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Post by Denis-NFA on Nov 29, 2012 22:31:31 GMT 7
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Post by Banjo on Nov 30, 2012 7:26:42 GMT 7
I come from a place between Kalangadoo and Tantanoola....
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Post by Denis-NFA on Nov 30, 2012 7:38:21 GMT 7
your bloody lucky you didn't come from a place called Chinkapook ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChinkapookAnd Banjo...we better be careful....my father's mother's side of our mob came from over that way.... we can check family history one day.... but they lobbed into Mt Gambier from Portland roughly 1850's... they farmed north of the blue lake....not that far... probably not far from kalangadoo...
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Post by Denis-NFA on Nov 30, 2012 7:46:44 GMT 7
and for those that like their bushranger history...Quambatook is where one of the original Kelly gang belted a copper for trying to force himself on a young girl...
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Post by Banjo on Nov 30, 2012 7:49:14 GMT 7
North of the Blue Lake would probably be around Tarpeena or even near Penola. 1850s was early, probably came to Portland with or just after Edward Henty. My mob were ten pound tourists.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Nov 30, 2012 8:00:54 GMT 7
one of my younger brother's stole my book for that part of the family....
but yeah....SA was the only non-convict settlement in Australia...and it was sold as a bit of utopia...from what i can gather... bloody land speculators conning people into coming out from england or ireland...
surname was ellis
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Post by Banjo on Nov 30, 2012 8:13:41 GMT 7
Plenty of Ellis's around Millicent, I went to school with at least one. Les I think his name was.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Nov 30, 2012 8:19:26 GMT 7
have no idea....but its a small world....
6 degrees of separation and all that guff...
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Post by Banker on Nov 30, 2012 13:26:11 GMT 7
What the hell has any of this got to do with DSPoverseas. Who started this topic??? That Siddharta guy/woman.. ;D
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Post by Denis-NFA on Nov 30, 2012 13:59:01 GMT 7
some bloody nerd...i don't remember.... ;D
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Post by Banker on Nov 30, 2012 14:03:08 GMT 7
Just leave the convicts alone.....I come from good convict stock.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Nov 30, 2012 15:36:12 GMT 7
quambatook is where joe burns belted the copper that tried to molest the young girl....
and don't worry...wait till i meet you and tell you about my mothers side of the family....
;D
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Post by latindancer on Nov 30, 2012 15:36:51 GMT 7
..I come from good convict stock. My ancestors probably got pelted with fruit whilst in the stocks.
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