Pump in the roadway; and, Early days in the Adelaide Hills (DEV No. 4) (2 copies)

This book is part of the Barbara Deverson Collection and is shelved in that Collection's bookshelves.

Local history of the Adelaide Hills district ; includes chapter entitled "The First Hills Residents" (pp.11-16) discussing the Aboriginal inhabitants of the region. Contents: Sentimental journey, The first hills residents, Early exploration and the tiers, Bad men in the tiers, Incident at Crafers, The great eastern, Welcome stranger, The pump in the roadway, "Tails" South, Portrait of the '80s and the fall of a colonist, 'Get away boys', Fiasco at blackwood, Official opening, March 1883, The smithy and the big sale, The town built around the old mill, Portrait of the 1880s and 1890s, Profile of a street, Shopping, people and the post, Church and school, Ordeal by fire, Bell's hall to memorial hall, Autumn leaves town.