| Main Title: |
The Otways through the magic lantern : an illustrated lecture first delivered by George Francis Sydenham in 1896 / George Sydenham. |
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| Author: |
Sydenham, G.F. (George Francis), 1861-1941, author.
Mitchinton, Barbara
Peel, Dawn Margaret
Colac & District Historical Society (Vic.)
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| Imprint: |
Colac and District Historical Society, 2013. |
| Collation: |
v, 118 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsims, maps, index, pbk ; 17 x 24 cm. |
| Subject: |
Pictorial works
Description and travel
Addresses, essays, lectures
Otway Ranges (Vic.) (Eastern Maar Country)
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| Edition: |
1st edition. |
| ISBN: |
9780646912202 : |
| Notes: |
Includes index.
"Further research: Barbara Mitchinton, Dawn Peel"--Page iv.
Foreword: Otway settlement / Barbara Mitchinton; Introduction: George Sydenham / Dawn Peel.
George Sydenham was appointed as Colac Shire Valuer and rate collector in 1890 which threw him into direct contact with the Otway people at a time when the first selectors were suffering badly. He would have heard their frustrations and grievances in great detail. When Secretary to the Colac Committee for the Railway Extension to Beech Forest he used his magic lantern slide shows from 1896 to support his case for a railway, by lauding the place and its potential, both for settlement and for timber production.
This illustrated lecture was first delivered by George Sydenham in the Victorian country town of Colac in 1896. The lecturer's original lecture notes, annotated where explanation appears necessary, accompany each photograph. Note: This book reproduces George Sydenham's words; added text is in italics.
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