Media: BOOK - hardcover, 184 pages
Author: J. Monfries
Year: (1939) 1978
ISBN: 0869463284
Other: b&w photos, index
Publisher: Lynton

A facsimile of the 1939 edition. A fascinating history of this small town in the Adelaide Hills. It was written "in the hope that it would serve as a valued souvenir to many descendent of pioneers mentioned in this book."

As part of the general history of the area it includes the communities of neighbouring towns of both Forreston and Kenton Valley. Topics such as local businesses, sporting clubs, estates, the hospital and school, churches, the early settlers.

The book includes an extensive section consisting of biographies of over fifty pioneer families, a twenty page description of the old coaching days and an index to names. Complete with over a hundred photographs - this is the ideal book for all with a connection to the area.

Contents:
Foreword
Gumeracha District Council
Salem Baptist Church, Gumeracha
Gumeracha Methodist Church
Gumeracha Institute
Recreation Ground
Gumeracha School
Gumeracha School Committee
Independent Orders or Rechabites
Gumeracha Butter Factory Coy
Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia
Gumeracha Soldier's Memorial Hospital
Gumeracha Mounted Rifles
Ludlow Estate
The Musical Life of the Community
Gumeracha Cricket Club
Gumeracha Football Club
Gumerahca Croquet Club
Gumeracha Tennis Club
General
Kenton Valley
Kenton Valley Pioneers
Kenton Valley Baptist Church
The Misses Tuck's School, Kenton Valley
Kenton Valley Tennis Club
Hartley Vale Primitive Methodist Church
North Gumeracha (later called Forreston)
Forreston Tennis Club
Gumeracha Pioneers
The Old Coaching Days
Index