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Name/Title'Up and Down the Sydney Road : The Romance of the Hume Highway' and letter from the author, 1951

About this objectAn historical and descriptive account of Australia's early history from the perspective of the thoroughfare of Sydney Road.

References to well known persons, events and landmarks ; these include pioneers' graves, Burke and Wills, Hume and Hovell, massacre at Broken River, the Kelly Gang, Lady Franklin, the 'Pyjama Girl', bushrangers, convicts, capital punishment, murders, John Macarthur and the pioneering sheep industry.

References to townships include Kilmore, Seymour, Glenrowan, the Ovens, Chiltern, Wodonga, Albury, Wagga Wagga, Gundagai, Jugiong, Yass, Mittagong, and Narellan.

Mr Beresford Rea entered the manuscript in the Commonwealth Jubilee Literary Competition, 1951. It was published by Georgian House, 1958.

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MakerRea, E. Beresford, 1896-1963

Maker RoleAuthor

Period1950-1960

Subject and Association KeywordsHume Highway

Subject and Association KeywordsSydney Road

Subject and Association KeywordsGraves

Subject and Association KeywordsRoads, Streets and Highways

Subject and Association KeywordsLocal history

Named CollectionManuscripts Collection

Credit LineDonated by author, E B Rea, November 1951

Object TypeDocument

Object numberMS 018459 (Box 011-1)

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