"Amy Stella Dolphin was born on 31 August 1879 in Chewton where her father was the manager of the Oriental Bank. Joseph DOLPHIN had arrived in the central Victoria goldfields from Cumbria, England in 1856 as a thirteen-year-old lad. Amy's mother Elizabeth Aitken, was born in Melbourne in 1846, the fourth of nine children of David Aitken and Elizabeth Dryburgh. David and Elizabeth had arrived in Melbourne as newly weds from Fife, Scotland in 1839 and would make their mark in the early days of the Port Phillip District and colony of Victoria. This publication traces Amy's life from her early years in Chewton and Yackandandah, her marriage to William Andrew LAMB in 1908, her family, and her years in Geelong."--back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.