Name/TitleRecollections of squatting in Victoria : then called the Port Phillip District (from 1841 to 1851)
MakerCurr, Edward M. (Edward Micklethwaite), 1820-1889.
Maker RoleAuthor
MakerForster, Harley W.
Maker RoleEditor
About this objectFacsimile copy of the 1883 edition. The author was a squatter and author, who managed, on behalf of his father, the Wolfscrag, Tongala, Lower Moira, Colbinabbin and Coragorag sheep runs and, in partnership with his brother William, conducted the Corop (Gargarro) run.
Contents include:
My first visit to Melbourne in 1839
The Yarra Yarra
Land sales in 1837
Champagne lunches
The Melbourne Club
Sandridge
Prospects of sheep farming at Wolfscrag
Troubles of a beginner
Natives in war paint
Overlanders
Lake Cowper
Tasmanian expirees
The Goulburn River
A visit from the blacks
Native boatbuilding
Shearers and shearing
A visit from the Commissioner of Crown Lands
Corroborees and giving in marriage
The Moira
Troopers and native police
The Bangerang tribe
Hunting with fox hounds
Law in the bush
Old Davie
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Period1840-1850
PublisherMelbourne University Press
Publication Date1965
Publication PlaceMelbourne, Vic.
Series TitleAustraliana facsimile editions
Number in SeriesNo. 130
Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers
Subject and Association KeywordsSquatters and squatting runs
Subject and Association KeywordsSheep farming
Subject and Association KeywordsBiography
Subject and Association KeywordsPersonal narratives
Subject and Association KeywordsYarra River (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsAboriginal Australians
Subject and Association KeywordsPort Phillip District (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsGoulburn (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsCampaspe Plains
Named CollectionLibrary
Object TypeBook
Object numberLIB 023927
Spine Label994.502 CUR
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