CONTENTS:
Acknowledgements p i. Foreword p ii. Map showing Barmah Forest location p iii. Introduction p1.

Frank Moor, Nathalia p6: World War One; School days; My first bike; Farming near the Barmah Forest; Working in the forest; Mill logs; Log buggies; Billet and sleeper cutting; Milking in the forest; Leeches; Gummers; Irrigation; War service; Leaving Barmah; Dairy farming; Forest management; Jack Sutherland; The Great Depression; Horse power; Cars and tractors; Cows; Community life.

Stan Brown, Yalca North p27: Early settlement; Early management of the Barmah Forest; Bush dances; Early social life; The Dharnya Centre; Cattle grazing in the Barmah Forest; Early environmentalist, Tom Herron; Changes in the Barmah Forest; Thinning camps; Forest fires; Uncontrolled forest growth; Water; Waterways; The timber industry; Red tape; Farming the land; Floods; Droughts; The Great Depression; World War Two; Farming life; Tourists and campers; Understanding the forest; Wildlife; The forest; Stan takes me (Nerelie) into the forest.

Tim and Maureen Mannion, Nathalia p57: Selection definition; Home life; Storing food; School; Neighbours; The Yielima Forest; Changes to the forest; Closing of the Yielima Forest; Surveying; Cattle in the Yielima Forest; Yielima Forest gaziers; Definition of claimed cattle; Brand back; Dispersing cattle from Yielima after the muster; Minding cattle in the forest; The charcoal burners; The charcoal characters; Old Percy Luckman’s camp; Horses in the forest; Brumbies; Bullock and horse teams; What I did for my first quid; Bullocks; The Steps; Milking cows in the forest; Feral pigs; Logging; Place names; Dinny’s Dip; Log landings; Barges; Sleeper cutters; Sleeper cutter’s tools; Johnny Rowe; Dexter’s Paddock; Native cats; The cockatoo catcher; Gummers; The local aboriginals; Snakes; The mail coach; Gracey’s Pub; River crossings; Swimming; Nathalia.

Enoch ‘Nug’ Trickey, Picola p108: Early timber days; Early days in Picola; Starting work; Charcoal; Summer timber camps; Snakes; Accidents; Scarfing; Selecting the timber; The Rookery; Hunting; Knowing the timber; Cattle in the forest; A co-operative approach; Barmah Forest poem by F.J. Taylor (undated); Forest names; Rogue cattle; The Barmah muster; The future of the forest.

Kelvin Trickey, Nathalia p129: Early days; Buck’s Lake; School; What I did for my first quid; The milk round; Farm life; Mustering; Mustering changes; Brumbies; The Cattlemen’s Association; Water supply; Native cats; Birds of prey; Getting ‘turned around’ in the bush; Rogue cattle; Fenton McKenna and his little blue Austin; Murder at the river; Tram Island; Incorrect name changes in the forest; My life and the bush; The Muster Yards kitchen; My horse and cattle dogs.

Roddy and Penny Power, Yambuna p154: ‘Stitcher’ Pearce; Stitcher’s Kitchen; Roddy; Cattle droving; Trucks and trailers; Getting ‘turned around’; Penny; Farming and mustering; Rogue cattle; Mustering; Getting bogged.

The Ormond family, Narioka p167: Alexander Ormond; Allan Ormond; Place names; Rex Ormond and the bush; Family life.

Mick Caldwell, Nathalia p177: Coming to Nathalia; Catching brumbies; Horse and gig; Melbourne; My first muster; Ducks; Tom Gallaway; Snakes; What I did to earn my first quid; Green leeks; Floods; Sounding trees; Branding trees; Punt guns.

Jack and Iris Swan, Picola p195: Coming to Picola; Early days; Working with horses; The Great Depression; School days; The swaggies; Billy Bell; What I did for my first quid; Working life; Dust and thunderstorms; The new truck.

Jerry and Barbara Swan, Barmah p213: My first billy fire; Tram Island; Picola; Working in the bush; Working with Peter Vale; My job on the swing-saw; Bullocks and teamsters; Work trucks; Fuel for the Echuca paddle steamers; Snagging the river; Bunyip Waterhole; Bunyip Mill; Billy Bell; Snakes; Goannas; Forest workers; Droughts; Yabbying; Local characters; Storms and lightning; Changes in the forest.

Doug and Lorraine Rosenow, Echuca p251: History; Working in the bush; Tram Island; Broad-axe sleeper cutting; Punt Paddock Hut; Charcoal; Wildlife diseases; Punt guns; Water rats; Bush tucker – emu undercuts; Barge safety; Powder wedges; Future of the bush.

Mrs Marjorie Bruton and Mrs Clarice Stack (The Clifford sisters, Barmah) p262: Coming to Barmah; Dad’s birth; Barmah; The Barmah School; The Barmah punt; River life; Cumeragunga [Cummeragunga]; Family life; Early settlers; School days; ‘Kangy’; ‘Bullcann’; The bush; Social life in Barmah; Milking cows; Mum – that city woman; Leaving Barmah; Marj’s nursing days; Married life; Living at Barmah.

Gerry Moor, Barmah p284: Early days in Barmah; Home life; What I did to earn a quid; School days; Floods; Fishing; Sport; Brumbies; Punt guns; Collecting swan eggs; The forest; The muster; Leaving Barmah.

Noel ‘Sam’ and Lyn Eyre, Bearii p294: Mustering; Training horses; Sandflies; Feral cats; What I did to earn my first quid; My old stag-hound ‘Splodge’; The day the milky lost his horse; Making our own fun.

Howie Marshall, Waaia p300: My life in the Barmah Forest; My interest in botany; Horse musters; The Murray River; Aboriginal divers; Camping; The World War Two Italian Internment Camp; The PS ‘Alexander Arbuthnot’; Pontoons; Place names; Tram Island; Professional fishermen; Professional duck hunting; Collecting leeches; Gum collecting; Feeding stock with mistletoe; Collecting the cream out in the forest; The Walsh family; Katie Walsh; The Barmah Forest; The yellow-footed antechinus; Native cats; Feral cats; Kangaroos; Sugar gliders; Freshwater turtles; Bill Labbett; VEAC; Barry Dexter; Cattle grazing; Sheep grazing; Official proof; More proof and discoveries; Protecting areas; Living history; Local living history; The future of the Barmah Forest; The forest now.

Adele ‘Del’ Carland, Nathalia p333: Mustering cattle; The bullock wagon; School days; Collecting cream; Stewart’s Kitchen; Fishing in the Murray River.

Lindsay Sutton, Bearii p339: Charcoal burning.

Corry family, Barmah p342: Corry’s Mill; Our family; Charcoal; Cattle mustering; School days; Floods; Droughts; Changes; Barmah Forest.

Peter Newman, Yielima p354: Coming to Yielima; Socialising; My father, George Newman; Isolated living; Floods; Dad the stockman; Stock horses; Dogs; Snakes; Changing times; My early days in the bush; Tom Gallaway; Fishing out at the river; Feral cats; The ‘Alexander Arbuthnot’; The River Farm graveyard; HMAS ‘Sydney’; The Gulf regulators; The future of the forest.

Alan Lubke, Narioka p375: Buck’s Sandhill; Bunyip sawmill; Cherry Tree Muster Yards; Cornalla Landing; Geoff Corry’s traction engine; Getting ‘turned around’ in the bush; Bush butchering lesson; Snakes; Jim Ross and his punt guns; What I did to earn my first quid; Peace and quiet in the bush.

Heather Frostick, Nathalia p392: Our involvement; Cooking; Kitchen work; Mustering groups; Daytime activities; The bush; Rod Power’s horse, Benny.

Noel ‘Dilla’ Delaney, Nathalia p401: Living in Barmah; Leeches; Barmah kids; Exploring the bush; The Muster Yards; Fishing; The timber workers; Native cats; Snakes; High School; Working in Melbourne; Stubby trips in the bush; Shooting; Hunting; The bush; The wedgetail eagle; Rabbiting; Murray crays; Things we’d see out in the bush; Boating out in the floodwaters; The canoe trip to Echuca; Mud stickin’.

Ann Christy, Picola p417: The largest fish; The fish lung; Selling our fish; Holidays on the river; In the drink; The move to Picola; In the forest during flood time; Bird life.

Mr W.B. Sutton p426. W. ‘Bill’ Ludbey p429. Alexander Campbell, timber cutter in the Barmah Forest p441. The Yielima Common p445. Interesting record of Barmah Forest Common p447. Early muster history p450. Barmah Farmers’ Common p451. By-laws for herdsman [herdsmen] p452. Reminiscences of early pioneers from the Numurkah Leader 1923 p454. Origins of place names in the Barmah Forest: Barmah; Yielima; Moira; Rices Weir; Thistle Bed; Rats Castle; Boals Deadwood; Cornalla Landing; Campbells Landing; Paddy Farrells Lagoon; Smiths Creek; Fish Box; Luckmans Camp; Gowers Gate; Bunyip Waterhole; Corry’s Old Mill; Murray’s Mill; Tram Island; Tram Swamp; Grinters Ridge; Cherry Tree Yards; Doctors Point and Keys Point; Bullock Hole; Nine Panel Bend; Punt Paddock; The Gulf; Hughes Crossing; Bucks Crossing; Burnt Landing; Rowes Camp; Bunyip Hole; Tipperary Gate; Mannions Yards; Goose Swamp; Cucumber Gully; War Plain; Mosquito Bend; Stewarts Kitchen; Dinny’s Dip; The Rookery; Black Engine Lagoon; Bunny Digger; Tongalong; Portland Race; Hut Lake p461. The Barmah muster (poem) / Nerelie Teese p465. The Murray (poem) / Bill Ludbey p467. The burning punk (poem) / Judy Ormond p469. Barmah muster days (poem) / Sally McLean p470.

ILLUSTRATIONS (selected):
Frank Moor, Nathalia p6. Stan Brown, Yalca North p27. Tim and Maureen Mannion, Nathalia p57. Enoch ‘Nug’ Trickey, Picola p108. Joe Trickey cutting sleepers near The Rookery p111. Mrs Ada Trickey p117. Kelvin Trickey, Nathalia p129. Charcoal kilns at Gower’s Gate p135. Machinery used for bagging charcoal p136. Roddy Power, Yambuna p154. Judy Ormond 2008 p167. Rex Ormond on horse ‘White sox’ 1959 p172. Rex and Judy Ormond p173. Mick Caldwell, Nathalia p177. Jack and Iris Swan, Picola p195. Jerry and Barbara Swan, Barmah p213. Doug and Lorraine Rosenow, Echuca p251. Mrs Marjorie Bruton and Mrs Clarice Stack (Clifford sisters), Barmah p262. Gerry Moor, Barmah p284. Noel (Sam) and Lyn Eyre, Bearii p294. Howie Marshall, Waaia p300. Adele (Del) Carland, Nathalia p333. Lindsay Sutton, Bearii p339. Margaret, Teddy, Frances and Joan Corry, at ‘Bush View’, Barmah 2008 p342. Peter Newman, Yielima p354. Alan Lubke, Narioka p375. Heather Frostick, Nathalia p392. Noel ‘Dilla’ Delaney, Nathalia p401. Ann Christy, Picola p417. Mr W.B. Sutton p426. W. ‘Bill’ Ludbey p429. Alexander Campbell and two of his daughters; Arthur and Grace Campbell; Campbell’s Hotel, Kotupna 1895-1916 p446.