Those were the days : being a record of the doings of the men and women of the Hawkesbury 50 years ago and more / by J.C.L. Fitzpatrick

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Fitzpatrick, J. C. L. (John Charles Lucas)
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Sydney : N.S.W. Bookstall Co., 1923
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Those Were the Days More Hawkesbury History 1
THOSE WERE THE DAYS 5
THOSE WERE THE DAYS 7
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 8
CONTENTS. 9
RIVER HAWKESBURY. 11
THOSE WERE THE DAYS 15
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF EVENTS OF THE HAWKESBURY. 24
EARLY RECORDS FROM THE "SYDNEY GAZETTE.” 30
CENTENARY OF WINDSOR. 46
WHEN WE WERE BOYS TOGETHER. 51
SOMETHING ABOUT DAN MAYNE. [Written by Himself—1906.] 59
MORE OF DAN MAYNE’S REMINISCENCES. 63
PIONEER-HENRY KABLE. 70
BLACK HORSE HOTEL, RICHMOND. 78
SURGEON ARNDELL. 85
AN OLD CO-OPERATIVE CUSTOM. 88
OLD SQUATTERS’ HOTEL. 91
RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS. 94
WINDSOR POST OFFICE. 98
WINDSOR’S FIRST POSTMAN (The Late Mr. Thomas Cambridge). 101
AN OLD RIVER TRADER. 103
JOHNNY HIGGERSON. 107
DR. MARTIN MASON. 111
“A GOVERNOR’S PRIMITIVE HOUSE.” “The Windsor of New South Wales.” 114
HAWKESBURY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 117
WINDSOR’S FIRST HOTEL. 120
WINDSOR IN THE ’SIXTIES. [Sydney Morning Herald—August 22, 1862.] 122
RICHMOND METHODIST CHURCH. 124
PLACE-NAMES OF THE DISTRICT. 126
HAWKESBURY RACES. 128
JONATHAN LEET. 131
DAN MAYNE and SIR FREDERICK POTTINGER, 134
MARGARET CATCHPOLE AGAIN. 139
FIRST FARMER. 145
EARLIEST WINDSOR NEWSPAPER. 148
AN OLD RECORD. 149
EVERINGHAMS. 150
MR. GEORGE M. PITT. 152
WINDREDS. 154
FIRST AUSTRALIAN POET. 156
REV. SAMUEL MARSDEN. 159
TOMBSTONE SCRIBES. 161
HAWKESBURY VOLUNTEERS OF 1860. 163
FLYING PIEMAN. 164
MR. JOHN TEBBUTT. 167
FAMOUS OLD FAMILY. 173
DIAMOND WEDDING. 175
EARLY SHIPPING REGULATIONS. 177
FIRST EIGHT-HOUR DAY. 177
POETS AND THE HAWKESBURY. 178
“DICK DRIVER.” 181
NEARLY 60 YEARS AGO. 185
WAREHOUSE WOMAN. 186
DEATH OF A PIONEER. 187
OLDEST BUILDING. 189
OLD FITZROY BRIDGE OVER THE SOUTH CREEK, WINDSOR. 190
ARNDELLS. 191
OLD EBENEZER CHURCH. 193
STRANGE SPORTS OF THE EARLY DAYS. 194
HAWKESBURY BENEVOLENT SOCIETY AND HOSPITAL. 196
JAMES RUSE. First Hawkesbury Farmer. 199
CLARENDON HOUSE. 202
AN HISTORIC PICTURE. 205
EARLY-DAY FARMING. 207
PICTURESQUE RUIN. 209
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. (From Various Sources.) 210
“AT RICHMOND. 212
ADVERTISEMENT OF 1854. 213
HOW A SMART YANKEE FELL IN AT RICHMOND. 217
OLD HAWKESBURY EVENTS. 219
[Chapter heading not available] 224

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