| Main Title: |
Forest to farming : Gembrook: an early history / Genseric Parker, edited by Judy Parker, design by Wendy Savage. |
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| Author: |
Parker, Genseric.
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| Imprint: |
Box Hill South, Vic. : JDP Consultancy, 1995. |
| Collation: |
88 p. : ill., portraits, index, pbk ; 30 cm. |
| Subject: |
Biography
Family histories
General histories
Gembrook (Vic.) (Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country)
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| ISBN: |
0646269763 |
| Notes: |
Contents: Introduction 1. Early settlement 3. Le Soeufs and early selections in Gembrook 4. Backhouse family 6. Gembrook Acclimatization Park 8. Reverend John Bromby 10. Sandy Crichton 13. Smartt family and Ure family 14. Turnbull family 17. The township 20. Gembrook stores 21. Harry Knight p25. The Ranges Hotel 26. Butchers 29. Blacksmiths 30. Schools and school days 32. The Gembrook Hall 39. Dyson family, Mayall family, Gordon family 44. Memories of Puffing Billy 46. Sport 48. Cemetery 50. Scouts and Gilwell Park 51. Timber 54. Sawmilling 55. Mill tramlines 59. Russell family 61. Williams family 63. Memories of bullock drivers and horse teams 64. Tales of other old timers 68. Farming bushfires and drought 72. Wildlife in Gembrook 78. Hunting sambhur deer 82. Parker family 83..
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