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Author Ronald, Heather B.

Title Wool past the winning post : a history of the Chirnside family / by Heather B. Ronald
Published South Yarra, Vic. : Landvale Enterprises, 1978

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 W'PONDS  994.52 Ron  AVAILABLE
 ADPML SPWV  929.20994 Ron/Wpt  LIB USE ONLY
Description 203 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of colorplates : illustrations, genealogicaltables, maps, portrs. ; 25cm
Contents Includes index
Summary A comprehensive account of the lives and achievements of this pioneering pastoralist family. A history of the Chirnside family. Their grandeur and prosperity was reflected in the ancestral home Thomas and Andrew built in the 1870's renowned as Werribee Park
Analysis Chirnside family. Victoria, 1839-1977
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 198-199
Subject Chirnside family.
Sheep ranchers -- Australia.
Sheep ranches -- Australia -- Victoria -- Western District
SUBJECT Australia -- Genealogy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114313
Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1851-1901
Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Genealogy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001651
Werribee Region (Vic.) -- Biography
Genre/Form Family histories.
LC no. 80450739
ISBN 0959652205