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 Bega
Pictorial
History Bega Valley Shire is the first photographic book of the
shire to be produced and has been achieved with the assistance of the
Bega Valley Shire Council. Bega, Bemboka, Bermagui, Candelo, Cobargo,
Eden, Merimbula and Pambula are all featured with smaller towns represented
in the broad sweep of the shire's history. From the Aboriginal settlement
came the early white exploration of the area and the development of
the whaling industry, the export of wattlebark, wool, beef and cheese
and the growth of a fishing industry. The gold rushes changed the face
of the shire and population expanded as the area was serviced by the
steamship trade. Roads, bridges and bridle tracks traversed the area
and dairies sprang up as the land was cleared by sawmilling. In the
last century the area has experienced the same fortunes as the rest
of Australia but at the same time developed its own rural character
made famous today by cheese production, whale watching and one of the
most extraordinary coastlines in the country.
Helen Swinbourne lives in Bega and is the author of Smiling at Shadows, and Judy Winters lives in Candelo and coauthored Tantawanglo Public School 1871-1961 and wrote Tardebigge to Tantawanglo.
This book has been produced by Kingsclear Books with the assistance of the Bega Shire Council.
Written by Helen Swinbourne and Judy Winters. 128 pages, black &
white. A4 format. $24.95 plus $5 postage (includes GST).
ISBN 0 908272 66 9