The Forgotten Corner Interviews Oral history interviews of life in the Towamba, Burragate and Pericoe areas from the early 1900s to the early 1970s. These interviews open a window through which the past is revealed by those who lived it. Perhaps you may discover a missing ancestor in stories remembered by their parents and grandparents. Theirs was a hard life but as one ‘oldie’ said, ‘It didn’t seem hard because everyone else was doing the same thing. That’s just the way it was.’ 220 pages, Images, Fully indexed $38 per copy postage variable	EDEN, TWOFOLD BAY Immense Resources Awaiting Development Early settlers and later visitors to this scenic natural harbour of Twofold Bay recognised its potential as a natural, deep, and all seasons, east coast harbour. Politicians praised its potential, visitors marvelled at its beauty and healthy climate, and merchants from both Sydney and Melbourne ignored it. From the mid 1850s to the modern day, visiting dignitaries have been praising the development potential of Twofold Bay. Despite this recognition and later being put forward as a potential site for the Nation's Capital, Eden remained underdeveloped up to the present time. 124 pages plus images $25 per copy postage variable	FROM COAST TO MONARO A journey, via newspaper articles, through the Gippsland border country, Snowy River gold fields and the Far South Coast of New South Wales. 1835-1934 246 pages. Images, Fully indexed $40 per copy postage variable
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The T. P. Shelley Articles Reminiscences of a travelling farm machinery and tea agent in the 1930s Thomas Patrick Shelley first travelled through this district in 1886 on horseback. The area he covered spread from Kiah to Towamba, Burragate, Rocky Hall, Pericoe, Rockton, Wangrabelle, Cann River and Genoa. These articles describe his return trip around the area forty-six years later in 1932/3. $10 per copy postage variable	Towamba Valley Schools Including small schools in the district This is a compilation of information of teachers, school closures and other relevant information about small schools in the Towamba Valley. Many images of past pupils and teachers. $15 per copy postage variable	A COASTAL JOURNEY TO THE BORDER OF NEW SOUTH WALES/VICTORIA 1882-1892 The coastal border area of New South Wales and Victoria was a no-man’s-land, far from any major settlement that could supply the necessary goods and services. It could be wild and dangerous but also, as these journalists describe, beautiful in scenery and bountiful in wildlife. These articles will give the modern-day tourist a different picture of the countryside seen by these two travelling journalists in the 1880s, before Federation. 115 pages. Colour images, $20 per copy postage variable	BOYDTOWN, A HISTORY Boyd saw the potential of Twofold Bay as the Aborigines had for the past 65,000 years, but for the Aborigines it was a good place to live, Boyd saw it as a good place to build his empire. Due to Boyd's greed and arrogance and the political scheming by politicians from both Sydney and Melbourne, worried that Twofold Bay would become a major port and take away their business, shows us times haven't changed. Newspaper articles from the day, and looking back, speculate on the disappearance of Boyd. Facing bankruptcy and hoping to find gold in California, he disappeared on his return voyage to Australia.. 50 pages. Colour images. $20 postage variable