Grand Goulburn, first inland city of Australia : a random history
Tazewell, Stephen. J., 1909-19921991
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Subject: "This random history of Goulburn is indeed as its name implies quite at random. There are many aspects of Goulburn's history you will not find within its covers. On the other hand you will find many subjects never before recorded in much more specific detail than before. This especially applies to personalities, trades, businesses, industries and professions. Many of the photographs of Goulburn etc. date from before the turn of the century and have been made available from organisation and people ..." (Foreword, by the author)
Main title:
Grand Goulburn, first inland city of Australia : a random history / Stephen J. Tazewell.
Author:
Tazewell, Stephen. J., 1909-1992, authorGoulburn (N.S.W.) Council, commissioning body
Imprint:
Goulburn, New South Wales : Council of the City of Goulburn, 1991.
Collation:
xii, 311 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
Notes:
reprinted 2014 by Goulpress Printers.Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents:
List of illustrationsPrefaceEarly explorationA chronology of Goulburn's progressPlanning a city: The transit of VenusCathedrals and churches: St Saviour's Cathedral; Sts Peter and Paul's Cathedral; St Nicholas' Church; Christchurch; Sisters of St Joseph; BishopthorpeJewish businessmen: Goulburn Jewish cemeteryDoctors and hospitals: Goulburn hospitals; Private hospitals; Ambulance service; The big influenza epidemicStreet lighting: Gas comes to Goulburn; Electric lighting and powerPost, telegraph and telephone services: Postal service; The telegraph; The telephoneIndustry and commerce: Wool development; Goulburn breweries; Goulburn cordial makers; Newspapers; Flour mills; Coachbuilders; The Old Australian Stores; Banks; Insurance companiesOld Goulburn hotelsBuildings: Lansdowne House; Brackley; Riversdale; Rogers' Building (Grace Brothers); Villa of St Clair; Islington House; The Towers; courthouse; Bourke Street School; High schoolsPeople: Henry Goulburn; William Hilton Hovell; The Blackshaw family; Reverend Robert Cartwright; Caroline Chisholm; Dame Alice Chisholm; William Conolly; Ellen Dawson, Queen of the South; Daniel Kennedy; Reverend William Ross; The Corsican Adventurer, Francis Nicholas Rossi; Francis Robert Louis Rossi; Alexander Philip Rossi; Francis Tait, ecclesiastic mayor; Leopold Weissberger, tobacconist extraordinary; Phillip RuthoffGeneral interest: Belmore Park; Brass bands; Grafton Street in 1884; Fitzroy bridges; City baths; Railway strikes; Goulburn fires; Goulburn Cup; The Goulburn Golf Club; City cinemasHMAS GoulburnAboriginesGold and bushrangers: Days of bushrangers; Gallows HillAviationArchitectsArtists, writers and poets: Beth Martin Raynor Boyd; Nellie Alice EvansEarly Goulburn photographersDroving adventures: The Duracks; The MacDonald TrekMembers of Parliament to Federation, 1901Goulburn MayorsGoulburn Town ClerksBibliographyIndex.
ISBN:
0646028448
Dewey class:
994.47
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
17867