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Marrar and District, 1979 Researched and Compiled by Mr Alby Armstrong |
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A History of Marrar and District
Researched and compiled by Mr. Alby Armstrong of Marrar
on the occasion of the Centenary of Education in the Marrar District, 17th-18th
March 1979,
incorporating the following schools
Woodville, Eurandelong, Murrulebale, Kinilibah, Winchendon Vale, Rockview,
Redlands, Soumara, Marrar, Marrar Vale
1. About This Book
Includes acknowledgements, Foreword and a Tribute to Alby Armstrong
2. Earliest Records of the District
Includes Marrar Station and Murrulebale Station
3. Life of the Early Settlers
- The Lawrence Family 1877
Includes acknowledgements, Foreword and a Tribute to Alby Armstrong
4. Farming at Kinilibah 1899-1920
Includes farming development north of Marrar
5. The History of the Town of
Marrar
Includes the Hotel, Bank, Butcher, Baker, Garage, Buildings and more.
6. The Institutions
Includes the Police, Post Office, Country Women's Association and Marrar
War Memorial Hall.
7. Football - Marrar and District
1918 to 1978, including the Great Wheelbarrow Derby
8. Some Stories
Including mouse plague, dust storm, skeleton weed, sub clover, forty years
of stud breeding, Prescott's mill, the hawkers and Jazz Friends.
9. The Black Plague and Great
Depression
Includes all the facts
10. Transport
Includes the railway, bullock teams and their drivers, Alf Cox and his
goal team, the motor car and trucks.
11. Education in the Marrar District
Includes the first school at Marrar and a school at Pinnacle.
12. Education - Marrar That Becomes
Woodville
Includes a plea for action, the school opens, the tank was dry, nowhereto
lay her head, extensions and renovations, enlargements, disruptions, picnics
and closure.
13. Education - Other Country
Schools
Includes the Rockview, Winchendon Vale, Soumara, Murrulebale, Marrar Vale,
Kinilibah and Redlands (subsidised).
14. Education - Towards the Marrar
School of Today
Includes the campaign warms up, Sj Cornell, residence, eyes of an inspector,
pits to pans, quest for a bell, water, resumption of land and Miss Cooper.
15. Education - More Recent Times
Includes the 1940's and 1950's, Marrar Public School 1978 and the Marrar
P & C Association.
16. Education - Names, Dates and
Numbers
Includes the head teachers and dates of operation of the all schools in
the Marrar district, enrolements and attendences.
17. Churches
Includes the Methodist, St Patricks, Baptists and St Francis Church of
England.
18. Personalities
Includes the Nick Winter (Olympic Gold), Martin Moloney (Prime Lamb King),
Peter Snodgrass, the Pattisons and the Cooper School Library
19. Memories of the Aurthor
Includes the Horses Versus Tractors, Moloney's Corner, Gus Hillan's Nash,
Early Radio’s and a Grey-Hound Dog, Marrar By Lamplight, A Lady Catches a
Train, A Football Umpire Misses A Train, The Indians and The Wagga Rug.
20. Marrar Today (1978)
Includes the Sports Club, Marrar Football Club, C.W.A., Progress Association,
P&C, Tennis Club, Livestock And Grain Producers' Association, Play Group,
Hall Committee, Hall Ladies Auxiliary and Business Houses In 1979.
21. Poetry from the Book
Includes the The Pioneers by Frank Hudson and Where the Bush School Used
To Be by John James Mangan.
22. Index of Photos
Links to the 77 photos avaiable.
This page last updated 24-Nov-02