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Document (Item) - Report, John F. Waghorn, Yarra Track, Unknown
... mail service began. He admitted that his hobby has got a little out of hand. He had 30 filing cabinets, and indexes of more than 70,000 postal workers over the past 160 years crammed into three rooms at his home. If an ancestor was a postmaster in a Victorian town, he may have been able to reveal the person's occupation, income and working conditions. yarra track john waghorn victoria's postal services wood's point sydney road longwood merton mansfield postmasters bonnie doon melville merton mansfield eltham healesville marysville walhalla melbourne-warburton-wood's point line loose bags heidelberg post office eltham post office kangaroo ground post office yarra glen post office marysville post office healesville post office mansfield post office jamieson post office gaffney's creek post office wood's point post office postal department george rieck stockman jones beecher stockman's reward big river mary mcdonald upper yarra river donovan's creek cornelius donovan bridget buggy matlock alexandra william farrell jordan diggings new chum watts river black spur narbethong granton acheron river mount strickland paradise plains mount grant mount arnold jordan goldfields william robley robley's spur big river crossing great dividing range cumberland valley james mcguigan w elliot christopher harrison james marsh cobb and co box hill lilydale fehrings koehlers shaws bear creek cairnsville cumberland creek walkers golden bower mine collins' mountain home hotel walsh's creek post office rosa mcveigh frank barton hitchins matthew kennedy william morris e r nichols t woods tom burchell peter kerr henry kuyper william podlech george koehler henry brockmann henry petty thomas smith jacob butchart john perry slingsby davis royal mail hotel walter gray john summers travellers rest hotel lockington the oaks the springs st clair thomas crawford springvale hotel john sinclair saint clair hotel gould mathews willie we have missed you hotel germany johan fehring adelaide linton ballarat gunbower murray river anna katerina fehring 1890s depression land boom fehring place fred baker alf sparke fehring's hotel mcveigh's hotel wood's point mountaineer l cox victorian country directories letson cox coburg maria hayes setson fitzroy richmond john cox jordan river jericho e. norris le poidevin newell o'brien alhambra sinclair parker ellis tripp quin vernon thompson charsley james fahie george locke william chester chesterville kirwan cumberland reserve blue spruce e.s. and a bank selby joyce selby charles joy selby joseph joyce A report on the history of the Yarra Track by John Waghorn, a local amateur historian. ...
A report on the history of the Yarra Track by John Waghorn, a local amateur historian.A report on the history of the Yarra Track by John Waghorn, a local amateur historian.
John Waghorn was an amateur historian, an authority on the history of Victoria's postal services. He could tell you how mail was delivered in the high country in the 1880s, where the town of Gobur was, or when the overland Melbourne-Sydney mail service began. He admitted that his hobby has got a little out of hand. He had 30 filing cabinets, and indexes of more than 70,000 postal workers over the past 160 years crammed into three rooms at his home. If an ancestor was a postmaster in a Victorian town, he may have been able to reveal the person's occupation, income and working conditions.yarra track, john waghorn, victoria's postal services, wood's point, sydney road, longwood, merton, mansfield, postmasters, bonnie doon, melville merton mansfield, eltham, healesville, marysville, walhalla, melbourne-warburton-wood's point line, loose bags, heidelberg post office, eltham post office, kangaroo ground post office, yarra glen post office, marysville post office, healesville post office, mansfield post office, jamieson post office, gaffney's creek post office, wood's point post office, postal department, george rieck, stockman, jones, beecher, stockman's reward, big river, mary mcdonald, upper yarra river, donovan's creek, cornelius donovan, bridget buggy, matlock, alexandra, william farrell, jordan diggings, new chum, watts river, black spur, narbethong, granton, acheron river, mount strickland, paradise plains, mount grant, mount arnold, jordan goldfields, william robley, robley's spur, big river crossing, great dividing range, cumberland valley, james mcguigan, w elliot, christopher harrison, james marsh, cobb and co, box hill, lilydale, fehrings, koehlers, shaws, bear creek, cairnsville, cumberland creek, walkers, golden bower mine, collins' mountain home hotel, walsh's creek post office, rosa mcveigh, frank barton, hitchins, matthew kennedy, william morris, e r nichols, t woods, tom burchell, peter kerr, henry kuyper, william podlech, george koehler, henry brockmann, henry petty, thomas smith, jacob butchart, john perry, slingsby davis, royal mail hotel, walter gray, john summers, travellers rest hotel, lockington, the oaks, the springs, st clair, thomas crawford, springvale hotel, john sinclair, saint clair hotel, gould, mathews, willie we have missed you hotel, germany, johan fehring, adelaide, linton, ballarat, gunbower, murray river, anna katerina fehring, 1890s depression, land boom, fehring place, fred baker, alf sparke, fehring's hotel, mcveigh's hotel, wood's point mountaineer, l cox, victorian country directories, letson cox, coburg, maria hayes, setson, fitzroy, richmond, john cox, jordan river, jericho, e. norris, le poidevin, newell, o'brien, alhambra, sinclair, parker, ellis, tripp, quin, vernon, thompson, charsley, james fahie, george locke, william chester, chesterville, kirwan, cumberland reserve, blue spruce, e.s. and a bank, selby joyce, selby charles joy, selby joseph joyce
Marysville & District Historical Society
Marysville & District Historical Society