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From: "Anne Hanson" <>
Subject: Re: [AVNE] Link Albury Museum
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:42:20 +1100
In-Reply-To: <002b01c703a6$98eef4c0$4251543a@LocalHost>


My apologies Bruce there should have been a . between the www and Albury.
Anyway I googled it and here it is http://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/museum/

Cheers

Anne



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From:
[mailto:]On Behalf Of bruce johnson
Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2006 1:27 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [AVNE] Gordon/Eck Families


this link does not work for me !!

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From: "Anne Hanson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [AVNE] Gordon/Eck Families


> Colleen,
>
> It might also be worth trying the Albury Regional Museum - web address -
> http://wwwalburycity.nsw.gov.au/museum
>
> Cheers
>
> Anne H.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:]On Behalf Of Peter Ross
> Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2006 9:39 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [AVNE] Gordon/Eck Families
>
>
> Hi Colleen,
>
> You might try the Wagga Daily Advertiser's records by writing to them in
> Wagga, but it would depend on where in the Murrumbidgee he was drowned
> perhaps. Since he was an Albury resident, the Border Mail archives may be
> worth trying.
>
> Ecks soft drinks were a part of daily life in Albury for me in the 1940s
and
> 50s... their Sarsaparilla was to die for (for a small boy anyway)! I
think
> they stopped in the early 1960s.
>
> I don't remember the family home Vermonth although the name seems
familiar,
> but I remember Loma Loma very well as I lived across the road from it in
> Thurgoona Street from 1942 on. At the time it was the home of the
Roxburgh
> family, and this is the first I've heard that it was the home of the Ecks
> family. It was a beautiful stately old house with wide verandahs and a
> tower I think. Surely someone will have a photograph of the old house
(try
> Albury Historical Society?). It was on the top of a hill and had views on
> all sides and across Albury to the Victorian snowfields, Mt Bogong etc..
> I'm not sure if it is still there, but will check later this week. It's
> grounds are now fully built on, and a block of units called "Loma Loma"
> takes up most of it, off Loma Place.
>
> I hope this helps a little.
>
> Peter Ross
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colleen Wells" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [AVNE] Gordon/Eck Families
>
>
> > Good evening List,
> >
> > I am looking for any info on the following families in Albury/Wodonga.
> >
> > JOHN GORDON & ELIZA ROBERTS (migrated to NSW on the Mentor 1853 from UK)
> moved from Sydney to Goulburn then settled in Albury/Wodonga, JOHN drowned
> in the Murrumbidgee River 1879, where could I find Newspaper items on this
> accident ??, he was a carpenter by trade.
> >
> > Some children were, WILLIAM & CHARLES GOODWIN SYLVESTER GORDON, these
> brothers designed St Patrick's Church in Albury and also the Carriageway,
> some streets are named after this family, VERMONTH ST, GORDON ST, WILLIAM
> STREET, CHARLES STREET, etc.The family homes were called Loma Loma and
> Vermonth, what has happened to these homes, are they still standing ?
where
> would they be located ?
> >
> > Charles G S married Caroline Eck, daughter of FREDERICK ECK and
KATHERINE
> (migrated from Germany), they owned shops in Albury/Wodonga and were
> involved in the ECK Soft Drink Company, is it still in existance today ?
> >
> > I can not find a marriage, children or death on William Gordon, middle
> name may be Joseph.
> >
> > Charles G S Gordon and Caroline Eck had a son, Charles George Gordon, he
> married Julia Keating, they are my grandparents.
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Colleen
> > NSW
> >
> >
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