Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Warrnambool & District Historical Society Inc, From tents & tin huts to timber houses & tiger snakes: Soldier Settler stories from Hawkesdale, Macarthur & Penshurst, April 2021
... ...soldier settlement wwii...This book is significant as it records the experiences of the returned soldiers who settled in the Hawkesdale, Macarthur and Penshurst districts following WWII, their early living conditions, development of their farms, family and community life as told by many of the settlers and their children. A discussion of the work of Eugene von Guerard and Robert Dowling who painted images of places and people throughout the area in the mid-19th century is included. military history soldier settlement wwii hawkesdale macarthur penshurst eugene von guerard robert dowling first australians Soldier settler family stories from the Hawkesdale, Macarthur and Penshurst areas. ...
Soldier settler family stories from the Hawkesdale, Macarthur and Penshurst areas.
A4 soft bound book with photograph of timber house in country location with post and wire fence and three children walking towards the house; a girl in light-coloured dress carrying a school case is in the middle with a boy in crossover top shorts with school bag over their right shoulders on either side of her. Text is black.non-fictionSoldier settler family stories from the Hawkesdale, Macarthur and Penshurst areas.military history, soldier settlement wwii, hawkesdale, macarthur, penshurst, eugene von guerard, robert dowling, first australians