CONTENTS
A shire with a future p1. Physical aspects of the district. Fauna and flora. Water supply. Power. Agriculture. The aborigines p5. European settlement p9. North Ovens Road District p19. The North Ovens Shire p22. The Shire of Wangaratta p31. The bushrangers p32. The Kellys [Kelly gang]. Bogong Jack. Harry Power. Daniel Morgan. The schools p36. El Dorado [Eldorado] School no. 246. Tarrawingee no. 616. Boorhaman no. 928. Everton Upper. North Wangaratta no. 1272. Springhurst. Carraragarmungee no. 1704. Peechelba no. 2245. North Boorhaman no. 2341. Byawatha no. 2387. Boralma no. 2574. Peechelba East. Dockers Plains no. 1962. Boorhaman East no. 3317. Boorhaman Riding p43. Bontharambo. Boorhaman. Peechelba East. Central Riding p48. Boralma. El Dorado [Eldorado]. Springhurst. Killawarra Riding p65. Killawarra. Warby Ranges. Tarrawingee Riding p70. Everton Upper. Tarrawingee. Communications p76. And so on … p82. Appendices include lists of property and land holders in 19th century.

ILLUSTRATIONS
The first Bontharambo home (title page). Councillors of the Shire 1967 in the present council chamber: W.J. Diffey. B.J. Hallinan. G. Clugg. J.L. Stewart. Miss L.N. Hurren. G.T. Lack. R.F. Iskov. F.V. Keogh. F.G. Cobham. T.P. Fogarty. G.J. Woods. J.P. O’Keefe. R.T. Colson. H.R. McDonald. E.G. Brown p v. The old Shire Hall, North Wangaratta p2. The Shire Offices, Ely Street, Wangaratta p2. Mary Jane Milawa [aborigine] p4. Murphy Street, Wangaratta, about 1860 p12. Miners on Reid’s Creek, from the painting by Skinner Prout p12. ‘The Grange’, Everton, during G.E. Mackay’s occupancy p16. The present home at Bontharambo, built 1858, from the painting by Colin Angus p16. Reproduction of Address from Municipal Association Book p18. The original Plough Inn, 1860, Tarrawingee p18. Unveiling of Pioneer’s Memorial, Merriwa Park, Wangaratta by Mr L.V. Diffey, MLA, 19 October 1938 p21. Ladson’s Store, Tarrawingee p26. Graham and Wilson’s Flour and Saw Mills, Tarrawingee p26. Plough Inn, 1865, Tarrawingee p26. J. Richardson’s Threshing Plant, Vine Hotel, North Wangaratta 1906 p30. Ruins of Court House, Eldorado, from the drawing by C. Salis Lloyd 1945 p31. Carraragarmungee School and Residence 1910 p40. Dockers Plains School 1910 p43. Remains of the 1843 ‘Bontharambo’ Homestead, from the painting by Colin Angus p45. Fruit leaving Swan and Sons 100 acre orchard, Londrigan 1918 p47. First vertical cylindered tractor in Victoria 1915, W.B. Richardson’s, Boorhaman p47. McEvoy Mine, Eldorado 1861 p48. Funeral of the McEvoy disaster victims, 4 August 1895 p50. Eldorado, on the ‘Miner’s Right’ section of the township p50. McEvoy Mine shafts exposed by later open cut sluicing p52. Cock’s Pioneer’s First Power House 1900 p52. An early store, bank and court house, Eldorado p54. Dam wall constructed of earth, stakes and lacing, Cocks Pioneer Mine, Eldorado p54. Cock’s Pioneer Power House 1914 p56. Work in Cock’s Pioneer open cut mine p56. ‘Miner’s Cottage’, Eldorado by George Colville [painting] p58. St Jude’s Church, Eldorado, from the drawing by Colin Angus p59. Poppet head, Wombat Mine, Eldorado 1933 p60. Cock’s Eldorado gold dredge p61. Floating Pioneer barge to new site p62. Silos, Springhurst; ruins of Tonkin’s stone home, Springhurst; Springhurst Butter Factory; storage dam, Springhurst water supply p63. Ruins of ‘Keith Hall’, Everton Upper, from the drawing by Lesley Johnson p65. Bennett’s thresher, Everton 1916 p66. ‘Reidsdale’, Tarrawingee, from the drawing by Leslie Johnson p67. Opening of Ovens River Bridge, Tarrawingee p69. ‘Plough Inn’, Tarrawingee, drawing by Lesley Johnson p71. Blacksmith, carpenter and butcher shops, 1870s, Tarrawingee p72. ‘Mail box’, Londrigan, drawing by George Colville p73. Map: squatting runs [properties] in the Murray District 1848 p77. The district’s first diesel tractor and Mitchell tractor plough, Swan and Sons, Londrigan 1918 p90. ‘Evening sun’, settling dams, Eldorado, painting by E. Buckmaster p104. ‘The old blacksmith’s shop’, Eldorado, drawing by Alfred Coleman 1942 p105.

NAMES from the index:
W.A. Baylie. John Batman. W. Fury Baker. Sir Redmond Barry. John Bond. Bogong Jack. Joseph Boulds. William Bowman. Sir John Bowser. Sir T. Brisbane. W.A. Brodribb. J. Conway Burke. William Clark. John Cock. Charles Darwin. A. Deakin. J. Dight. Docker. C.H. Ebden. Faithfull. G.A. Fealy. John Foord. John Gardiner. Francis Garlic. E.B. Greene. James Gullifer. Halford. Patrick Hannah. Hiram Horrocks. William Howitt. J.K. Hume. Hamilton Hume. Isaac Isaacs. Ned Kelly. Ellen Kelly. G.B. Kerford. J. Dunmore Lang. G.E. Mackay. Mary J. Milawa. Major Mitchell. P.J. Moloney MHR. Dan Morgan. W.B. Montfort. Sir F. Murphy. J. McEvoy. Christine McPherson. E. McPherson. ‘Banjo’ Paterson. Zadok Porter. Harry Power. Jack Quinlan. David and Agnes Reid. Henry Handel Richardson. John Rogers. J.H. and G.C. Rowan. G.W. Rusden. J. Rutherford. Aaron Sherritt. H.W.H. Smythe. Mary Spencer. John A. Wallace. Ben Warby. Thomas Wedge. H. White. Jason Withers. William Wyse.

FULL INDEX available on library computers: Electronic resources \ Indexes \ Wangaratta

FROM THE INDEX
Barambogie. Beechworth. Beechworth Junction. Black Dog Creek. Black Swamp. Bontharambo. Boorhaman. Boralma. Bowman’s Forest. Bowser. Brimin. Broken River. Byawatha. Carraragarmungee. Chiltern. Dockers Plains. El Dorado [Eldorado]. Estcourt. Everton. Everton Upper. Glenrowan. Gooramadda. Indian hawkers. Killawarra. Lilliput. Londrigan. Murray River. MUIOOF [Oddfellows]. Myrrhee. Naringa. Ovens Valley. Ovens River. Peechelba. Peechelba East. Railways. Reidsdale. Rocky Water Holes Creek. Rutherglen. Sebastopol. Springhurst. Taminick. Tarrawingee. Wahgunyah. Wangandary. Wangaratta. Wangaratta North. Warby Ranges. Whorouly. Woolshed. Yackandandah. Yarra River. Yarrawonga.

SUPPLEMENTARY INDEX of surnames / family names mentioned in the text:
Compiled by TM.
Abbott p 89. Adams p 91. Ahern p 28. Aitken p 46, 87. Aldridge p 41, 49, 91. Allen p 89, 91, 100. Allison p 87. Allwood p 65. Amery p 41. Anderson p 28, 89, 93, 101. Andrew p 89. Andrews p 45. Angus p 16, 45, 59, 71, 82. Armstrong p 64, 89. Ashley p vi, 10. Ashton p 86. Bailey p 91. Baird p 46. Baker p 10, 11, 51. Balcombe p 75. Banks p 86. Barker p 23, 86, 88. Barras p 87. Barry p 87. Barter p 75. Bartie p 87. Bassett p 87. Bawden p 37, 87, 91. Baylie p 6. Bayliss p 45, 99. Beck p 89. Belford p 87. Bell p 22, 86, 87, 91. Bendall p 36. Bennett p 70, 71, 87, 100. Berliner p 89. Berrigan p 88, 91. Bethun p 91. Bevan p 79. Blackie p 99. Blaikie p 87, 88. Blake p 89. Blich p 99. Bligh p 87. Bolton p 92. Bonacich p 55, 89. Bond p 13. Boss p 88. Bostock p 92. Bould p 86, 99. Boulds p 15, 44, 45. Bowden p 87. Bowman p 10, 53, 73, 74. Bowser p 27, 80, 92, 93. Boyd p 87. Boyle p 39. Bradbury p 93. Bradley p 87, 88. Bradshaw p 38. Braham p 39. Bramstone p 87. Bray p 87. Brearley p 87. Breen p 88. Brennan p 41. Brett p 48. Bridge p 89. Bridgfoot p 87. Brien p 68, 70, 98. Brightwell p 39. Brodribb p 10. Brook p 87. Brown p v, 45, 91, 92, 100. Bryce p 91. Buckler p 86, 87. Buckmaster p 104. Bull p 87. Bulleid p 88. Burke p 10, 38, 87. Burn p 87. Burnet p 89. Burrows p 87. Burry p 87. Bussell p 88, 89. Bussey p 89. Butterworth p 88. Byrne p 22, 24, 45, 86, 87, 99. Caher p 87. Cahill p 89. Cahoon p 87. Callaghan p 86. Cameron p 91. Canning p 88. Carmichael p 89, 98, 100. Carmody p 72. Carter p 87. Casey p 89. Cassidy p 88. Caurse p 87. Chadwick p 57. Chamberlain p 89. Chameri p 87. Chandler p 19, 86, 87, 98, 99. Charlton p 87, 98, 99. Chicken p 87. Childers p 36. Chisholm p 74. Clancy p 89. Clark p 13, 15. Clarke p 11, 63, 91, 98, 99, 100. Clinton p 87. Clohessy p 86. Clugg p v, 100. Coade p 89. Cobham p v, 101. Cock p 39, 52, 54, 56, 60, 61, 62, 89. Coleman p 105. Collier p 89. Collins p 87. Colngate p 46. Colson p v, 91, 98, 100. Colville p 42, 58, 73. Connell p 88. Connolly p 79. Connors p 75, 87, 88, 98, 100. Contie p 87. Cook p 87, 89, 91, 92. Cooper p 87, 89. Cornell p 89. Corry p 70. Cox p 91. Coxon p 87. Coyle p 24, 101. Cozens p 39, 87. Crawford p 79. Cresswell p 87. Crockett p 88. Cronin p 38. Cropper p 51. Cross p 88. Crowley p 87. Culver p 87. Cuneen p 24. Cunneen p 64, 91. Cunningham p 64. Curren p 87. Curtis p 86. Dale p 37, 86, 87, 91. Daly p 38. Darton p 41. Davey p 37. Davidson p 87. Davy p 87. Delarue p 87. Delloro p 91. Dennahy p 87. Devery p 75, 88. Dierdrich p 89. Diffey p v, 21, 41, 75, 87, 88, 93, 98, 99, 100. Diffy p 49. Diggan p 87. Dight p 11, 74. Dinsdale p 41, 49. Dixon p 57, 86, 87. Dockendorff p 65. Docker p 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 25, 36, 42, 43, 44, 45, 63, 86, 91, 98, 99. Donald p 89. Donovan p 64. Dougharty p 93. Douglas p 98, 100. Dow p 87. Dowdy p 90. Drosten p 101. Drover p 87. Drummond p 87. Duchatel p 90. Duckendorf p 87. Duncan p 89. Dundan p 86. Dundas p 100. Dunkley p 19, 87, 88, 91. Dunlop p 88. Dunn p 51, 88, 89. Dunne p 64, 65, 100. Dunstan p 89. Ebden p 9, 10. Eddy p 89. Edwards p 88. Egan p 38, 87. Eggleston p 89. Elliott p 45, 86. Ellis p 37, 87, 89. Esles p 40. Everett p 99. Everitt p 19, 86. Fairburn p 87. Faithfull p 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 43, 73, 74. Fealey p 91. Fealy p 41, 55, 87, 99. Ferguson p 59. Fieldhouse p 87. Fisher p 88. Fitzgerald p 75, 91. Fitzpatrick p 33. Flanagan p 87. Fleischer p 87. Fleming p 100. Flynn p 45, 86, 99. Fogarty p v, 38, 86, 91, 98, 99, 100. Foord p 10, 76. Forster p vi. Fortune p 87. Francis p 65, 86, 91. Franklin p 10. Fraser p 46, 86. Freeman p 64. Friend p 75. Fuller p 35, 86. Gaffey p 64. Gale p 86. Galvin p 88. Gammage p 88. Gardiner p 10. Garlic p 11. Geary p 89. Gentle p 37. Gibson p 87. Gilbert p 86. Gilbertson p 87. Gill p 87. Gillman p 89. Glaves p 88. Gold p 88. Goldsworthy p 88. Goodyear p 88, 89. Gordon p 88. Graham p 26, 27, 89, 92. Grainger p 88. Grant p 41, 64, 86, 88, 89. Graves p 87. Gray p 57, 88. Greene p 11, 15, 65. Gregan p 46. Griffin p 86. Griffiths p 88. Grigg p 39, 89. Grimshaw p 87, 90. Grose p 89. Groves p 88. Gullifer p 9, 91. Gunn p 98, 99. Hackett p 34. Haines p 93. Halford p 35. Hall p 24, 89, 92. Hallinan p v, vi, 101. Hallworth p 89. Hand p 89. Handley p 98, 99. Hanna p 92. Hannan p 89. Hansen p 89. Hanson p 42. Hardisty p 88. Harris p 39, 93. Harry p 89. Hart p 70, 89, 91. Harvey p 89, 90. Hawdon p 10. Hawkins p 88. Hayes p 91. Hazelbrook p 88. Heaney p 48. Helms p 6. Henley p 75. Hennessy p 40, 87. Hensley p 87. Henty p 48. Hepburn p 10. Herd p 88. Hervey p 93. Hickling p 89. Hicks p 89. Highett p 93. Hill p 89. Hiskins p 100. Hobbs p 86. Hocking p 90. Hodge p 88. Hodgson p 75. Hollow p 89, 91, 99. Holman p 41. Holt p 88. Holten p 92. Horrocks p 22, 27, 28, 53, 55, 79, 89, 91, 98, 99. Horsfall p 65. Hourigan p 38, 86, 91. Hovell p 9, 74. Howard p 89. Howell p 51. Howitt p 6, 74. Hudson p 88. Hughes p 57. Hugo p 88. Hume p 7, 9, 11, 74. Hunt p 87, 88, 89, 91. Hunter p 39, 64. Huon p 10. Hurren p v. Hussey p 87. Hutchinson p 92. Hutton p 91. Inchbold p 93. Isaacs p 28, 80, 92. Iskov p v, 100. Jack p 41. Jackel p 100. Jackson p 87, 89, 98, 99, 100. James p 87, 89. Jeffcott p 100. Jeffers p 88, 91. Jeffrey p 90. Jenkins p 89. Jobson p 89. Johnson p vi, 34, 65, 67, 71, 88, 89, 98, 100. Jones p 88, 91, 92. Jordon p 61. Kay p 19, 37, 38, 75, 89, 98, 99. Kaye p 93. Keady p 72. Kean p 89. Keate p 88. Keenan p 88. Kelly p 32, 33, 34, 46, 70, 87, 88, 89. Kemp p 90. Kendell p 93. Kennedy p 86, 91. Keogh p v, 75, 89, 98, 100. Kerferd p 53, 79. Kerr p 89. Kettle p 75. Kiernan p 88. Kinchington p 10. King p 33, 37. Klemm p 24, 91, 98, 99, 100. Kneebone p 86. Knuckey p 90. Lack p v, 100. Ladson p 26, 72, 89, 98, 99. Lane p 24, 89. Langtree p 101. Larking p 70. Larkings p 87. Leckie p 92. Lee p vi. Lees p 90. Leffler p 90. Leggo p 88. Leigh p 101. Lennin p 88. Leonard p 91. Lewis p 22. Lewis p 86, 88, 89. Lindsay p 91. Little p 93. Lloyd p 31. Lobban p 40. Longmore p 87. Lonigan p 33. Lord p 88. Lovell p 57. Loveridge p 88. Lowden p 86. Luckie p 90, 98, 100. Macey p 86, 99. Mackay p 7, 10, 11, 16, 37, 53, 71, 73, 74, 75. Madew p 59. Maloney p 86. Manson p 88. Mapperson p 64. Maroney p 89, 91. Marshall p 89, 101. Martell p 55, 59, 79, 88. Martin p 90. Mason p 75, 89, 98, 100. Matthews p 49, 88. McAlary p 75, 89. McAllister p 37. McCarthy p 41, 86, 89, 91. McCormack p 87. McCulloch p 15, 37, 46, 48. McCullock p 93. McDonald p v, 35, 45, 86, 87, 88, 98, 100. McEvoy p 48, 50, 52, 55, 57, 59, 60, 87. McEwen p 92. McFall p 71. McFarlane p 90. McGregor p 75, 88, 89. McInnes p 86. McIntosh p 90. McKay p 71, 89. McKenna p 24, 87. McKenty p 89. McKinlay p 88. McKinty p 45, 86, 91, 98, 99. McKnight p 86. McLaughlin p 98, 100. McLennan p 90. McLeod p 98, 99. McMahon p 41, 49. McPherson p 35, 46, 48. McRae p 88. McVitie p 86. Meares p 91. Meldrum p 13. Mellish p 90. Melville p 90, 91. Middleton p 87. Milawa p 4, 8. Millar p 88. Minahan p 87. Minogue p 38, 41, 86, 91. Mitchell p 9, 10, 13, 93. Moffatt p 88. Moloney p 29, 92. Molony p 100. Montfort p 20. Montgomery p 66. Moody p 88. Moore p 88, 91. Morey p 88. Morgan p 35, 49. Morley p 90. Morris p 34, 75. Morrison p 71, 72, 87, 90, 91, 99, 101. Moss p 93. Mull p 89, 91. Mullen p 90. Murphy p 11, 19, 38, 48, 74, 75, 92, 93. Murray p 88. Nancarrow p 88. Naughtin p 86, 88, 89, 99, 100. Naughton p 17, 38, 98. Negal p 88. Neville p 87. Newman p 87. Newth p 75, 89. Newton p 90, 99. Nicholls p 90. Nixon p 48, 65. Noble p 90. Nolan p 23, 75, 89, 98, 99. Norman p 87, 89, 91. Northey p 90. Oates p 88. O'Brien p 64, 86, 89. O'Callaghan p 87. O'Donnell p 86. O'Grady p 39. O'Halloran p 86, 91. Oiselle p 88. O'Keefe p v, 86, 91, 98, 100. Oliver p 89, 90. O'Neill p 39, 86, 87, 99. O'Rourke p 87. Orr p 40, 41, 92. O'Shea p 91. Owen p 35, 90. Oxley p 11. Painter p 87, 91. Paley p 88. Palmer p 46. Parfalt p 92. Parfitt p 19, 25, 28, 45, 87, 98, 99. Parr p 88. Paton p 88. Paulsonire p 90. Payne p 34. Paynter p 34. Peacock p 36. Pearce p 64. Pearse p 90. Pearson p 91, 93. Peppard p 89, 91, 98, 99. Percy p 88. Perry p 90. Pescio p 88. Phillips p 87, 88. Phillipson p 92. Pinnock p 93. Pleming p 64. Plum p 45, 49, 86. Poleman p 89. Pollard p 88. Pond p 64. Poole p 64. Porter p 19, 22, 25. Posustow p 90. Powel p 24. Powell p 87. Power p 33, 34, 88. Powley p 100. Pratt p 23, 45, 86, 99. Prismull p 87. Pyke p 87. Quick p 91. Quin p 89. Quinlan p 35. Quinn p 33, 75, 91. Ransome p 90. Rattray p 11, 13. Ray p 87, 89, 90. Read p 27, 28, 39, 63, 64, 87. Redford p 89. Redpath p 87. Reid p 10, 11, 14, 19, 36, 51, 53, 67, 75, 87, 88, 89, 93, 99. Reuss p 87. Reynolds p 57. Richards p 89, 90. Richardson p 19, 30, 45, 46, 47, 86, 91, 98, 99, 100. Robbie p 90. Roberts p 37, 53, 57, 90. Robertson p 29. Robinson p 38, 86. Robson p 90. Rose p 87. Ross p 48. Rowan p 9, 10, 11, 14, 46, 91. Rowe p 37, 65, 86, 91. Rowland p 73. Rowlands p 88. Rusden p 36, 42. Russell p 86, 90, 91. Rutherford p 35, 48, 65. Rutland p 67. Ryan p 37, 90. Sabine p 90. Sachse p 93. Sadler p 91. Sammon p 87, 91. Sanderson p 49, 89. Sandford p 45, 98, 99, 100. Saso p 89. Saunders p 90. Scanlan p 88. Schneider p 90. Schroeder p 91. Schuppe p 88. Scott p 55, 88, 90. Scruby p 87. Sedgwick p 88. Shang p 87. Shannon p 98, 100. Sharpe p 40, 92. Shaw p 90. Shea p 71. Sheedy p 75, 89, 91. Shepherd p vi, 35, 89, 91. Sheridan p 28, 87, 91, 98, 99. Sherritt p 33. Shields p 89. Shorebridge p 24. Simmonds p 42, 89. Simpson p 87, 89, 90. Sims p 28, 64. Sinnett p 89. Skehan p 75. Slee p 89. Smith p 3, 5, 37, 64, 86, 91, 98, 99, 100. Smythe p 14. Somerville p 90. Southern p 75, 89. Southey p 88. Sparkes p 87. Sparrow p 90. Spencer p 43, 44, 70. Spiller p 90. Spink p 19, 75, 89, 98, 99. Sprague p 88. Stamp p 90, 100. Star p 89. Steele p 88. Stenhouse p 86. Stephens p 42. Stevenson p 86, 87. Stewart p v, 75, 82, 91, 93, 98, 100. Stirling p 87. Storey p 90. Strain p 24, 99. Stram p 89. Sulvador p 88. Swan p 89, 91. Swinburne p 93. Syme p 90. Tabb p 86. Taggart p 89. Tai p 66. Tait p 89. Taylor p 88, 91. Teague p 45, 86, 91. Telford p 48. Temple p 91. Thomas p 86, 90. Thompson p 34, 88. Thomson p 93. Thorne p 25. Thumpston p 89. Tinkler p 98, 100. Tinning p 99. Tone p 57, 91. Treasure p 89. Tredinnick p 90. Tremaine p 88. Trembath p 37, 90. Trevenen p 90. Trigger p 86. Trimble p 49, 88. Tripp p 87. Tucker p 55, 79. Turnbull p 64, 93. Turner p 55, 88. Upfield p 91. Urquart p 46. Utterhardt p 90. Vander Heyden p 64. Von Mallesch p 38. Vonarx p 87, 99. Waite p 38. Walker p 41. Wallace p 27, 39, 53, 80, 90, 91, 93. Walsh p 75. Walters p 86. Warby p 67. Ward p 87, 89, 90, 98, 99. Warrell p 88. Warren p 90. Way p 98, 99, 100. Webb p 90. Webster p 64, 90. Welch p 88. Wellington p 37. Wells p 90. Wellwood p 90. Welsh p 88, 89. White p 11, 74. Whitmore p 88. Whittaker p vii. Wighton p 39, 64, 75, 87, 91, 101. Williams p 75, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 93. Wilson p 26, 89, 93. Wise p 90. Withers p 11. Woodbourne p 89. Woodrow p 90. Woods p v, 86, 91, 100. Wyse p 9. Young p 88, 89, 90. Youngman p 90, 91. Zwar p 93.