Historical Manuscript of the Tweed

Murwillumbah: Tweed Shire Council [1988], 1988. 105 pp, illustrated throughout in b&w. Some minor fading to cloth, some toning to title page. Decorative yellow boards. The book was commissioned to be published in 1988, Australia's Bicentennial year. The book's 30 chapters cover the Tweed Valley, Cook on the Coast; the discovery of the Tweed; Wollumbin; Men from the Dreamtime; Felling of the red cedar trees; Pioneers Samuel William Gray and Joshua Bray; North coast shipping during 'the schooner period'; Pioneers of the faith on the Tweed; Communication in the region; The boundary between New South Wales and Queensland and surveying the area; Tumblegum; Murwillumbah, The place of many possums; The arrival of the railway; The night of devastation, 15 September 1907 and the fire in Murwillumbah Main Street and the subsequent rebuilding; The work of the churches in the area; The hospital, ambulance, fire brigade and the water supply; The river road; Steamers including the Grafton Steam Navigation Company, Nipper and See, North Coast Steam Navigation Company; Tweed Heads and Point Danger; The Tweed coast, including Fingal , Kingscliff, Hastings Point and Pottsville; The valley of the South Arm [now the main stream of the Tweed River]; The Pacific Highway; Agriculture on the land cleared of timber; Dairying; Media; Local notables; and Elections.. First edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.