Contents include: Aborigines p1. Discovery of Mansfield district p53. Watson and Hunter Pastoral Company p59. Explorers p89. The 1842 crash p95. James Demarr and his life at Delatite in 1841 p121. Scab disease of sheep p137. Early Mansfield p163. Early high country maps p191. Excerpts from newspapers p205. Gold p219. Bulla goldfields p225. Thomas Proud: his journey to the Omeo diggings in 1854 p243. Documents relating to gold discovery and mining p251. Bushrangers p255. Harry Power p259. Ned Kelly p269. The north-east in the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s p291. Irish p297. Early days of skiing p313. Mount Buller p323. Discovery and settlement of the Wonnnangatta Valley p359. Wonnangatta murders p363..