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From: buzacott <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-SAGEN] Travel within Aust.
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 06:58:51 +1000
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Greetings,

Another avenue of hope is to check out the "Hodge Index" which is held
in the Mortlock Library (SLSA) which covers coastal shipping in/out of
Pt Adelaide1837-1859 approx.

John
Cairns
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Ian and Chris Cook wrote:

>Hi!
>
>There has been some discussion on this subject before.
>There was a network of tracks (based on the aboriginal & animal tracks of pre-settlement) which were used - walking, bicycles, horse & carriage, dray, coaches, etc. Also paddleboats worked the Murray and other rivers, when they were navigatable. I understand there was a range of coastal shipping - goods & people.
>
>Sometimes one or 2 members of the family went on ahead, and others followed later usually with a group of others/friends and possibly a guide if by land. They didn't all go by the same means either. Sometimes chattels went by ship & family overland.
>
>Tracing all or any of this is not an easy task. If they travelled with a group, accounts of their travels may have been recorded by someone else in the party in diaries and letters. These are appearing in print in local histories & family histories and the local library/genealogical or historical society where they settled or went to initially, may be one place to start. If they were active in a church they may have travelled with other church people and it may appear in a church history.
>
>Were their relatives "back home" who were written to [if they were literate]? Is there anything sitting in the archives of their "home town" or a distant relative's attic in the "mother country"?
>
>The more you know about your ancestors, the reasons for their move, the situation & times they lived in, etc. the better equiped you'll be to find out the answers if there is anything recorded anywhere. Try getting a broader picture then re-read what you already have. You may find something that wasn't obvious before.
>
>Unfortunately, sometimes there is no record, but don't let this discourage you!
>
>Hope this is helpful to someone.
>
>Chris C.
>
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