Blue Mountains journeys
Goodlet, Ken2013
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The Blue Mountains is & always has been a place of journeying. As well as the tale of the wayfinders' traverse of the Blue Mountains barrier two centuries ago, this book includes accounts of many earlier & later mountains journeys, up to the present time
Main title:
Blue Mountains journeys / by Ken Goodlet
Author:
Imprint:
Hazelbrook NSW Ken Goodlet 2013
Collation:
240 pages illustrations maps
Contents:
Custodians - Darug & Gundungurra people's identity & journeys'God raised me a friend' - Matthew Everingham tells his supporter of his journeyWayfinder - Gregory BlaxlandSettler - Elizabeth Hawkins & 'the dawn of independence'Finders of a northern way - Archibald Bell the explorer, & Robert Hoddle & William Govett the surveyorsA religious visit - James BackhouseThe pleasure of investigation - Charles DarwinInformed observer - Louisa Anne Meredith1840s road experiences - Sophia Stranger, Godfrey Mundy & Peter GreenFortune-seekers - Edward Hargraves, gold-prospectors & bushrangersBroken wheel and bullock skeleton - Observations while travelling by coachThe goliath that conquered the mountains - ... And those who made railways happenThe blow of steam and the hiss of Westinghouse - Steam passenger & goods train adventurersAmeliorating the ills of urban existence - Pioneer conservationists & bushwalkersIt was luxury! - Railway tourism in 1888Motorists, marchers and cyclists - ... On the mountain highway early last centuryClubs on wheels - The joys, challenges & camaraderie of 20th century rail journeysBushwalking just for the love of it - Three women's experiences of the mountains bushJourneys on the developing mountains highwayA place of one's own - Lynette Stanger and her ancestors' journeys homeIn the scars, great stories - Recent expeditions into the wilderness
ISBN:
9780646595221 (hbk)
Dewey class:
994.45 BLU
Local class:
994.45
Language:
English
Subject:
Bell, Archibald, 1804-1883 -- JourneysDarug (Aboriginal tribe) -- HistoryBush-walking -- New South Wales -- Blue Mountains (N.S.W.) -- HistoryBlaxland, Gregory, 1788-1853 -- Journeys -- New South Wales -- Blue Mountains (N.S.W.)Elizabeth Hawkins, 1783-1875 -- Journeys -- Blue Mountains (N.S.W.)Backhouse, James, 1794-1869 -- Journeys -- New South WalesDarwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Journeys -- Blue Mountains (N.S.W.)Meredith, Louisa Anne, 1812-1895 -- Journeys -- Blue Mountains (N.S.W.)Great Western Highway (Blue Mountains, N.S.W.) -- HistoryEveringham, Matthew James, 1769-1817 -- JourneysBlue Mountains (N.S.W.) -- Discovery and explorationBlue Mountains (N.S.W.) -- HistoryBlue Mountains (N.S.W.) -- Travel -- HistoryGreat Western Railway (NSW) -- History
BRN:
124698
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | Local Book | 994.45 BLU | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |