Search for the golden fleece : the story of the Peppin merino
Clune, Frank1965
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Frank Clune sets out in search of the Golden Fleece, the greatest single source of Australia's prosperity. He travels going back to the earliest days of settlements for records of the pioneers and visits many of the places where their work was done
Main title:
Search for the golden fleece : the story of the Peppin merino / by Frank Clune
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Imprint:
Sydney Angus and Robertson 1965
Collation:
225 p. illustrations
Contents:
Condensed -- Chapter 1: Farm Cove, Captain John Macarthur acquires Elizabeth Farm, Macarthur crosses merino rams with hairy Bengal ewes -- Chapter 2: Governor King versus John Macarthur, Macarthur sells Golden Fleece in London -- Chapter 3: Reverend Samuel Marsden -- Chapter 4: Cox and Bligh, Blue Mountains conquered (pages 20-23), Cox constructs mountain road -- Chapter 5: Governor Macquarie -- Chapter 6: Andrew Templeton, Euroa, William Howitt, Eliza Forlong in Saxony, Templeton family at Parramatta, Land grant at Kelburn, Faithful brothers overland to Benalla -- Chapter 7: Great depression, 1840s, Reverend Samuel Marsden and Mamre farm, St. Marys (pages 46-47) Camden Park -- Chapter 8: ""King"" John of Camden Park, Evolution of sheep, Hume brothers' explorations -- Chapter 9: Across the Great Dividing Range, Hume and Hovell, Captain Sturt down the Murrumbidgee -- Chapter 10: Sturt crosses the Murrumbidgee -- Chapter 11: Sir Thomas Mitchell explorations -- Chapter 12: Port Phillip Association, Batman, Gellibrand, Purchase of Port Phillip from Aborigines, Yarra Yarra River, Melbourne town and Adelaide named -- Chapter 13: John Templeton overlands to Victoria -- Chapter 14: William Howitt, Eliza Forlong's story, William Forlonge on Yanko Creek, Mrs Mary Quick's letters to Scotland -- Chapter 15: Over Strathbogie ranges, Joseph Hawdon and Charles Bonney, Edward John Eyre, Captain Charles Sturt -- Chapter 16: Howe brothers of Campbelltown, William Howe, Pioneer of Glenlee, Mrs Felton Matthews, Dr John Lang, John Webster -- Chapter 17: Crown lands commissioners, Murrumbidgee district, Augustus Morris, Benjamin Boyd, Empire-builder, Boyd Town, John Phillips of Warbreccan -- Chapter 18: Labour shortage, Walker's search for Burke and Wills, Frozen meat trade -- Chapter 19: Gold discovered Ophir, Ballarat, Bendigo, Paddle-wheelers on Murray river, Prosperous Deniliquin, Peppins on South Wanganella, Peppin merino evolved -- Chapter 20: George Peppin's diary of 1859 -- Chapter 21: James Tyson of Appin, The Tyson reservior, Pine Ridge Inn, Deniliquin in 1855 -- Chapter 22: Blankets for blackfellas, Royal Hotel, Deniliquin -- Chapter 23: Peppins develop new breed of merinos, Peppin brothers purchase Boonoke
Dewey class:
994.02
Language:
English
Subject:
Bligh, William, 1754-1817Cox, William, 1764-1837Macarthur, John, 1767-1834Marsden, Samuel, 1765-1838Sheep stations -- AustraliaElizabeth Farm (Parramatta, NSW) -- HistoryMamre (House, St Marys, NSW) -- HistoryMerino sheep -- Australia -- HistorySheep -- Australia -- HistorySheep -- Australia -- Breeding -- HistoryExplorers -- New South Wales -- Blue Mountains (N.S.W.) -- HistoryEliza Forlong, 1784-1859George Peppin, 1800-1872Janet Templeton, 1784-1857Australia -- Discovery and explorationCamden Park (N.S.W.) -- History
BRN:
20682
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | History Support Collection | 994.02 CLU | Available |