Wollemi National Park
Day Walks from Newnes - Part 2
By Michael Keats OAM, Brian Fox and Yuri Bolotin
Publisher: Design Portfolio Pty Ltd
Released: November 2019
Pages: 530
Price: $66
Free Delivery - Australia Wide
Table of Contents
| # | Section | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Preface | 6 |
| 02 | Introduction | 8 |
| 03 | Day Walks from Newnes | 9 |
| 04 | Access and Facilities | 9 |
| 05 | Fitness and Bushwalking Skills | 10 |
| 06 | Please Read Carefully | 10 |
| 07 | Invitation | 10 |
| 08 | How the Three Volumes of Day Walks from Newnes are Organised | 11 |
| 09 | Walks from Newnes: Their Main and Prominent Features | 13 |
| 10 | The Authors | 17 |
| 11 | Bushexplorers Website: www.bush.explorers.com.au | 21 |
| 12 | Acknowledgements | 22 |
| 13 | Disclaimer and Warning | 25 |
| 14 | Wollemi National Park | 27 |
| 15 | Physical | 28 |
| 16 | Extract from the Wollemi National Park Plan of Management | 31 |
| 17 | Geology, landform, soil and catchments | 36 |
| 18 | Native plants | 39 |
| 19 | Vegetation communities of conservation significance | 40 |
| 20 | Species of conservation significance | 41 |
| 21 | Native Animals | 43 |
| 22 | Wilderness | 46 |
| 23 | Aboriginal heritage | 47 |
| 24 | European historic heritage | 49 |
| 25 | An Abridged History of Newnes | 51 |
| 26 | Background | 52 |
| 27 | Genesis | 54 |
| 28 | Growing Pains | 55 |
| 29 | Postal, Banking and Telephone Services | 56 |
| 30 | William Barbour, a Retiring Mine Manager Held in High Esteem | 57 |
| 31 | Life on the Other Side of the Tracks | 58 |
| 32 | Workers on their Own | 60 |
| 33 | Saving Workers from Sin | 60 |
| 34 | Putting down Roots | 60 |
| 35 | Community Initiatives | 62 |
| 36 | Frustrations | 63 |
| 37 | Creative Self-help | 63 |
| 38 | Only in Australia | 66 |
| 39 | World War I | 68 |
| 40 | DIY Therapy | 69 |
| 41 | Change in the Air? | 70 |
| 42 | On a War Footing | 71 |
| 43 | Sporting Bonds | 72 |
| 44 | A Second Serve of Self-help | 73 |
| 45 | The Cost of Prosperity | 75 |
| 46 | Depression | 76 |
| 47 | Community Strength | 80 |
| 48 | Misplaced Optimism | 81 |
| 49 | Bypassed 'by Decree' | 81 |
| 50 | The Last Hurrah | 81 |
| 51 | Senescence | 82 |
| 52 | Rebirth as an Eco-tourist Destination | 82 |
| 53 | Historic Photo Collections | 83 |
| 54 | The Walks | 96 - 506 |
| 55 | Abbreviations | 507 |
| 56 | Bibliography | 508 |
| 57 | Gazettes, Newspapers and Miscellaneous references | 510 |
| 58 | Maps | 511 |
| 59 | Index | 513 |