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Avoca Post Office
This building at "Harefield" near St Marys was
the cottage built by
Dr Alexander Thomson in the
early 1830s.
It is believed to be the oldest building still standing in the Fingal
valley
Cullenswood Anglican Church
built by convict labour in 1834 for
Robert Vincent Legge the original owner of "Cullenswood"
Golden Gate Gold Mine at Mathinna.
Towards the Nineteenth Century Mathinna was the third largest town in
Tasmania after Hobart and Launceton.
The Fingal Probation Station Cells were originally built in the 1840s
They have now been restored and can be seen as you enter the town
from the west
www.fingalvalleyhistory.com
We
Members
Here you can find contact details for some members of the society.
Membership
- Single $10
- Family $15
Meetings
Meetings are held every second month
on the third Sunday (except December) at various venues throughout the
Valley.
Phone: Darlene 03 63 722416, Barry 03 63725752, or Jim 03 63722127 for
more information.
Next
Meeting is
on Suday the 16th May at the St Marys Online Access Centre
at 2.30 pm
The next
Historical Field Trip is to Mathinna on Sunday the 20th June 2010
We plan to meet
at the Purple Possum in Story Street, St Marys at 10.00 am,
or the Mathinna Recreation Ground at 10.45 am
Come along and learn the history of the township of Mathinna and then
enjoy the walk to some of the old gold mines that made Mathinna the third
largest town in Tasmania in the late 1800s
ALL WELCOME!!!
All interested persons are welcome to attend meetings and walks
Members:
Barry Aulich, President.............................Phone:03
63725752
Email:aulich@bigpond.com
Darlene Wright, Vice President...............Phone:03
63722416
Email: darwright@hotmail.com
Lois Hayes, Secretary...............................Phone:03
63445785
gypseytwo@internode.on.net
Jim Haas, Treasurer...................................Phone:03
63722127
Email:jim@bigpond.com
Peter Troode
Bernice Jurgeit
Steven Bantick
Marge Aulich
Reubenach Family
Les & Margaret Lavelle
Toni Brewster
Paul Byard
Neil Capill
Henry & Pauline Biggelaar
Anne Birrell
Sue Birrell
Maree Roberts
Ian Bradbury
Rod & Leanne Niven
Mark & Anne Bennet