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Thanks, not boring at all. Who knows, perhaps the nugget will reappear in the book, as Lewis Thompson and your great grand dad might have been in Ballarat at the same time.

Anyway - one of the persons who went out on the expedition with Thompson spent some time in Ballarat jail.

Thank you very much for the reply, Bill. Perhaps one of your friends might know more or have relations to piano tuners in Australia, interested in history? I think, the "Thomasini" was more used as a nickname for Lewis Thompson by his friends, at least they teased him with it. I dont know ...

Hi friends, has anybody ever heard about the Englishman Lewis Thompson, British soldier who served in the Crimea and in India, migrated to Australia in 1867, worked as traveller for a Queenland music firm and, under the nickname Thomasini, as piano tuner? He took part in an ill-fated expedition whic...