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From: Daryl Povey <>
Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] Book: "A Squatting Saga", Terese Hamilton
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 14:49:54 +1100


Hi Listers

If you have an interest in the early squatting history of the West Wimmera
then this small book, containing and extraordinary amount of detail (names,
dates, prices, etc) from station records is a very useful reference from
this area. It is the story of the ....

HAMILTON / GIBSON / COWELL family of

Long Hills (Bellvue), Kilmore

Bringalbert, Ozenkadnook & Brippick stations of Edenhope, West Wimmera.

This book adds to the well known book "Pioneering days in Western Victoria:
by James Charles HAMILTON (1836-1927) who was the grandfather of the
husband of the Author.

Extract of "Pioneering days...." is on the web at"

http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/digby/1848ham.htm

Details:

"A Squatting Saga", by Terese Hamilton
Published 1991, Arden Press, Dromas, Vic, Aus
ISBN 0-646-05364-7
A5 size, 130 pages,

Available through on-line out-of-print stores, there were a number of
copies for sale when I last checked a couple of months ago. A few on learn
book searching sites are:

http://www.abebooks.com/

http://www.biblioz.com/

http://www.bookfinder.com/


Regards
Daryl Povey

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