A wonderful guide, this is effectively a yellow pages of New South Wales
country towns over a century ago. Listing over 800 towns alphabetically, each
item then lists the services the town offers together with the person/s in that
occupation.
If you are looking for an upholsterer in Albury, you should contact Thomas J.
Delany, or John Ivers at Cheesman’s Creek if you’re looking for a carrier in
that region. You’ll also find out who all the local butchers, bakers, tailors,
music teachers, sawmillers, hoteliers, physicians, tea agents, machinists,
grocers, general store owners, contractors, architects, tinsmiths, hairdressers,
watchmakers, auctioneers are, and hundreds more occupations.
This is a unique guide and is useful for not only genealogists finding out the occupations of their ancestors, but also for anyone with an interest in the
social history of New South Wales country towns.
High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book. This CD has been bookmarked for easy
navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
