Historical information

This book focuses on people that the author sees as "pretty typical of the range of personalities who make up the population of Central Victoria; with the great majority having lived their lives in the area." The names in the book include Carrington, Lakey, Llewellyn, Marsh, Braybrook, O'Halloran, Watson, Robinson, Bradfield, Huelin, Barnes, Southcome, Carman, Martin, Appleford, Turner, Randall, and Anderson.

Physical description

"Locals" written by Phillip Edmonds. Illustrations by Stuart Billington. Profiles of Central Victorians. This book is a reprint of a cross section of a weekly column, 'People in Profile', written by the author for the 'Bendigo Advertiser' newspaper during 1987. Published in Australia by Lion Press in 1989. Soft cover. Yellow and black cover with 9 caricatures on front cover and 9 caricatures on back cover. Titles printed in white. Book features profiles of 18 people. Each identity included has a full-page caricature and brief profile over 1-2 pages. Index at front of book. Foreward by Frank Cusack. 79 pp.