Description
The discovery of a sketch entitled the Proposed Township of Paynesville, drawn in August 1879 by Land Officer W.H. Gregson was the inspiration for this book.
Gregson set out his proposal for a township on a narrow ribbon of Crown reserve located between selector Thomas Tucker’s boundary fence and the edge of the high steep bank that overlooked the shore of Newlands Backwater. His design included thirty-six fishermen’s residential sites with a wharf below. On the highest point of the embankment he marked the future location of quarters for the Sub-Inspectors of Fisheries from where they could look down and monitor the activity on the wharf below and the fishing grounds beyond. Gregson marked the locations of ten temporary fishermen’s huts as well as the regular pathway that the fishermen followed on their journeys in and out of their camp.
The Proposed Township of Paynesville, A Sketch August 1879, starts in 1865, with the Alienation of Crown land in Paynesville, and the numerous residential developments that followed between 1879 and 1889.
Specifications:
Publisher: Self-published
Year: 2024
Format: Paperback
Pages: 242pp
ISBN: 9780646704807
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