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From: "Lee Robinson" <>
Subject: Re: 1890's Melborne Hospital query
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 05:55:47 PDT


In reply to Tom's open question
Re Military Force,
We certainly had a Victorian Navy, Cerebus was the pride of the fleet and is
still there to be seen at low tide I believe.

Cheers
Lee
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Researching Robinson, Havill, Burton, Galbraith, Claringbold
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>From: "Tom Perrett" <>
>Reply-To: "Tom Perrett" <>
>To:
>Subject: Re: 1890's Melborne Hospital query
>Date: Tue, 16 May 00 09:30:56 +1000
>
>On Mon, 15 May 2000 12:57:04 +0930, Colleen Dunk wrote:
>
> >I notice from my 1998 Melways that the hospital is still there .Any
>chance
> >they may release records to me on my ancestor? Do you know f they have an
> >e-mail or fax number for their admin dept?
>
>The former RGH Hospital is no longer a Repat Hospital,
>the Australian government have closed all the Repat.
>Hospitals. The RGH Heidelberg was taken over by
>the Victorian Government and Jeff lumped it with
>the Austin and PANCH and formed what was
>termed a hospital campus. PANCH is closed, dunno
>what happened to the RGH.
>
>Have a cruise of the Vic PRO web site and see if
>there is any mention of the Heidelberg Military
>Hospital as at the time you are talking off it would
>have been the Colony of Victoria and all those
>old records (if still extant) would be held by VPRO.
>
>Did the Colony of Victoria in fact have a permanent
>military force in those days, or was it still British
>forces stationed here?
>
>
>

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