Abstract
The European history of the people, properties, roadways and waterways of the Dulcot community in southern Tasmania, defined as between Richmond and Cambridge (Hollow Tree), and from the Coal River and Pitt Water to the Meehan Range. The original incoming (mostly white) emancipist families formed a close inter-related life on the sparse, thin soils of the dry slopes of the Meehan Range and eked out a living as day-labourers on the bigger properties occupying the better land in the valley but still within walking distance of their meagre homes.
These were the families whose children attended the old Mud School at Dulcot from 1869 to 1899, and then the subsequent Federation School before it was closed from the start of 1910.
Details
316 A4 pages, 79 images, 6 maps, plus footnotes, 2 appendices and a detailed index.
Front and Back Cover Design for Dulcot—A Rural Fringe Community in Tasmania’s Coal River Valley Christopher Cowles © 2026.
ISBN: 9781446151556
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Contents
Dulcot Sample Chapter
Chapter 04: The Early Colonial History of Dulcot. Click here.
Index
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Citation
MacFie, Peter, 2026, Dulcot: A Rural Fringe Community in Tasmania’s Coal River Valley, https://petermacfiehistorian.net.au/publications/dulcot/