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You can search the catalogue of the State Library of NSW on line at http://www.slnsw.gov.au/ (try searching Subject for eg "Lismore AND History" or "Bellinger Valley Historical Society", but without the quotation marks) The National Library of Australia is on line at http://www.nla.gov.au/ and would also have ALL except the most minor booklets on all North Coast places, as by law book publishers must provide a copy. Search their java catalogue (try searching "Australian Genealogy"). [CHCL] = held Coffs Harbour City Library The following book list was compiled by the previous Bellingen GenWeb Coordinator, Paul Hanly. Please note that this list will not be expanded. 1."Your Father is a Moran & Your Mother was a Murphy" by Andrew James Moran of 14 Research Road, Narara, NSW, 2250. Published 1987.17 photos/illustrations. 175 pages. Available from the author. ISBN 07316 1118 2. "Alma Doepel History of an Australian Schooner 1903-1975" by Captain Ralph McDonell. ISBN 0731619315 3. "Pioneering in the Bellinger Valley" produced by the Bellinger Valley Historical Society. 4.. "Valley of the Crooked River - European Settlement on the Nambucca" ISBN 0 86840 205 2 by Norma Townsend. 5. "Men and a River" - a History of The Richmond River District 1828-1895 by: Louise Tiffany Daley. Printed by Melbourne University Press. First published 1966. SBN 522 83921 5. Dewey Decimal Classification Number 994.4 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 66-28534 Aus 68-1725 6. "The Winding Sheet" - Port Macquarie Historical Society 7. "Savins in Australia: A story and family tree of Benjamin Savin and his descendants" by G H SAVINS & I F SAVINS contains material about Frederick Savins, who settled in the Bellingen and Mid North Coast areas at the turn of the century. 8. "Red Cedar Our Heritage" by Alex Gaddes. It was available through the Nambucca Shire Council. Publisher Wyndham Observer (M.S.396,Nanango Qld,4615) National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 646 02322 5. Printed in Burnett Printing Company 9. "At The Crossroads" The history of the Wilsons Ridges/Wollongbar/Alphadale Cemetery and St Pauls Church. Details of local families. By Glenda Manwaring 1996. Inquiries should be made to the publisher. Published by Glenda D Manwaring P O Box 5143, Daisy Hill, Qld 4127 Australia Has Listing of WOLLONGBAR Cemetery. 10. "Valley of the Macleay" by Marie H Neil, published by Wentworth Press, Sydney 1972. Should be considered essential reading for those with early roots on the Macleay River. 11. Macleay River Cemetery Transcriptions: Volume 1 East Kempsey, Volume 2 West Kempsey, Volume 3 Frederickton. Transcribed by Judy Hoole. Copyright Judy Hoole, Judy Hoole 23 Arkana Avenue Cundletown, NSW 2430 (065) 53-9187 12. Index of Transcriptions Pioneer Wall (Old Cemetery) East Ballina, Rous and Tinten bar Cemeteries. Richmond-Tweed Family History Society Inc Po Box 817 Ballina NSW 2487. Compiled and Edited by Mrs Judy Scott 1991 13. Lower Clarence Cemetery List, compiled and researched by the Cemetery List Committee of Maclean District Historical Society ISBN 0 909323 12 5 90pages. Alphabetical listing for Lower Clarence Cemeteries: Ashby, Iluka, Lawrence, Maclean, Smalls (Private), Taloumbi Station (Private), Yamba. Available Maclean District Historical Society $15.00 plus postage. 14. "A History of Coutts Crossing & Nymboida Districts - 1837 to 1985", by Pat & John Edwards by The Coutts Crossing & Nymboida Districts Historical Society, 1985.(At least 2 volumes, indexed) 15. "Coffs Harbour [CHCL] = held Coffs Harbour City Library BELLINGEN & NAMBUCCA DISTRICTS · Pioneering in the Bellinger Valley, H. Beard & N. Braithwaite (compilers), (Bellinger River Historical Society, 1978) [CHCL] GRAFTON & CLARENCE RIVER DISTRICT · Discovery and Settlement of the Lower Clarence, E. H. McSwan (compiler), (Maclean District Historical Society, abt.1976), 12pages, [CHCL] TAREE & MANNING RIVER DISTRICT · A Time on the Manning, Graham Payne, (Grafton Print, 1984), 49 pages, [CHCL] PORT MACQUARIE · Place of Banishment : Port Macquarie 1818-1932, Iaen McLachlan, (Hale & Ironmonger, abt.1988), 242 pages, indexed [CHCL] TWEED & RICHMOND RIVERS · Men and a River : Richmond River District 1878-1895, Louise Tiffany Daley, 1966 [CHCL] 17. Family, Farm and Forest - a History of the Eungai District, NSW. by David Dunne (1990) ISBN 0 7316 8920 8 (See the Contents) 18. Maclean The First Fifty Years 1862-1912, by Eleanor H. McSwan, 1992. ISBN 0909323 12 7. Printed by Clarence Press, Centenary Drive, Maclean, NSW 2463. Available from Maclean District Historical Society Inc, PO Box 257, MACLEAN, NSW 2463. Cost as at October 1999 $29.00 including postage. 19. North Coast Women by Baiba Berzins ISBN 0 909954 49 6 219 pages
\ a history of experiences of over 800 women on the North Coast of New South Wales before 1939.
Purchased from Royal Australian Historical Society, History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney. 23. Centenary History of Brushgrove 1885-1985
compiled and written by Pamela G Leslie ISBN 0 9589178 0 9 24. The Irish Famine Immigrants 1846-1851 25. a) History of Education on the Lower Clarence: Maclean compiled and researched by E H McSwan and Margaret Switzer, Maclean District Historical Society ISBN 0 909323 14 3 104 pages. The first in a trilogy of histories of schools, past and present, on the Lower Clarence. Available Maclean District Historical Society $15.00 plus postage. 25. b) History of Education on the Lower Clarence: Past Schools compiled and researched by Margaret Switzer, Maclean District Historical Society, 136 pages ISBN D909323143. 26. The Trojan Maclean Intermediate High School School newsletter 1958 39 pages, 1959 39 pages, 1960 48 pages. 27. A History of Yamba and Iluka compiled by E H McSwan, Maclean District Historical Society ISBN 0 909323 04 6 92 pages. Historical beginnings from 1861. 28. Maclean & the Scottish Connection
by E H McSwan Maclean District Historical Society ISBN 0 909323 08 9, 92 pages.
History of Scottish people of Maclean 30. History of The Anglican Church on the Lower Clarence
Malcolm and Helen Oliver, Editors 40 pages. 31. Echoes of the Clarence by Kevin Shortt ISBN 0 86774 001 9, 191 pages. History of barge and tugboat on the Clarence River. 32. Ferries of the Lower Clarence by D Stuart Towner 60 pages 1985. History of Maclean Shire Council ferries. Available Maclean District Historical Society $6.00 plus postage. 33. The Twins of Townsend by Elsie W Tyler ISBN 0 909323 07 0 94 pages. Recollections of a Clarence River childhood. 34. Woolgoolga: The history of a village Mid-North Coast NSW
by Neil Yeates. ISBN 0 9593196 0 3 (276 pages) Purchased from author, 5 Arthur Street, Woolgoolga NSW 2456 45. Letters From The Boer War by I.W. Symonds, Port Macquarie Historical Society, available from them at $10 plus postage; 89 A4 pages, date-11 Oct 1999. Table of contents:- Map of Sth Africa, Foreword, Introduction, Port Macquarie 1899, Ominous Clouds, War Military Units, Welcome Home, Epilogue, Index. Briefly, it is the history of the 26 volunteers from this district who served with British and Australian forces in the Boer War 1899-1902, giving brief biographies of each, plus a background look at Port Macquarie of that time. 46. "Biographical Register of Port Macquarie" Contributors Edition. Port Macquarie Historical Society, available from them. 47. "Our Highland Heritage" (Mackay families of Bowraville and Nambucca.) Nancy Edge 48. Grace Family - Early Years" (associated names Argent, Simon, Pike, Mackay. Stephenson, Hulbert and others) Nancy Edge. 49. "A History of the Clarence River District 1837-1915" by John MacFarlane M.L.A.with notes by E.H.McSwan 1980.for the Maclean D.H.S. 50. Articles were published in the Grafton "Daily Examiner" by G. Dennes dealing with Clarence River families who had come out 100 years earlier from Scotland on the "William Nicol, Midlothian, Brilliant, St George, Boyne, James Moran and Lady MacNaughton" The original bound copies of the :Daily Examiner" are held at the Clarence River Historical Society in Grafton.Some early copies are in microfiche. Enquire at your nearest library with a F.H.Section. 51. draft MacDonald family history (family of John MacDonald "the elder" and Ann Gillies MacDonald of Redbank and later of Maclean) at a fairly advanced stage under title "Over the seas from Skye", but no idea when I'll get around to finishing it a/c incomplete research in USA and Canadian branches of this MacDonald family. contact Daryl Lightfoot 52. "A Giant for Jesus - the story of Silas Gill" (Rev.Eric Clancy - reprints available from Daryl Lightfoot) 53. "A Cow and a Haypress" (Daryl Lightfoot - still available from author) deal with the Gill and related families of Beckley, SSX, who came in 1837 and 1838, and whose descendants were Methodist pioneers on the northern rivers and elsewhere in NSW last century. 54. "North Coast Run - Men and Ships of the N.S.W. North Coast" by Mike Richards; 3rd edition 1996; published by Turton & Armstrong, 21 Lister Street, Wahroonga NSW 2076 Ph. 02 94896719; ISBN 0 908031 67 X 174 pages, illustrated with b & w photographs. See the contents, there is no index. Enquire at Angus & Robertson Bookworld at GRAFTON NSW - the proprietor is a keen supporter of local history publications. 55. "A History of Nana Glen Primary School 1892-1992" [CHCL]
Annette Green & Margaret Franklin (compilers), (Centenary Committee Nana Glen Primary School), 84 pages of History and lots of school photos 56. "Looking Back Nana Glen 1879-1979" 72 pages of History and Early pioneering families with photos; lots of families mentioned. 57. "The Shipbuilders of Brisbane Water", by Gwen Dundon 58. "Leaves on the Tree of Saul" - the ancestors and descendants of Jeremiah;
Saul who came from the Lakes District England to become a cedar cutter in the Northern Rivers district of NSW. Details associated families. 60. A short history of Kempsey and the Macleay Valley / by Patricia Riggs ; art [by] Tony Nolan. Published Kempsey, N.S.W. : Kempsey Shire Council, c1986. 61. A short history of Kempsey and the Macleay Valley / by Patri
and A century of caring : a history of the Kempsey District Hosp 63. "History of the German Community in the Clarence River District of NSW". Authors: Geoffrey Burkhardt & Nola Mackey. Published by: Grafton Family History Centre 1999 64. "The Road to the River" covering Draylines to Deep Water in the 1839 to 1939 period. Lismore, Bording's. 1977. 218pp. 8vo. Paperback. Illus. History of the construction of the road to the Clarence River in northern NSW . It was published in 1977 (2nd edition) Kathi Ann Gaffy may be able to help with this book. 65. Royal Commission of Inquiry on Forestry, 1907 and 1908 contained in a book on the history of the Forestry 66. 'Around the Channon' A history of it's place and people by Pauline Barratt, 1999. Introduction: The ridges and valleys of Terania and Tuntable Creek make up the area loosely referred to as The Channon. It was one of the last areas of the 'Big Scrub' to be settled. The area which Around the Channon covers includes The Channon Road, the top end of Keerong and Pinchins Lane, Terania Creek, Tuntable Creek and Koonorigan Road. These areas supplied The Channon Butter Factory when it was in operation and were serviced by The Channon businesses. Part I covers early Aboriginal significance and history of the area. Part II brings together detailed history of early settlement from the late 1800's to WWII. Part III acknowledges the families who have been in the area for three and four generations, including brief histories of their times there. The final part gives a glimpse into the more recent history of The Channon. 67. Cecilia McNally "Duchess of Spring Hill" written by Dan O'Donnell Published by the Playground and Recreation Association of Queensland Inc. PO Box 133, 10 Love Street, Spring Hill , Brisbane Queensland 4004 (This book costs $6). 68. URUNGA PUBLIC SCHOOL 1882-1982, The Centenary of Public Education in this Area; including Tarkeeth, Wenonah Heads and Nessville Schools. See the Index contributed by Marie Riley 69 The Brunswick - another River and Its People 70. What They Did - Families of the Brunswick 71. "Magdalen" by Dorothy KINNY, publisher: Neptune Press, Newtown Vic., 1983. Over 200 pages with photographs. No index or contents. Contact Kay Williams 72. "From out of the Wilderness. The Early days of ELTHAM and it's school." Author and Publisher unknown. 73. "Disputed Plain Armstrongs and their Magnificent Horses" by Keith McLeay. ISBN : 1 86252 555 2 Perhaps published by Richmond River Historical Society. Printed by : Northern Star Print (066 24 4000) 74. "Centenary 1890 - 1990 Green Hill public School" by The Greenhill Centenary Committee available from Macleay River Historical Society. About 50pp. Some photographs back to 1918. 75. "Timber Tales" By Macleay River Historical Society, published 1984. 76. "What A Difference A Vowel Makes". The Sellings-Sullings History. ISBN No: 0-7316-7694-7 77. Index of the Records (July 1935 to December 1945) of the old firm of William Riley & Sons, Undertakers, Lismore NSW. Burials took place from Sydney to Cooroy Qld. Mostly in Northern Rivers area. Includes maps of layouts of many cemeteries mentioned in the book and photos of some. Records of William Riley's during this period were mostly notes written beside obituaries. 78. Glenreagh - A Town Of Promise. A history of the Glenreagh, Tallawudjah and Sherwood Districts. By Elizabeth Webb. Published by Elizabeth Webb, Glenreagh, NSW. 79. "Chain of Hearts: Descendants of Donald and Margaret Anderson". Author/Contributor: Anderson-Hoschke, Kylie (ed). Date of Publication:.01 Sep 2001 Price: $30.00. Format:.PB Size:.210x148 No. of Pages: 300. ISBN 0-9579458-0-9 80. "Kyogle - a Part of Paradise" V G Alcorn ISBN 0 646 16687 5 (self published in late 1990's) 81. Index of the Records (1946 to 1955) of the old firm of William Riley & Sons, Undertakers, Lismore NSW. Burials took place from Sydney to Cooroy Qld. Mostly in Northern Rivers area. Includes maps of layouts of many cemeteries mentioned in the book and photos of some. Records of William Riley's during this period were mostly notes written beside obituaries.
82. "THE BRISBANE WATER STORY" {Click link
on "Part' below for index} The above book list was compiled by the previous Bellingen GenWeb Coordinator, Paul Hanly. Please note that this list will not be expanded. |
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