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From: "Tony Moore" <>
Subject: Re: Teamster
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:13:04 +1100
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Dear Deb,

You may get some more positive feedback from the Charleville
& District Historical Society Inc.:
http://www.charlevillehistorichouse.com.au/

Also
Roma & District Local & Family History Society
PO Box 877, Roma QLD 4455
no active web site

I notice last year you posted a related message also:
Tue, 26 Oct 2010 in which you added an extra word:
Carrier's Arms Hotel, Charleville, Maranoa

Using the gazetteer of place names, and still in the Charleville region but
towards Roma,
http://www.ga.gov.au/place-name/
Could the hotel be part of the homestead , or could it be in the town of
Mitchell?
Maranoa Homestead QLD location......
Latitude -26 31
Longtitude 148 1
The station buildings are on the eastern side of the Maranoa River slightly
south east of the town of Mitchell
More possible resources with e-mail contact:
http://www.libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/roma/roma_library
http://www.libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/roma/mitchell_library

Also in case you're trying to locate Eroungella Station, it is accessed via the
Mt Margaret Tobermory Rd, Eromanga, QLD 4480
which is about 300km south-west of Charleville

In some towns, the hotel / inn named "Carrier's Arms" was possibly connected
with Cobb & Co.

Terminology may be important in your search, too.
My father worked as a contract carrier for much of his life driving trucks etc
which he owned. Even projecting backwards to horse drawn days, I would not
hardly expect that he would have been called a teamster. To me that is North
American terminology, but I could be wrong.

In Australian English, a teamster was also known as a bullocker or bullocky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullocky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier

I hope some of these ideas may end up being fruitful.

Cheers,

Ton Moore
(Castle Hill, NSW)
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On 11 Nov 2011 at 15:49, Larry McDougall wrote:

From: "Larry McDougall" <>
To: "RootsWeb Mailing List" <>
Subject: Teamster
Date sent: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:49:09 +1100
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> Hi All
>
> I'm hoping somebody out there can help me. I have two questions.
>
> Firstly, does anybody have any suggestions for research on teamsters of
> western nsw/southern central qld during the era 1870-1900. Especially the
> Dubbo to Bourke, then onto the Roma to Charleville routes.
>
> Second question, can anyone help me to find a photo of the old Carrier Arms
> Hotel in Charleville, it apparently changed name to Bell's Hotel between
> 1910-1930.
>
> Cheers
>
> Deb


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