Thanks for sharing Jim. I have a love for Whroo - been going and solo camping out there with the dog for several years now. Found my first nugget not too far from the cemetery... not playing x marks the spot but i will say within a 5 KM radius :) quiet hacky and its host rock was Iron stone. Pre carona i could camp out there for days and not see a soul, these days it seems its starting to get a bit more traffic. Special place. Would love to see you do a video on Blackwood, Eldorado or Harrietville (my other top 3 places to visit in vic) All with lots of history, relics and shallow graves. Great to see you getting out again.... do you ever get out for a dig these days ?
I last visited Whroo in 1987, since then I have become aware that I have distant family buried there in the Cemetery, Matthew Pope (19 June 1896) and his wife Bridget Pope (May 1915). My Grandmothers Great Grandfather was John Pope who arrived in Victoria aboard 'The Royal Charter' on her maiden voyage in 1856. John Pope was Matthews Popes older brother. The Pope boys came from Padstow in Cornwall.
@@JimMcNabb44 Matthew and Bridget Popes daughter Jane married Thomas LeRoy (Born in Rushworth 1862, buried at Whroo 1905) in 1885. Jane and Thomas LeRoy lost 2 sons in WWI apparently, (No 207, Private Alfred LeRoy, 60th Battalion) KIA at Fromelles 1916 and (No 2412 Corporal Thomas LeRoy, 46th Battalion) KIA near Villers Bretonneux on 5 April 1918. The LeRoys came from one of the Channel Islands originally apparently. The last resident of Whroo was a Mrs Jack LeRoy, she appears in a photo from 1955 in a book titled "The golden years of Rushworth and Whroo" by Joyce Hammond. Thanks for putting this Video up. The Cemetery at Whroo looks to be far better cared for then when I was there in '87, my memory of it was of it being over grown and appeared totally neglected.
@@JimMcNabb44 I believe Hubert Oppermann's (Famous cyclist from 1920's and politician, Minister for Shipping and Transport and Immigration in Menzies/Holt governments) grandfather "Otto Friedrich Oppermann" is also buried at Whroo. I'm puzzled by the burial list that appears in your video(non existent in 1987) lists two Oppermanns, Otto and Friedrich (1878 and 1893).
Magnificent video Jim. One can only begin to imagine the stories that each person could tell. May they Rest In Peace. Thanks Jim
thanks Ross
Thanks Jim always love your presentations
Glad you like them!
Thanks Jim. Nice video and very respectfully done 👍
thanks
good to see one of your videos jim its the first new one ive notice for about 2 years
Hi Harold there are a few that I put up, it been hard with the lock downs but I'm back camping now
Thanks for sharing Jim. I have a love for Whroo - been going and solo camping out there with the dog for several years now. Found my first nugget not too far from the cemetery... not playing x marks the spot but i will say within a 5 KM radius :) quiet hacky and its host rock was Iron stone. Pre carona i could camp out there for days and not see a soul, these days it seems its starting to get a bit more traffic. Special place. Would love to see you do a video on Blackwood, Eldorado or Harrietville (my other top 3 places to visit in vic) All with lots of history, relics and shallow graves. Great to see you getting out again.... do you ever get out for a dig these days ?
Hi thanks do you know of any free camping around Eldorado and I try to get out there
thank you special for the video
Thank you too
I last visited Whroo in 1987, since then I have become aware that I have distant family buried there in the Cemetery, Matthew Pope (19 June 1896) and his wife Bridget Pope (May 1915). My Grandmothers Great Grandfather was John Pope who arrived in Victoria aboard 'The Royal Charter' on her maiden voyage in 1856. John Pope was Matthews Popes older brother. The Pope boys came from Padstow in Cornwall.
Hi It can be fun looking up the people that are buried there so thanks for the info regards Jim
@@JimMcNabb44 Matthew and Bridget Popes daughter Jane married Thomas LeRoy (Born in Rushworth 1862, buried at Whroo 1905) in 1885. Jane and Thomas LeRoy lost 2 sons in WWI apparently, (No 207, Private Alfred LeRoy, 60th Battalion) KIA at Fromelles 1916 and (No 2412 Corporal Thomas LeRoy, 46th Battalion) KIA near Villers Bretonneux on 5 April 1918. The LeRoys came from one of the Channel Islands originally apparently. The last resident of Whroo was a Mrs Jack LeRoy, she appears in a photo from 1955 in a book titled "The golden years of Rushworth and Whroo" by Joyce Hammond.
Thanks for putting this Video up. The Cemetery at Whroo looks to be far better cared for then when I was there in '87, my memory of it was of it being over grown and appeared totally neglected.
@@JimMcNabb44 I believe Hubert Oppermann's (Famous cyclist from 1920's and politician, Minister for Shipping and Transport and Immigration in Menzies/Holt governments) grandfather "Otto Friedrich Oppermann" is also buried at Whroo. I'm puzzled by the burial list that appears in your video(non existent in 1987) lists two Oppermanns, Otto and Friedrich (1878 and 1893).
This reading REAL history. I have no idea where Whroo is. Is it a word from the indigenous people of Australia?
Hi Carolle sorry I don't know where the name came from