Book, Diane Baird, Digging Into History - Goldmining in Warrandyte, 2007

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Information about early mining in Victoria's first gold field. Cover photographs: Front cover - Fossickers working below the water-wheen driven stamper battery located on the south side of the Yarra River upstream of the Warrandyte Bridge. Back cover - The Old Post Office, Warrandyte, in 1906, now the premises of the Warrandyte Historical Society Museum and Archive, 111 Yarra Street.

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Acknowledgements:
Several members of the Warrandyte Historical Society were involved in the development of this publication. It was developed and written by Diane
Baird; Murray Houghton and Ted Rotherham provided specialist historical details and further references; Jo Laurence and Shirley Rotherham collected
and identified photographs; Brian Laurence prepared images for electronic format; and Richard Morton edited and formatted the text. The Society
gratefully acknowledges the dedicated work of all its members who collect, preserve and share Warrandyte's history. In particular, the research by
the late Bruce Bence and the dedicated work of the late Jo Laurence have been an invaluable contribution to the history of Warrandyte.

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