Page 2223 titled Contracts Accepted - (Series 1860). Contracts accepted are for Raising and removing sunken ship Marilla; Removal of Toll-gate from Mount Alexander Road and re-erection of same at Middle Gully; Erection of toll-house on Melbourne/Ballarat Road near Ballan; Erection of toll-house on Bendigo Road at Kangaroo Flat; Castlemaine to Ballarat - Erection of toll-house at Campbell's Creek; Construction of 2870 chains of Lower Western Road, west of Camperdown; Erection of two bridges and other improvements on the Clunes to Amherst Road; Erection of timber bridge, & c., over Two-mile Creek - Beechworth to Bowman Forest; Formation of roadway at head of Buckland Gap - Beechworth to Bowman Forest; Construction of culvert, & c., Rowe's Creek - Beechworth to Bowman Forest; Ararat and South-western sea-board road - erection of bridge over Dennicull Creek and other improvements. Land Sales - 4 Lots - Elsternwick, parish of Prahran, County of Bourke; 2 Lots - Dandenong, County of Bourke; 20 Lots - Lillydale, Parish of Yering, County of Evelyn, 1 suburban Lot - County of Evelyn, Parish of Yering; 1 Allotment - Romsey, County of Bourke, Parish of Lancefield; 5 Lots - County of Mornington, Parish of Langwarrin, and 2 Lots - County of Mornington, Parish of Fingal. Lots to be sold at the Auction Rooms of Mr. William Perry, Great Collins Street, Melbourne. A F A Greaves, President, Office of the Board of Land and Works, Melbourne.bridge, construction, timber bridges, board of works, melbourne - contracts accepted & land sales, 'marilla', f m pingree, jno r bailey, robert heron, john gray, donald ross, hector mclean, c j glynn and co, john nicholls and co, michael cleary, thomas cairncross, brown and gibson, queen victoria, mr william perry, mr de castella, willoughby, barker, a f a greeves, board of land and works melbourne

Volume 1, Issue 1. Early History of the Upper and Yarra Valley. "Welcome to the fist edition of the Yarra Valley historical, the aim of this newspaper is to remind us of the men and women who came here to mine, farm or harvest the plentiful and tall timbers, that built towns and cities..." Estimated date of publication 2010. The newspaper is full of potted histories of places with historical photographs, maps and timelines. Acknowledgment and citations for source material given. Advertisements for business's at the time of publicaion. Lilydale, De Castella family, p2. Mount Evelyn p6. Wandin [Anker family] p7. Seville [William Henry Smith; Mr and Mrs Thomas Payne; Duck family; Chandler family] p8. Woori Yallock p10. Yellingbo p11. Hoddles Creek p12. Launching Place p13. Yarra Junction p14. Reminiscences of Don 'Ripper' Reid p18. Wesburn p20. Warburton Village Settlement p22. Warburton p23. Big Pats Creek p26. McMahons Creek / Reefton [Brimbonga School] p27. Gladysdale / Gilderoy [Saxton family] p28. Powelltown p30.lilydale, mt evelyn, wandin, seville, woori yallock, yellingbo, hoddles creek, launching place, yarra junction, don reid, reminiscences, wesburn, warburton, big pats creek, mcmahons creek, reefton, gladysdale, gilderoy, powelltown, newspaper