Some southern homes of New South Wales
Griffiths, G. Nesta (Glynde Nesta), 1889-19681976
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In this, her third book on old homes, Miss Nesta Griffiths travels much farther afield, into the district called by the great Macquarie 'The New Country'. It was one of the earliest to be settled. The countryside was quickly occupied soon after its discovery, and the pioneers began to build the stately old homes about which Miss Griffiths writes so interestingly ... It is not the brick and stone of the old homes about which Miss Griffiths writes; it is the people who lived in them who claim her interest. Knowing personally the descendants of many of the pioneers she has had the good fortune of being permitted to examine letters and other documentary matter in their possession, and they have also told her many of the traditions of their families which have passed on from generation to generation. (Introduction).
Main title:
Some southern homes of New South Wales / [by] G. Nesta Griffiths.
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Edition:
Facsimile edition
Imprint:
Sydney : National Trust of Australia (New South Wales), 1976.
Collation:
[xvi], 99 pages : illustrations ; 24cm.
Notes:
First published, Sydney: Shepherd Press, 1952.A facsimile edition with a postscript by Caroline Simpson and an index.
Contents:
Introduction by James Jervis -- Foreword -- Chapter I: Concerning the arrival in Australia of Sarah and Henry Osborne -- Chapter II: Henry Osborne's overland journey to Adelaide and some of his properties in the Illawarra district -- Chapter III: Brookong, Redbank, and some Murrumbidgee stations -- Chapter IV: Lake George and district, Willeroo, Currandooley, Turalla and Denham Court, Winderadeen, Manar, Arnprior, Gidleigh and Carwoola, Foxlow, Hoskingtown and Braidwood -- Chapter V: Goulburn and district, early settlement, Reevesdale, Tirranna, Kippilaw, Wollogorang, Springfield, Wynella, Pomeroy, Riversdale, Lansdowne, Lockyersleigh, Norwood, some good stories of old days at Strathaird, and a Goulburn polo team -- Chapter VI: Canberra and district, Duntroon, Woden, Tuggranong, Yarralumla, Lanyon, Cuppacumbalong, Lambrigg, Bolaro, Micalago, Gungahleen, and Bowylie -- Chapter VII: Glenrock, Throsby Park, and Hopewood
ISBN:
0909723362
Dewey class:
728.09944720.9944720728
Language:
English
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Subject:
Architecture, Domestic -- New South Wales, SouthernCountry homes -- New South Wales -- HistoryDwellings -- Australia -- New South Wales -- HistoryHistoric buildings -- Australia -- New South Wales,SouthernHistoric farms -- Australia -- New South Wales,SouthernPioneers -- New South WalesNew South Wales -- GenealogyNew South Wales -- HistoryNew South Wales -- History, LocalNew South Wales, Southern -- History
BRN:
3076