A note from the site owner

Hello Reader,

Thanks for dropping by. 

Firstly, please note that there was more than one McVicar family living in the Pyrenees Ranges, Victoria, Australia,  but apart from Scottish origins, any connection with them has not yet been identified. "Our' McVicar family lived long term, at Mountain Hut, north of Amphitheatre, and interacted mainly with that town and Avoca. Another McVicar family, parents a William McVicar and an Alison Frew, lived further west, in the valleys of Glenpatrick and Nowhere Creek.  They seemed to interact more with Elmhurst and Landsborough.  To date, no connection between the two families has been found, but it is likely there will be at least a distant one. 

Secondly, I would appreciate notification of the location of typographical errors, because I'm bad at finding them! Thank you. I'm at cousin.tom.woolman@gmail.nospam.com Remove the .nospam before sending.

Thirdly, regarding navigation of this site,  the pages were laid down in chronological order as a "read through", but the recent compulsory migration to a new Google platform may have upset that. If and when I find that, I will try to remediate.   Alternatively you can use the  Search Site symbol in the top right corner to see if the site contains what you are looking for. 

Fourthly,  regarding resources, I have had the good fortune that "our" early McVicars settled in the Avoca district, which

• • had its own newspaper, most editions of which have been preserved, with an increasing number now online at www.trove.nla.gov.au

  • has an excellent historical society, at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~adhs/ which has vast numbers of records, most of them centrally indexed, or otherwise accessible, but which like many other "mature" historical societies, needs your support more than ever. 

Fifthly, also regarding resources,  parallel to my own research, many of my relatives, gradually including those previously unknown, their relatives who are not mine, and their friends and associates, have all contributed. There has been much happiness as "real people" information, sometimes in dray loads, has been realised, considerable sadness as terrible incidents have been revealed, and a great sense of loss when contributors have passed away. I am very grateful to everyone, who has assisted in the past, and those who are assisting now. 

I have tried to acknowledge my sources of information, at  Sources of Information.   I thank all who have contributed, in whatever way, over many, many years. Certain surnames are included only as initials to protect the privacy of living relatives..

Of course, this publication is a work in progress. Please feel free to send whatever you think is useful. 

Best regards, Tom Woolman