Books (and CDs) related to the Victorian North East

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This page contains a list of books relevant to north east Victoria. These have been submitted by subscribers and in some cases, personal opinions are included. If you have a local history book that you have found useful, please email details to Peter in a similar format to that below, for inclusion.

The books are grouped under towns where applicable, otherwise by locality, shire, whatever. The grouping may be a bit arbitrary, so please scroll right through looking at possible area names.

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Towns of the north east.
Areas of the north east.
Victoria (including the northeast).
Australia (including the northeast).
Family Histories of the north east.

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Albury (See also Wodonga)

Border City: History of Albury (1976) by William A. Bayley.
For lookups email  Kathy

Back Creek

Bygone Days of Back Creek: To the memory of the Pioneers of Back Creek by G.F. Craig. (1996)
For lookups email Marian

Barmah

Spanning the Years - Barmah Town & School.
For lookups email  Joy

Beechworth

Beechworth Cemetery - A stroll through history by Ian Hyndman
ISBN 07316 2130 1
Gives a brief history of the Cemetery, a map, the Chinese Section, the gates, the rotunda and the fountain. It then lists Graves of Historic Interest - or rather some of them in my opinion. (Denise)
For lookups email Denise or  Anne

Background to Beechworth from 1852
Published by Beechworth and District Progress Association and compiled by the late Roy C. Harvey.
A great but small book on Beechworth, absolutely full of information from pioneers to mines to town band. (Denise)
A booklet (64p). Mostly a civic history, and includes "The Ovens Directory", 1857.
For lookups email Jenny , Denise , Anne  or Kathy

A Biographical Dictionary of the Pioneers of Ovens and Townsmen of Beechworth by M. Rosalyn Shennan.
A booklet of who's who in Beechworth in early goldmining days. There is a photograph and a small write up on each person. It was compiled by photographer Henry Hansen in 1899 and includes 495 photographs. (Judy)
For lookups email Judy or Denise

Silver Threads and Golden Needles: The early history of Silver Creek, Beechworth (1985) by M. Rosalyn Shennan.
For lookups email Kathy

Beechworth: A Titan's Field by Carole Woods.
From the jacket blurb: "...covers the Ovens River district from the 1840's concentrating on the nineteenth century" (Jenny).
For lookups email Jenny or Anne

Gold and Granite: Grandeur Living: History of Beechworth, Stanley and Eldorado (1994) by David Williams.
For lookups email Kathy

Beechworth - An Australian Country Town and Its Past by Tom Griffiths.
For lookups email Anne or Denise

History of Beechworth by Ian Hyndman.
A small booklet in colour and black and white. Again history of the town. (Denise)
For lookups email Anne

Bright

Historic Bright Calendar 1993.
Pictures of Bright around the 1900s.
For lookups email Kathy

Bright Uniting Church (formerly Methodist) 1884-1984.
Has a list of the ministers at the end.
For lookups email Kathy

Diamond Minutes.
Produced by Year 9 Students of Bright P-12 college. Interviews with residents of the Bright District.
For lookups email Kathy

Up & Down the River - the Butlers from Benenden by Malcolm Ronan, 1995. The Early Ovens goldfield, Sheep Station Creek, and spread along the Murray and Mitta Valleys.

Beyond Gold - 150 Years of Memories 1848-1998. by Ken Treacy, printed by Whitehorse Press of Ringwood.
The book incorporates a history of the Catholic Parish of Bright. Part 3 of the book has about 50 pages on the early pioneers and their families. (Pat)

Broadford

Broadford - A Regional History by B.J. Fletcher.
For lookups email Roz

Buckland Valley

The Buckland Valley Goldfield by Diann Talbot.
ISBN No. 0-9757170-0-6
For lookups email Robyn

Chiltern

History of the Shire of Chiltern by Robert W.P. Ashley.
For lookups email Steve

Corryong

Corryong and the Man from Snowy River District (1982) by T.W. Mitchell.
For lookups email Kathy

Creightons Creek

A History of Creightons Creek (1985) by C.W. Halsall.
For lookups email Lois

Cudgewa

The Branch Line: Wodonga-Tallangatta-Cudgewa Railway (1994) by Lloyd Holmes.
For lookups email Kathy

Drumanure

Drumanure and District - Changing Times by Christine Ginnane.

El Dorado

Gold and Granite: Grandeur Living: History of Beechworth, Stanley and Eldorado (1994) by David Williams.

Euroa

The History of the Euroa Shire by C.W. Halsall.
One of three books written by the author to celebrate 100 Years of Local Government in 1980.
For lookups email Lois

A General History of Euroa and District by C.W. Halsall.
One of three books written by the author to celebrate 100 Years of Local Government in 1980.
For lookups email Lois

A History of Sport in Euroa and District by C.W. Halsall.
One of three books written by the author to celebrate 100 Years of Local Government in 1980.
For lookups email Lois

History of Euroa Public Cemetery by Val McKernan.
This is NOT a list of burials.
For lookups email Lois

Euroa Personalities. Vol 1 & 2 by C.W. Halsall.

Euroa Photos by John Sullivan

Euroa Hospital by John Sullivan

Euroa Bowls Club

Charles Lane DeBoos: History of Euroa. Transcribed from 1908 newspaper

Euroa in the 1850's & 60's. Transcribed from 1921 newspaper

Gaffneys Creek

Gold at Gaffneys Creek by Brian Lloyd & Howard Combes (1981).
For lookups email Anne

Memories of the North East Ranges by Nelson Jefferies (1973).
Unpublished manuscript by Anne's great uncle that includes many names of the old pioneers in the Gaffneys Creek area.
For lookups email Anne

Greta

A History of Greta by S. E. Ellis.
(1972) Lowden, Kilmore
Has a early parish map in the back, and contains many names of the early pioneers of Greta and district. (Kaye)
For lookups email Kaye

Harrietville

Gold at Harrietville: Gold mining at Harrietville 1852-1982 by Brian Lloyd. (1982).
For lookups email Lyn

Hillsborough

Hillsborough: Dedicated to the pioneers of Hillsborough by G.F. Craig. (1996).
For lookups email Marian

Hurdle Creek

Beyond the Crested Wave, Robert McAliece and Catherine Crawford, Pioneers of "Hurdle Creek" Oxley Victoria - The Family Chronicles 1855-1997. Compiled by Gloria Newton.

Memories of the Good Old Days of Hurdle Flat: Dedicated to the Pioneers of Hurdle Flat. by G.F. Craig. (1995).
For lookups email Marian

Kiewa Valley

A History of the Kiewa Valley (1989) & (1971) by Esther Temple.
Potted history of numerous families. (Kathy)
For lookups email Kathy

Longwood

100 Years in Hurley Street (Longwood Primary School) compiled by the Centenary Committee.
For lookups email Lois

Just Longwood by Ildie Houston.
For lookups email Lois

Mitta Mitta

Mitta Mitta from the Early Pioneer Days (1989) by S.A. Colquhoun.
For lookups email Kathy

Mitta Valley

Our Soldier Sons: A short history of the Mitta Valley & our veterans 1914-1919 (Albury, April 2001) by Mitta Valley Heritage Society.
Available from:
Julie King, Mitta valley Heritage Society, P.O. Eskdale, Vic, 3701. Ph 02 60720321

Across the Threshold - Ronans from Kilkenny to Victoria by Malcolm Ronan, 1993. Establishment of this family around the Kiewa and lower Mitta Valleys, with sections on Markwood, Dederang, Noorongong and Tallangatta.

Myrrhee

Myrrhee School Centenary and Pioneer Families Reunion, 1885 - 1985
Lots of information on many of the early pioneers of Myrrhee, and details on the town, as well as a roll of the primary school pupils. (Kaye)
For lookups email Kaye

Myrtleford

Myrtleford, Gateway to Alps by Kay Robertson
For lookups email Peter

Narioka

Back to Narioka & District 1876-1946.
For lookups email Joy

Nathalia

History of Nathalia in Print
Nathalia Genealogy Group.
Available from Nathalia Genealogy Group ($10 + postage)

History of the Nathalia Shire - The Good Helmsmen by Gillian Hibbins
For lookups email Joy

Holy Trinity Nathalia 1887-1987.
For lookups email Joy

Nathalia & Lower Moira Agricultural Assoc. 1888-1994.
For lookups email Joy

Pioneers of Nathalia & District. Vols 1-4
Nathalia Genealogy Group.
Vols 1 and 2 now out of print. Vols 3 and 4 available from Nathalia Genealogy Group ($10 + postage)

Pioneers of Nathalia & District. Vol 5
Nathalia Genealogy Group.
For lookups email Joy
Vol 5 also available from Nathalia Genealogy Group ($10 + postage)

The Spirit of Care
Nursing, Medical & Hospital History of Nathalia Shire 1876-1990
For lookups email Joy

Times Have Changed - Nathalia & Barmah.
For lookups email Joy

Glascow to Daylesford - History of William Kerr Bell.
Local Nathalia family.
For lookups email Joy

Sons of a Carpenter (Griffiths Family History 1743-2000) by Joy Bell
A lot of history about people in the Nathalia District
For lookups email Joy
Also for sale from above address ($35 + postage)

Stanley Harding WW1 letters 1893-1968.
Local Nathalian.
For lookups email Joy

The Schier Family 1812-1982.
Local Nathalia family.
For lookups email Joy

Numurkah

Numurkah Football Club Centenary: 1882-1982.

Ovens Valley, shire, etc.

The 1855 Ovens Election and the Golden Horseshoes (1995) by M. Rosalyn Shennan.
For lookups email Kathy

A Biographical Dictionary of the Pioneers of Ovens and Townsmen of Beechworth by M. Rosalyn Shennan.
See above under Beechworth.

Ovens Directory 1857.
For lookups email Denise

The Ovens Valley Railway (1983) by Wal Larsen.
For lookups email Kathy

Reflection, Ranges & Rosellas: Living History in the Ovens Valley (1995) by David Williams.
For lookups email Kathy

Shire of Oxley

Memories of Oxley. Shire of Oxley 1862-1994 by Graham Jones.
Charcquin Hill Publishing, Wangaratta 1995
ISBN 0646 25928 8
This is a wonderful book for anyone interested in the Shire. This Shire covers Myrtleford to Wangaratta to Gelnrowan to Edi, Greta South, and across to Carboor and south. (Denise)
For lookups email Kaye

Picola

Those were the Days - History of Picola Football League.
For lookups email Joy

Ruffy

Tales of the Tablelands compiled by Jenni Hobbly for the Ruffy Primary School Centenary in 1986.
For lookups email Lois

Ruffy 1884-1900 by RB Eddy.
For lookups email Lois

Rutherglen

Big Camp: Wahgunyah: History of the Rutherglen District. (1983) by Muriel McGivern.
For lookups email Robyn or Kathy

Rutherglen. (1985) by Brian Lloyd.
For lookups email Kathy

Stanley

Stanley. by G Craig. (1998)
For lookups email Marian

Gold and Granite: Grandeur Living: History of Beechworth, Stanley and Eldorado. (1994) by David Williams.
For lookups email Kathy

Tallangatta

Old Tallangatta - a town to remember 1995, 2nd Ed 2003 by Malcolm Ronan. The story of 100 years leading up to the inundation and removal of the town to a new site in 1954, plus 140 local family histories.
For lookups email Kathy

The Days of Gold: Mining in Tallangatta Area (1980) by Tony Convey.
For lookups email Kathy

The Branch Line: Wodonga-Tallangatta-Cudgewa Railway (1994) by Lloyd Holmes.
For lookups email Kathy

The Town that Moved (1986) by Harold Craig.
The Story of Tallangatta 1951-1956.
For lookups email Kathy

Across the Threshold - Ronans from Kilkenny to Victoria by Malcolm Ronan, 1993. Some Irish history and settlement in the Ovens, Kiewa and lower Mitta Valleys.

Up & Down the River - the Butlers from Benenden by Malcolm Ronan, 1998. The background of Butler family in Kent, and 1839 voyage and settlement along the Ovens, Murray and Mitta Valleys in Victoria and NSW.

Hearts in Stone - the saga of Tallangatta’s war memorials by Malcolm Ronan, 2000. [Out of print]

The Century Book - Old and New Tallangatta by Malcolm Ronan and Harold Craig, 2001. The transfer of a town to a new site 5 miles east to make way for waters of the Hume Weir. [Out of print]

Tallygaroopna

Tallygaroopna and District - Times and Tales by Elsie Brady

Tintaldra

Tintaldra 150 years 1837-1987 by Betty Walton.
A Brief History.
For lookups email Kathy

Shire of Tungamah

Alpha to Omega - Shire of Tungamah 1878-1994 compiled by the Committee.
For lookups email Lois

Wahgunyah (see Rutherglen)

Wakiti

St Paul's Wakiti 1895-1995.
For lookups email Joy

Wangaratta

Wangaratta: Being the History of the Township that sprang up at Ovens Crossing and grew into a modern City.
by D.M. Whittaker. Wangaratta City Council, 1963.
Includes a list of mayors and parliamentarians.
An online index exists at Book-indexes\wangaratta

Wangaratta: Old Tales and Tours by Judy Bassett & Edna Harman. Neptune Press Pty. Ltd., Newtown, 1983.
A witty look at the history of Wangaratta through the eyes of two women who take a walk through the town. Full of lovely anecdotes about past residents and past lives of buildings from earliest settlement through to the 1980s.
An online index exists at Book-indexes\old-tales-and-tours

Sedition, Treason & other pastoral pursuits by John R Grenville. High Country Publishing, Dargo, 1997
The history of the Wangaratta family of George & Hannah Grey. An online index exists at Book-indexes\sedition-treason

Through Women's Eyes at Pioneering Days: ... some women of Wangaratta and District. Compiled by Brenda Leitch.
Includes stories about Ada Cambridge, Ada Cross, Sarah Docker, Rita Fisher, Elizabeth Jones, Alice Keenan, Sarah Mason, Bridget Murdoch, Catherine Osboldstone, Agnes Reid, Flora Scobie, Mainie Scott, Ann Spink, Mary Elizabeth Vincent,  Mary Walsh, Canice Wyer.
For lookups email Helen or Peter

There Was a Time: a Shire of Wangaratta Bi-Centenary Celebration by Graham Jones. Shire of Wangaratta, c1988.
No index.

Wangaratta 1959-1984: a Silver City. City of Wangaratta, 1984.
No index.

Wangaratta Shire Centenary - 1967 by Angus, J. Colin. Wangaratta Shire Council, 1967.

The Farmers' Store That Grew and Grew: a pictorial history of Wangaratta's Co-Store by Graham Jones. North Eastern Co-Operative Society Ltd, 1988.
No index.

The History of Wangaratta Trotting Club by W J Findlay.1976
No index.
 
 Winton

Winton Primary School No. 1870 Centenary - 1877-1977 edited by Marion Webster.
Lots of information on many of the early pioneers of Winton, and details on the town, as well as a roll of the primary school pupils. (Kaye)
For lookups email Kaye

Wodonga

The Border Post Almanac 1878.
For Albury, Wodonga and Yackandandah. Click HERE for an online index.

A Tale of Twin Cities: Part 1: The Founding Years (1981) by Desmond Martin.
Albury/Wodonga
For lookups email Kathy

Albury-Wodonga Sketchbook (1977) by Brian Carroll & Annette Meikle.
Sketches with potted histories. (Kathy)
For lookups email Kathy

The Branch Line: Wodonga-Tallangatta-Cudgewa Railway (1994) by Lloyd Holmes.
For lookups email Kathy

Wood's Point

Woods Point Directory 1866.
Contains names, occupation/business and descriptive address for the area around Matlock, Woods Point, Gaffneys Creek and Jamieson.
For lookups email Peter

Woolshed

Write up on Woolshed Valley.......a Glimpse of Gold
Lists types of fauna flora a bit on folk lore. (Denise)
For lookups email Denise

The Early Days of the Woolshed, Ovens Goldfield, Vic: A History of Reid's Creek, Woolshed and Sebastopol. by Musk William J. (1995)
For lookups email Marian

Wooragee

Wooragee - Dedicated to the memory of the Pioneers of Wooragee by G.F. Craig of Stanley.(1989).
For lookups email Denise, Marian or Kathy

The Peppermint Gumtree by Denise McMahon.
The early history of Woorage and its pioneers to WWI.
For lookups email the author Denise

Wunghu

Wunghnu Football Club: Celebrating 110 years of Football: 1885-1995.

Yackandandah

A History of Yackandandah School 1855 - 1991 by Mott C.A.
Yackandandah and District Historical Society Inc.
Specialty Press. Albury. NSW. 1991
Includes a list of the first 100 students,  when the school was required to conform with the Common Schools Act. Available at the Yackandandah Tourist Information Centre, High Street Yackandandah.
For lookups email Marian or Kathy
Click HERE for an online index.

The Border Post Almanac 1878.
For Albury, Wodonga and Yackandandah. Click HERE for an online index.

Yackandandah by Susan Reynolds
Available at the Yackandandah Tourist Information Centre, High Street Yackandandah.
For lookups email Kathy

Yackandandah Creek - Some Effects of Mining by Trevor Matthews.

Yalca North

A Century of Cricket at Yalca North.
For lookups email Joy

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North East (covers more than a single town or locality)

American Fever Australian Gold by H. Denise McMahon and Christine G. Wild. Published 2008.
Exposes through more than 130 narratives, the daily happenings in the lives of over 170 men and women who ventured across the seas from America and Canada during the first two decades (1850-1870) of the Australian gold rush. 1700 names of people in the northeast of Victoria are listed in the contents page.  The majority of the men and women within this work have not been included in the history books of northeast Victoria. History never seen before has been unearthed by the authors in their quest, history of the region and of the lives of these people.
This work, produced on CD-Rom, can be obtained by contacting the authors by clicking here

Discovering the North East by Graham Jones.
For lookups email Denise

Early Days of the Upper Murray (1981) by Jean Carmody.
For lookups email Kathy

Ghost Towns of the Mountain Goldfields by Luke Steenhuis.
One of his earlier works and is not the printing quality of his later books. Features 65 former gold mining towns, mainly south of the Divide but some are north of it, including A1Mine Settlement, Gaffneys creek, Howqua Hills, Kevington, Knockwood, Matlock, Mirimbah and Woods Point. Potted histories of each town with township maps.
For lookups email Peter

Secrets of ...Ghost Towns of the Mountain Goldfields by Luke Steenhuis.
ISBN 0-949600-40-7
Published 1999 by Research Publications, Vermont, Melbourne.
A better quality reprint of his early book, but only covering 50 towns.
For lookups email Peter

Gold Gemstone and Relic Sites
Map showing various mines
For lookups email Denise

Old News Today: Tales of the Upper Murray by Denise McMahon and Christine Wild.
Published 2006.
Tales about our ancestors. The information was randomly taken from two local newspapers printed during the years 1876-1900. The area covered is from Tallangatta to Corryong and from Mitta Mitta to Tumbarumba and is intended for family and local history researchers. Nearly 1000 surnames, and the book is indexed.
Copies can be obtained by emailing the authors - Denise or Christine.

On this Day in the North East (1989) by Graham Jones.
For lookups email Kathy or Denise

People Places & Things of the North East (1981) by Graham Jones.
Separated into places.
For lookups email Kathy

A Spirit of Co-operation: A Century of Co-operative Dairy Factories in the North East (1993) by Ross Coulthard.
For lookups email Kathy

Tales of Gibbo Gold (1993) by John A. Morrow.
Characters from the 1880s who were lured to the goldfields of Victoria's remote NE. Each chapter is a different mining area. (Kathy)
For lookups email Kathy

Valleys, Vistas and Verandahs. History Alive in Chiltern, Barnawartha & Yackandandah by David Williams.
ISBN 0 64621641 4
Sketch book of buildings mines etc. in the above areas. Each has a small history under the sketch. (Denise)
For lookups email Denise

Victoria's North-East Corner (1976) by Dick Johnson & John Brownlie.
For lookups email Kathy

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Victoria (includes references to the north east)

Pastoral Pioneers of Port Phillip by R.V. Billis and A.S. Kenyon.
Has names of pastoral licencees and details of the runs.
For lookups email Roz

Victorian Squatters. Compiled by Robert Spreadborough and Hugh Anderson.
For lookups email Roz

Memoirs of a Stockman by Harry H. Peck.
For lookups email Roz

Victoria and Riverina: Biographical Sketches of Pioneer Families.
For lookups email Lois

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Australia (includes references to north east Victoria)

Australian National Trusts Historic Places.
This relates to all of Australia, but includes some in the area of the list.
For lookups email Denise

Ghost Towns of Australia by George Farwell.

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Family Histories

Up and Down the River: The Butlers from Benenden by Malcom Ronan.
A family history detailing the events of the Butler family from the Kentish town of Benenden, their arrival and settlement in Australia, and finally their marriages and descendants. A lot of this book is based around the Bright and Wandiligong areas of Victoria and along the Murray River. Too many names in this book to even try to mention.
For lookups email Kerrie

In Quest of Family History (Halsall Family) by C.W. Halsall.
For lookups email Lois

The Runciman Family in Australia 1857-1990 by Roslyn Runciman
This book on the Runciman family details their arrival and early life in Melbourne, the birth of their children and continues to outline the children as they move to Arcadia, Karramous South, Tatura & Golden Square. After this outline the various descendants of this family are listed.
For lookups email Kerrie

The Golden Gumtree by Denise Marriott-McMahon,   published 2000.
A History of Hiram Allen Crawford, Pioneer of the Northeast of Victoria. Much in the way of local history, newspaper cuttings, many photos, diary extracts etc. This book is based from the US to Victoria in the time 1853-1916. 200p.
For lookups email Denise
 

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