The Plenty: A centenary history of the Whittlesea shire by J W Payne (Second Hand Book)

SECOND HAND BOOK – EX-LIBRARY

The Plenty traces one hundred years of the development of the Shire of Whittlesea, from the discovery by Hume and Hovell in 1824 to the time of its centenary. The intervening time saw the settlement of Vandemonians, Sydney-siders, English, Scots, Irish and Germans, and we share their hopes and disappointments, success and failure, and the tragedy of Black Thursday when fire laid waste almost the entire community.

It sketches the background to the building of Yan Yean, the criticism and construction, and describes the Plenty River flour mills, the timber industry, fruit-growing and export, and vineyards long forgotten, which produced wines of world standard.

Personalities and pubs, subdivisions past and present, stories of the Findon Hunt Club, halls and brawls are all there, and we are introduced to the Shires with their form of musical chairs. Education is followed from the private and denominational schools to the Department of Education and through to the secondary, technical and tertiary facilities of today.

Finally, there is the transition from rural to urban in the south, with the rise of factory chimneys, sophisticated industrial complexes, and shopping centres where twenty nationalities can choose food to their taste.

The whole work is carefully documented, and is illustrated by informative maps and interesting photographs which bring to life the people and the places, past and present, of this diverse community.

Specifications:

Condition: Fair – ex-library book, plastic wrapped with slight tears, spine has library labels, inside pages have library stamps.

Publisher: Lowden Publishing Co

Year: 1975

Format: Hardback, with dustjacket

Year: 234pp

ISBN: 0909706433

$45.00

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