This little book was issued by the committee as a souvenir as part of the 'back to Mount Gambier' celebrations in its jubilee year, 1926. It is written as a short account of the history of Mount Gambier and district in South Australia, and includes information on its discovery and foundation, the subdivision of the land, growth of the town, the first newspaper, municipal history, churches, schools and descriptions of the beauty of the area.
Several photos of places throughout the Mount Gambier district and of people who were prominent in its history are also included in the book.
The book contains a proud, informative account of Mount Gambier, the Garden of the State and its history.
The whole text is searchable. Search for any word in the text - names, places and more.
Originally produced by Archive CD Books Australia in 2005, this title has now been remastered and re-released, and includes better searching capability. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole of the original book, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
Click here to download a file of sample pages from this book
Right click on the link and select "save as" - to a location on your hard drive. The sampler can be opened, navigated and searched as with the full CD file/s.
Sample files usually contain the title page, contents, some introductory pages and sample pages from the body of the book. Often the complete index from the original book is included.
