Footprints on the banks of the Nepean : a collection of memories: 72 connected people who helped shape the Nepean Valley community / Bruce R Turner AM
- Bib ID:
- 10003899
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Turner, Bruce R, author, photographer
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Description:
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- Penrith : Bruce Turner & Associates, 2023
- ©2023
- 449 pages : colour illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, colour portraits, colour maps ; 31 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780645746006 (hardback)
- Summary:
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Represents a collection of memories covering 72 connected people who helped shape the Nepean Valley community situated between Penrith and the Blue Mountains.
- Full contents:
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- Chapter 1 Introducing a Bonnie young lady: Bonnie Turner ; Chapter 2 On whose land we walk, work and live: Nancy Clark
- Elizabeth Jackson
- Jim Jackson
- Sid Jackson
- Eliza Jude ; Chapter 3 Pioneering roots: Ernest Ausburn
- Harold Ausburn
- John Ausburn
- Matthew Glass
- Eleanor Towle
- Henry Travis ; Chapter 4 Taking the first steps for progress: Bob Ausburn
- Eve Ausburn
- Ken (Poker) Ausburn
- Ted Ausburn
- Fred Earp
- Clyde Mitchell ; Chapter 5 Settling in for the long haul: The Ausburn clan
- Alice Ausburn
- Dick Ausburn
- Stan Ausburn
- Vivienne Johnson
- Millie Heron
- Allie Melville ; Chapter 6 Penrith 'Royalty': Edith Ausburn
- Daphne Coulson-Smith
- Lylie Mitchell
- Amelia Williams
- Joseph Williams ; Chapter 7 Extended family links: Norma Ritchie
- Alan Turner
- Bea Turner
- Albert Waayer
- Bill Waayer
- Riet Waayer ; Chapter 8 Pushing the boundaries: Ross Bootle
- David Bradbury
- Dr Eileen Cammack
- Roger Cowan
- Ken Kearney
- Fred Whitlam ; Chapter 9 Around the town: Jean Dyson
- Dot Whiteman
- Dave Dibden
- June Bootle
- Jim Whiteman
- Chapter 10 Local legends: Arthur Street
- Ross Hutchison
- Dr Bill Cammack
- Alfie Armstrong
- Cathy Craig
- Mavis Lamrock ; Chapter 11 And a few short stories: Kate Rees
- Edna Kelso
- Edna Rickwood
- Rosemary Walker
- Ivy Plackett
- Beryl Quinlivan
- Leila Schubach
- Bill Chapman
- Doreen Scott
- Ron Mulock
- Fran Mayall
- Ethel Greggs
- Hazel Green
- Thomas Cornell
- George Bunyan
- Dr Ian Tait; Chapter 12 The threads that connect us all: Ian Elliott
- Paul Whiteman
- Christine Weber
- Meg Worrad; Appendix 1: Local walks of interest around Emu Plains and Penrith ; Appendix 2: Facts about the Nepean Valley ; Appendix 3: Personal recollections of the past ; Appendix 4: Site maps for the primary final resting places of people profiled.
- Notes:
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- Maps on endpapers.
- Includes index.
- Subject:
- Genre/Form:
- Biographies
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2023
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