Author: Margot Hitchcock
Date Created: 18 Jun 2008
Local History
HISTORY OF BLACKWOOD BOOKS AVAILABLE
Two books are now available for interested readers on the history of Blackwood in Victoria, through the Historian of the Blackwood and District Historical Society.
1. 'Aspects of Early Blackwood - The Goldfields, The Landmarks, The Pioneers' by Alan J. Buckingham and Margot F. Hitchcock.
89 pages including photos and index - with information on early gold mining days and the pioneers - cost $16 including postage.
For orders - contact Margot Hitchcock, C/- P.O. Box 43, Blackwood. 3458 or email - margothitchcock@bigpond.com
2. ' Some History of Simmons Reef, Blackwood', compiled by Margot Hitchcock for the Blackwood & District Historical Society.
55 pages and 51 photos plus index with information on the early Quartz mining in Simmons Reef - cost $15 including postage.
For orders - contact Margot Hitchcock, C/- P.O. Box 43, Blackwood. 3458 or email - margothitchcock@bigpond.com
or the Treasurer – Elizabeth Hall – C/ Blackwood & District
Historical Society P.O. Blackwood 3458. or phone - 53686 537.LocalHistory
Books related to Blackwood - “The Story of Blackwood”
Also available from the Blackwood & District Historical
Society – “The Story of Blackwood” – a small booklet of 8 pages with brief
information on Blackwood – ‘The
Beginnings, Gold, The Diggings, The Township, Quartz Mining, The Surrounding
Districts – Greendale/Korobeit, Barrys Reef, Blackwood Today, and a map of
Where to drive - What to see.’ Produced by the Blackwood & District
Historical Society.
Cost $3 from the Society or $4 posted.
Contact the Treasurer – Elizabeth Hall – C/ Blackwood &
District Historical Society P.O. Blackwood 3458. or phone - 53686 537.
          
 
Barrys Reef, Blackwood C. 1880 showing the houses and mining during the operation of the Sultan Mine. courtesy Margot Hitchcock.
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