Hi gennig,
I've just joined rootschat after finding the posts by chrissy & yourself. Eve Langley is my late grandmother & I've recently visited my uncle, her son Karl-Marx. I have images of some old photos & family history that may be of interest to chrissy & I'm interested in finding more connections, but I see she hasn't been online for some time & as a newby I don't know how to contact her; perhaps you can help?
My understanding is Thomas Davidson rebuilt the Sir Walter Scott Hotel at Tambo Crossing after gold mining at Ballarat. Mira returned with her two young girls, Eve & June & worked there for the brother(s) who'd inherited it; for little remuneration. Mira later moved to Melbourne & then to NZ with June.
The two biographies of Eve are a great source of family history, but are light on detail beyond Mira.
From wikipedia: "A hotel was established at Tambo Crossing on the east side of the river in this period, first being officially licensed in 1849 with the name of The Tambo Inn. In 1854 Duncan McDougall took over the inn. The hotel was renamed the Sir Walter Scott Hotel in the late 1860s. In 1890 a new hotel was built on the western side of the river beside the newly aligned road between Bruthen and Ensay, but kept the "Sir Walter Scott" name. The hotel burnt down on 8 September 1961 and was not rebuilt. The current information board is on the site of the former hotel, with the Great Alpine Road also passing over part of the site."
Cheers,
Andrew