Kingsclear Books
Kingclear Books is a small but diverse Sydney based publisher. Our catalogue covers a wide spectrum from photographic histories of Sydney suburbs to health books, crime books and tourist books.
Pictorial History Southern Highlands
Pictorial
History Southern Highlands by well-known local author Linda Emery covers
the history of the shire from Aboriginal settlement to modern times. Each
township and locality is recorded in words and black and white photographs.
The two editions of the book in soft and in hardback have 200 black and white
photographs, many never before published. The books are a delightful record
of early pioneering from the 1800s onwards.
It is a lovely nostalgic book
full of romantic images and a history of one of New South Wales’ most
popular tourist destinations. The early expansion out from Sydney led settlers
into the wilds of the Southern Highlands where promise of fertile soil drew
famous colonials to build houses of significance, many of which still stand
today. Lieutenant John Oxley and Charles Throsby are two important men in
the shaping of the district. The name Southern Highlands reflects the influence
of Scots and of a Methodist culture. It was a governors’ residence and
also home to many quarries mining shale, iron ore and coal. Communities grew
around mines and unique villages such as Joadja still survive in heritage
form. Cattle, farming, horse breeding, dairying, horticulture were all made
viable by the early construction of a rail line which opened the area to tourists
and transport of goods and made it a uniquely rich district close to Sydney.
The book includes a chronology and an index.
Soft edition ISBN 978-0-908272-95-2 $24.95 plus $7.00 postage
Hardback edition ISBN 978-0-908272-96-9 $34.95 plus $7.00 postage
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