BIBLIOGRAPHY

A RIDE FROM BATHURST TO SYDNEY 1860

NEWSPAPERS

  • The Bathurst Free Press & Mining Journal.
  • Bell’s Life in Sydney & Sporting Chronicle.
  • Empire (Sydney).
  • The Blue Mountains Echo.
  • The Sydney Morning Herald.
  • Truth (Sydney).

MAPS

Note: Besides maps included in many of the publications listed in this bibliography the following were of value:

  • Blue Mountains and Burragorang Valley Tourist Map, Special Walking Clubs Issue, Sydney: NSW Department of Lands, 1932.
  • Blue Mountains – Burragorang Tourist Map, Bathurst, NSW: Central Mapping Authority of NSW, 1981.
  • Katoomba NSW Australia, Topographic Map 1:31680, 1st ed., Bathurst, NSW: Central Mapping Authority of NSW, nd.
  • Map Showing the Various Attempts To Find the Best Route From Mt. Victoria To the Western Country NSW. Drawn by Alex Wilson and included in the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society in 1914.
  • Plan of the Village of Katoomba, Parish of Blackheath, County of Cook, Land District of Hartley NSW, 1883.
  • Western Slopes and Southern Tablelands NSW District Map, Sydney: NRMA Touring Dept., 1982.

CD-ROMS

The NSW Pioneers Index, An Index To Birth, Death & Marriage Records on CD-ROM: Pioneers Series 1788-1888 and Federation Series 1889-1918, Melbourne: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1994, 1993.

MONOGRAPHS, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS & JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • ANON. “The Reorganisation of the Great Western Highway Between Old Bowenfels and Bathurst”, Main Roads, December 1929, pp. 59-63.
  • ATWELL, Cecil. Unpublished Research Papers Relating To the History of the Western Road. Held in the Local Studies Collection, Blue Mountains City Library. [Date: 1990s various.]
  • BARKER, Theo. A Pictorial History of Bathurst, Bathurst, NSW: Robert Brown & Assoc., 1985.
  • BARRETT, Jim. Place Names of the Blue Mountains and Burragorang Valley: From Aboriginal and Convict Origins, Glenbrook, NSW: The Author, 1994.
  • BARTON, Robert Darvall. Reminiscences Of An Australian Pioneer, Sydney: Tyrrells, 1917.
  • BATES, Geoff. Gardners Inn, Blackheath, Blue Mountains, NSW: Sesqui-Centenary 1831-1981, [ACT]: The Author,1981.
  • BAYLEY, William A. Blue Mountains Railways, Bulli, NSW: Austrail Publications, n.d.
  • BAYLEY, William A. The Great Zig Zag Railway At Lithgow, Bulli: Austrail Publications, 1977.
  • BAYLEY, William A. Lapstone Zig Zag Railway, Bulli, NSW: Austrail Publications, 1972.
  • BENTLEY, S. J. The Boland Family, Springwood Historical Society Bulletin No. 53. April, 1986.
  • BENTLEY, S. J. “Christmas Swamp”: A History of Lawson, Springwood, NSW: Springwood Historical Society, 1986.
  • CAMPBELL, J. F. Historical Notes On the Earliest Days of Springwood and District, Springwood, NSW: Springwood Historical Society, 1978. [Facsimile; original edition pub. by Jackson Stonewal1, 1937.]
  • CAMPBELL, J. F. Notes On Our Great Western Highway: Springwood to Leura, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Vol. XXII, Part IV, 1936.
  • COOK, Robyn & HALSE, Narelle. A Look Into the Past: Ellison – the Name, the School, Springwood, NSW: Ellison Public School, 1988.
  • DALZIEL, H. C. Some Early History of the Area Between Hartley and Bathurst, Wentworth Falls, NSW: Blue Mountains Historical Society, nd.
  • ELLIS, M. H. Lachlan Macquarie: His Life, Adventures and Times, Sydney: A. & R., 1973.
  • ELSE-MITCHELL, R. The Discovery of Bell’s Line, 1823: A Note and a Document, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Vol. 66, Part 2, 1980.
  • FOSTER, W. C., HAVARD, W. L. & DOWD, B. T. The Story of Hartley and Its Historic Court-House, NSW, Blaxland Shire Council, 1937.
  • FOSTER, William C. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell and His World 1792-1855, Sydney: Institute of Surveyors NSW, 1985.
  • FREAME, William. On Old South Creek, [Sydney]: The Author, 1916.
  • GREAVES, Bernard. The Story of Bathurst, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1976.
  • GYFORD, G. F. B. Australian Arms Inn / Old Post Office, Emu Plains: A Report By the Nepean District Historical Archaeology Group, Penrith, NSW: NDHAG, 1984.
  • HIGGINSON, Barbara. Ownership and Licensees of Pilgrim Inn and Site, Blaxland, 1996. [Unpublished paper in Blue Mountains City Library’s Local Studies Collection.]
  • HUNGERFORD, Meredyth & DONALD, J. Kay. Exploring the Blue Mountains: A Heritage Field Guide, Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press, 1984.
  • ISLES, Ebena. Mount Victoria, Mount Victoria, NSW: Mount Victoria & District Historical Society, 1988.
  • ISLES, Ebena. Mount Victoria: The Toll Bar Cottage, Mount Victoria, NSW: Mount Victoria & District Historical Society, n.d.
  • JACK, R. Ian. Heritage Study City of Lithgow: Draft Thematic History, Lithgow, NSW: Lithgow City Council, 1996.
  • JERVIS, James. The Cradle City of Australia: A History of Parramatta 1788-1961, Parramatta, NSW: Parramatta City Council, 1961.
  • KASS, Terry, LISTON, Carol & McCLYMONT, John. Parramatta: A Past Revealed, Parramatta: Parramatta City Council, 1996.
  • LAING, Pamela, ed. Historic Hartley Teacher’s Book, Sydney: National Parks & Wildlife Service NSW, 1985.
  • “LINNAEUS” ed. The Pictorial Guide to the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, and to the Districts Between Parramatta and Lithgow, Sydney: Gibbs, Shallard & Company, 1882.
  • LOW. John. The Bridge At Emu Pass: Lennox Bridge, Blue Mountains, NSW, Springwood, NSW: Blue Mountains City Library, 1983.
  • LOW, John & SMITH, Jim. The Prince of Whips: The Life and Works of the Blue Mountains Pioneer Harry Peckman, Wentworth Falls, NSW: Den Fenella Press, 1993.
  • MacALISTER, Charles. Old Pioneering Days in the Sunny South, North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1974 [Facsimile; originally published 1907.]
  • McGUIRE, Paul. Inns of Australia, Melbourne: William Heinemann, 1952.
  • MACKANESS, George, ed. Fourteen Journeys Over the Blue Mountains of New South Wales 1813-1841, Sydney: Horwitz-Grahame, 1965.
  • McKENZIE, E. J. Old Inns of Hartley and Bowenfels, [Lithgow Historical Society], n.d.
  • MACQUARIE, Lachlan. Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales: Journals of His Tours in New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land 1810-1822, North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1979. [Facsimile; original edition pub.by Library of NSW, 1956.]
  • MEREDITH, John. Duke of the Outback: The Adventures of ‘A Shearer Named Tritton’, Ascot Vale, Vic.: Red Rooster Press, 1983.
  • MEREDITH, Louisa Anne. Notes and Sketches of New South Wales During a Residence in the Colony From 1839 to 1844, Sydney: Ure Smith, 1973.
  • MORGAN, H. A. MacLeod. Bell’s Line of Road: The North Grose Route, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Vol.42, Part 1, 1956.
  • MORGAN, H. A. MacLeod. George Meares Countess Bowen, Wentworth Falls, NSW: Blue Mountains Historical Society, 1957.
  • MUNDY, Lt.Colonel Godfrey Charles. Our Antipodes: or Residence and Rambles in the Australian Colonies With a Glimpse of the Gold Fields, 3rd ed., London: Richard Bentley, 1855.
  • MURRAY, Eunice & BABER, Helen. Rydal: A Centenary Souvenir, Rydal, NSW: Centenary Committee, 1968.
  • MURRAY, Robert & WHITE, Kate. Dharug & Dungaree: The History of Penrith and St. Marys To 1860, North Melbourne: Hargreen, 1988.
  • OAKES, Archdeacon G. S. “Bush Memories”, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Vol. VII, Pt. IV, 1921.
  • PALMER, H. Some Bridges Around Penrith, Penrith: Nepean District Historical Society, 1976.
  • PARIDAENS, Iris. Journey Into Historic Hartley, Hartley, NSW: Arthur Paridaens, 1971.
  • PENZIG, Edgar F. The Sandy Creek Bushranger: A Definitive History of Ben Hall, His Gang and Associates, Lane Cove, NSW: Historic Australia Publishing Company, 1985.
  • POLLARD, Jack. The Pictorial History of Australian Horse Racing, Dee Why West, NSW: Paul Hamlyn, 1971.
  • PROUDFOOT, Helen. Exploring Sydney’s West, Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press, 1987.
  • RAYMOND, James, compiler. The New South Wales Calendar and General Post Office Directory 1832, Sydney: Public Lib, of NSW, 1966. [Facsimile edition; original edition published by Stephens & Stokes, 1832.]
  • RITCHIE, John. Lachlan Macquarie: A Biography, Carlton, Vic.: Melb. Uni. Press, 1988.
  • RYAN, James T. Reminiscences of Australia, Sydney: George Robertson, 1895. {A facsimile edition published by the Nepean District Family History Society, 1982.]
  • SANDS and Kenny’s Commercial and General Sydney Directory for 1861, Sydney: Sands and Kenny, 1861.
  • SEAL, Graham. The Outlaw Legend: A Cultural Tradition in Britain, America and Australia, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
  • SEARLE, Allan E. Historic Woodford and Linden, Springwood, NSW: Springwood Historical Society, 1980.
  • SEARLE, Allan E. The Pilgrim Inn, n.d. [Unpublished paper in Blue Mountains City Library’s Local Studies Collection.]
  • SINGLETON, C. C. The Ascents of Lapstone Hill, Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, No. 227, September 1956.
  • STEEGE, Joan. Emu Plains, Penrith, NSW: Nepean District Historical Society, 1977.
  • STEEGE, Joan. Emu Plains and Thereabouts, Penrith, NSW: Nepean District Historical Society, 1980.
  • STAPLETON, Eugenie. South Creek – St. Marys: From Village to City, Penrith: Penrith City Council, 1988.
  • STEPHEN, Sir Leslie & LEE Sir Sidney eds. The Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1974.
  • TEARLE, Yvonne. Publicans’ Licences Hartley District c1820-1900 Including Some Bathurst Between 1830-1854, Revised List August 1993. [Unpublished paper in Blue Mountains City Library’s Local Studies Collection.]
  • TIGHE, W. H. Inns and Hotels of Old Bathurst Town: Their History and Locations, Bathurst, NSW: Bathurst Family History Research, 1992.
  • TRITTON, H. P. ‘Duke’. Time Means Tucker, Arncliffe, NSW: Akron Press, 1984.
  • WALKER, Frank. Australian Roadside Inns, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Vol. VII, Part III, 1921.
  • WAUGH, James. The Stranger’s Guide To Sydney Arranged In A Series Of Walks, With A Map Of the City … , Sydney: James W. Waugh, 1861.
  • WINCHESTER, Frank. Inns of the Western Road, Occasional Paper No.18, Lithgow District Historical Society, 1974.
  • WYLIE, R. F. & SINGLETON, C. C. The Railway Crossing of the Blue Mountains, Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, Nos. 241 (Nov. 1957), 245 (March 1958), 246 (April 1958), 248 (June 1958), & 253 (Nov. 1958).
  • YEAMAN, John et.al., eds. Historic Blackheath, Blackheath, NSW: Rotary Club of Blackheath, 1976.