Historical Manuscript of the Tweed by H.W. Denning - 1988

Murwillumbah: Tweed Shire Council, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New. 105 p. : ill., ports. ; 31 cm. Contents The valley beautiful Cook on our coast The discovery of the Tweed Wollumbin greets the dawn Men from the dreamtime When the tall trees fell On Kynnumboon Plain The ocean highroad Pioneers of the faith The roads by which they came The border range At the meeting of the waters The place of many possums When the railway came to town The night of devastation The phoenix of the north Not by bread alone For the public good The river road Business in great waters Township at the heads The Tweed coast Where the trees were tall In the valley of the south arm In the folds of the hills The fruits of the earth Where contented cattle graze The romance of the media Honoured in their generation The powers that be.

Murwillumbah: Tweed Shire Council [1988], 1988. 105 pp, illustrated throughout in b&w. Some minor fading to cloth, some toning to title page. Decorative yellow boards. The book was commissioned to be published in 1988, Australia's Bicentennial year. The book's 30 chapters cover the Tweed Valley, Cook on the Coast; the discovery of the Tweed; Wollumbin; Men from the Dreamtime; Felling of the red cedar trees; Pioneers Samuel William Gray and Joshua Bray; North coast shipping during 'the schooner period'; Pioneers of the faith on the Tweed; Communication in the region; The boundary between New South Wales and Queensland and surveying the area; Tumblegum; Murwillumbah, The place of many possums; The arrival of the railway; The night of devastation, 15 September 1907 and the fire in Murwillumbah Main Street and the subsequent rebuilding; The work of the churches in the area; The hospital, ambulance, fire brigade and the water supply; The river road; Steamers including the Grafton Steam… Read More