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Author Dawson, Tony, 1940-

Title The commodore and the pastoralist : the story of Commodore Heights and West Head at Broken Bay / Tony Dawson
Edition First edition
Published Manly, N.S.W. : Manly Warringah and Pittwater Historical Society, [2011]
©2011

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 MELB  994.41 Daw/Cat  AVAILABLE
Description vi, 120 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
Summary Examines the history of, and some of the people associated with, an area first described as 'the point of Land on the South Side of Broken Bay, between Pitt Water and Cowan Creek'. It later became known as Commodore Heights and was, at various times, considered for use as a farm, a fortress, a resort, a refuge, a refinery and a recreation reserve
Analysis New South Wales - local history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-114) and index
Subject Lambert, Rowley, 1828-1880
Lambert, Rowley
Lawson, William.
Lawson, William, 1774-1850.
Waddell, Alexander Stuart
Lambert, Rowley
Waddell, Alexander Stuart
SUBJECT Broken Bay (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002010994 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Commodore Heights (N.S.W.) -- History
Ku-ring-gai (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80092521 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073338 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Author Manly, Warringah & Pittwater Historical Society.
ISBN 9780959029642 (paperback)