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Booklet - Extracts from Bailliere's Victorian Gazetter 1865, Robert Whitworth, 1865

  • Front cover of copy of Gazetter showing title and some content information

    Image of front cover of copy of Gazetter

  • Second page of copy of Gazetter showing information about the Dandenong Ranges and Emerald

    Image of second page of copy of Gazetter

  • Third page of copy of Gazetter showing information about Fern Tree Gullies [sic] and Lilydale

    Image of third page of copy of Gazetter

  • Front cover of copy of Gazetter showing title and some content information
  • Second page of copy of Gazetter showing information about the Dandenong Ranges and Emerald
  • Third page of copy of Gazetter showing information about Fern Tree Gullies [sic] and Lilydale

Historical information

Robert Whitworth (1831 -1901), an England-born journalist and author worked with the government printer Ferdinand François Balliere in producing gazetteers of the Australian colonies. The first was a gazetteer of Victoria printed in 1865. This copied extract from that gazetter provides information about the fauna and flora and geology of Emerald and environs at an early period of European settlement in Victoria.

Significance

This gazetter extract provides a picture of Emerald and environs as described by a settler in the mid-19th century.

Physical description

Four foolscap pages of information photocopied regarding the Dandenong Ranges and environs. Pages attached with a staple.

Inscriptions & markings

On first page: ' EXTRACTS FROM BAILLIERE'S / VICTORIAN GAZETTER / 1865 / DANDENONG RANGE / EMERALD / FERN TREE GULLIES / LILYDALE / CORRANWARRABUL / DANDENONG CREEK'

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