Media: BOOK - 253 pages
Author: Narelle Blackaby
Year: 2022
Other: photos. appendixes, bibliography
Publisher: Narelle Blackaby

Rossarden and Storys Creek, former mining towns in the north-east mountains of Tasmania, have a colourful history. Narelle Blackaby has spent years collecting many stories (some funny, some sad) of the many different people who were brought together here for a single purpose: mining. This industry drew not only miners and their families, but shopkeepers, butchers, bakers, nurses, school teachers and more.

Significantly revised and updated, including many fascinating photographs of local life and full of interesting anecdotes, Rossarden provides a window into a vibrant local community and their close connection to the landscape.

Contents:

Map of Tasmania vi
Foreword vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xii

Chapter 1 FROM A SMALL CLAIM TO A TRUE MINING COMMUNITY 1
Chapter 2 EARLY PROSPECTING AND OTHER MINING ACTIVITIES 26
Chapter 3 STORYS CREEK AND ITS MINE 50
Chapter 4 THE PEOPLE, THE STORIES 56
Chapter 5 THE TAKEOVER AND CLOSURE 106
Chapter 6 ROSSARDEN AS IT IS TODAY 111

APPENDICES
Appendix 1 People associated with Rossarden and Storys Creek 123
Appendix 2 Glossary 230
Appendix 3 Town statistics 232
Bibliography 235
Personal notes on Rossarden and Storys Creek 240

Price: $40
Postage
   - Australia: $10
   - Overseas: On application
Payment: cheque or money order / bank transfer

Send order to:
Narelle Blackaby
PO Box 562 Jamison Centre ACT 2614
or email nnblackaby@bigpond.com