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From: "Beryl O'Gorman" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-West] LASLETT
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 22:00:06 +1100


Hi Aileen

Most of the Landings along the Glenelg were called after the people who had
weekend fishing camps or shacks there. People came from as far away as
Camperdown, Terang, Warrnambool, Mortlake, Merino, Casterton, Portland, so
it's quite on the cards that you're right. I think the only way to prove it
would be to get on to the rangers at Nelson and get them to have a look at
their records. The camps were on lease to different individuals before the
government withdrew the leases and pulled down the shacks, and the rangers
have a list of the lessees and their contact details. Wilson Hall is named
after my mob.

BTW - I'm not trying to hog this list, I'm just trying to get people
talking!!!

Cheers

Beryl O'Gorman
Greensborough Victoria Australia
List Admin

> Does Laslett's Landing on the Glenelg River have any connection to a
trucking company of I don't know when , possibly based in Horsham? called
Lasletts . The Lasletts went to West Australia early 20th century.
> Sorry this is a little fragmented but I am remembering vague things told
to me by my Grandmother when I was quite young !
> Her aunt Hannah M. KERR married a Herbert LASLETT in W.A but they were
both born VIC.
> Nothing of what I have found or been told makes any sense / connection.
> Hopefully
> Aileen Travis
>

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