Name/TitleDocuments from the office of Geographic Names
About this objectCollection of material from the Office of Geographic Names as Victorian Genealogy index, old RHSV newsletters, Sands & Mc Douglas Directory of Victoria 1968, List of Post Telegraph offices, Pamphlet Victoria’s Golden Years and Historic Place Investigations of the West Wimmera District. Copies of documents handwritten by K. L. Chapel and sketches regarding the Pastoral Run of the lands with Parishes and selectors indexed in tabs describing names, allotments, date of applications and other personal details.
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McKenzie Spring (15 pages) – The Pastoral Era 1849 – 1883 – The Selectors 1879 – 1884
Glenlee (21 pages) – The Pastoral Era 1857 – 1880 – The Selectors 1878 – 1884
Tullyvea (29 pages) – Some of the men of the Pastoral Era 1846 – 1879 – Selectors who came before the mallee was opened for settlement 1878 – 1885 – Lessees who followed unsuccessful selectors 1882 - 1906
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Mount Elgin (125 pages) – The Pastoral Era 1847 – 1885 – The Selectors 1876 – 1885
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Lillimur and Nateyip (63 pages) – The Pastoral Era 1847 – 1881 – The Selectors 1876 – 1885
The Big Desert Country (22 pages)
Shire of Lowan (9 pages)
“Australia Felix”. “Looking Backward” (by Arcola – Extracts from “Dimboola Banner” 26th May, 2nd June, 9th June, 1916) – (2 pages)
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Lorquon – Counties of Lowan and Weeah (84 pages) – Some of the men of the Pastoral Era 1851 – 1881 – Selectors 1878 – 1884 – Lessees who followed unsuccessful selectors 1887 – 1906
Lorquon Run Sketch plan (2 copies)
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A Wimmera Pioneer and his family – St. Eloy D’Alton (1849 – 1930) – (114 pages)
Appendices – (1 page)
Wimmera Place Name Aboriginal Origins, etc. – Extracts from “Pioneers of the Wimmera” (by St. Eloy D’Alton – published in the “Dimboola Banner” 1st, 4th and 8th April 1913) – (3 pages)
Obituary of Miss Sophia D’Alton of Halls Gap
Extracts from Certificate of Death of St. Eloy D’Alton
Obituary of St. Eloy D’Alton
Some of the published writings of St. Eloy D’Alton (3 pages)
The Botany of the “Little Desert”, Wimmera, Victoria (by St. Eloy D’Alton) Extract from “The Victorian Naturalist”, Vol. XXX. August, 1913.
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Cove – Brimble (91 pages) – The Pastoral Occupation 1849 – 1884 – The Selectors pursuant to the 1869 Land Act.
MakerOffice of Geographic Names
Maker RoleCompiler
Subject and Association KeywordsPlace names
Subject and Association KeywordsSquatters and squatting runs
Subject and Association KeywordsWimmera (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsAboriginal Australians
Named CollectionLibrary
Credit LineDonated by Rafe Benli, Project Officer, Office of Geographic Names, 14 May 2014
Object TypeDocument
Object numberMS 0001796
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved