This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Out in the West When the Country Was Young
A reflective piece on Australia’s early colonial expansion, describing settlers like the Lachlan valley pioneers, stations and traders, the push westward, and the hopeful development of water storage, land acts, and rail networks. It cites figures and names from the era while urging continued irrigation, settlement, and economic growth for a prosperous future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wou
Occaon
Felda
Sttters
MacPhillamyps
Kewnrts
Webbs
Comurings
Ashworths
Pauln
Koennas
Kites
Dalton
Lachlan
Hogan District
Dame
Taoka
Burrawang
Grudgery
Collite
Higgins
Strickland
Jones
Watkins
Fields
Morris
Becks
Tod
Brown and
Walker
Melrose
Robt
Binith & Co
Bremeran
J. Wallacc
Priory
Horida
Nymager
Panger
Hlorida
Tindary
Darling
Seventien
Commonwealth
Jupiter Pluvius
Burrenjuck
Port Jackson
Wynngla
Lachlan River
Leeton Yanco