| Main Title: |
Barkers Creek : birthplace of the Mount Alexander goldfields / Howard Carr. |
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| Author: |
Carr, Howard (Howard A.)
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| Imprint: |
Barker's Creek, Vic. : Howard Carr, c1999. |
| Collation: |
168 p. : ill., portraits, pbk ; 21 cm. |
| Subject: |
Gold mines and mining
General histories
Barkers Creek (Vic.) (Dja Dja Wurrung Country)
Mount Alexander Goldfields, Castlemaine.
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| ISBN: |
0646379844 |
| Notes: |
Contents include: Gold p9. Law and order p39. Water supply and the gold fields p45. Slate quarries p48. Cricket Club p58. Barkers Creek School p67. Returned servicemen p74. Hotels p81. Churches: Church of Christ p87. Methodist Church p91. Anglican / Church of England p93. Chinese and their religion p95. Conditions for early immigrants p98. Pioneering families: Peeler family p108. Carr family p113. Norris family p121. Walter family p124. McKindley family p131. Grant family p133. Rielley family 137. Code family p140. McManus family p142. Other early district families p143. Family bonds p147. Places of interest p150. Acknowledgements p163. Conclusion p166.
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