History of the Manning Valley Sawmills – Book 4
Arthur Cooper
In Book Four Arthur explores the history of sawmills in the Mount George, Bundook, and Marlee areas .
Softcover
History of the Manning Valley Sawmills – Book 5
By Arthur Cooper
In Book Five Arthur explores the history of sawmills in the Lansdowne, Hannam Vale, Moorland, Johns River, Crowdy Head and Harrington areas.
Softcover
96 pages with photographs
21 cm x 29.5 cm
Printed 2016
Cost: $25
History of the Manning Valley Sawmills – Book 6
Arthur Cooper and Pam Murray
In book number six Arthur explores the history of sawmilling in Tinonee, Krambach, Nabiac, and Taree.
Softcover
101 pages with photographs, black & white and colour
21 cm x 29.5 cm
printed 2017
cost $25
History of the Manning Valley Sawmills – Book 7
Arthur Cooper and Pam Murray
In Book seven, Arthur explores the history of sawmilling in Duncan’s at Elands, Mt. George and Wingham, Machin’s at Wingham, Cross and McLeod’s at Pampoolah, Cross’s at Pampoolah.
Softcover 97 pages with black & white and colour photographs
21 cm x 29.5 cm
printed 2017
cost $25
Horace Dean: A Pocketful of Lies
Maurie Garland
American-born Horace Dean had arrived in this Colony in 1849. A doctor and magistrate of high repute, he became the first mayor of Angaston in South Australia. The popular and charismatic Horace Dean later moved on to New South Wales, where he published and edited a newspaper. He became a Member of Parliament and was elected mayor of Grafton.
But was he who he said he was?
Softcover
294 pages
13.5 cm x 21 cm
Printed 2011
Cost: $27
Jimmy Governor: Blood on the Tracks
Maurie Garland
Jimmy Governor challenged the white man’s Aboriginal stereotype in 1900. He was highly intelligent, better educated than many of his white contemporaries, personable, a hard worker, and was married to a white woman.
So how did Jimmy become a mass murderer?
Using meticulous research, Maurie Garland provides a new analysis of the events that gripped Australia in 1900.
Softcover
370 pages
13.5 cm x 21 cm
Printed 2009
Cost: $25
Lest They Be Forgotten
Bulga Beginnings
Lawrence R. Alley
For and on behalf of the Back to Bulga Committee
This book was published “to try and revive the memory of most of those early settlers who came here with a big heart and a tremendous ambition”.
Softcover
37 pages
Includes class photo, Honour Roll, family photos and photos of work and play
15 cm x 21 cm
Printed 1982
Cost: $10
Life in the Lower Manning Valley
The First Thirty Years of Settlement
Katherine M. Bell
This book is a comprehensive account of the early settlement of the lower Manning Valley and the personalities who were instrumental in establishing and developing settlements in the Valley. It also recounts the role of women in supporting menfolk and families in the harsh conditions that prevailed in this pioneering era.
Softcover
223 pages
Includes extensive photographs and maps
14 cm x 21.5 cm
Printed 2016
Cost: $25
Life of Henry Ward Beecher
by J. T. Lloyd
The preface is dated 1881 and the printer is stated as “Walter Scott, The Kenilworth Press, Felling, Newcastle” but no printing date is given (Memorable Men of the 19th Century series: #3).
Beecher (1813-1887 and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe) is described as “minister of the gospel, statesman, lecturer, man of letters and philanthropist”.
Included is a printed fold-out message to the author in Beecher’s handwriting.
320 pages
18.5 cm x 12 cm
Condition: fair
Hard cover
Cost: $50 (plus postage)
Maitland Gaol 1844-1998
John Ramsland
“In this lively history John Ramsland provides compelling case studies of some of the gaol’s infamous inmates from the past two centuries………”
Dustjacket
Softcover
78 pages
14 cm x 20 cm
First published 2001
Cost: $10
Manning Men in Africa -The Boer War 1899-1902
by Eric Richardson & Margaret A. Clark
Eric Richardson has researched and recorded the attitudes of residents in the Manning Valley to this military campaign from newspaper reports of the time. His work acknowledges the courage and dedication of the men who left the Manning Valley and fought in this “forgotten war”. It includes copies of letters from local servicemen to their families back home.
Softcover
104 pages
21 cm x 29.5 cm
printed 2017
cost $18
No Lilies in This Valley
Stories of Rural Women in the Manning Valley 1850 – 1950
Compiled by Lucy Weller and Ruth Woodward
This book is dedicated to the many women who have made their home in the Manning Valley.
Di Morrissey’s Foreward noted:
“Their perspectives reflected through reminiscences and research show clearly that devotion to the values of hard work, truth, frugality, family, friends and community, greatly enriched the heritage of future generations…It is a fitting tribute to the battlers of bush and town back in those very simple yet difficult days …Their stories are inspiring, and a valuable contribution to the recorded history of the region, and our nation.”
Softcover
200 pages
14.5 cm x 21 cm
Printed 2005
Cost: $20
Of Greater Worth than Gold
The History and Legacy of Isabella Murray
Ross Murray
Like thousands of other Scots, John and Isabella Murray were victims of the vast changes that transformed British society during the Industrial Revolution. As tenant farmers, they lost their small holding as farms on the large estates were amalgamated and as sheep production replaced the more traditional intensive cropping. When John died in 1845, Isabella was left with ten children in a situation of great uncertainty.
This book traces the story of the families of John and Isabella, as far as available records allow, for the two centuries prior to these events. It considers the issues involved in the decision of Isabella and the children to migrate to Australia, describes the voyages themselves in 1848 and 1851, and records the settlement of the family in the fertile and picturesque Manning Valley.
It is the story of the pioneering origins of a prolific family that has made a significant contribution to the Manning District.
Softcover
96 pages
21 cm x 29.5 cm
Printed 2012
Cost: $25
Postcards from the Front
Still Going Strong
Margaret A Clark
This book is based on over 200 postcards sent by Alfred Haynes to his wife and children during the years 1916-1919 . Author Margaret Clark has also used letters written by other soldiers from the Manning Valley to provide additional detail.
Alf’s cards, in particular reflect the anguish experienced by a soldier who has left wife and family behind to proceed to a war that was consuming men at a fearsome rate.
Softcover
230 pages
15.5 cm x 23.5 cm
Printed 2010
Cost: $10
Recipe Book
Compiled by Manning Valley Historical Society
Celebrating the history of cookery in the Manning Valley NSW
This book is a recognition of the talents of women, past and present and of colonial settlers in and around the Manning Valley of NSW. It also includes documents and copies of original photographs from the MVHS museum and archives collection.
Softcover
68 pages with photographs
21 cm x 29.5 cm
Printed 2011
Cost: $15
Scribbles
Taree Scribblers
This fine collection by the writers of Taree Scribblers Club promises plenty of laughs, some poignant moments, and the occasional surprise. Short stories, memoirs, poems and cartoons showcase the broad talents of nine authors.
Softcover
122 pages
14 cm x 21 cm
First published 2010
Cost: $20
The Andrews on the Manning
Therese Archinal
In this book Therese records both the strengths and weaknesses of the Andrews families. Using impeccable research she tells the stories of the Andrews family in the Manning Valley. There are hundreds of photographs – many of which are being seen for the first time.
176 pages including photographs
21 cm x 29.5 cm
Printed 2003
Softcoverost: $30
The Railway Gatehouse at Dollys Flat
Reminiscences of a Railway Family 1925-1963
Royce Byrnes
The construction of the northern railway line in the early 1900’s necessitated the introduction of gatehouses situated at line crossings along the route.
This book records the difficult life of the Byrnes family, who raised fourteen children beside the tracks between 1925 and 1963.
Little has been written about this unusual family lifestyle and this book gives an important insight into another aspect of rural life.
Softcover
125 pages
145 cm x 21 cm
printed 1999
cost $18
The Saga of Somerset
Evelyn Boyce
This is the story of some of the people who lived and worked on Somerset during the period spanning almost a century when the property was owned by the Andrews family.
Softcover
52 pages
14.5 cm x 21 cm
Printed 1982
cost $6
The Swiss Swagman
Theodor Müller’s Nineteen Years in Australia
Translated by Frank Pammer
Edited by Maurie Garland & John Ramsland
Theodor Müller left his home in Switzerland and arrived in Sydney in 1857. He spent nineteen years travelling the Australian Outback, mainly on foot. He roamed north to Brisbane, west to Mudgee and south to Gundagai, sleeping beneath the stars and finding work where he could. In observing the culture of this new country, Müller also wrote chapters on gold, squatters, bushrangers, & Aboriginals.
To supplement the text, the editors have illustrated the book with many nineteenth century drawings, and provided annotations, background boxes and commentary boxes.