Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book and Papers - History of Dederang
... ...Henry Goonan...It also covers the introduction of non indigenous species eg. blackberries, stink wort Dederang Little River Farming Shamrock Hotel Henry Goonan 6 photocopied A4 pages includes references to Dederang from the newspapers re Shamrock Hotel and 18 photocopied, yellowed, typed pages with front cover title "Kiewa River and Wild Horses" followed by titles of subjects eg. ...
Dederang (and Tawonga) were known as Little River before the SEC commenced work. These papers give early detail of the farming community and their activities in the valley from early records and prior to the SEC arriving in the late 1940s.These papers and the book (1854-1956) give a detailed history of the town of Dederang in the Kiewa Valley. As it covers many subjects the reader is able to understand the history of the people including the aborinines and Chinese) and their activities eg. what type of homes they lived in, their occupation and their means of socialising and relaxing. It also covers the introduction of non indigenous species eg. blackberries, stink wort6 photocopied A4 pages includes references to Dederang from the newspapers re Shamrock Hotel and 18 photocopied, yellowed, typed pages with front cover title "Kiewa River and Wild Horses" followed by titles of subjects eg. Dairying, Schools.
Exercise Book Dederang History - digitised and printed as a hard copy. Pages are in plastic sleeves and contained in a grey plastic covered folder with two steel rings.. There are 94 hand written pages.dederang, little river, farming, shamrock hotel, henry goonan