Description |
450 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25cm |
Contents |
The early history of Westernport / A.W. Elms -- Old pastoral runs / T.J. Coverdale -- The scrub / T.J. Coverdale -- Animal, bird and insect life in the scrub / F.P. Elms -- The lyre bird / Miss Gillan -- Pack-tracks and packing / W.H.C. Holmes -- Scrub cutting / W.H.C. Holmes -- Picking up / W.H.C. Holmes -- The roads, and how we got them / T.J. Coverdale -- The pioneers of Poowong / A. Gillan -- Recollections and experiences / Caleb Burchett, Albert Nicholas, T.W. Horsley, T.J. Coverdale, H. Dowel, J. Eccles, Frank Dodd, A. Gillan, Mrs. R.J. Fuller, W.H.C. Holmes -- The lyre bird in South Gippsland / L.C. Cook -- Surveying recollections / J. Lardner -- Early coal exploration in Gippsland / Reginald A.F. Murray -- Recollections and experiences / A.C. Groom, W.M. Elliott, Mrs. A.R. Smith, W.C. Thomas, J. Glew, T. Horner, W. Johnstone, M. Hansen -- The Great Southern Railway / R.J. Fuller -- The coal industry of South Gippsland / M. Halford -- The dairying industry / The Committee -- Spring-time milking / W. Moore -- Recollections and experiences / J.A. Black, D. McLeod, A.W. Elms, J. Western, G. Matheson, R.N. Scott, W.J. Williams, W. Rainbow -- A fiery summer / A.W. Elms -- A lightning muster / J. Langham -- The pastoral industry / J. Western -- Recollections and experiences / J. Rainbow, W. McKenzie-McHarg, R. Cornall, E. Sheepway, F.P. Elms, J. Halford, Mrs. W.J. Williams -- Recollections and personal experiences of the great fires of February, 1898 / T.J. Coverdale -- Australia phoenix / Miss F. Finn -- A review / R.S.B. Young -- Recollections and experiences / A. McLean, Miss C. Elms, Wm. Watson, Ben. Brett, James Baker -- Pioneers of the Danish settlement at East Poowong / M.C.L. Hansen -- Education / W.H.C. Holmes -- The Methodist Church in South Gippsland / The Rev. Jas. Smith -- The Church of England / W.H.C. Holmes -- The Presbyterian Church / A. Gillan -- The Catholic Church / E.F. Williamson -- Impressions of Gippsland / Miss M.C. Johnson -- The country as it is, 1918 / P.H. Watkinson -- Return furnished by the Victorian Railway commissioners for the period of 5 years, 1909-1914 |
Notes |
First published, Melbourne: Gordon & Gotch for the Committee of the South Gippsland Pioneers' Association, 1920 |
Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Victoria -- Gippsland
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Land settlement -- Australia -- Gippsland (Vic.)
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SUBJECT |
Gippsland (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005937 -- Rural conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007670
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Gippsland (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005937 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Author |
Korumburra & District Historical Society
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ISBN |
0646354973 |
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