CONTENTS:
1: The natural background p1. 2: The explorers p8. 3: The Aborigines and the pastoralists 1842-1860 p13. 4: Foundations of the township to 1867 p24. 5: Road District and Shire 1860-1870 p34. 6: The selectors p43. 7: The goldfields p49. 8: Opening the way p60. 9: By sea and river p69. 10: Growth of a township p79. 11: Pioneer society: Bairnsdale 1860-1880 p86. 12: Fields of maize and hops p95. 13: The dairymen p108. 14: Boom and Depression: Bairnsdale 1880-1914 p119. 15: A matter of pride 1880-1914 p131. 16: The sociable life 1880-1914 p145. 17: War and after 1914-1939 p152. 18: The western townships p159. Lindenow p159. Lindenow South p162. Hillside p163. Delvine p164. Fernbank p165. Nindoo p165. Woodglen p166. Glenaladale p166. 19: The Lakeside townships p168. Eagle Point p168. Paynesville p169. Raymond Island p177. Forge Creek p177. Goon Nure p178. Bengworden p179. 20: Across the Mitchell p180. Lucknow p180. East Bairnsdale and Broadlands p183. Nicholson p183. Sarsfield p183. Waterholes p185. Granite Rock p185. Clifton Creek p185. Picnic Point p186. Wy Yung and Ellaswood p186. Calulu p187. Wuk Wuk p189. Flaggy Creek p189. Melwood p189. Mount Taylor p190. Bullumwaal p191. Marthavale and Mount Baldhead p192. Tabberabbera p192. 21: Wealth from the land, since 1914 p193. 22: Bairnsdale – provincial centre since 1939 p205. 23: Shire and town since 1939 p205. 24: Marks of progress p229. 25: The social framework p244. 26: The sporting life p258. Envoi p269. Appendix: Shire Presidents p270. Mayors; Officers; Shire Secretaries; Town Clerks; Members Victorian Legislative Assembly, Australian House of Representatives p271. Footnotes p272. Select bibliography p280. Index p283.

ILLUSTRATIONS (selected):
Map of Shire. Mitchell River from Princes Highway bridge p2. Den of the Nargun p3. Mitchell River silt jetties p4. Angus McMillan p9. Alfred William Howitt p14. John Davison Smith; John Digby Smith p17. Archibald Macleod p18. Bairnsdale House p19. John Scott of ‘Delvin’ p21. Glenaladale Homestead about 1860 p22. The Commissioner’s Road to Eagle Point p23. ‘Eastwood’, A.W. Howitt’s home, Bairnsdale about 1868 p27. Drevermann and Cameron’s Store about 1867 p29. Charles Hayward, butcher 1870 p30. Russell Hosie’s Mitchell Hotel p31. Commercial Hotel p32. Richard Goodman p33. Mitchell River punt looking towards Bairnsdale 1870 p35. Frederick William Drevermann p39. Michael Goold; Joseph Day p40. Mitchell River Bridge 1887 p41. Building the Shire Hall 1870 p42. Old log hut, Lindenow Flat with Edward Saunders, John Whitbourne and Frank Holloway p44. Bullumwaal Store p51. Beehive Mine, Bullumwaal p52. Mining on the Nicholson River 1908 p57. C. Kennedy’s bullock team on Granite Rock to Deptford Road p58. Road construction camp p59. The Mitchell River in flood 1870 p61. Bairnsdale Railway Station about 1890 p62. Wy Yung Bridge on Mitchell River about 1890 p64. Flood scene 1891 p66. The Tambo Valley Road p68. ‘Avon’ at the Bairnsdale Wharf 1870 p70. Hawthorn Cricket Club on a visit to Gippsland Lakes, on ‘Tanjil’, Easter 1890, at Paynesville p71. ‘Dargo’ at the Bairnsdale Wharf about 1886 p73. Bairnsdale Wharf 1887 with ‘Ethel Jackson’ and ‘Omeo’ p74. Building the ‘Gippsland’ 1908 p76. Turning the first sod at the Bairnsdale Slip, May 1890 p77. Paynesville Slipyards p78. Corner of Main Street and Baily Street about 1880 p80. Waterworks pumping station p85. J. Morgan, auctioneer, 1870, on a sale day p87. Brickworks in Lucknow 1870 p88. Bairnsdale State School about 1880 p90. McMillan (Bailey) Street, with Manchester Unity Hall on left 1910 p94. Bagging maize, Lindenow about 1923 p97. Alfred William Howitt’s Hopkin [hop kiln] 1870 p99. Hop picking scene about 1880 p101. Hop kilns, Riverbank Road, East Bairnsdale 1964 p103. Cochrane’s hop fields and kilns p104. Goodman’s nursery at Picnic Point p106. Chaff cutting machinery about 1900 p107. View on the Mitchell River 1887 p109. Woodglen Creamery p111. Bairnsdale Wharf and Co-operative Butter Factory about 1910 p112. Glenaladale Weir under construction p117. Glenaladale Weir p118. Main Street about 1900 p120. James Jackson, tanner p122. Bairnsdale Shire Council meeting 1909, A.J. McKenzie, Shire President p123. John Christian Dahlsen; Dahlsen’s Stores about 1900 p124. G.H. Cole’s Furniture Warehouse about 1890 p125. Foard’s Store, Nicholson Street, about 1910 p126. Andrew Macarthur; Cook’s Corner p127. Building the Terminus Hotel 1889 p128. Jackson’s Tannery p129. Alexander and Jews Foundry p130. Bairnsdale College 1938 p132. Bairnsdale Hospital about 1910 p134. Hospital Carnival procession about 1910 p135. Post Office, Court House and Shire Hall at Bairnsdale about 1910 p136. Bairnsdale Fire Brigade about 1880 p137. Bairnsdale Brass Band about 1880 p138. Bairnsdale Mechanics’ Institute about 1890 p139. Railway Station, Bairnsdale about 1910 p141. St John’s Church of England [Anglican], Bairnsdale about 1890 p142. Rev. Father Cremin and his dog Barney p143. Salvation Army Citadel p144. Main Hotel, and Payne’s (Prince Regent) Theatre about 1915 p146. Ada Crossley welcomed to Bairnsdale 1903 p147. Football team about 1880 with St Andrew’s Church in background p149. Opening of rowing season, Oct 1906 p150. Main Street looking east 1930 p153. Polaso Soap Factory about 1925 p154. Dwyer’s coachbuilders, Nicholson Street p155. The wharf about 1910 p157. Swimming pool on Mitchell River about 1940 p158. Lindenow 1987 p160. Lindenow Railway Station School 1909 (now Lindenow South) p162. Traveller’s Rest Hotel, Hillside about 1870 p164. Fernbank Railway Station about 1925 p165. At the opening of the new Glenaladale Bridge 1959 p167. Waterhole at Eagle Point p169. Checking the catch at Paynesville p170. Foreshore, Paynesville about 1910 p171. Weir’s Paynesville Hotel p172. Paynesville Regatta 1920 p175. Goon Nure State School 1952 p178. St Bridget’s Catholic Church, Bengworden 1962 p179. Lucknow Hotel 1870 p181. Exchange Hotel, Lucknow p182. Cherry Tree Inn, Sarsfield p184. Wy Yung School and pupils about 1900 p187. Bairnsdale from Wy Yung p188. Old Flaggy Creek School (at Lower Boggy Creek) about 1920 p190. Sir Albert Eli Lind MLA; Timber truck at Marthavale 1973 p191. Sinnott’s home at Tabberabbera 1966 p192. Maize growing at Lindenow 1922 p194. Vegetable growing, Lindenow 1985 p196. Peach Cannery p197. Early saleyards scene with Bairnsdale High School in background 1933 p198. Imperial Hotel in 1936 flood p201. Area of burnt grassland 1965 p204. Captain W.H. Dolamore 1940 p205. Main Street from Pyke Street to the Hospital 1953 p207. Bailey Street p212. Steamship ‘Gippsland’ on the Mitchell River about 1930 p216. RAAF Station, Bairnsdale Aerodrome 1945 p218. Roadmaking, Main Street p219. Shire grader no.1; Shire councillors 1920 with Sir Albert Lind p220. Shire councillors meeting 1948-9 p221. Raymond Island ferry; Main Street today p222. Bairnsdale Shire offices 1987 p226. Bairnsdale High School 1987 p231. Bairnsdale Regional Education Complex (BREC) p233. Noweyung Centre, 84 Goold Street 1987 p235. Opening of Bairnsdale District Hospital 1940 p236. Clifton Waters Village p239. Presbyterian Church, Bairnsdale p241. Interior of St Mary’s Church 1937 p242. Salvation Army Citadel, 60 Goold Street 1987 p243. Sailors and Soldiers Club, 75 Main Street p246. Bairnsdale Agricultural Show 1955 p248. Italian Australian Social and Sporting Club, Omeo Highway, Lucknow 1987 p250. George Mesley, Homer Cole, Herevel Shaw, London 1924 p253. McMillan Cairn at Calulu p255. Jolly Jumbuk, Princes Highway, Lucknow 1987 p257. Bairnsdale Football Club team 1922 p259. Bairnsdale Races 1987 p260. Bairnsdale rowers, Regatta, Upper Yarra River 1899 p261. Bairnsdale cyclists, Main Street, about 1930, near Presbyterian Church p264. Bairnsdale Rifle Club, at Broadlands 1908 p265. Netball, High School grounds, 1987 p266. Baseball, Davidson Oval 1987 p267. Polocross team, street procession 1958; Drag Races, Bairnsdale Aerodrome 1979 p268.

SURNAMES / FAMILY NAMES from the index:
A’Beckett. Adams. Addis. Ah Haing. Aldridge. Alexander. Allen. Allison. Alsop. Alvin. Anderson. Andrew. Angus. Angwin. Appleton. Arbuckle. Archer. Attwood. Bailey. Bainbridge. Baker. Baid. Balfour. Ball. Ballantine. Ballantyne. Bankin. Barkly. Barling. Barnes. Barrett. Barton. Bass. Bates. Bath. Batt. Bayliss. Bean. Bearham. Beasley. Beatty. Beaumont. Beaurepaire. Beckley. Beecher. Bell. Bellamy. Bennett. Bentick. Bert. Besley. Betts. Bicknell. Bills. Bird. Birrell. Bischoff. Bishop. Bisson. Blackburn. Blennerhassett. Blyth. Bolden. Bomford. Borninkhof. Bosse. Bosworth. Boucher. Bourke. Bowden. Box. Boyes. Brazier. Brearley. Bredt. Benton. Brewer. Brideson. Brindley. Brooker. Brooks. Broome. Brown. Brownbill. Browne. Brownlow. Brownrigg. Bruce. Bryant. Buchanan. Buckley. Bull. Burdon. Burke. Burn. Burns. Burton. Bustorff. Butler. Butterss. Byers. Byrne. Cadell. Calhoun. Calvert. Cameron. Campbell. Capp (Capuano). Carandini. Carpenter. Carrigg. Carstairs. Carter. Castles. Chadwick. Challen. Chambers. Chapman. Charles, Prince of Wales and Princess Diana. Cheyne. Chin. Chong. Christensen. Christopher. Cima. Clarey. Clark. Clarke. Clayden. Cleghorn. Cliff. Clinton. Coate. Johnny Cobban (aborigine). Cochrane. Cockerell. Cole. Coleman. Collins. Commins. Condon. Confait. Coode. Cook. Cooper. Cope. Copplestone. Corker. Cornell. Corr. Costello. Costelloe. Coster. Cottrell. Counihan. Cox. Craig. Cranbourne. Crane. Crawford. Cremin. Croll. Crooke. Cross. Crossley. Crowley. Cunningham. Curlewis. Curnow. Curtayne. Curtis. Cuss. Cuthbertson. Dahlsen. Dale. Daly. Dana. Daniels. D’Aruego. Davies. Davis. Davison. Dawson. Day. Delaney. Denholm. Dennis. Dentry. De Quincey. Desailly. De Villiers. Dick. Digby. Digney. Di Palma. Dobson. Docker. Doherty. Dolamore. Donald. Donelly. Donoghue. Dooley. Drake. Dreier. Drevermann. Duffy. Dugins. Dumaresq. Duncan. Dunderdale. Dux. Dwyer. Dyson. Easton. Eastwood. Edlington. Edmond. Ellis. Ellison. Elsbury. Emery. Engelbert. English. Eriksen. Evans. Everard. Farrow. Fearn-Wannan. Fendley. Ferguson. Field. Finness. Fitzgerald. Fletcher. Flinn. Flint. Florance. Floriani. Foard. Foley. Ford. Forrest. Foster. Fox. Franklin. Fraser. Frayne. Freeman. Fregon. French. Friday (aborigine). Fritsch. Frost. Fry. Fyffe. Gallienne. Calloway (Galloway?). Gardner. Geary. George. Gerloff. Gibb. Gibber. Gibbons. Gibbs. Gibson. Gilbert. Giles. Gillespie. Gillies. Gilsenan. Gingell. Glassford. Goodman. Goold. Goss. Graham. Grainger. Grattan. Gray. Greed. Green. Greene. Greenwood. Gregg. Greig. Grose. Grove. Gutteridge. Guy. Hack. Hales. Hall. Hamilton. Hammer. Hammill. Hammond. Hancock. Hannah. Hansen. Happerley. Harding. Harris. Harrison. Hart. Hartmann. Harvey. Hassell. Hastings. Hatch. Haunstrug. Hayes. Haylock. Hayward. Hearne. Heath. Hellings. Henderson. Henham. Hennessy. Hewitt. Heywood. Higgins. Hill. Hinchcliffe. Hindley. Hocking. Hoddinott. Hodges. Hodgson. Hogg. Holder. Holford. Hollenson. Hollingsworth. Hollingworth. Holloway. Holt. Hooper. Hope. Hopetoun. Hopgood. Hopkins. Hopwood. Horne. Hosie. Hoskin. Houghton. Howitt. Howlett. Hoyt. Hudson. Hueton. Humphrey. Hurley. Hutchings. Hutton. Ibler. Ingles. Irish. Irvine. Jackson. James. Jefferson. Jennings. Jenson. Jew. Jewell. Johnson. Johnston. Jones. Jorgenson. Karthaus. Kasikovic. Keating. Keelen. Keil. Kelly. Kelsall. Kempson. Kennedy. Kenworthy. Keogh. Kercherat. Kermonde. Kerosina. Kerton. Ketels. Kyte. Kidd. Kincaid. King. Kingston. Kinkell. Kirkpatrick. Kleinitz. Koenig. Komesaroff. Kramer. Kreymborg. Kroekel. Kyle. Laird. Lane. Langford. Langston. Larsen. Latham. Latimer. Lavery. Law. Lawrence. Leach. Le Cheminant. Lees. Legge. Leggett. Lehmann. Leigh. Lett. Levell. Lewis. Limschou. Lind. Lindquist. Lindsay. Livingstone. Lloyd. Loch. Logan. Login. Lonnee. Loughnan. Lowe. Lucas. Lumsden. Luxford. Lyon. Macalister. McAllister. McAlpine. McArdell. Macarthur. Macartney. McBriar. McCallum. McCormick. McCulloch. McCully. McDiarmid. McDonald. McEacharn. McFarlane. McGauran. McGhee. McGirr. McGoldrick. McGregor. McIntyre. McIvor. McKenzie. McKerrell. McKillop. Mackintosh. McKnockiter. McLachlan. McLaughlin. McLean. McLennan. Macleod. McLeod. McMahon. McMillan. McNamara. McNeill. McPhee. McPherson. McRae. McWhinney. Madden. Maddocks. Maginnis. Mahla. Main. Mansell. Marriott. Marshall. Marsland. Martin. Mason. Massey. Matheson. Mathieson. Matthews. Mays. Meadows. Mein. Melba. Melhuish. Mennell. Mentiplay. Merry. Mersuglia. Mesley. Messenger. Meyer. Meyrick. Michaelis. Miles. Milne. Minter. Mitchell. Moccom. Montgomery. Moody. Moran. Morecroft. Morgan. Moroney. Morris. Morrison. Morton. Mosley. Mudie. Muller. Munns. Munro. Muntz. Murphy. Murray. Nash. Nattrass. Neal. Neely. Neilsen. Nethercote. Neville. Newton. Nicholls. Nicholson. Nixon. Oates. O’Brien. O’Byrne. O’Connor. O’Donoghue. O’Grady. Oke. Oliver. Olsen. Olver. O’Mahony. O’Neill. O’Rourke. Osborne. Osbourne. Ostler. O’Toole. Overend. Pallot. Palmer. Parton. Paterson. Patterson. Payne. Pearson. Peart. Pedlow. Pendergast. Penglase. Pepper. Peppler. Perry. Petersen. De Petro. Pettigrew. Pettit. Phelan. Phiddian. Phillips. Piggott. Pincott. Pitt. Pitts. Platt. Ponting. Poore. Porter. Porteus. Potter. Potton. Poulsen. Powell. Power. Pratt. Price. Pritchard. Proppe. Prosser. Pryce. Purvis. Quail. Quiggin. Rabling. Radcliffe. Radford. Raffaele. Rashleigh. Rawlings. Rawlinson. Ray. Raymond. Rayner. Reddick. Redenbach. Reeve. Reeves. Reid. Reynolds. Richards. Richardson. Rieper. Riley. Roadknight. Roberts. Robertson. Robinson. Roder. Rodger. Rogers. Rosenbrock. Ross. Rowand. Ruskin. Russo. Rust. Ryan. Sabeston. Sainsbury. Sanders. Sandford. Saunders. Savell. Sawyer. Saxe. Schneider. Scott. Scoull. Searls. Seaver. Seehusen. Sellars. Semmens. Semore. Sewell. Sexton. Shannon. Sharp. Sharpe. Shaw. Sheean. Sheehan. Shiells. Shiels. Shinnick. Shires. Sim. Simpson. Singh Goo. Skipworth. Skuta. Slater. Slattery. Smallman. Smethurst. Smit. Smith. Smyth. Southon. Spargo. Spillman. Spriggin. Stannage. Stansfield. Stanway. Starr. Stavely. Steel. Steer. Stephens. Stephenson. Stevenson. Stewart. Stirling. Stockdale. Stone. Strachan. Strange. Strzelecki. Stuart. Stubenrauch. Suding. Sukro. Swan. Sweetman. Swindells. Sylvester. Symons. Synnot. Charlie Tarra (aborigine). Taylor. Telfer. Tennyson Smith. Ternes. Terrill. Terry. Thomas. Thomlinson. Thompson. Thomson. Tierney. Tinsley. Tippett. Tipping. Tobin. Toohey. Townsend. Tracy. Treasure. Tulloch. Turnbull. Turner. Turnmile (aborigine). Twentyman. Tyers. Underwood. Vandenborn. Varney. Vaughan. Vavasseur. Veal. Veenker. Veith. Villiers. Vincent. Vipond. Vogt. Waite. Wakefield. Walford. Walker. Waller. Wandburg. Wannan. Warren. Watson. Weaver. Webb. Websdale. Webster. West. Westerson. Weston. Whadcoat. Wheen. Whitbourne. White. Whittington. Widdows. Wigg. Wilkinson. Williams. Williamson. Willoughby. Wilson. Winkelmann. Winson. Winter. Wolfe. Wood. Woodcock. Woodley. Woodman. Woolland. Wordsworth. Worsley. Worth. Wren. Wright. Wyett. Yates. Yeates. Young. Zagami. Ziolo. Zolin.

FULL INDEX available on library computers: Electronic resources \ indexes (alphabetically by name of place).

FROM THE INDEX (Placenames, institutions, etc.):
Abattoirs. A’Beckett Park, Raymond Island. Department of Aboriginal Affairs. Aboriginal Sports Festival. Aborigines. Adelaide House. Adventure camps. Adventure Playground, Lucknow. Aerated waters, manufacture. Aero Club. Agriculture. Air raid precautions, World War Two. Air services. Air Training Corps. Airfields. ‘Albert’ steamer. Alberton. Albion Hotel. ‘Alert’ steamer. ‘Alexander’ hop gardens. ‘Alexlea’ property. Mount Alfred. Allanvale. Alpha Delta Kappa Society branch. Alpine Ash Joinery, Lucknow. Amalgamated Miners’ Association branch, Bullumwaal. ‘Amaroo’ branch of CWA. Amaroo Festival. Amateur Boxing and Youth Club. Amber cane. Ambulance services. Ambyne Hill, Lucknow. American Steam Riding Gallery. Anglican Church see Church of England. Angling. Angora goats. Ansett-ANA Airlines. Apex. ‘Apollo’ schooner. ‘Argyle’ steamer. ‘Ariel’ yacht. Army units. ‘Ashgrove’ hop gardens. Association of Civilian Widows branch. Athletics. Athletics Association. Aurora mines, Mount Taylor. Aurora South Mining Company, Mount Taylor. Australian Comforts Fund. Australian Estates Company. Australian Labor Party branches. Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women branch. Australian National Airways. Australian Natives Association (ANA), Bairnsdale, Bullumwaal. Australian Paper Mills. Australian Primary Producers Union. Australian Women’s Association. Australian Women’s National League. Auxiliary to Aid Deaf Children. ‘Avon’ steamer. Avon Shire. ‘Awaroa’ steamer. B.R.C. Hotel, Bairnsdale. Baby Health Centres see Infant Welfare Services. Bacon curing. Badminton. Bailey Brothers Store.

Bairnsdale: General; Army Drill Hall; Attempts to form Borough and Town; ‘Back-tos’; Band rotunda; Boathouse; Botanical reserve; Bridge; Cemetery; Cenotaph; Centenary; Court House; Drainage; Fires in; Gaol; Garbage and sanitary services; Housing; In World War Two; Land sales; Main Street gardens; Mechanics’ Hall; Municipal Library; Police Station; Population; Post Office; Primary School; Public offices; Racecourses; Railway Station; Recreation grounds; Saleyards; Sewerage; Site selected; Streets; Street lighting; Survey of and streets named; Swimming pool; Town plan; Traffic control and parking; Water supply; Water tower; Wharves.

‘Bairnsdale: portrait of a country town’. Bairnsdale run. ‘Bairnsdale’ steamer.

Bairnsdale: Aboriginal Learning Centre; Adult Community Education Centre; ‘Advertiser’; Aerodrome; Agricultural Society; Air Charter; Amateur Turf Club; and Bruthen District Football Association; ‘and Bruthen News’; and District Co-operative Butter Factory; and District Co-operative Housing Society; and District Cricket Association; and District Elderly Citizens Welfare Committee; and District Employers’ Group; and District Football League; and East Gippsland Lapidary Club; Angling Club; Arts Council Group; Association of Youth Groups; Athletics Carnival; Athletics Club; Bowling Club; Bridge Club; By-Products Ltd; Chamber of Commerce; Clinic; Club Hotel; College; Community Youth Club; ‘Courier’; Cricket Club; Croquet Club; Cycling Club; Dairymen’s Association; Environment Group and Garden; Export Association; Festival; Field Sportsmens’ Association; Film Society; Fire Brigade; First Aid Centre; Food Products Ltd; Football Club; Foundry; Free Kindergarten; Fresh Food Co.; Girls’ Grammar School; Glass and Glazing Co.; Gold Club; Gun Club; Heritage Group; High School; High School Co-operative Ltd; Historical Museum; Historical Society; Hockey Club; Horticultural Society; Hospital; Hospital Auxiliary; Hotel; House; Ice and Butter Manufacturing Co.; Instrumental Group; Investment and Loan Society; Irrigation and Water Trust; Jazz Club; Kennel Club; Lawn Tennis Association; ‘Liberal News’; Madrigal singers; Motor Inn; Oval; Philatelic Society; Pistol Club; Players; Playgroups Association; Racing Club; Railway Extension League; Recreation Centre; Regional Education Complex (BREC); Rifle Club; Road District; Rovers Football Club; Rowing Club; RSL Club; School of Mines; Scouting Centre; Services Club; Sewerage Trust; Soap Pty Ltd; Soccer Club; Speedway Club; Steam Navigation Company; Swimming Club; Technical School; Tennis Club; Theatre Company; Tile and Concrete Works; Tourist Caravan Park; Town – floral emblem, formation, mayoral chain, office; Unemployed Resource Group; Water Trust; Welfare Committee; West Primary School; Youth Club.

Bairnsdale Shire: General; Centenary; Honour roll; Interim Development Order; Naturalization ceremonies; Nursery; Population; Proclaimed; Rates; Financial difficulties; Ridings; Shire Hall and Offices.

Bairnsdale Shire Council: General; First meeting; Councillors; Council officers; Roads and bridges construction; and Mitchell River; Financial affairs; and Formation of town; New offices for.

Bald Hill Creek. Mount Baldhead. Bands: at Bairnsdale; at Bullumwaal; at Lindenow. Bands of Hope. Bank of Australasia. Bank of New South Wales. Bank of Victoria. Banksia Peninsula. Baptist Church. Bargate Gallery, Wy Yung. Barley. Basketball. Bats. Beehive Mine. Bee-keeping. Sugar beet, growing of. Bellbird Creek. ‘Belle Vue’ estate. Benevolent homes.

Bengworden: General; Creamery; Mechanics’ Hall; Post office; Railway plan; Saleyards; School.

Big Garage. Billy Goat Bend, Mitchell River. Birds. Black Cat Mine, Bullumwaal. ‘Black Swan’ schooner. Blond Bay. Blood bank. Boating at Paynesville. Boer War. Boggy Creek: general; gold mines at. ‘Bogong’ steamer. ‘Bower Birds’. Bowls: at Bairnsdale; Paynesville. Boxing. Boy Scouts: at Bairnsdale; Scout Hall at Bairnsdale; at Paynesville. Boys’ Brigade. Brabralung aboriginal tribe. ‘Breamanzas’ fishing competitions. Breweries. Bricks, manufacture. Bridge (Imperial) Hotel. Broadlands Parish: General; School see Mitchell River School. Broadlands Hotel. Brodribb Motors. Brookville. Broom millet, growing of. Brownies. Bruthen. Buffalo Creek. Building stone, quarries. Bulgoback Creek. Bull Creek.

Bullumwaal: General; Back-to; Cemetery; Mechanics’ Hall; Name; School; Club.

Bunjil-Baul aboriginal clan. Bunjil-Bottle (aborigine). ‘Burrabogie’ steamer. Buses and bus services: General; for Schools. Bush fire brigades. Bushfires. Bush hide-away cabins, waterholes. Business and Professional Womens’ Club. Business jets (Bizjets). Butter manufacture, see also creameries. ‘Calagero’ property, log cabin from. Calajero Creek. Caledonia Australis. Caledonian Society.

Calulu: General; Bridges; Post Office; Punt; School; Village settlement.

Camp Mallana. Camping parks. Cancer Crusaders branch. Captain Cook Hotel, Sarsfield. Captain James Cook Memorial Plantation. Caravan parks. Caravilla Motel. John Carpenter and Co. contractors. Carting. Case making. Casein manufacture. Cassandra Mine, Bullumwaal. Caterpillars, plagues of. Catholic Church. Cattle: general, brucellosis in, sales of, see also dairying, herd testing. Cemeteries. Cenotaph. Centenary Gardens. Centennial Gully, mining at. Chamber of Commerce. Champion mines, Bullumwaal. Chapman’s Family Hotel, Bairnsdale. ‘Charles Edward’ ship. ‘Charlotte Fenwick’ steamer. Cheese manufacture. Cherry Tree Inn, Sarsfield. Chess and Draughts Club. Chicory. Child welfare services. Childbirth Education Association. Chinese: General; and maize growing; as hop pickers; grew chicory; mission at Bairnsdale. Choral societies. T. Christensen Lime Works. Christmas Reef mines, Bullumwaal. Church of Christ, Bairnsdale. Church of England (Anglican): General; and ‘A’Beckett Park, Raymond Island; Church of Emmanuel, Wy Yung; St John’s, Bairnsdale; Lindenow; St Peter’s, Paynesville. Cinemas. Circuses. Citizens’ Band. Citizens’ Military Forces. Citizens’ Radio Emergency Service. Citizens’ Reform League. Civic Revue Co. Civilian Widows branch. Clare House. ‘Clematis’. Clifton Creek.

Clifton Creek (township): General; Hall; Mining at; Post office; School.

‘Clifton Park’ property. Clifton’s Morass. Clifton Waters Village. Climate. Closer settlement. Clothing manufacture. Club for the Disabled. Club Hotel. Coaches and coaching. Coal discoveries. Cobb and Co. coaches. Cobbanah. Cobbanah Creek. Cobberas mountains. G.J. Coles Store, Bairnsdale. Collingwood Adventure Camp. Colonial Bank. Colonial Gas Association. Combined Pensioners Association. Commercial Bank. Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, Bairnsdale. Commercial Hotel. Commissioners Road. Commonwealth Bank. Commonwealth Employment Scheme. Community Psychiatric Clinic. Community Youth Support Scheme. Commuter Airlines. Confectionary manufacture. Congregational Church: General; Camp, Banksia Peninsula. Cool Water Springs. Coonawarra Holiday Camp, Glenaladale. Coongulmerang (Nindoo). Coongulmerang (parish): General; Village settlement. Cordials manufacture. Cotton. Country Fire Authority. Country Party. Country Roads Board. Country Women’ Association (CWA). ‘County Antrim’ steamer, wreck of. Coursing. Court House. Court House Hotel. Courts. Crabs, red. Cream separators. Creameries. Cremin Hall. Cremona House. Cricket: General; Indoor; visit of Lord Sheffield’s team. Cricket Club Hotel, Paynesville. Cripple Country. Crooked River. Croquet. Crown Hotel, Wy Yung. ‘Crystal Highway’. Cubs (Scouts). Currawang Station. Cycling. ‘Cygnet’ High School magazine. Dahlsen’s Store. Dairying. Dalgety and Co. Dam the Mitchell Action Committee. Dancing, records in. ‘Dargo’ steamer. Dargo River. Dartmouth Creek, mining at. Deadcock Creek. Debating clubs. Defiance mines, Bullumwaal. Deighton Creek. Deighton No.1 run. Deighton No.2 run. Mount Delusion. Delvin. Delvin run. Delvine: General; Mechanics’ Institute; School. Democratic Labor Party branch. Den of Nargun. ‘Denbigh’ Hop Garden. Depressions: of 1890s; Bairnsdale Shire and 1890s; of 1930s. Deptford: General; School; Mine. ‘Despatch’ steamer. ‘Devil’s Pit’, Bairnsdale. Diphtheria outbreaks. Doherty’s Corner (Wy Yung) see also Wy Yung School. ‘Drag’ racing. Dramatic clubs. Drive-in cinemas see Moondale Drive-In, Lucknow. Droughts. Druids Lodge. Dry Kiln Seasoning Company. Duke of Edinburgh Mine, Deptford. Dunlop Rubber Company. Eagle Point: General; Camping park; Hall; School; Village settlement; Water supply. East Bairnsdale: General; Post Office. East Bairnsdale Bowling Club.

East Gippsland: Aboriginal Co-operative; Aboriginal Women’s Group; Ambulance Service; Community College of TAFE; Concert Orchestra; Family Support Centre; Football League; ‘East Gippsland holiday’; Hospital; Junior Football Association; Masonry and Associated Products; ‘East Gippsland Miner’; Model Engineers Club; ‘News’; Regional Library Service; Regional Planning Authority.

East Victoria Airlines. Eastern Roadlines. ‘Eastwood’ hop gardens. Education programs for unemployed youth. Education Reform Association. E-Gee Printers. Eight Hours Day Society. Elderly citizens’ flats. ‘Eleanor Johnstone’ schooner. Elderly, services for. Electric power. Ellaswood: General; Post Office. Elliott Engineering. Emergency accommodation services. ‘Emily Ellen’ schooner. ‘Emu’ steamer. ‘Emu Park’ property. Emu Vale run. English, Peck and Co. English, Scottish and Australasian Bank (ESANDA). Ensay. Ensay run. Enterprise Crushing Plant, Bullumwaal. Entertainment Centre, Bairnsdale. ‘Ethel Jackson’ steamer. Eucalyptus distilleries. ‘Eva’ steamer. ‘Every Week’. ‘Excel’ fishing boat. Exchange Hotel, Lucknow. Ex-POW’s Association branch. Ezard’s sawmills. Fair Hope (Clifton Creek). Family day care. ‘Family of Man’, horse. Farmers’ Arms Hotel, Lindenow. Farmers’ Protection Society. Farmers’ Union branch. Fathers’ Associations (RSL). Fauna. Federation, celebrations for.

Fernbank: General; Mechanics’ Hall; Post Office; Recreation ground; School; Water supply.

Fernbank House. Ferries. Field Naturalists’ Club. Field Sportsmen’s Association. Fingerboards. Fire brigades. Fire Brigades, rural. Fishes. Fishing. Flaggy Creek: General; Hall; School. Flax growing. Flinn estate, Lucknow. Flooding Creek (Sale). Floods. Flour mills and milling. Food for Britain. Football: General; at Lucknow. Foresters Lodge. Forestry camps, for unemployed. Forge Creek: General; Halls; Post Office; School; Union church. Foundries. Fox Terrier Coursing Club. Free Library Service Board. Freemasons. Mount Friday. Friendly Societies Grounds (West End Oval). Friendly Society sports. Fruit growing, canning. Fruit Growers Association. Fruit fly. G.P. Motors garage. Gaols. ‘Gap’ school magazine. Garages in Bairnsdale. Gardenland Frozen Foods. Gas supplies. Gateway Court Motel. Genealogical Society of Victoria branch. Geology. ‘Georgiana Smith’ yacht.

Gippsland: Population; ‘Gippsland’ steamer; and Northern Company; Benevolent Home; Centre for Rehabilitation and Extended Care; ‘Daily News’; Dragway; Fish and Game Preserving Co.; Football League; Fresh Food, Ice, Butter Co.; Geriatric Centre; Historic Automobile Club; Home and Hospital; Institute of Advanced Education; Lakes; Lakes Hotel-Motel, Paynesville; Lakes Navigation Company; Lakes Ski Club; Lakes Yacht Club; Milk Products Ltd; Rabbit Suppression League; Regional Environment Study; Sheep Breeders Association; Shipping Company; Steam Navigation Company; ‘Times’.

Gippslander Rail Service. ‘Gippslander’ schooner. Girl Guides, Brownies. Glee and Choral Society.

Glenaladale: General; Bridge; Hall; Post Office; Recreation ground; School; Run; Estate School; National Park; Weir.

‘Glenelg’ steamer, wreck. ‘Glengarry’ steamer. Goats. Gold mines and mining: at Bullumwaal; at Clifton Creek; at Deptford; in Mount Baldhead Road area; at Mount Taylor. Goldsborough, Mort and Co. Golf. Good Neighbour Council. Good Templars. Goodman’s cannery. Goodman’s Nurseries. Goon Nure: General; School. Grand Coffee Palace. Grand Terminus Hotel. Grandview Racecourse. Granite Rock: General; Hall; School. Great Southern Joinery Works. Great Success Mine, Deptford. Gun clubs. Gwandalan Hospital and Hostel. Gymkhanas. Gymnastics. Harness racing. Hay crops. Charles Hayward abattoirs. Helping Hand Association. Herd-testing. Hibernian-Australian Catholic Society. Hicks Point. Hides and skins. Highlands run. Hiking. Hillside: General; Railway Station; School; Hotel. Historical societies. Hockey. Home Help Service. Hop kilns. Hop growers’ associations. Hops growing. Horse racing: general, at Bairnsdale, at Lindenow. Horses, breeding. Horticultural Society. Hospital. Hospital Benefits Association. Hospital carnivals. Hospitals, private. Hostels. Hotel licences and temperance movement. Housing Commission. Housing co-operatives. Huddart Parker Shipping Co. Hunter’s Arms Inn, Emu Creek. Ibis. Ice manufacture. Iguana Creek: General; Post Office. Imperial Hotel. ‘Industry’ barge. Infant welfare services. Influenza epidemic. Insects. ‘Invermay’ hop gardens. Iron Bark Reef, Mount Baldhead Road. Irrigation. Irrigation Trust. ‘Is emu on the menu?’ cookery book. Italian Social Club. Italians in district. ‘Jane’ schooner. Jaycees. ‘J.C.D.’ steamer. Jehovah’s Witnesses. Edward Jew Foundry. Jogging. ‘John’ fishing boat. Jolly Jumbuck Country Craft Centre, Lucknow. Jones Bay. Judo. Junior Chamber of Commerce. Junior Red Cross branches. Kangaroo Creek. Kangaroos. Kansas City Motel, Bairnsdale. ‘Keera’ steamer. Kenair Travel. Kiata Festival. Kilgower Lookout. Kilmany Family Care Centre. Kindergartens. Don King Joinery Works. Lake King. Kurnai aboriginal tribes. Ladies Benevolent Society. ‘Lady Darling’ schooner. ‘Lady of the Lake’ schooner. Lake Victoria Hygienic Retreat. Lakeland Park, Paynesville. Lakelands Butter Factory. Lakes and District Motor Sports Club. Lakes Carrying Company. Lakes Navigation Company. ‘Land to pasture’. Land settlement. ‘Latrobe’ schooner. Latrobe Valley Aero Club. Latrobe Valley Football Club. Legacy branch. Leo Club. Liberal Party branches. Libraries. Lifeline services. Light Horse squadrons. Lime works. Limestone. Lind Bridge, Wy Yung. Lind Vale Golf Club. Linden Lock timber manufactures, Lindenow South.

Lindenow: General; Back-to; Mechanics’ Institute; Pioneer memorial; Post Office; School; Water supply; Run; Hotel; Racing Club; Sports Club; Water Trust.

Lindenow South: General; Community hall; Mechanics’ Hall; Railway Station; Recreation oval; School.

Linseed. Lions Clubs. Little Athletics. Little London Inn, Deptford. Lloyd’s hardware store. Lochend dairy. Loft Gallery, Paynesville. Mount Lookout. Lord Nelson Hotel, Lucknow. Lower Boggy Creek. Lucas Creek, Nindoo.

Lucknow: General; Mechanics’ Hall; Post Office; Recreation ground; School; Run; Hotel.

Lutheran Church. Lux Picture Company. Macalister River. A. Macarthur and Co. Macarthur River. McGhee’s Gully, Bairnsdale. McKenzie and Sons, contractors. McLaughlin Flat, Wy Yung. A. McLean and Co., stock agency. Mount McLeod. Macleod’s Morass: General; Drainage of; Settlement of. McMillan Lectures. McMillan Rural Studies Centre. McMillan Straits. ‘Madresfield’ hop garden. ‘Maffra’ steamer. ‘Magnolia’ steamer. ‘Maitland’ steamer. Maize growing. Maize Marketing Board. ‘Manawatu’ steamer. Maralinga Youth Hostel. Marching girls. Market gardening. Marlin Motel. A. Marshall garage, Lindenow. Marthavale. Masonic Lodge. Meals on wheels. Mechanics’ institutes. Medibank services. Meerindoo Hostel. Meerlieu run. Meiggs and Anderson coaches. Melba Picture Co. Melbourne Chilled Butter Co. Melwood: General; School. Mentally Handicapped Children’s Centre. Merrijig, gold found at. Methodist (Wesleyan) Church: Bairnsdale; Paynesville. Mibost run. Milk production. Milking machines. Millwood. Miners’ Rest Hotel, Bullumwaal. Mini-cycle racing. Mitchell Backwater Bridge. Mitchell Camping Ground. Mitchell Gardens. Mitchell Motor Inn.

Mitchell River: bridges, see names of localities; discovery of; dam on; dredging in; floods; protection of banks; punts on; salt creep in; shipping on; silt jetties; silting on; terraces; wharf.

Mitchell River and River Lands Protection Association. Mitchell River Butter and Ice Co. ‘Mitchell River Herald’. Mitchell River Improvement Trust. Mitchell River Police Station. Mitchell River Radio. Mitchell River School. Mitchell River Silt Jetties Improvement Association. Mitchell River Water Utilisation Committee. Mitchell Shire, plans for. Mitchell Steam Ship Co. Mitchell Valley Motel. Mitchell Water Board. Mitchelldale: General; Post Office; School. Mitchelltown. Monaro Brass Band, Calulu. Monaro Railway League. Monkey Creek. ‘Moonah’ steamer. Moondale Drive-in Cinema. Moormurng (Rosehill), general, school. Moormurng (parish). Moormurng Forest Park. Moran and Cato’s grocers. Joseph Morgan and Co., auctioneers. Mormons. Moroka River. Morris’s Creek. Mosquito control. Motels in Bairnsdale. Motor cars. Motorcycle racing. Motor racing. Mount Alfred timber mills. Mount Baldhead Road. Mount Taylor (township): General; Hall; School. Mountain Ash Range. Mountaineer Cricket Club, Deptford. Moving pictures. Mud islands in Lake Victoria. Multiple Sclerosis Society branch. Munji aboriginal clan. ‘Murray’ steamer. Murray-Goulburn Co-operative. Musical competitions. Musical societies. Musk Gully. Mustard, growing of. ‘Myrtle Point’ property, Woodglen. Nagle College. ‘Napier’ steamer. Nargun. National Bank. National Parks Authority. National Party. Native cats. Naturalization ceremonies. ‘Nell’ steamer. New Enterprise Mine, Deptford. New Era Mine, Store Creek. New Life Family Fellowship. New Norfolk Reception Rooms, Lindenow South. New Rush Creek, Mount Baldhead Road. Newlands Backwater.

Nicholson: General; Bridge; Creamery; Post Office; School; Union Church.

Nicholson Hotel, Deptford. Nicholson Hotel, Sarsfield. Nicholson Quartz Mine. Nicholson 1: bridges; discovery of; gold discoveries; punts on. Night watch services. Nindoo (Coongulmerang): General; Post Office; School. Ninety Mile Beach. North and East Gippsland Pioneers Association. North Gippsland Lakes Steam Navigation Company. North Gippsland Shipping Co. North Gippsland Steam Navigation Co. Northwest Skyways Airline. Notre Dame de Sion, Convent, School. Nova Scotia Mine, Deptford. Noweyung Centre. Numbla-Munjie run. Nursing Mothers Association branch. Nursing services. ‘Oak Hills’ property. Oats, growing of. John O’Connor and Co., car service. Octavulin Dairy. Oddfellows Lodge. Oil, prospecting. Oil mining in Bass Strait. Oil seeds, growing. Old Australians Home. Old Bairnsdaleites Association. Olympic pool. Omeo: General; gold at. ‘Omeo’ steamer. Omeo Highway. Omeo Shire / Council. ‘Omeo Standard’. Orbost Railway. Orchestras. Orient Hotel. ‘Pages from the past’ history. Palmer and Co., timber merchants. Parents Without Partners branch. Parking meters, plans for. Parliamentary representatives. Pastoral industries. Payne’s Hall.

Paynesville: General; boat harbour; cemetery; community centre; foreshore; jetty; Mechanics’ Hall [Institute]; museum plans; post office; recreation grounds; school; sewerage; water supply; wharves; Boating Association; Fibreglass Industries; Fisheries Protection Association; Foreshore Committee; Friends and Neighbours Association; Hotel; Motor Cruiser Club; ‘Paynesville Princess’ cruise boat; Progress Association; Rescue Squad; Sewerage Authority; Water Trust.

Peaches, growing of. Peas, growing of. Pelican Point, oil prospecting. Pelican Point Oil Well Company. Penguin Club of Australia branch. People’s Party. Permewan and Wright’s. Perry River. Perseverance Mine, Bullumwaal. Pettit, Macarthur and Co. ‘Phantom’ steamer. Phoenix crushing plant, Bullumwaal. Phoenix Foundry Company. Picnic Point: General; Hall; Post Office. ‘Pictorial Standard’ weekly. Pier Hotel, Paynesville. Pigs, breeding. Pineapples, growing of. ‘Pioneer’ dredge. Plaster manufacture. Playgrounds. Ploughing matches. Plymouth Brethren. Polaso soap. Police. Police and Citizens Boys’ Club. Political parties, branches. Polocrosse. ‘Pomona’ steamer. Pony clubs. Port Albert. Possums. Postal services. Potatoes, growing of. Poverty Creek, gold on. Presbyterian Church: General; St Andrew’s, Bairnsdale; at Bullumwaal; at Lindenow; St Margaret’s, Fernbank. ‘Pretty Jane’ steamer. Primary Producers’ Bank. Prince Regent Theatre. Princes Highway. Prisons. Probus Club, Paynesville. ‘Progress’ barge. Progress associations. Prohibition movement. Prospect Flat. Providence Ponds. ‘Providence Ponds’ novel. Punts. Purvis stores. Queen Victoria (Mitchell) Gardens. Quoits. Rabbits: general; canning of. Racecourse. Radford Prize, Bairnsdale Primary School. Radio. Railway Grand Terminus Hotel. Railway Hotel, Lindenow South. Railway stations. Railways: to Bairnsdale; to Bengworden, plans; to Omeo and Monaro; to Orbost; Melbourne to Sale. Rainfall. Ranger Guides. Rape, growing. Ratepayers’ associations. Raymond Island: general; ferry; school; village settlement; water supply. Rechabites Lodge. Red Cross. Red Cross Emergency Co. Red Cross Service Co. Red ‘spider’ mite, affecting crops. ‘Redcourt’ property. ‘Redlegs’ footballers. Regattas: at Bairnsdale; at Paynesville. Repatriation Committee. Retreat Hotel, Nicholson. Returned Servicemen’s League (RSL). Returned Soldiers and Sailors Club and Association. ‘Rheinfell’ hop garden. Rheinlander Mine, Bullumwaal. Rifle shooting. Riflemen’s Reserve Corps, World War Two. Riley River. Riverview Guest House. Riviera Football League. Riviera Harbors, Paynesville. Riviera Plaza. Rivers and Riverlands of Victoria Protection Association. Roads. Rocla Pipes. Roller skating. Roman Catholic Church: St Anthony’s, Fernbank; St Bridget’s, Bengworden; St Canice’s, Lindenow; St Mary’s, Bairnsdale; St Mary’s School; St Patrick’s, Paynesville. Romawi. ‘Rosedale’ schooner. ‘Rosehill’ property. Rosehill School. Rotamah Island. Rotaract. Rotary Club. Rover Scouts. Rowing. Royal Australian Air Force. Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV). Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind auxiliary. Ryan’s (Annie) Bridge, Clifton Creek. Ryan’s Peak, mines at. Sailboarding. Saint Andrew’s College. St John Ambulance. St John Tennis Club. St Mary’s School. St Vincent de Paul Centre, Sale. Sale. Saleyards. Salt mining. Salvation Army. ‘Samson’ steamer. Sand Hill. Sandy Creek. ‘Sarah’ steamers.

Sarsfield: general; bridge over Nicholson River; bush fires in; cemetery; land sales at; school; village settlement.

‘Saturday Sporting’ weekly. Save the Children Fund branch. Sawmills. Scarred trees. School hostels. Schools. Scotty’s Hill (Wy Yung). Sea Scouts, Paynesville. Seldom Seen. Selectors. Seventh Day Adventist Church. Shady Trees Caravan Park. Sheep. Sheep shearing competitions. Sheepstation Creek. ‘Sheet Anchor’ horse. Shipbuilding. Ships and shipping. Shipwrecks. Shire of Bairnsdale Sewerage Authority. Silk culture. Sir Walter Scott Inn, Devlin. ‘Sir Wilfred Lawson’ steamer. Slip and Ship Repair Co. Slip-works: Bairnsdale; Paynesville. ‘Smile your in Bairnsdale’ campaign. Snakes. Snowy River. ‘Snowy River Mail’. Snowy River Shipping Co. Soap manufacture. Soil Conservation Authority. Soils. Soldier settlement. Soldiers’ Repatriation Committee (World War One). Sons of Freedom mines, Bullumwaal. South African War. South Coast Airlines. Southern Airlines. Soy bean, culture. Spastic Society auxiliary. Speedway, Granite Rock. Sperm Whale Head. Squash. Squatters and selectors. State Electricity Commission. State Emergency Service. State (Savings) Bank. Stony Creek. Store Creek, gold at. ‘Stormbird’ whaleboat. Street lighting. ‘Struan’ hop gardens. ‘Sun News Pictorial’ most beautiful town. Sunflower oil. Supremacy Clothing Company. ‘Surprise’ steamer. Swan Reach run. Swansea Guest House, Paynesville. Sweet corn. Swimming. Tabberabbera: general; school; run. ‘Tambar’ steamer. Tambo township. ‘Tambo’ schooner. ‘Tambo’ steamer. Tambo Bluff. Tambo Crossing. ‘Tambo Princess’ cruise boat. Tambo Prospecting Mine, Store Creek. Tambo Quartz Mine, Store Creek. Tambo River: discovery of; shipping on. Tambo River Shipping Co. Tambo Shire. Tambo Valley Road. Tambo Valley Rural Football Association. ‘Tanjil’ steamers. Tanjil theatres. Tanneries. ‘Tarra’ steamer. Tarraville. Tatungalung aboriginal clan. Mount Taylor. Telegraph services. Telephone services and exchanges. Television services. Temperance Hall. Temperatures. Tennis. Terminus Hotel. The Reefs, Bullumwaal. Theatre Royal. 37th Battalion Association. ‘Thomas Norton’. 3TR Women’s Club branch. Timber manufacture and supplies. Timberbuilt Pty Ltd. ‘Time to remember’ history. Tobacco. Tomatoes, growing. Tom’s Creek. Toonalook (Paynesville). Toonalook Harbours. ‘Toroa’ steamer. Totalizer Agency Board (TAB) agencies. Tourism. Tourist Bureau. Town and Country Planning Board. Town Central Motel. Toys, manufacture. Transport Regulations Board. Trail riding. Travelana Motel. Travellers’ Rest Hotel: Deptford; Hillside. Tree-planting. Trees. Trio mines, Deptford. ‘Trio’ schooner. Trotting. Tubal Cain mines, Deptford. Tug of war competitions. Turnmile (Aborigine). Twins Club. Typhoid epidemics. Unemployed: in 1890s; in 1930s; services for. Union Bank. Uniting Church. Upper Boggy Creek: see Bullumwaal; School. Vegetable Dehydration Factory. Vegetables, growing. Vegetation. Veterinary services. Victoria Lake. Victoria Hotel. Victorian Arts Council. Victorian Bean Growers Association. Victorian Dairy Farmers’ Association. Victorian Eastern Development Association. Victorian Farmers and Graziers Association. Victorian Farmers Union. Victorian Field and Game Association. Victorian Fishermen’s Union. Victorian Graziers Association. Victorian Industrial Sales and Service Pty Ltd. Victorian Riviera Campaign. Victorian Woollen Co. Village settlements. Vocational Guidance Council. Voluntary Military Corps. Volunteer Air Observers Corps (World War Two). ‘Wallamurra’ Aboriginal Community Centre. Walpa. Wander-Inn Motel. ‘Warhawk’ ketch. ‘Warrenbayne’ house. Warry and Radcliff’s Store. Waste Products Auxiliary, World War Two. ‘Watcher on the cast-iron balcony’. Waterholes. Water-skiing. Wattie Pict vegetable processing firm. Wattle bark cutting. Wattle Point. Wattle Tree Creek. Weight Watchers branch. Lake Wellington. Wentworth River. West End Cricket Club. West End Football Club. West End Youth Club. Wharlook run. Wheat. ‘W.H. Edgar’ dredge. White woman among the aborigines. Winson’s Garage. ‘Woollamai’ horse. Womba Sawmill. ‘Wombat’ dredge. Women’s Australian Auxiliary Air Force. Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Women’s Land Army. Women’s Organisation for Recreation, Leisure and Development. Wonga Wonga Sawmills. Wongungarra River. Wonnangatta River. Wood carters’ processions. Wood chopping competitions. Woodglen: general; post office; school; Trail Rider Club. ‘Woodlands’ estate. Wool growing. Woollybutt Reef, Mount Baldhead Road. Woolshed Creek. World War One: general, memorials. World War Two: general, crops used in; home defence; memorials. Wuk Wuk: general; punt and bridge; school; village settlement.

Wy Yung: general; bridges; experimental farm; halls; post office; recreation grounds; school; water supply.

Wy Yung West see Calulu. ‘Wyrallah’ steamer. Yachting. Yahoo Creek, mines at. ‘Ye Olde Shoppe’, Lindenow. Young Farmers Clubs. ‘Young Guards’. Young Liberals Organisation. Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA). Youth clubs. Youth Drop-In Centre. Youth Hostels Association.