Manning Valley Historical Society
Books
The following books are available for sale from the Museum.
For all orders or enquiries contact Carol at:
Manning Valley Historical Society
Book Orders
12 Farqhuar Street
Wingham NSW 2429OR
Please note:
All
prices are subject to change without notice.
Postage is additional.
The Trials of Isabella Mary Kelly
A Pioneering Woman's Struggle for Justice
by Maurie
Garland
New: Revised and Updated Edition 2012
Isabella Mary Kelly (no relation to Ned) was born in Dublin, and arrived in Australia in 1835, a wealthy woman, single and unattached. She became the third settler in the Manning Valley, a pioneer in her own right. Isabella ran the property herself, and had eight convicts assigned to work for her.
Disliked and taken for granted by the male counterparts who lived near her, Isabella soon fell victim to gossip, malice, forgery and perjury, and was sentenced to twelve months in Darlinghurst Gaol for a crime she did not commit.
This is the story of how Isabella Mary Kelly was convicted, and her struggle to prove her innocence and obtain justice.
Much that is untrue about Isabella Mary Kelly has been published in various newspapers, magazines and books throughout the 20th Century. Maurie Garland, the author of 'Jimmy Governor: Blood on the Tracks' and 'Horace Dean: A Pocketful of Lies' is the first to dig deeply into the archives and, for the first time, reveal the true story of this woman of such great pioneering spirit.
355 pages
13.5 cm x 21 cm
Printed 2012
Softcover
Cost: $27 (plus $6 if posted)
Note-This updated and revised version was released in November 2012 and is now available from our bookshop.
Of Greater Worth than Gold
The History and Legacy of Isabella Murray
by
Ross Murray
Like thousands of other Scots, John and Isabella Murray were victims of the vast industrial and agricultural changes that transformed British society during the Economic Revolution. As tenant farmers, they lost their small holding as farms on the large estates were amalgamated and as sheep production replaced the more traditional intensive cropping. When John died in 1845, Isabella was left with ten children in a situation of great uncertainty.
This book traces the story of the families of John and Isabella, as far as available records allow, for the two centuries prior to these events. It considers the issues involved in the decision of Isabella and the children to migrate to Australia, describes the voyages themselves in 1848 and 1851, and records the settlement of the family in the fertile and picturesque Manning Valley on the Mid North Coast of NSW, whose rolling green hills and rich farmlands are reminiscent of the Borders valleys of the Rulewater and Jedwater that the family had known so well.
The book also examines something of the character of these early generations of Murrays, in particular the profound Christian convictions which motivated their thoughts and actions and which have left a long-lasting legacy of Christian commitment and service in many branches of the family.
It is the story of the pioneering origins of a prolific family that has made a significant contribution to the Manning District and indeed to the nation. It is a story worth telling.
Softcover
96 pages
21 cm x 29.5 cm
Printed 2012
Cost: $25
2011 Recipe Book
by
Manning Valley Historical Society
2011 marks a centenary of celebrations for International Women's Day, which was inaugurated on the 8th March 1911. In true Aussie style the Manning Valley Historical Society celebrates this significant milestone by launching a new recipe book.
Within this book you will find a smorgasbord of new culinary delights, tried and tested favourites, some handy hints and those essential recipes from Grandma and, of course, Grandpa!
This book is not only a celebration of the immeasurable talents of women, past and present, but also of cookery and colonial settlement in and around the Manning Valley of NSW. Within these pages are items, documents and copies of original colour and black and white photographs from the museum and archives collection. These gems are a mere trifle of what lies 'in store' at the museum in Wingham!
Softcover
68 pages
21 cm x 29.5 cm
Printed 2011
Cost: $15
Horace Dean: A Pocketful of Lies
by
Maurie Garland
George Fife Angas arrived in Adelaide in 1851, feted as the father and founder of South Australia. Extremely wealthy and religious, he settled near Angaston in the Barossa Valley, the town named after him.
The American-born Horace Dean had arrived in this Colony in 1849. A Doctor and Magistrate of high repute, he became the first Mayor of Angaston. But was he who he said he was?
The popular and charismatic Horace Dean later moved on to New South Wales, where he published and edited a newspaper; became a Member of Parliament; and was elected Mayor of Grafton. And controversy followed him everywhere.
Softcover
294 pages
13.5 cm x 21 cm
Printed 2011
Cost: $27
Postcards from the
Front:
Still Going Strong
by Margaret A Clark
This book is based on over 200 postcards sent by Alfred Haynes during the years 1916-1919 to his wife and children. Author Margaret Clark has also used letters written by other soldiers from the Manning Valley to provide additional detail.
Alf's cards, in particular reflect the anguish experienced by a soldier who has left wife and family behind to proceed to a war that was consuming men at a fearsome rate.
The various battles that Alf participated in are described in detail and specifically address the role of the 36th Battalion. These engagements include Messines Ridge, Passchendaele, Villers Bretonneux and Amiens.
Softcover
230 pages
15.5 cm x 23.5 cm
Printed 2010
Cost: $20
Jimmy Governor: Blood on the
Tracks
by
Maurie Garland
Defined as a half-caste, Jimmy Governor challenged the white man’s Aboriginal stereotype in 1900 – he was highly intelligent, better educated than many of his white contemporaries, personable, a hard worker, did not drink alcohol, and was married to a white woman.
So how did Jimmy become a mass murderer?
Using meticulous research, Maurie Garland sheds new light on the Governor and Mawbey families to provide a new analysis of the events that gripped Australia in 1900.
Tom Keneally’s fictional book, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith , and the movie of the same title, was based on the life of Jimmy Governor.
Softcover
370 pages
13.5 cm x 21 cm
Printed 2009
Cost: $25
The Swiss Swagman
Theodor Müller's
Nineteen Years in
Australia
Translated by Frank Pammer
Edited by Maurie Garland & John Ramsland
Even before the jolly swagman went Walzing Matilda, Theodor Müller left his home in Switzerland and spent nineteen years travelling the Australian Outback, mainly on foot.
Arriving in Sydney in 1857, Müller roamed north to Brisbane, west to Mudgee and south to Gundagai, sleeping beneath the stars and finding work where he could. In observing the culture of this new country, Müller also wrote chapters on gold, squatters, bushrangers & Aborigines.
To supplement the text, the editors have illustrated the book with many nineteenth century drawings, and provided annotations, background boxes and commentary boxes.
320 pages
13.5 cm x 21 cm
Printed 2007
Softcover
Cost: $25 (plus $5 if posted)
The Trials of Isabella Mary Kelly
Her Legend and the Truth
by Maurie
Garland
In a remote nineteenth century Australian district, Isabella Mary Kelly chose a career as a businesswoman over married life.
Society disapproved. The justice system didn't know what to do with her. Disliked and distrusted, she fell victim to gossip, malice, forgery and perjury, and was jailed for a crime she did not commit. And the media got it wrong for a century and a half.
AT LAST ... the truth about the remarkable life of ISABELLA KELLY ... a pioneer of rare quality who deserves recognition.
-- Di Morrissey443 pages
13.5 cm x 21 cm
Printed 2005
Softcover
Cost: $25 (plus $6 if posted)
Note-This edition of the book is currently out of print but a new revised version was released in November 2012 and is now available.
(Click on book cover
for more information about
Isabella Mary Kelly)
Historic Wingham
and the Upper Manning
Mal Rattray & Maurie
Garland
The editors have been producing a weekly historical article for the Wingham Chronicle since 2003.
With well over 200 photos on glossy paper, the book gives a smorgasbord of Wingham's history with more written detail behind the photos gleaned From The Archives of the Manning Valley Historical Society.
72 pages
21 cm x 29.5 cm
Printed 2005
Softcover
Cost: $15
Bow Bow Creek
School 1859-1967
by
Glenda Smith
Its neighbouring community; its history; its churches; its neighbouring schools; and its families.Bow Bow Creek School (now known as Bo Bo Creek) was the fourth National (public) school to be established in the Manning Valley.
Softcover, spiral bound
208 pages
21 cm x 29.7 cm
Printed 2005
Cost: $25
No Lilies in This Valley
Stories of Rural Women in the Manning Valley 1850 - 1950
Compiled by Lucy Weller and Ruth Woodward
This book is dedicated to the many women who have made their home in the Manning Valley.
Di Morrissey's Foreward noted:
"As a modern women of the Manning, I found this book a wonderful read, and resource, because it gives voice to women who have quietly contributed so much to our society and culture in the Manning region.Their perspectives reflected through reminiscences and research show clearly that devotion to the values of hard work, truth, frugality, family, friends and community, greatly enriched the heritage of future generations.
It is a fitting tribute to the battlers of bush and town back in those very simple yet difficult days when life was so different from our contemporary era of hi-tech and equally heartless globalisation.
Their stories are inspiring, and a valuable contribution to the recorded history of the region, and our nation."
Softcover
200 pages
14.5 cm x 21 cm
Printed 2005
Cost: $20
Trains To The Manning
By Evelyn Boyce and Joan
Gibson
The first train arrived in Taree in 1913.
This book details the story behind that arrival.The book is divided into three sections:
1 - Gaining approval to build it.
2 - Building the railway.
3 - Early days of operationFor this, the third edition, many photos were added, so that the book now contains over forty photos.
Softcover
56 pages
14.5 cm x 21 cm
Third Edition 2003
Cost: $8
A Condensed History of the Manning
Valley
By Tom Woollard
A brief history of the Manning Valley.
Softcover
24 pages
14.5 cm x 21 cm
First Edition 2003
Cost: $4
Wherrol Flat - Caparra
Memories of a Bygone Era
By Tom Woollard
In the Foreword to this book, Eric Richardson OAM wrote:
"When Tom Woollard wrote 'Changes of a Lifetime', those who read the book commented on his ability to recall and describe events that had taken place in his childhood and early adult life. Many readers were enthralled at his descriptions of family and school life, of his humour and his stories, which sometimes were tinged with pathos. They were also entertained by some of his observations of the foibles of his fellow man.In this book Tom has focussed on the years he and Jean spent at Caparra. Again, he has drawn on his observations of life around him to paint a picture of a community, which, notwithstanding social, cultural and religious differences, worked together to improve the district for the good of everyone. Whether it was helping a 'new Australian' family build a dairy and bails or erecting poles to bring electricity to the area or driving sick neighbours to a doctor, Tom has shown us the bonds which develop between people striving together for a better life.
I...commend the book to all those people who like to read about life unvarnished. It is a good read."
Softcover
51 pages
14.5 cm x 21 cm
First Edition 2002
Cost: $10
Down To The Sea in Ships
Produced by
Manning Valley Historical Society
Edited by Penny Rich
The book details the proud record of ship building, in the Manning Valley, from the 1830's when William Wynter built the Tarree right down to the craft built by Steber and Linton today.It also contains the details of every boat built on the Manning River as well as over 60 photos.
Softcover
64 pages
21 cm x 29.5 cm
First published 2002
Cost: $10
Custodians Of The
Soil
A History
Of Aboriginal-European
Relationships In The Manning Valley
by John Ramsland
Professor of History, University of
Newcastle
"In this absorbing narrative the author intertwines the life experiences of individual local aborigines with the ongoing existence of their communities ........." DustjacketHardcover
200 pages
16 cm x 25 cm
First published 2001
Cost: $35
The Rainbow Beach
Man
Life
and Times of Les Ridgeway, Worimi Elder
by John Ramsland
The Rainbow Beach Man is the fascinating story of Les Ridgeway, Worimi Elder, and his struggle against adversity and racial discrimination. The eldest son of a family of eight, he was raised in straightened circumstances on reserves in Karuah, Port Stephens and Purfleet (Taree).
Softcover
452 pages
13.5 cm x 21 cm
First published: 2009
Cost: $30
Children of the
Circus
by John Ramsland with Mark St Leon
Chap 1 - The origins of the Australian Circus
Chap 2 - Circus Children in the Colonial Period
Chap 3 - Circus Children 1901 -1924
Chap 4 - Circus Children 1925 to 1980'sSofcover
114 pages
14 cm x 21.5 cm
First published 1993
Cost: $8
Maitland Gaol
1844-1998
by John
Ramsland
"In this lively history John Ramsland provides compelling case studies of some of the gaol's infamous inamates from the past two centuries........."
DustjacketSoftcover
78 pages
14 cm x 20 cm
First published 2001
Cost: $10
Des West and
Cars
What
Else is There
by Ruth West
In a motor racing career of forty years, begining in 1953, Des West has done it all. And this includes the 1953 Redex Round Australia Trial.Included also is Des' blow by blow description of how he drove laps round the Mount Panorama (Bathurst) track in his 327 Monaro in 1968.
Softcover
96 pages
14 cm x 21 cm
First published 1993: Reprinted 2011
Cost: $15
Voices
A Folk
History of the Manning Valley
by Helen Hannah
Helen says of this book:
"Every person has a story to tell. My desire to hear and record some of these stories led me to write this book. As well as successful farmers and sawmill owners, I spoke to share farmers, rabbiters, women who dairyed and reared large families, as well as others who are usually forgotten by history.Softcover
230 pages
16 cm x 23 cm
First published 1988
Cost: $20
Sunrise Station
Revisited
by Patricia Davis-Hurst AO. AM.
"I hope this book will help enlighten the wider community about our culture and lifestyle and to know that, like other ethnic and indigenous races, we are different and ask everyone to respect our culture. Not because it is the oldest culture in the world and sacred to the Aboriginal people, but because our people have suffered so much trying to retain against all odds, what culture we have left."
Pat Davis-HurstGlossy pages, illustrated with photographs
216 pages
21 cm x 29.6 cm
First published 1996
Second Edition 2010
Cost: $40
Tinonee Memories
by "Tinobi" (Big Shark)
A brief history of TinoneeSoftcover
40 pages
14 cm x 21.5 cm
First published 1988
Cost: $5.50
Forest of Dreams
and Other Journeys of The Red
Road
by Roderick Williams
"Rod gives us another superb helping of his ingenious poetry and short stories in a way only Rod can serve it. He writes of characters and places within this Great Southern Land, with words which can be as gentle as the breeze through a gum tree, or as potent as the bite of a tiger snake."
Neil McArthurGlossy pages, illustrated with photographs - a beautiful book.
Softcover
122 pages
14 cm x 21 cm
First published 2006
Cost: $20
Frogs and Dogs and Kids
Rhyming Performance Poetry for
Children
by Roderick Williams
Illustrations by Sophie Glascott
"This book was written mainly for Primary school children, but some of the poems will have a wide appeal and I'm sure Sophie's lovely drawings will thrill all eyes. The likes of 'The Battle in the Garden' - 'A Secret Place' - 'The Liverpool Street Honker' - and 'My Blue Mate Jessie' are performed to the delight of both children and adults."
Roderick WilliamsSoftcover
64 pages
20 cm x 25 cm
First published 2002
Cost: $15
Scribbles
by Taree Scribblers
This fine collection by the writers of Taree Scribblers Club promises plenty of laughs, some poignant moments and the occasional surprise. Short stories, memoirs, poems and cartoons showcase the broad talents of nine authors. The variety and quality of their work is bound to give hours of satisfying reading.
Softcover
122 pages
14 cm x 21 cm
First published 2010
Cost: $20
Manning Valley Historical Society Publications
Most Journals have a number of articles, but the leading article only has been listed. All articles are relevant to the Manning Valley.
Journal #1 - Gold ................................... $5.00
Journal #2 - Banking ................................ $5.00
Journal #3 - Shipping ............................. $5.00
Journal #4 - Isabella Mary Kelly ............. $5.00
Journal #5 - Early Roads ........................ $5.00
Journal #6 - Newspapers Pt 1 ................ $5.00
Journal #7 - Newspapers Pt 2 ................ $5.00
Journal #8 - Boer War ........................... $5.00
Journal #9 - Catholic Church .................. $5.00
Journal #10 - Victoria Cross ................... $5.00
Journal #11 - Legal Administration .......... $5.00
Journal #12 - Robert Dawson ................... $5.00
Journal #13 - Federation ......................... $5.00
Journal #14 - Aborigines ......................... $5.00
Journal #15 - Urbanisation ...................... $5.00Click on Journal for the contents of more recent journals
Newspaper Indexes
Manning River Chronicle - 1886 ............................ $19.00
Manning & Hastings Advocate 1881 - 1882 ........... $30.00
Manning River Times Jan to march 1898 ................ $30.00
Manning River Independent 1892 - 1893 Vol. 3 .... $30.00
Manning River News - Part 1 - 1865 ...................... $19.00
Manning River News - Part 2 - 1866 ...................... $24.00
Manning River News - Part 3 - 1867 ...................... $24.00
Manning River News - Part 4 - 1868 ...................... $24.00
Manning River News - Part 5 - 1869 ...................... $24.00
Manning River News - Part 6 - 1870 ...................... $24.00
Manning River News - Part 7 - 1871 ...................... $24.00
Manning River News - Part 8 - 1872 ...................... $24.00
Manning River News - Part 9 - 1873 ...................... $24.00Wingham Chronicle 1888 ........................................ $24.00
Land Ownership in the Manning .............................. $24.00
Manning River District Hospital
Admission Registers 1893 - 1910 ................ $24.00Microfiche of the above indexes are available .............. $13.20
Note: Prices do not include postage and packing
Other Books Available
125th Anniversary Anglican Churdh Marlee ................ $2.00
Colonial Litigant Extraordinaire
by Kevin Smith ................................................. $12.00Cooking and Looking in the Manning Valley
- Recipes and drawings by R. Sinclair .................... $25.00Diary of a Country Hall
Killabakh 1907-2007 ....................................... $20.00Harrington Public School - 125 Anniversary .............. $10.00
He Leadeth Me
by Dorothy Mooney ....................................... $13.00Lest They Be Forgotten (Bulga Beginnings) ................ $3.00
Mary Housegood - More Questions than Answers
by Ida McLeod ................................................. $20.00Saga of Somerset ....................................................... $3.00
The Railway Gatehouse at Dolly's Flat
by Royce Byrnes ............................................... $18.00The Trail to Treagolden
by Ida McLeod ................................................. $20.00Upon an Extensive Scale
by Kevin Smith ................................................. $12.00Wingham District Memorial Services Club ................. $22.50
If you are unable to get to the Museum, please contact:
MVHS Book Orders
Attn: Carol
12 Farquhar St.
Wingham 2429or email: Book Order or Enquiry
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