Ok Have tried the following in both the root directory HTACCESS file and the customer folder HTACCESS but they did not work.
Changed htaccess file from: - DirectoryIndex home.php to: - DirectoryIndex home.html
Also tried from: - DirectoryIndex home.php to: - DirectoryIndex .html and Directory Index.html
Still did not work.
Also tried the following in root HTACCESS only, but to no avail.
redirect 301 /home.php
http://www.mynewsite.com.au/index.html
redirect 301 /index.php
http://www.mynewsite.com.au/index.html
Ready to give up.
Gerard