Historical information
This book looks at Box Hill as it grew from a rural backwater to a country town amid farms and orchards, then to an outer suburb, and then to an almost inner suburb. It covers the rural depression in the 1860s, the land boom of the 1880s and the collapse in the 1890s, the bitter days of two World Wars and the Depression, and the 'dry' suburb of Box Hill.
Physical description
Hardback book of 270 pages, indexed and footnoted, with some photos and plans; it is divided into chronological periods rather than themes.
Inscriptions & markings
"SURREY HILLS / NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE - HISTORY" on top of title page; "Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre" on top of front of jacket.
