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From: "Leanne Johnstone" <>
Subject: RE:Westbury area
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 12:30:52 +1000


I thought others on the list may be interested in this information regarding
the Westbury area
Leanne
----- Original Message -----
From: Leanne Johnstone <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, 6 May 2000 0:14
Subject: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Fw: Westbury area


>
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> On 5/5/00 at 12:04 PM Greg Morgan <>
wrote:
>
> >Hi, Leanne,
> >
> >I'm still sussing it out. When Westbury was settled in the late 1820's it
> >was originally a military outpost on the western edge of 'civilisation as
> >we know it'. (Hence the 'west' in Westbury, which is fairly central
rather
> >than westerly.) Within a few years it had a few clusters of overlapping
> >hamlets. One was 'Queenstown' the original name for the eastern part of
> >Westbury south of the Bass Highway. It was later known as 'Pensioner's
> >Bush' - and is still referred to by that name by the older locals. The
land
> >parcels were in five acre blocks, many of which were granted to
ex-British
> >army soldiers, most of them Irish, demobilised from the Napoleonic wars.
> >(This was about as far away from Ireland that well trained Irish soldiers
> >could be dumped!) Each plot came complete with a cottage, a well and a
pear
> >tree! These days, the plots are popular as hobby farms and city commuters
> >who want a taste of farm life.
> >
> >'Musk Ville' has me stumped. I suspect it was indeed a property name.
I'll
> >pass it on to a contact who - if it existed - will definitely know. I
won't
> >have an opportunity to do this though, till May 16 (believe it or not!)
and
> >I'll get back to you after that, hopefully with the info.
> >
> >
> >Regards, Greg.
> >
> >
> >At 23:42 5/05/2000 +1000, you wrote:
> >>Dear Greg, just resending this in case you had forgotten/overlooked it
the
> >first time I sent it....happens to me all the time!
> >>
> >>I have searched high and low to find out anything about these places and
> >found nothing...thought you might know of something being a Westbury
> >history buff
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>Leanne
> >>
> >>ps if you know of anything please forward it to me either at work
> > or home
> >>
> >>
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> >>On 5/2/00 at 12:33 PM Leanne Johnstone <>
wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>From: Jacki Smith <>
> >>>To: <>
> >>>Sent: Monday, 1 May 2000 10:46
> >>>Subject: Westbury area
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Could someone with "Where in Tasmania" (Dennison) please look up the
> >>>following for me:
> >>>>
> >>>> Queenstown, Westbury (a 'suburb' of Westbury, not the one on the West
> >>>Coast)
> >>>>
> >>>> Musk Ville, Westbury - My gggrandfather died there, and I'm not sure
if it
> >>>is a place name or a property name.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> Jacki Smith
> >>>> Brisbane Qld
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ______________________________
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >KEVIN FAGAN
> >Principal, Riverside High School
> >Phone: (03) 6327 3969
> >Fax: (03) 6327 1455
> >
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