From the Big Bang, the Universe, the Milky Way, and the solar system, this book discusses the formation of the Earth with a journey through time, before looking at some rocks ... and there are some very old rocks on the Fleurieu Peninsula. This journey will look at times of mountain building and of glaciation, deltas, rivers, and lakes, with…
With more than 160 years of history, Bungala House began in the 1860s with the Butterworth brothers, millers and grain exporters. Extensions by the Graham family created a grand house of 14 rooms, plus gardens and croquet lawn; it became the social centre of the district. After Eli Butterworth died in 1886, the business was wound up and Bungala House…
As a child, Roy McFadyen was placed in Melbourne oprhanages for his parents' convenience. At 15, and in the middle of the Great Depression, he was thrown out of home by his mother into a freezing winter's night and made an epic bicycle ride into the Mallee to become a wheat farmer's labourer. Seeking further consolation in hard work well…
Coromandel Valley resident Glynis Conlon spent many years meticulously researching the history of Alexander Murray's family and the origins of The Biscuit Factory ... the subject of her first book, released during May 2021 for History Month.
