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Land of the lyre bird : a story of early settlement in the great forest of South Gippsland; being a description of the big scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardships of its early explorers and prospectors, also accounts by the settl |
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The Shire for the South Gippsland Development League, 1966. |
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434 p. : ill., portraits, hbk ; 25 cm. |
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General histories
Land settlement
Gippsland (Vic.) (Gunaikurnai and Bunurong Country)
South Gippsland (Vic.)
Poowong (Vic.) (Bunurong Country)
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| Notes: |
Selected contents: Early history of Westernport p1. The pioneers of Poowong p87. Early coal exploration in Gippsland p182. The Great Southern Railway p221. Coal industry of South Gippsland p230. The dairying industry p238. The pastoral industry p314. Recollections and personal experiences of the Great Fires of February, 1898 p352. Pioneers of the Danish settlement at East Poowong p383. Education p389. The Methodist Church in South Gippsland p398. The Church of England p402. The Presbyterian Church p406. The Catholic Church p410..
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