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Reminiscences of Australia : containing 70 years of his own knowledge, and 35 years of his ancestors

Ryan, James T. (James Tobias), 1818-1899UUUU
Books, Manuscripts
The book represents reminiscences of Australia by James Ryan who was born in January, 1818 at 'Bird's Eye Corner', Castlereagh
Imprint:
South Penrith : NSW, Nepean Family History Society
Collation:
456 p. family photographs family charts
Notes:
Facsimile edition of: Sydney, George Robertson, 1894. Facsimile copy number 73
Contents:
Early days; Convict labour, its use and abuse; Toby's Gun; Toby's Trip to The Hunter; Toby Returns Home; Settling down in life; Studs and Studmasters; The Aboriginals - 1825-1835; The celebrated Tom Flowers; The First Killarney Races; First Government Contract in Australia; Trip to the Castlereagh River - stopped by bushrangers; First Bathurst settlers; The Forty Thieves; Pigeon shooting; The Turon Goldfields - the effect on the country after the discovery of gold; The Butchering and purchasers of fat stock; Fitzgerald and Bowman election; Coach proprietors of Australia; The First Nepean Bridge (page 172); Lynch, the murderer; The Gardiner gang and the turf; Chased by Bloodhounds; Champion Races - trip to Tasmania; Picnics; Gambling Tom Weeden's cherry gardens - tobacco growing; Flood in the Nepean - wallaby shooting at Barrenjoey; Visit of the Major and Alderman to the Nepean River - Fagan (page 233) ; Horse Race at Bathurst; Little things - beggars and their deceit; Ruggy Bob and his escape; Railway contractors; The ""Old Pilgrim's Inn""; M Blakney - McLean of Capertee - the first boat race on the Nepean River (page 307); The first constitution; Pat Heaton; a tale by Dan Macauley; Mrs Robinson's pension - Emu Plains and Nepean River (page 377); Land Laws of the Australian colonies; Review of New South Wales; They Sydney Abattoirs and ham common - St Marys South Creek (page 428)
ISBN:
0959376402 (hbk)
Dewey class:
994.02
Language:
English
BRN:
19634
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
ResearchHistory Support Collection994.02 REMAvailable
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