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From: "Beryl O'Gorman" <>
Subject: [AUS-VIC-NorWest] Place names and websites
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 17:54:14 +1100

Michelle wrote:

> Could Dowl be a shortened form of Dowling Forest, near or
> around Ballararat area?
>
Sounds good Michelle. Here are a couple of sites for looking at Victorian
name abbreviations, but DOWL wasn't on either of them.

Carolyn Harris's site at
http://www.newusers.bigpond.com/Tall_Trees/resources/vic_abbr.htm

and also
http://www.rootsweb.com/~auswgw/vic_place_names.htm

and here's Susie Zada's site which has all manner of wonderful things about
Australia and Victoria, including place names::

http://www.zades.com.au/genlink.html

and we mustn't forget Melbourne DPS while we're at it, which also has dozens
of links to valuable sites:
(And dancing skeletons in Christmas hats!)

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~dpsoc/welcome.ht

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