Cockburn
Subtitle: the making of a community
By: by Michael Berson.
Contributors: Cockburn (W.A.)
Edition: Facsim. ed.
Publisher: City of Cockburn
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cockburn, W.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Cockburn (W.A.) -- History.; Cockburn Region (W.A.) -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-229) and indexes.
Facsim. ed. of: Cockburn, W.A. : Town of Cockburn, 1978.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. The Cockburn Region and its Settlement; title: 2. The Deserted Village, 1829-31; title: 3. The Survivors, 1830-40; title: 4. The Quiet Decade, 1840-50; title: 5. Master and Servant, 1850-70; title: 6. New Roads for Old Soldiers, 1870-80; title: 7. Beginnings of a Community, 1880-90; title: 8. Jandakot, the Proving Ground, 1890-1910; title: 9. South Coogee, the Nursery, 1890-1903; title: 10. Hamilton Hill, Feeding the City, 1895-1905; title: 11. Beginnings at Spearwood, 1895-1912; title: 12. A Sense of Community, 1912-14; title: 13. The Henderson Naval Base, 1913-15; title: 14. Changing District Patterns, 1914-20; title: 15. Pioneer Slav Settlers 1911-29; title: 16. Rinderpest and the Decline of Dairying, 1923-29; title: 17. Less of a Country Town and More of a Suburb, 1923-30; title: 18. Local Government, A Struggle for Independence, 1920-40; title: 19. Post-War Development, 1945-65; title: 20. Prospect and Retrospect, 1967-77; title: Appendix A Local Government; title: Appendix B Nomenclature; title: Abbreviations; title: Bibliography; title: Index of Names; title: General Index.