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Booklets that are available from the society 

"NEWSTEAD CEMETERY"

This 29 page A4 booklet contains a history of the cemetery, copies of plans, list of residents and write ups for the more prominent headstones.

AU$10.00 each plus postage.   (Currently out of print)

 

 

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"EARLY DAYS OF NEWSTEAD"       

This 24 page A4 booklet is a collection of articles extracted from "The Echo" and "Castlemaine Leader" between 1874 - 1910.

AU$15.00 each plus postage.   (Currently out of print)

 

 

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"The Settlement of Yandoit Creek and the Gervasonis"       

This 180 page softcover booklet covers the area and history of Yandoit Creek. By C. C. Culvenor 2003

AU$20.00 each plus postage.  

 

 

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"BOUNDRY GULLY ROAD"       

75 page softcover book. Present day Boundry Gully Road is part of what, in 1840's, was an important track from the aboriginal protectorate at Mt Franklin through to south end Sandon and the forest to Campbeltown and Glengower stations. this document discusses some little known historicaleventsinvolving Boundry Gully Road and its extensions.

AU$15.00 each plus postage.  

 

 

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"EARLY DAYS OF NEWSTEAD"       

This 48 page A4 Softcover booklet is a collection of articles extracted from "The Echo" and "Castlemaine Leader" between 1874 - 1910.

2nd Edition.

AU$15.00 each plus postage.

 

 

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"WHO WERE THEY"       

This 28 page A4 Softcover booklet containing list of names from the Newstead Avenue of Honour and Local Rolls of Honour. compiled by Rosalie V Jacobs

AU$10.00 each plus postage.

 

 

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"NEWSTEAD and DISTRICT REMEMBERS"       

An A4 sized 72 page softcover booklet Compiled by the Newstead Historical Society while doing research for a display held at the Newstead Arts Hub in 2017 using historical and modern photographs text and comments from various local identities

AU$25.00 each plus postage.

 

 

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"THEN AND NOW"       

Compiled by the Newstead Historical Society while doing research for a display held at the Newstead Arts Hub in 2016 using historical photographs of Newstead Buildings alongside current photographs with descriptions from Newstead and District Historical Society resources and the Newstead Heritage Study.

AU$25.00 each plus postage.

 

 

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"THE THOMAS MARTIN LETTER": Memories of Strangways and Newstead     

An 88 page A5 soft cover book with map & index. Containing a copy of a 20 page hand written letter by Thomas Martin in 1936 about his life and memories of Strangeways & Newstead from 1858.

Compiled and edited by Liz Coady

Published 2010 by Newstead and District Historical Society, ISBN: 978-0-9775280-1-1. 

AU$15.00 each plus postage

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"Newstead Mechanics' Institute": It's Role in the life of a Central Victorian Community.

An A4 size 78 page softcover book detailing the history of this building & its function, from1868 to the present.

By Adrian R Haas

Published 2006 by Newstead and District Historical Society, ISBN: 0-9775280-0-6.

AU$15.00 each plus postage

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"THE NEWSTEAD DISTRICT MURDERS 1857-1859"

An A4 size 88 page softcover book. After describing Newstead as it was in the 1850s Adrian went on to detail 4 murders that lead to a police presence in the town. Adrian died before publication could be achieved, however his son Damien has brought this project to completion.

By Adrian R Haas

Published 2012 by Newstead and District Historical Society, ISBN: 978-0-949398-75-8.

AU$25.00 each plus postage

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To order any of these publications please contact Newstead Historical Society or by printing and posting one of these forms; Booklets.doc or Booklets.pdf

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