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Folder containing a table of contents and a selection of articles on Gippsland History by John Wells in the West Gippsland Trader Volume 1. The date the articles were published, and title of articles are listed below.
30 Oct 1997 Noojee Railway Line is an Engineering Classic
06 Nov 1997 Railways were a kiss of life for small settlements
13 Nov 1997 Erica was a timber and railway town
20 Nov 1997 People fought for railway line through to Stratford
27 Nov 1997 Tiny towns on the Wonthaggi line
Vol 16 No 50 Cobungra station has some wild and beautiful country
Vol 16 No 51 The explorers we have forgotten
Vol 17 No 30 Hallam store became a place for men to gather
14 Feb 2002 Charlie Styles and his dull grey bedford bus
Vol 26 No 10 Southern Community names
03 Aug 2006 A bit more Cloverlea
28 Sep 2006 Many airlines were keen to link wide brown land
26 Oct 2006 The ‘run’ at Top Plain
02 Nov 2006 Briagolong and the Garden of Eden
09 Nov 2006 I found a treasure in a milk bar
16 Nov 2006 Got five bob in your pocket, or should I say fifty cents?
23 Nov 2006 Trains were important in developing Gippsland
30 Nov 2006 The main line into Gippsland
07 Dec 2006 Alfred Howitt was a great man who deserves recognition
Dec 2006? Christmas again? Already?
15 Feb 2007 The Great Southern Railway
08 Mar 2007 Expectations about water quality have changed since the old days
29 Mar 2007 Navigating by tree tops
12 Apr 2007 The Gippsland railway branch lines were very important in many ways
26 Apr 2007 Some community names from our northern hills
10 May 2007 Community names at the eastern end
24 May 2007 A shorter railway with big tonnages
31 May 2007 Cerberus was the guard dog
07 Jun 2007 Suburban stations in Gippsland
14 Jun 2007 How many Longwarry schools were there?
21 Jun 2007 Traralgon run was Hobson’s choice
28 Jun 2007 Maiden and Mormon and Happy Go Lucky
05 Jul 2007 Consider the humble rabbit trap
12 Jul 2007 Five acre blocks are everywhere
26 Jul 2007 Fencing, but not the Olympic variety
02 Aug 2007 Hanging the barbed wire fences
09 Aug 2007 Collecting and keeping the tucker we gathered
23 Aug 2007 The Longwarry Primary School itself
30 Aug 2007 Surveyors did it hard down Poowong way
06 Sep 2007 Back to the Poowong story
13 Sep 2007 A “think piece” or an indulgence?
20 Sep 2007 Longwarry “extra late final”
04 Oct 2007 Platina’s gone but not forgotten
11 Oct 2007 Robert Nield – Murray is back at it
18 Oct 2007 Spetts’ cottage at Walhalla
25 Oct 2007 Across the Alps to Omeo
08 Nov 2007 Where the gold lies deep in settlements that died
15 Nov 2007 Mines aplenty in the Walhalla area
22 Nov 2007 The other Violet Town – Jolly’s
29 Nov 2007 Mallacoota archaeology
06 Dec 2007 The Cassilis township or call it a settlement
13 Dec 2007 George Bass missed French Island
08 Feb 2008 David Mickle relates many stories of railway accidents
11Sep 2008 Lord Howe has a long history
18 Sep 2008 Quarry Hills important link for Berwick
25 Sep 2008 Tall ships, short ships, schooners and sloops
26 Jun 2008 We find Yanakie Jack again
03 Jul 2008 The well known Baw Baw Track
10 Jul 2008 Land of the moon?
07 Aug 2008 I loved eeling in the Tarago River
14 Aug 2008 Don’t let the red steer loose
28 Aug 2008 Yes, there is a place called Jumbuk
04 Sep 2008 The land of the big trees
23 Oct 2008 Still looking for Gippsland’s first town
13 Nov 2008 Journey to the bowels of the earth
30 Oct 2008 For King and Country – J.M. Laidlaw
06 Nov 2008 Jesse Huggett lived an adventurous life
22 Nov 2008 Churchill Island, yet again
04 Dec 2008 Bowman’s Track – if we can find it
11 Dec 2008 Draining of the great Koo Wee Rup Swamp
18 Dec 2008 The swampies had a go
02 Apr 2009 Looking for natural gas not offshore oil
21 Aug 2008 The Dreaded Summer Wildfire
17 Jul 2008 The Tangel (or Tanjil) hills District
7 Feb 2012 The Tanjil Area Goldrush
29 Aug 2013 Saddled and Spurred
9 Feb 2012 Many Racecourses Have Disappeared
16 Feb 2012 Fraser’s Hotel in Glenmaggie
23 Feb 2012 “Nothing Today, Jack!” on the Berwick Hill
1 Mar 2012 The Schnapper Point Line
8 Mar 2012 The Imaginary Town of Tambo
22 Mar 2012 The Tanjil Story Part One
15 Mar 2012 Inverloch Served Mosquito Fleet of Mis-Matched Boats
21 Jun 2012 The Last Bits of the Line
29 Mar 2012 “Gold Rush” to the Tanjil Area led to Reef Mining Companies
16 Aug 2012 New Life for Old Port Welshpool?
30 Aug 2012 The Capital of South Gippsland
28 Jun 2012 The Last Bits of the Line
5 Jul 2012 Ferdinand Von Mueller - a Man of Knowledge
12 Jul 2012 Stones in the Creek
19 Jul 2012 Gembrook - an Attractive Little Town
7 Jun 2012 Getting Rid of the Wood
21 Mar 2013 Getting Into Orbost
13 Dec ? Metung - A BEnd in the River
20 Sep 2012 The Royal Victorian Navy
6 Dec 2012 Tree Ferns to Blackberries
22 Nov 2012 Nowa Nowa Arm and Boggy Creek
18 Oct 2012 Home of the Baw Baw Frog
1 Nov 2012 Clearing the Hills
11 Oct 2012 The Loss of the Monumental City
4 Oct 2012 The Waterloo Township
13 Sep 2012 Birth of the Shire of Morwell
27 Sep 2012 George Black and Tarwin Meadows
9 Aug 2012 The Forgotten Corner of Gippsland
27 Mar 2008 Thomas William Harrison’s Family
3 Jul ? Railway was Enormous Value to Swamp Country
19 Jun 2008 The Narre Warren Reserve Gates
12 Jun 2008 Heavy Harry is a Pretty Crook Giant
2 May ? Small Settlements on a Long Gippsland Track
5 Jun 2008 Land of Bullumwaal ot “Two Spears”
29 May 2008 Bigger Stops on a Long Road
15 May 2008 Crossing the Beautiful Snowy River
17 Apr 2008 I Remember Uncle Jack aqs an Old Man with Something Wrong
25 Jun 2009 The Murder of Cornelius Green
2 Jul 2009 Captain James Cook was too Late
5 Sep 2013 Oil and the Gippsland Lakes
18 Jun 2009 The Suburbs Around Sale
13 May 2010 The Boag Generations go on and on in Gippsland
27 May 2010 Underwater Coal at Yallourn Open Cut
4 Nov 2010 Narracan - the Aboriginal Name for Crow
23 Apr 2009 Driving Along the Omeo Track
2 Dec 2010 Remembering Those Old Wives’ Tales that we all Grew up with
16 Apr 2009 Myrtlebank, the Lost Suburb
16 Dec 2010 The Tragedy of the Loch Ard
9 Dec 2010 The Latrobe River Wharf on the East Bank
2 Jun 2011 Stony Creek Township’s Quiet Past
17 Mar 2011 William Barak Saw the Whites Take Over
5 May 2011 The Squatters’ Names Still Here
12 May 2011 The Diary of C.A.Ramsden (part one)
26 May 2011 South Coast Towns, 1891
19 May 2011 The Second Part of C.A.Ramsden’s Diary
28 Apr 2011 Squatter Names Still Remain on our Maps
13 Oct 2011 The Resting Place of 1131 Australians
29 Sep 2011 The Mitchell Valley Hopfields
Oct 6 Lest We Forget - Lijssenthoek
10 Nov 2011 The Kurnai Men
UNKNOWN The Returning of Captain Joe McLaughlin
6 Jun 2013 The Marlo Plains
16 May 2013 Bain’s Border Hotel
23 May ? The Mystery Map
30 May 2013 Finding a Road to the Jordan
4 Apr 2013 Rick Solves Mystery of American Captain
2 May ? The Haunted Hills - Tall Story or Truth?
18 Apr ? Interesting Times
15 Aug 2013 Remembering the Good Times
11 Dec 2014 The Old Sale Road - an Important Link
26 Mar 2015 Difficult to Know the Real Story
27 Nov 2014 The State’s Real Birthday
12 Sep 2013 The Herald 1925
2 Oct 2014 Beacons of Hope
9 Oct 2014 The Joys of Parenthood
6 Nov 2014 Aboriginal Life in Gippsland
30 Oct 2014 Growing up in Gippsland - Harriett Quigley
26 Sep 2013 The McHaffie Diary
19 Sep 2013 Outtrim - Once a Boom Town
10 Oct 2013 Happy Hundredth Birthday
4 Sep 2014 Many Towns Simply Disappeared
17 Jul 2014 Long Distance Farmer
25 Sep 2014 Sam Anderson - Gippsland’s First Farmer
28 Aug 2014 Local Oil 90 Years Ago
6 Mar 2014 A Fiery Summer - 1898
20 Feb 2014 The Corduroy Roads
8 May 2014 The Darkness Within
13 Mar ? Draining the Moe Swamp
1 May 2014 Any Ideas on Old Cannon?
3 Jul 2014 The Magnificent Snowy
14 Aug 2014 Two Gems in the Hills
19 Jun 2014 The Towns Down the Line
27 Feb 2014 State School 2502, Longwarry
18 Sep 2014 Lakes a Natural Fishing Ground
15 May 2014 Police Down the Ages
22May 2014 Iron Horse Came at a Walk
29 May 2014 Prom’s Early Attraction
12 Jun 2014 A Brief History of Meeniyan
5 Jun 2014 Ride on the Old Great Southern
26 Jun 2014 When Victoria Police Went on Strike
23 Apr 2015 Grandma’s Family Lost Heavily
11 Jun 2015 A Rail Journey Almost to Orbost
28 May 2015 Second Battle of Hastings
4 Jun 2015 Dandenong to Trafalgar by Train
18 Jun 2015 The Travelling Picture Man
19 Feb 2015 Water was a Problem
5 Feb 2015 Sandy Point Return Invokes Memories
24 Oct 2013 Lyrebirds Nesting in Trees?
12 Mar 2015 Supplying Melbourne’s Water
9 Aug 2015 They Shall Not Grow Old as we That Are Left
9 Jul 2015 National Parks a Valuable Resource
11 Sep 2014 Living Through the Best and the Worst
12 Feb 2015 Fishing is Part of Port’s History
26 Feb 2015 Chance Lost to Eliminate Rabbits
5 Mar 2015 Bloomfield - End of the Line, in a Way
11 Jul ? Emerald Primary School
22 Aug 2013 The Heartbreak Hills
17 Oct 2013 Port Albert, Land of Elephants
14 Nov 2013 Bullumwaal Land of Two Spears
28 Nov 2013 Coalville - the Forgotten Mine
5 Dec 2013 Early Travel with the Bishop
12 Dec 2013 Bishop Perry in Gippsland
19 Dec 2013 The Great Sale Goldfields Hoax
20 Mar 2014 A Chance to Dazzle the Kids
27 Mar 2014 More of Those Creeks and Rivers
3 Apr 2014 The Arctocephalus is With us Still
10 Apr 2014 Upper Yarra Dam had an Early Start
UNKNOWN Harkaway’s Colorful History Contains Some Doubtful Tales
UNKNOWN Berwick and the Peninsula in 1886

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non-fiction