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From: "Elaine & Laurie Palmer" <>
Subject: RE: [AVG] Cumberland Creek
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:54:38 +1000
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20040714090333.021779b8@203.10.110.70>


Hi Peter,

Thank you so much for that. It is a great help.

I'm going to try and get a copy of the book. Does it show the map with
Cumberland Creek marked on?

Thanks again,

Elaine


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Lakeman [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, 14 July 2004 9:23 AM
To:
Subject: RE: [AVG] Cumberland Creek

Hello Elaine,

Luke Steenhuis in his book "Ghost Towns of the Mountain Goldfields" has
a
small section of on-liners under the grouping "The following localities
are
either on the fringe of the mountain districts, or in the author's
opinion,
its existence may not have been significant enough to be classified as a

town" and includes "Cumberland Creek:- Mining locality near Mt Arnold on

the Yarra Track."

The book also mentions Cambarville which had the alternate name of
Cumberland [without the Creek part], which is a few km SE of Mt Arnold.
Luke says the name comes from the two Marysville sawmilling families
CAMERON and BARTON. Cambarville is about 15km east of Marysville. It was

mainly a saw-milling town. One sentence says "During the 1860s there
were
several restaurants or shantys situated along the track around Mount
Arnold
and Cumberland Creek".

On the map the actual creek itself is about half a km west of
Cambarville.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Peter

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>Sorry everyone,
>
>I should have supplied more detail.
>
>The one I am referring to was on the Yarra Track in Victoria. The
>following refers to a relative of mine and I'm having difficulty trying
>to work out where it was located.
>
>CUMBERLAND CREEK STORE & RESTAURANT
>Yarra Track
>Edwin Hargreaves, Proprietor
>Good accommodation for travellers. Good Stabling .
>N.B.-Horse-feed, a good supply always on hand.
>
>I found it in an old thread on Gippsland Rootsweb from 2001 and when I
>contacted the author, he told me that it was in the Gippsland and Woods
>Point yearly advertiser 1866. He suggested I contact this list for
>further information on the location.
>
>A family book I have refers to the family settling at Cumberland Creek
>before moving to Dixon's Creek but there is nothing more specific about
>Cumberland Creek.
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Elaine


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