[Editor: This Miner’s Right was issued to Ernest Victor Gerloff, in South Australia, on 10 July 1923.]
[Handwritten and stamped text has been rendered in italics.]
No. 1745 South Australia [Schedule B.
Miner’s Right.
Date 10th July, 1923
Issued at the Mining Office for the District of Adelaide
to E. V. Gerloff
of Mount Gambier under the provisions of “The Mining Act, 1893.”
To be in force until the 10th day of July, 1924.
Fee paid, 5s. [signature]
Warden or Mining Registrar for the District of Adelaide
R. E. E. Rogers, Government Printer, Adelaide.
Source:
Original document
Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 175 mm. (width), 132.5 mm. (height).
The printer’s details were printed on the left side of the Miner’s Right.
The front of the Miner’s Right has a coat of arms near the top, with a lion on the left and a unicorn on the right.
The front of the Miner’s Right has been stamped in the top-left corner, although only part of the stamped message is visible on the holder’s copy of the document: “[?]t Office: South Australia”.
Ernest Victor Gerloff (1897-1958) was a branch manager for Gerloff Limited, and subsequently a manager for the firm of H. H. Bodley; he was the son of Ernest Adolf Gerloff (1862-1931).
See: 1) “Concerning people”, The South Eastern Times (Millicent, SA), 29 September 1925, p. 3 [Gerloff, Limited]
2) “Obituary: Mr. Ernest Adolf Gerloff”, The Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA), 25 August 1931, p. 1
3) “Notice to trappers” (advertisement), The Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA), 18 December 1947, p. 10 [H. H. Bodley]
4) Genealogy SA
(birth registration: surname: GERLOFF; given names: Ernest Victor; gender: M; father: Ernest Adolph GERLOFF; district: Grey; book/page: 601/452; birth year: 1897)
(death registration: surname: GERLOFF; given names: Ernest Victor; gender: M; district: Grey; book/page: 871/1407; death year: 1958)
No. = an abbreviation of “Number”
My paternal grandmother, Ivy, was born into the Gerloff family and lived her life in Mt Gambier. Her sister Eileen also lived in Mt Gambier. My father would take me and my brother every Sunday to visit Aunty Eileen, who lived alone in a large, once grand house. We loved Aunty Eileen and her unusual pets – several cats who lived and reproduced in a large space under the front verandah: a very old galah with a strong and lovable personality called Podgy, who was losing his feathers, and a free ranging magpie.
I would very much like to find out more about this side of the family and understand its history.