Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

They came to Murramarang, a history of Murramarang, Kioloa and Bawley Point, Bruce Hamon ; edited by Alastair Greig, Sue Feary

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Includes bibliographies and index

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They came to Murramarang

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Bruce Hamon ; edited by Alastair Greig, Sue Feary

a history of Murramarang, Kioloa and Bawley Point

First published in 1994, this book provides a unique combination of local history & personal recollections from a writer who witnessed the transformation of Murramarang region from the timber era to modern times. This new edition retains original character of Bruces engaging prose with additional chapters relating to Bruces life, Greig at ANU. Includes additional research contribuitions by Sue Feary on Aboriginal occupation of the region prior to European colonisation

Pre-settlement -- Settlement at Murramarang -- The Evans era -- Timber! -- Turn of the century -- Transport: ships and roads -- Bawley Point in the 1920s -- The 1920s and 1930s -- Recent developments -- Epilogue: Murramarang in the early twenty-first century

History of Murramarang, Kioloa and Bawley Point