Macquarie country : a history of the Hawkesbury
Bowd, D. G.1982
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Stories of the river itself and disastrous floods are ample testimony that the lives of early settlers were not easy. The author is a fifth generation member of a Hawkesbury district family. His aim is to project the images of the people of the parish.
Main title:
Macquarie country : a history of the Hawkesbury / by D.G. Bowd
Author:
Imprint:
Sydney Library of Australian History 1982
Collation:
242 p. illustrations 1 map
Contents:
Discovery and explorationEarly settlementThe Hawkesbury RiverFloodsA century of shippingThe aboriginesThe Macquarie eraBushrangersInns of the HawkesburyRoads, bridges and coachingThe Church of EnglandPresbyterianismMethodismCatholicismHawkesbury Benevolent Society and HospitalProminent peopleFounders of familiesHawksebury buildingsSports and pastimesWiseman and his FerryThe Battle of Vinegar HillThe Great Fire of WindsorRailway to RichmondParliamentary representatioinLocal GovernmentEducationPostal Services and newspapersAgriculture and allied industriesAgricultural AssociatioinsEpitaphs
ISBN:
0908120508 (hbk)
Dewey class:
994.42 BOW
Local class:
994.42
Language:
English
Subject:
Cox, William, 1764-1837John Tebbutt, 1834-1916Thomas Arndell, 1752-1821Thompson, Andrew, 1773-1810Fitzgerald, Richard, 1772-1840PHILIP CHARLEY, 1862-1937James Augustine Cunneen, 1826-1889Robert Fitzgerald, 1807-1865Howe, John, 1774-1852Benjamin Richards, 1818-1898Thomas Rickerby, 1751-1818Rose, Thomas, 1749-1833Town, Andrew, 1840-1890Walker, William, 1828-1908Pioneers -- #aHawkesbury region (NSW)St Peter's Anglican Church (Richmond, N.S.W.) -- HistorySt. Matthew's Anglican Church (Windsor, N.S.W.) -- HistoryHawkesbury Benevolent Society (NSW) -- HistoryPioneers -- Hawkesbury region (NSW) -- BiographyAboriginal Australians -- Hawkesbury River region (NSW) -- HistoryHotels -- Hawkesbury region (NSW) -- HistoryRiver transport -- Hawkesbury River (NSW) -- HistoryTransport -- Hawkesbury region (NSW) -- HistoryAnglican Church of Australia -- Hawkesbury region (NSW) -- HistoryMethodist Church -- Hawkesbury region (NSW) -- HistoryPresbyterian Church -- Hawkesbury region (NSW) -- HistoryCatholic Church -- Hawkesbury region (NSW) -- HistoryHawkesbury region (NSW) -- HistoryHawkesbury River (NSW) -- Discovery and explorationHawkesbury River (NSW) -- HistoryHawkesbury region (NSW) -- Discovery and explorationHawkesbury River (NSW) -- Floods -- History
BRN:
38979
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 994.42 BOW | Available |