Garden, Donald S.  1947- <br/><br/>
Northam, an Avon Valley history / 
[by] Donald S. Garden. 
 - Melbourne :  Oxford University Press,  1979. 
 - xiv, 288 p., 16 p. of plates :  ill., maps ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. [256]-260. 
<br/><br/>Over the hills: Settlement to 1860 -- Sweat, fire and water: Life on the land to 1860 -- A state of war: The Aborigines -- A spirited village: The town-sites to 1879 -- A tenuous existence: Farming to 1880 -- Full steam ahead: Railways and gold to 1892 -- Golden grain, railways yards and water pipes to 1905 -- Politics in Northerm 1890-1919 -- Horse teams, Charlie Chaplin and heroes 1905-1925 -- Boiled wheat and rabbits 1925-1950 -- Myxomatosis, supermarkets and white swans: post-war -- Appendix: Householders in Northam, September 1879. 
<br/><br/> Includes chapter outlining the conquest of the Aborigines in the area. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195542045 :  $14.95 Aust. 0195542096 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>4918b 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>000001655857  AU 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Western Australia. Northam region, ca.1830-1979.<br/>Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850.<br/>Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Avon River Valley (W.A.)--History.<br/>Northam Region (W.A.)--History.<br/>Northam region (W.A.)--History.<br/>Northam (SW WA SH50-14)<br/>Northam district, Western Australia--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Western Australia. Northam region, ca.1830-1979. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DU380.N67  / G37 1979 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>994/.1/2