Les Blake - Author & HistorianAuthor, Historianles blake, les blake author, place names of victoria, captain dana and the native police, les blake - checklist of writings, les blake - gipps land gate vol 1-35, les blake - dandenong & district historical society

The sequence of naming was a chronological representative of land discovery and settlement. Starting from the native population to the explorers, the squatters and settlers and surveyors during the gold rush. The term 'places' refers to physical features of the coast and land as well as districts, towns and cities.Hard Cover book written by Les Blake and first published in 1977. The jacket has a photograph of Mount Beauty and the Kiewa Valley from the Tawonga Gap.place names of victoria

A5 size publication of the Gipps-Land Gate, January - June 1977. 16 pages, featuring an old picture of Dandenong on the cover. Keeping Posted This Was Dandenong Two New Books BY Historian Les Blake Another Bit Of Old Dandenong Fire Destroyed Old Bowling Photos Acquisitions Harking Back 75 Years Ago An interesting group of Early Dandenong Personalities, Places and Eventshotel history, early education in dandenong, interesting milestones, family histories