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From: "Denise McMahon" <>
Subject: Re: [AVNE] Area near Beechworth
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:39:22 +1000
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Thanks for this information Terry. Lots of potatoes! My great gmum would
have been happy.

Denise
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry & Eileen" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [AVNE] Area near Beechworth


> Denise,
>
> The gazetter of Victoria lists Red Hill as being in County Bogong.
>
> The information about County Bogong is as follows;
>
> Regards, Terry
>
> BOGONG,COUNTY
>
> BOGONG is a county in the N.E part of the colony, bounded on the N. by the
> Murray river, on the S. by the Ovens range (which seperates it from Gipps
> Land), on the E. by the Mitta-Mitta river, and on the W. by the Ovens
river.
> The principal townships are - Beechworth, Stanley, Yackandandah,
Gooramadda,
> Wahgunyah, Rutherglen, Barnawartha, Durham, Chiltern, Eldorado,
Tarrawingee,
> Wodonga, Bruarong, Myrtleford, Porepunkah, Hillsborough, and Omeo.
>
> Holdings: 1,812
> Land under tillage: 41,673 acres
> Under wheat: 22,853 acres
> Oats: 5,022 acres
> Vines: 945 acres
> Tobacco: 1,027 acres
>
> Crops for year ending April 1, 1878
>
> Wheat: 87,929 bushels
> Oats: 118,049
> Potatoes: 1,378 tons
> Table grapes: 1,451 cwt
> Grapes manufactured: 22,063 cwt
> Wine manufactured: 142,133 gals
> Tobacco: 7,400 cwt
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Denise McMahon" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:36 AM
> Subject: [AVNE] Area near Beechworth
>
>
> > I've learned of a place called Red Hill which was near B/worth somewhere
> This was around the early 1900's.
> >
> > Does anyone know of this place and where it is/was?
> >
> > Thanks Denise
> >
>
>

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