A History of North West Bay and Margate, Tasmania 1792-2000
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Contents
Background & Copyright
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
1. VOLCANIC NORTH WEST BAY
2. EUROPEAN EXPLORERS AND NORTH WEST BAY: Aborigines and Ecology Observed. D’Entrecasteaux, Hayes & Baudin
3. HUNTERS & SETTLERS – MARINES AT NORTH WEST BAY 1803-1818
4. THE NORTH WEST BAY SAWING STATION & WATER –SAWMILL 1818-1830. The Rock Walls Mystery.
5. BLACK MARKETS & THE IRISH FEVER SHIP– the Bussorah Merchant at North West Bay, December 1837
6. THE NORTH WEST BAY SHIP-BUILDING CENTRE 1820-1880
7. MARGATE – BEGINNINGS OF A VILLAGE 1850 – 1880
8. SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND HALLS 1860-1930
9. FRUIT, HOPS & SEEDS – farming at North West Bay
10. COAL, TIMBER, TRAMWAYS & JETTIES
11. MARGATE, PATRIOTISM & WAR
12. SPORT, COMPETITION & COMMUNITY IDENTITY
13. MARGATE TOWNSHIP & FARMS – HISTORIC BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES 1830-2009
14. THE FROST FAMILY
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAINTINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS (see Page 43 ff)
Some Historic Documents
Bibliography
APPENDIX 1 – MAPS & PLANS
INDEX