Richmond : the story of its people and its places / by K.R. von Stieglitz

Creator
Von Stieglitz, K. R. (Karl Rawdon), 1893-1967
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mc N 2225 JAFp HIST 3075
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[Evandale, Tasmania ; 1953]
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Contents

RICHMOND 1
RICHMOND 3
Foreword 5
Acknowledgments 7
BEGINNING 9
JAMES MEEHAN 9
EARLY DAYS 10
FIRST SHEEP AND CATTLE 10
AN EARLY VISITOR TO RICHMOND, 1824 11
WIDOWSON VISITS THE COAL RIVER AND REPORTS PROGRESS, 1829 12
MAILS, 1829 (H.T. ALMANACK) 14
PROSSER’S PLAINS AND HENRY RICE 14
BUSHRANGERS AT “CARRINGTON” 15
AUSTRALIA’S OLDEST BRIDGE IS BUILT 16
NAME “RICHMOND" 16
TRADITION OF THE BRIDGE 17
OLD JAIL 18
COURT HOUSE 19
MILITARY BARRACKS 20
OLD MILL 20
OLD TOWN HALL 20
BLACK LINE (OCTOBER, 1830) 21
MAILS 21
MARKET PLACE AND ANNUAL RACES 21
COACHES 22
OLDEST ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA ST. JOHN’S, FOUNDED IN 1835 22
ST. LUKE’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND 24
CEMETERY 25
HOTELS, INNS AND TAVERNS, 1837 27
RICHMOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 27
SCHOOLS 27
ROAD FROM RICHMOND TO JERICHO 28
JORGEN JORGENSON PATROLS THE DISTRICT AND SOME ODD NAMES ARE GIVEN 29
ROADS GAZETTED AND APPROVED IN AUGUST, 1833 29
SOME ROADS AND THE CAUSEWAY AT PITTWATER 30
SORELL CAUSEWAY 30
COACHES, 1850 35
MINERALS, 1850 35
RICHMOND MUNICIPALITY 35
MUNICIPAL 36
OLD MILL HOUSE 39
SOME OLD HOMES 39
“CARRINGTON” 39
KEARNEYS 40
NASH, THE FIRST MILLER 42
NASH AND LOVELL 43
EARL OF MACCLESFIELD’S ESTATE 44
LORD FAMILY 44
CASE OF Dr. COVERDALE AND SIR JOHN FRANKLIN 45
GUNN 48
GUNNING 49
SOME STREETS AND PLACES 50
TRADITION OF THE HAUNTED ROAD 50
Dr. COVERDALE 51
GILBERT ROBERTSON 51
“LOWLANDS” 52
“RICHMOND PARK” 52
“BELMONT" (Mr. A. Jarvis) 53
“CRAIGOW" (Mrs. B. S. Hore-Lacy) 53
“CHURCHILL” (Mr. K. Kean) 55
IRRIGATION 59
Epilogue 60
Previous Publications 62

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