The last of the Cox's River men : Ben Esgate 1914-2003 / by Jim Smith
- Bib ID:
- 3970938
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Smith, Jim, 1948-
- Description:
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- Wentworth Falls, N.S.W. : Den Fenella Press, c2006
- v, 128 p., [4] p. of plates (2 folded) : ill, maps, ports., facsims, geneal. table ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0959481648
- Summary:
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Life of Ben Esgate; describes Ben's life and knowledge of the country around teh Cox's River.
- Full contents:
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- ch. 1. Esgate family history
- ch. 2. Ben Esgate's autobiographical notes
- ch. 3. Early years 1914-1936
- ch. 4. Family life, building and the V.D.C. 1937-1950
- ch. 5. Trout
- ch. 6. Bushfires and bushwalking
- ch. 7. Life at Berowra and retirement
- ch. 8. Bushwalking with the Sydney Bushwalkers Club and friends 1980-1994
- ch. 9. Ben becomes known
- ch. 10. Ben's last decade 1994-2003
- ch. 11. Ben and Jim : the story of a friendship
- ch. 12. Ben Esgate as a conservationist
- ch. 13. Some of Ben Esgate's observations on the environment
- ch. 14. Ben Esgate and the Gundungurra land
- ch. 15. Place names associated with Ben Esgate
- ch. 16. Tributes and memories from Ben's family and friends
- ch. 17. A search for fresh water sponges in the Cox River
- ch. 18. Ben Esgate's published articles.
- Subject:
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- Esgate, Ben, 1914-2003
- History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous
- Gundungurra / Gundungura /Gandangara people (S60) (NSW SI56-09)
- Blue Mountains Region (N.S.W.) -- History
- Blue Mountains Region (N.S.W.) -- Description and travel
- Coxs River (Blue Mountains NSW SI56-05)
- Blue Mountains (W Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Megalong Valley (Blue Mountains NSW SI56-05)
- Therabulat people
- Biographies - Non indigenous
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2006
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