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Main Title: Kangaroo Ground : the highland taken / Mick Woiwod.
Author: Woiwod, Mick, 1929-
Imprint: Yarra Glen, Vic. : Tarcoola Press, 1994.
Collation: 312 p. : ill., portraits, maps, bib., index, hbk ; 31 cm.
Subject: General histories
Suburbs of Melbourne (Vic.)
Kangaroo Ground (Vic.) (Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country)
ISBN: 0646209000
Notes:
Indexed by Jim Badger. Contents: Donaldson family pp2-9. Isabella Davidson Donaldson (port) p3. James Bruce Donaldson (port) p3. James Thomas Donaldson (port) p5. Jaga Jaga p7, p15. Bushrangers pp8-9, 180-181. 1840 survey map of Section XIX p12. Henry Arthur p13. James Watson p13. Ryrie brothers p13. Hugh Glass p13. Joseph Stevenson p14, 104, p133-134. Charles Newman p15. Penelope Selby p15. William Bell p19. Thomas Armstrong p19. James Johnston p19. William Ellis p19. Charles Draper p19. Thomas Sweeney pp20-21. 1848 map of Kangaroo Ground sections p21. Kangaroo Ground geology pp22-24. Map of Kangaroo Ground basalts p23. Aborigines (Wurundjeri Willam clan) pp24-27. Map of aboriginal tribal boundaries p25. The Wurundjeri landscape pp29-32. Andrew Ross p34, 46-52. 80-83, 96-97, 147-149. A Scottish community pp34-38. Bell family pp39-40. David Clark (barque) pp42-45; passenger list p287. Alexander Innes p46. John Barr pp46-47. Sir James Ross p49. Black Thursday pp54-55. Gold rush pp55-57. Thomson family pp58-67. George Kirk p58. James Mess p61, p101. Jane Thomson p63. William Dawson pp64-65. Furphy family pp68-60, 226-227. Henry Scarce p69. Sadler family p69. McPherson family p71. The emergence of Eltham p72. John Wilson p73. Roadmaking pp75-76. Caledonian Field gold rush p.77; 87-88. Mail service p78. Henry Dendy p78. Evelyn Commercial, Industrial & Agricultural School p83. Kangaroo Ground Farmer?s Common p84. Aboriginal reserves (aborigines) p84. Map of Caledonian Diggings p86. Eltham Road District Board pp88-89; 91. Ewen Hugh Cameron p93, 95. Caledonian Hotel p93. Map of Cameron?s Hotel site p94. Road to Woods Point pp96-99. Kangaroo Ground Hotel p98. William Cleave p98. Davis Calwell p98. Robert Lorimer p98. Land Acts pp100-106. Walter Wippell p101. Jane Sadler p103. David Stevenson p103. Map of Stevenson?s selections p105. David Christmas pp104-105. Robert Stevenson p106. Donaldson family pp107-120. James Donaldson jnr pp110-111. William Clinton p112. John Donaldson p113. Isabella Donaldson pp115-116. Donaldson Oak tree p115. John Anstruther Donaldson pp17-118. Ebeneezer Hobson pp118-119. Andy White p118. Scarce family p120. Working the land pp122-130. Houses pp126-129. Stringy-bark selectors pp.131-145. Shire of Eltham p132. Map of 1870 Stevenson family selections p135. Edward Bunker p135. Bunker, Scarce & Crichton selections p136. Alexander Crichton p136. Scarce family pp138-140. John Barr p141. Map of Barr selections p141. Robert McAdam p141. The schools old & new pp147-167. Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum p158. Kangaroo Ground Kirk p160-172. Rev. Peter Gunn p161. Queenstown Mechanics? Institute opening p173. Kangaroo Ground Mechanics? Institute Hall pp174-178. Map of Kangaroo Ground p177. Hotels, stores & Council Chambers pp179-191. Weller family pp180-181. Alan Marshall p184. Harris of the Observer pp192-197. Robert Charles Harris p193. Robert Joseph Harris pp193-194. A Scottish watch-tower on the hill p198-203. First bushfire brigade pp204-220. Wild & woolly Aqueduct days pp221-225. Map of Maroondah aqueduct p222. Pioneer Burial Ground pp226-231. Of farms, pits & Council tips pp232-240. Charlton family p233. Graham family pp233-237. Those who went off to war pp241-246. Local sporting clubs pp247-255. Kangaroo Ground Pony Club pp256-260. The Camerons of 'Pigeon Bank' pp261-267. Twentieth century farming folk pp268-285. Women of the district pp280-282. The Wycliffe Centre pp286-288. The Highland redeemed pp289-295. Electricity supply p289. MMBW Storage dam proposal (water supply) pp290-292. The quarry onslaught pp292-294. Map of proposed Kangaroo Ground quarry p293. 1929 map of Nillumbik eastern section (Kangaroo Ground) pp298-299. Donaldson quilt p300. Kangaroo Ground School head teachers p301. Former ministers of the Kangaroo Ground Presbyterian Church p301. Kangaroo Ground Hotel p302.
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