Articles, Maps & Pioneers of the Glenelg & Wannon Region
Glenelg & Wannon Region, South-West Victoria, Australia
Links to many of the main pages and lists on this Glenelg & Wannon Pioneers website.
Contributions of articles, stories, website links, etc., relating to the history and individuals or families of the south-west corner of Victoria, Australia will be gratefully received and acknowledged. Please email Daryl with any corrections or additional information : Daryl Povey.
Map: South West Victoria (1842 sketch map) - shows squatters, inns and tracks only 5 years after the HENTY family moved inland to settle "Merino Downs", "Muntham" & "Sandford".
Map: South West Victoria (Counties) - 1885 map showing Counties of Lowan, Borung, Follett, Dundas, Normanby & Villiers from Lake Hindmarsh in the north to Portland & Warrnambool on the south coast.
The Vern McCallum Photo Collection
external link to website by Geoff Corner providing a sample of the huge collection by Vern McCallum of historical photographs of south western Victoria. Picture Australia
external link to a large searchable database of Australian photographs. Try searching for a town or location, family name or topic. You may be surprised. Australian War Memorial Photograph Database
external link to a collection of over 200,000 photographs which is searchable by name, location, etc. Worth a look, you may be surprised.
Cemeteries
Ian Marr's S-W Victorian Cemetery Headstones
An external link to website by Ian Marr providing headstone details from a growing number of cemeteries in south-western Victoria. This page
is no longer active. If you know of a new site please contact the Webmaster.
West Wimmera Mail extracts 1886-1920
A growing list of extracts by Daryl Crabtree from the Goroke, Natimuk, Noradjuha areas in the county of Lowan, West Wimmera
Counties of South Western Victoria - 1885 map showing Counties of Lowan, Borung, Follett, Dundas, Normanby & Villiers from Lake Hindmarsh in the north to Portland & Warrnambool on the south coast Borung - Horsham, Stawell Dundas - North of Hamilton Follett - West of Casterton Hampden - Mortlake, Camperdown Heytesbury - South of Camperdown Lowan -West of Horsham Normanby - Portland & North to Hamilton Ripon - Ararat Villiers - Warrnambool, Port Fairy & North to Dunkeld
Maps around Ballarat & other Areas of Victoria - north east of the Portland area