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Pink Spider Flower

Sunset

The Gardens of Stone

Book 7

By Michael Keats OAM and Brian Fox

Publisher: Keats Holdings Pty Ltd

Released: February 2016

Pages: 744

Price: $66

Free Delivery - Australia Wide



Table of Contents

# Section Page
01 Preface 9
02 Introduction 11
03 The Authors 14
04 Joint Publications 17
05 Bush Explorers Web Site 18
06 Acknowledgements 20
07 Disclaimer and Warning 26
08 About The Bush Club 30
09 Defining The Area 33
10 Exploring the Gardens of Stone and beyond 38
11 The Last Three Centuries of European Settlement 42
12 Introduction 43
13 1 Early Eurpopean Settlement 44
14 2 Life in Airly Town, 1898 60
15 3 Wolgan valley Railway 84
16 4 Shale Oil Towns 116
17 5 Newnes Hotel 134
18 6 Inca Highway 146
19 7 Petrol Pipeline - Glen Davis to Newnes Junction 158
20 8 Newnes Telephone Services 180
21 9 Glen Davis Water Supply 200
22 10 Dam and Pump House on Bungleboori Creek 208
23 11 Gold, Diamonds and other Economic Minerals 218
24 12 Forestry on Newnes Plateau 228
25 13 Newnes Afforestation Camp 242
26 14 Deadly Secret of Marrangaroo 248
27 15 Declaration of the Gardens of Stone National Park 260
28 16 Wolgan Valley Resort 272
29 17 Coal Mining 280
30 18 Sand Mining 292
31 19 Off Road Vehicles 298
32 20 Wollemi International Airport 304
33 21 Hunting in the Newnes State Forest 306
34 22 Hang Gliding 308
35 23 6000 Megawatt Power Station 310
36 24 Early European Shelters and Buildings 318
37 25 Maddox Line of Road 354
38 22 Walks 360
39 Abbreviations 718
40 Bibliography 720
41 Index 730