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The History of the Shire of Korumburra
by Joseph White
1987, Hardcover 332 pages
Joseph White is a descendant of the pioneer White family of Krowera. This book records people and events over the whole of the shire.
Contents: The Shire of Korumburra • Men and Women Honoured by the Shire • The Shire at War and Afterwards • Shire Activities • Towns and Districts of the Shire • Churches of the Shire •Newspapers of the Shire • Coal Mining • Schools of the Shire • Services Clubs, Lodges and Benefit Societies • Butter Factories and other large industries • Racing Clubs and other sports • Police Stations, Post Offices, Banks and Courts of Petty Sessions • Sub branches of the Returned Services League • Parks and Recreation Services • Infant Welfare Centres, Hospitals and Ambulance Services • Town Back-to Celebrations, Family Reunions and Memorials • Agricultural; Societies and Village Settlements • Hotels in the Shire’s towns, • District Cemeteries • Railways in the Shire • Fire Brigades and the Country Fire Authority, • Saleyards in the Shire • McDonald’s Track and the Nyora Post Office Reserve Company • Scouts and Guides • Public Halls.
Price: $20.00
The Land of the Lyre Bird
The Land of the Lyre BirdA story of early settlement in the Great Forest of South Gippsland
Being a description of the Big Scrub in its Virgin State with its Birds and Animals and the Adventures and Hardships of its Early Explorers and Prospectors
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Accounts by the Settlers of the Clearing, Settlement and Development of the country
Korumburra & District Historical Society 2007, Hardcover, 449 pages.
A collection of experiences and reminiscences of the early pioneers who tell, in their own words, the problems encountered when facing the hazards of developing virgin soil. Many of the descendants of the people whose words are recorded here are still farming the original settlements, and the growth and prosperity of the area is due, in no small measure, to the efforts of the early settlers.
Price: $40.00
A Gippsland Union: The Victorian Coal Miners Association 1893-1915
PD Gardner, Foreword by Edgar Ross
Ngarak Press 2003, Paperback, 177 pages
On the first of January 1903 the members of the Victorian Coal Miners Association, a Gippsland union based in Outtrin, Jumbunna and Korumburra were locked out. Thus began a drawn-out battle between capital and about which lasted seventy weeks and was generally known as the great strike. The following years saw the struggle continue with the temporary disbandment of the union, a Royal Commission on the Coal Industry, a Select Committee on the same a few years later and a landmark High Court case known as the ‘Jumbunna Case’. Coal capital continued the struggle against the union well into the next decade when the dominance of the State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi , and its conciliatory policies towards the union, saw the VCMA once more establish a firm footing with the private mines in decline. A Gippsland Union documents in detail the miner’s struggles.
Special Price: $5.00
Korumburra & District Road Names and Places History
Robert T Newton, Korumburra & District Historical Society, Hardcover, 419 pages
Contents: Pre Korumburra • Growth of Korumburra from 1888 Onwards • Railway to South Gippsland • Village Settlements • Laneways • Streets and Roads • Places • Reserves • Rovers and Creeks • Cemeteries.
$50.00
Coal Creek Miners’ Memorial
Korumburra & District Historical Society, 2013
Compiled from research by Doug Boston and Janet Wilson from local papers The Great Southern Advocate, Korumburra Times, Ancestry.com, BDM, Trove Archives & National Archives of Australia. Paperback 39 pages
The names of forty-eight men are listed on two plaques which have been placed at Coal Creek Historical Park & Museum. Something of the families, the accidents that brought their deaths and the hearimgs that followed are recorded here.
Price: $10.00
Lines Mines People and Places: settlement of South Gippsland – Korumburra, Jumbunna, Outtrim
by Barry Sykes, 2012, Paperback, 895 pages
Contents: Beginnings • Settlement • Development • Infrastructure • Billies • Lighting • Agriculture including Moyarra, Kongwak, Korumburra butter factories • Education • Library • Media • Radio • Post & Telegraph Services • Public Halls • Outtrim Recreation Reserve • Recreation • Bands • Governor’s Visit • Commerce • Licensees • Fires • Police • Health Matters • Cemetery • Religion • Lodges • Mines: Overview, Operations, Victorian Black Coal Discoveries, Later • Industrial Matters • Mines: Poems & Prose • Aerial Tramways • Railways: Historic beginnings, The Coal Lines, Jumbunna, Outtrim Extension, Trains & Train Services.
Price: $80.00