Sons of Mungurigan, by Margaret Mills
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Sons of Mungurigan, by Margaret Mills
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Sons of Mungurigan
Responsibility statement
by Margaret Mills
Summary
The book explores anecdotally the story of the Minnie Laurina Pound and her husband George Mills and their selection of farmland on the Nerang River near Latimers Crossing in Gilston which they named Mungurigan. The story recounts family life, indigenous peoples, local businesses and the growth of the Nerang Shire and Gilston districts in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The story continues into the 1940s follows the fortunes of the Mills family when they bought property and businesses in the Southport district also
Table Of Contents
Immigrants from Cardiff and Nottingham -- The beginnings of Mungurigan -- Pioneers of Gilston -- Mungurigan and George, the astronomer -- The Boer War -- Sons of Mungurigan -- The Bowdens and the Mills family -- Ode to Mungurigan [by Ellen Stephens] -- The family gatherings -- Letter to Thomas Mills from Lindsay Woodward -- Bird watching [essay by John Stephenson]
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