Biography / memoir of William Locke Brockman came to the Swan River Colony in the early 1830's with his wife and son. A successful farmer and businessman, his greatest achievements were in the political sphere, where he worked to bring representative government to Western Australia.W.L. Brockman: A Portrait by Ruth Johnstonwilliam locke brockman, swan river colony, 1830's - history, western australia - history, farming - history, political- history

Book from the Cleeland Bequest - a comprehensive collection of books relating to the History of England, Civil & Military, Religious, Intellectual & Social. Labelled: Phillip Island Historical Society. Cleeland Bequest. Stamped 'Cowes Pubic Library'.cleeland bequest

Produced in two large volumes, Robert Brough Smyth has collected information on various tribes and their customs, as well as their physical and mental character; birth and education of children; marriage; death and burial of the dead; daily lives of the natives; food; diseases; dress and personal ornaments; weapons; implements and manufacturers; nets and fish hooks; methods of producing fire; canoes and myths. Smyth also devotes about two hundred pages to Aboriginal languages, as well as including details and customs of the aborigines in Tasmania. Complete with hundreds of sketches, the work is still a valuable resource not only for those with in an interest in aboriginal culture, but also those wanting to know the early history of Australia.b&w illustrations, word listsrobert brough smyth, philip chauncy, william ridley, albert le souef, a. w. howitt, john moore davis, william locke, a. f. a. greeves, language comparisons, phrenology, aboriginal social life and customs, death and burial customs, weapons, tasmania, lake tyers, lake wellington, gippsland, ballarat, brabrolong, lake hindmarsh, kotoopna

A copy of the prospectus for the Chester & Locke's Golden Secret Mining Company near Marysville in Victoria.A copy of the prospectus for the Chester & Locke's Golden Secret Mining Company near Marysville in Victoria. The Golden Bower gold mine was a quartz reef mine. William Edward Chester discovered the Golden Secret gold vein which became part of the Golden Bower Mine at Chesterville near Donovans Creek on the Cumberland goldfield which he mined with George Locke until the late 1930s. FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATIONshare prospectus, chester & locke's golden secret mining company, marysville, victoria, yarra track, upper yarra district, david newell, j.g. aikman, w.j. mountain, andrew barrie, gold mining, messrs w.p. jones and co., william chester, george locke, chesterville

A copy of a historic site register sheet for the Chester and Locke gold mine near Marysville in Victoria.A copy of a historic site register sheet for the Chester and Locke gold mine near Marysville in Victoria. The Golden Bower gold mine was a quartz reef mine. William Edward Chester discovered the Golden Secret gold vein which became part of the Golden Bower Mine at Chesterville near Donovans Creek on the Cumberland goldfield which he mined with George Locke until the late 1930s. chester and locke mine, william chester, george locke, cambarville, yarra ranges, walker's hotel, marysville, victoria

A report on the history of the Yarra Track by John Waghorn, a local amateur historian.A report on the history of the Yarra Track by John Waghorn, a local amateur historian. John Waghorn was an amateur historian, an authority on the history of Victoria's postal services. He could tell you how mail was delivered in the high country in the 1880s, where the town of Gobur was, or when the overland Melbourne-Sydney mail service began. He admitted that his hobby has got a little out of hand. He had 30 filing cabinets, and indexes of more than 70,000 postal workers over the past 160 years crammed into three rooms at his home. If an ancestor was a postmaster in a Victorian town, he may have been able to reveal the person's occupation, income and working conditions.yarra track, john waghorn, victoria's postal services, wood's point, sydney road, longwood, merton, mansfield, postmasters, bonnie doon, melville merton mansfield, eltham, healesville, marysville, walhalla, melbourne-warburton-wood's point line, loose bags, heidelberg post office, eltham post office, kangaroo ground post office, yarra glen post office, marysville post office, healesville post office, mansfield post office, jamieson post office, gaffney's creek post office, wood's point post office, postal department, george rieck, stockman, jones, beecher, stockman's reward, big river, mary mcdonald, upper yarra river, donovan's creek, cornelius donovan, bridget buggy, matlock, alexandra, william farrell, jordan diggings, new chum, watts river, black spur, narbethong, granton, acheron river, mount strickland, paradise plains, mount grant, mount arnold, jordan goldfields, william robley, robley's spur, big river crossing, great dividing range, cumberland valley, james mcguigan, w elliot, christopher harrison, james marsh, cobb and co, box hill, lilydale, fehrings, koehlers, shaws, bear creek, cairnsville, cumberland creek, walkers, golden bower mine, collins' mountain home hotel, walsh's creek post office, rosa mcveigh, frank barton, hitchins, matthew kennedy, william morris, e r nichols, t woods, tom burchell, peter kerr, henry kuyper, william podlech, george koehler, henry brockmann, henry petty, thomas smith, jacob butchart, john perry, slingsby davis, royal mail hotel, walter gray, john summers, travellers rest hotel, lockington, the oaks, the springs, st clair, thomas crawford, springvale hotel, john sinclair, saint clair hotel, gould, mathews, willie we have missed you hotel, germany, johan fehring, adelaide, linton, ballarat, gunbower, murray river, anna katerina fehring, 1890s depression, land boom, fehring place, fred baker, alf sparke, fehring's hotel, mcveigh's hotel, wood's point mountaineer, l cox, victorian country directories, letson cox, coburg, maria hayes, setson, fitzroy, richmond, john cox, jordan river, jericho, e. norris, le poidevin, newell, o'brien, alhambra, sinclair, parker, ellis, tripp, quin, vernon, thompson, charsley, james fahie, george locke, william chester, chesterville, kirwan, cumberland reserve, blue spruce, e.s. and a bank, selby joyce, selby charles joy, selby joseph joyce

A copy of the Prospectus of the New Golden Bower & Star Gold M.Co. near Marysville in Victoria.A copy of the Prospectus of the New Golden Bower & Star Gold M.Co. near Marysville in Victoria. The Golden Bower gold mine was a quartz reef mine. William Edward Chester discovered the Golden Secret gold vein which became part of the Golden Bower Mine at Chesterville near Donovans Creek on the Cumberland goldfield which he mined with George Locke until the late 1930s. new golden bower & star gold m.co., donovan's creek, nuggety gully creek, yarra track, marysville, victoria, share prospectus, upper yarra track, wood's point, victoria mount morgan gold mining co., british mount morgan mine, mr white, reefton turnoff, santa claus reef, bear's creek, mr r ely, bear's creek reef, big river, mr feely, new star reef, golden bower reef, a1 mining co, mr r m lee, locke's no.1 extended gold mining company, mr q dick

A research document covering gold mining at the Cumberland goldfields in Victoria.A research document covering gold mining at the Cumberland goldfields in Victoria.gold mining, cumberland goldfields, cambarville, donovan's creek, bear's creek, walsh's creek, cumberland creek, golden bower gold-mining company, a1 gold-mining company, yarra track, jw curtis, kohler, william edward chester, golden secret gold vein, golden bower mine, chesterville, andrew kirwan, walker's hotel, george locke, marysville, james fahie, alma kathleen barry, john edward weatherland, william forbes wilson

An account of the life of George Ernest Locke who was a gold miner on the Yarra Track near Marysville in Victoria.An account of the life of George Ernest Locke who was a gold miner on the Yarra Track near Marysville in Victoria. George was a well-educated young man and had some success prospecting in the Cumberland area before partnering with William Chester with whom he opened the Golden Bower gold mine in 1896. George and William then discovered a second reef which they named the Silver Bower mine. George lived in a log cabin in the Cumberland reserve and was known to be a loner. He was clever with his money and chose not to have a bank account in Marysville, where everyone would learn about his financial status. He banked at the ES&A in Fitzroy and at the time of his death in 1941 he had accumulated the princely sum of three hundred and sixty pounds. George Locke was known as "the Hermit of Cumberland Valley" and lived in his humpy until his last few days during which he moved into a Forest Commission's patrol hut because his old humpy had started to fall to pieces. When George passed away at the age of 81 years he had not visited Marysville for over 14 years. george ernest locke, gold miner, gold mining, yarra track, william chester, golden bower mine, cumberland goldfield, silver bower mine, chesterville, marysville, victoria, jackie lewis, baron somers, big tree, picea sitchensis exotic, box hill cemetery, john edward locke, annie caroline locke, hermit of the cumberland valley

An account of the lives of Mary Ann Rolfe, Mary Ann Johns, Mary Ann Chester and Mary Ann Wreden whose descendants are local to Marysville and the district.An account of the lives of Mary Ann Rolfe, Mary Ann Johns, Mary Ann Chester and Mary Ann Wreden whose descendants are local to Marysville and the district.mary ann rolfe, mary ann johnes, mary ann chester, mary ann wreden, william james chester, willam edward chester, golden bower goldmine, marysville district, johns, burchall, wreden, john rolf, johns hayes, ellen hayes, john farrell, ellen farrell, thomas rolf, susannah johnstone, warwickshire, england, eltham, isabel rolfe, david rolfe, warwick assizes, van dieman's land, 'tortoise', hobart, melbourne, ann luskets, harriett thomas smith, louisa thomas mason, 'south carolina', liverpool, george rolfe, joseph rolfe, william rolfe, edwin rolfe, 'medway', keilor valley, yarra flats, yarra glen, st george's church hobart, george johnson, sarah johnson, jeremiah hayes, bridget hayes, 'arabian', lower plenty, john ruff, bridget ruff, charles ruff, narbethong, buxton, catherine maria kirwan, hinrick wreden, henry wreden, wilkin wreden, healesville cemetery, charles wreden, cumberland creek, maria chester, william chester, george ernest locke, annie maria walker, carl wriden, jane wreden, edward leeder, anna rebecca helena wreden, norman jeffries, adelaide jeffries, 'orient'