Walhalla today by lawrie harrington and john king (Second Hand Book)

SECOND HAND BOOK

This book is dedicated to CHARLES GORDON LEE 1885 -1974

An historian on Walhalla’s past, whose efforts and devotion have helped keep alive this part of Australia’s Heritage

– A well run race –

This book is to discuss the area as it is today, what remains of this once-premier Victorian gold town, and what the future may hold. To the casual observer, Walhalla mainly consists of a hotel store, few old shops, band rotunda, fire station museum, bank vault, cemetery, and a few dozen dwellings of varied design; all set in a valley of great beauty.

Of the thousands of visitors who come to the valley annually, many return on numerous occasions. The magnetic attraction of Walhalla and its environs lies not on the surface but in the depth of one’s imagination and it is they who can cast their mind into the past who benefit most from what is ‘Walhalla Today’. This past may be so hard for some to visualise, but to the historically minded visitor to Walhalla the feeling as you enter the valley that it is of another world can be overwhelming, and while you see the remains of the past you also feel it, and coupled with your imagination it is quite easy to fill in so many of the gaps.

Walhalla in Nordic legend means “resting place of the slain heroes in battle”, and how easily this is felt, particularly at night when you feel entombed by the hills. In this blackness broken only by a strip of sky with its often spectacular glow of countless stars, surely the spirits of the slain heroes do rest here.

– Lawrie Harrington

Specifications:

Condition: Good condition, have the price sticker on the front cover page

Publisher: The Papermill Press

Year: 1975

Format: Paperback

Pages: 108

ISBN: 0909359008

$20.00

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