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From: "Elaine & Laurie Palmer" <>
Subject: RE: [AVG] Cumberland Creek
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:05:32 +1000
In-Reply-To: <005e01c46944$b3981e40$43a48b90@terrygoodwin51>


Hi Terry,

Thank you for your assistance. Much appreciated.

Elaine


-----Original Message-----
From: Terry and Marg Goodwin [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, 14 July 2004 11:49 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [AVG] Cumberland Creek

Hi Elaine & Laurie

According to the Victorian Gazetteer, Cumberland Creek was in the County
of
Polwarth. The following is extracted from the Gazetteer. The gazetteer
is
derived from information published in 1879 and supplemented with the
current
place name.

Polwarth county is a large tract of country lying on the sea coast to
the
S.W. of the county Grant. It is bounded on the N. by county Grenville,
from
which it is seperated by the head of the Barwon river, lake Colac, and
an
imaginary line, thence to lake Korangamite; on the E. by the sea and
county
Grant; on the W. by county Heytesbury, from which it is seperated by the
Gellibrand river and an imaginary line to the S. of lake Korangamite;
and on
the S. by the sea.

But little is known of this county, a very large portion of it being
inaccessible from the rugged nature of the country and the large swamps,
which in many places bar all progress from the coast and from the N. of
the
county. A range of high and precipitous mountains, called the Black
range,
lie to the W.; and a chain called the Cape Otway ranges run in a line
with
the coast at a distance of about 20 or 30 miles.

Cape Otway is the most S. point, and has a lighthouse burning a
revolving
white light on its S.W. extremity, and a telegraph station in
communication
with Melbourne. The geological formation is generally carbonaceous,
showing
numerous coal seams, some of which crop out on the coast, but none of
which
are very thick.

Hope this helps.

Terry Goodwin
Victoria

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elaine & Laurie Palmer" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 10:38 AM
Subject: RE: [AVG] Cumberland Creek


> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linda Barraclough [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, 12 July 2004 7:05 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [AVG] Cumberland Creek
>
> Hi Elaine,
>
> Can you give us a better clue??? Like where you think it MIGHT be
near.
> There are, for example, Cumberland Falls somewhere near Healesville, I
> think.
>
> Cheers
>
> Linda
>
> At 11:13 AM 12/07/04 +1000, you wrote:
> >Can anyone tell me where Cumberland Creek was located please?
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >Elaine Palmer
>
>
> ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ====
> In general, the more information you post about a family, the more
> information you will get back - you need at least to say where in
> Gippsland the family came from, and give an idea of dates.
>
> .
>
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