Northam, an Avon Valley history / [by] Donald S. Garden.
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TextPublication details: Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1979Description: xiv, 288 p., 16 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195542045 :; 0195542096Subject(s): Western Australia. Northam region, ca.1830-1979 | Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850 | Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900 | Avon River Valley (W.A.) -- History | Northam Region (W.A.) -- History | Northam region (W.A.) -- History | Northam (SW WA SH50-14) | Northam district, Western Australia -- History | Western Australia. Northam region, ca.1830-1979Genre/Form: History. DDC classification: 994/.1/2 LOC classification: DU380.N67 | G37 1979| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [256]-260.
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.
Includes chapter outlining the conquest of the Aborigines in the area.
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