Think you are on the money. Would you just forget about it or would you quietly recover your sovs?goldierocks said:Hell of a valuable vineyard to sell for 30,000 sovereigns in 1914 (15 million pounds). Since interned Germans were later simply released, you would hardly think they would have forgotten to collect it. And how would anyone know, someone who saw them bury it? layful:
Blocker said:Some of my ancestors were Thorns and Cowans all from around Liverpool. Thorns and Cowans all descended from convicts. Trust me there is no treasure.
Not all German interns where released back into society alot of them where shipped back home during and after the war.goldierocks said:Hell of a valuable vineyard to sell for 30,000 sovereigns in 1914 (15 million pounds). Since interned Germans were later simply released, you would hardly think they would have forgotten to collect it. And how would anyone know, someone who saw them bury it? layful:
Some were, but probably not many Australians. For example, 70 Australians from the large Holsworthy base were deported at the end of the war. Those deported were mostly British or other nationalities. Given their treatment, many might have been happy to leave. Not a great part of our history.DiggaJM said:Not all German interns where released back into society alot of them where shipped back home during and after the war.goldierocks said:Hell of a valuable vineyard to sell for 30,000 sovereigns in 1914 (15 million pounds). Since interned Germans were later simply released, you would hardly think they would have forgotten to collect it. And how would anyone know, someone who saw them bury it? layful:
I also did come across an old Yineyard on a period Parish map, that is now part of the expanded Holsworthy barracks. maybe another reason why the couldnt return?
DiggaJM said:https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...-l3-d54f6dab469bf0393c0a63eb6832d887-0001.jpg
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