey 17 Norman St, Ballarat, Vic 3350 |
Carapook, Casterton, Digby, Hotspur, Merino, Sandford, Strathdownie (Glenelg & Wannon Disrict) history & families. Names - BLAESING / BLESING, BRINDLEY, BRUNTON, BURGESS, COBB, COOPER, DAVIES, FOXALL, HISCOCK, KEY, LIVINGSTONE, MENZEL, MOULDEN, POVEY, SEMMLER, SPRIGGS, SWIFT, SYPOTT, TOWNSEND, WAGLAND. |
Daryl Povey |
| Yvonne Pratt Melbourne |
ALLARDICE, BRUNTON, etc.. | |
| Lynne Price Hamilton |
PRICE, CONDON, BUCKLE, LEWIS AND ANY ASSOCIATED FAMILIES | |
| Ellen Searle 29 Evan St., Mittagong, NSW 2575 |
OUTTRAM | Ph: 02-4871 2813 |
| Victoria Spicer Geelong, Victoria mob 0437 000 816 |
COSTELLO / DEVEREUX / THOMPSON |
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| Ruth Stirling Melbourne |
BURGESS, HISCOCK, SIMKIN | Ph: 03-9699 7225 |
| Dale Watts |
GIBBS, HILL - Hotspur, Merino. |
updated 2014 |
| Robyn Weymouth, Melbourne |
BYASS, Portland, Merino Downs | |
| Debra Vaughan, Unit 8 of 14 Stevedore Street, Williamstown, VIC 3016 |
Names: BEESON, BOYES, CAHILL, CARMICHAEL, DAVID, DOLMAN, EVANS, HUXLEY, JENKINS-VICKERY, MCDONALD, MCMILLAN, MOYLAN, NASH, SIMMISTER, SMITH, WOMBWELL. Locations: Bolwarra, Carapook, Casterton, Chetwynd, Cockatoo Valley, Digby, Edenhope, Geelong, Henty, Hotspur, Merino, Mt Gambier, Natimuk, Nhill, Paschendale, Portland, Sandford, Smokey River, Strathdownie (Glenelg & Wannon District), history & families. |
Debra Vaughan |
| Western Victorian Association of Historical Societies |
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Byaduk .
Carapook .
Casterton .
Dartmoor .
Digby .
Hotspur .
Merino & Henty .
Sandford .
Strathdownie .
Wando Vale
Compiled by Daryl Povey