WHERE THE HECK IS THAT? (FORMER PLACE NAMES IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.)
Tubbarubba, a gold mining area between Dromana and Bittern was called Tubbarubbarel by the Boon-wurrung. It was in trying to find a trove result about the Birch family where a third spelling of the name was used that I stumbled upon this fantastic information. I remember being confused when I had concluded that the Ault family of Red Hill had moved to Lakes Entrance and then discovered that they had actually moved to Cunningham. I eventually discovered that Lakes Entrance was originally called Cunningham. Way back in 1989, I found that an early shoemaker in Keilor Village had moved there from Warringal and spent ages finding out that this was the former name for Heidleberg; the very first paragraph of this article would have provided the solution in seconds.
Family historians will often come across names of places of birth which no longer exist. The following article could prove invaluable in such cases. The column is entitled MEMORIES AND MUSINGS BY "M" and this particular article about place names is on page 12 of the 23-3-1950 issue of the Advocate. Janilye sent me instructions on how to paste a link on family tree circles, which have gone missing over the years, but if you copy and paste the following into your search bar, you'll get one result only, the article.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172510360?searchTerm=tubberubbera&searchLimits=l-state=Victoria
on 2016-11-05 22:36:48
Itellya is researching local history on the Mornington Peninsula and is willing to help family historians with information about the area between Somerville and Blairgowrie. He has extensive information about Henry Gomm of Somerville, Joseph Porta (Victoria's first bellows manufacturer) and Captain Adams of Rosebud.