Physical description

A publication of 88 pages including photographs. Illustrations and maps.
The front cover features a photo of Ernie Nunn, contract house removalist in the foreground supervising an early house removal from Toorak to Bolga.
The back cover has a panorama of Old Tallangatta in 1938, showing Toorak (foreground), Newtown (left), and Mount Charlie (right).

Summary

This work describes the establishment of Tallangatta on the junction of Tallangatta Creek and Mitta Creek and its move to Bolga on the Hume Weir. It offers insights into the life of the people and the institutions they created and represented. It shows the impact of the expansion of the Hume Dam in the 1950s and how the community adapted to the changes forced upon them.