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Eurongilla or Eurongella, Queensland

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Re: Eurongilla or Eurongella, Queensland

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 1:21AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Dalton, Seery
Thanks for the extra info - I will have to get to the QLD Archives and have a look at those references.
I have found out now Erounghoola is on the banks of the Erounghoola Creek and been there! Locals at Eromanga told me Erounghoola was just behind the pub, so we walked along the muddy track beside the creek but could not really see any signs of the old house or yards. Several newspaper articles I found describe one of Erounghoola's shearing sheds was burnt down in the great Shearers Strike in 1894.
Erounghoola is part of another station these days and we met the owners....a few generations of the Murray family have lived at Eromanga.
Interestingly enough the chap who owns Euronghoola now, is the grandson of Francis Murray, one of the chaps who led a team of Irishmen building a local section of the famous rabbit fence and my ancestors also worked on building the rabbit fence and possibly with Francis Murray. The Murray family were also the publicans at Eromonga for some years.
It was awesome standing on the land where my Dalton and Seery ancestors lived and worked.
Cheers and thanks again for your assistance
Gerry
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Gerri_Dalton 18 May 2012 3:35AM GMT 
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Gerri_Dalton 18 May 2012 9:11AM GMT 
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