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Article: A History of Bathurst, Volume 2, 1862-1914.(Review)
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- Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
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Barker, Theo, A History of Bathurst, Volume 2, 1862-1914, Bathurst, published in association with the Bathurst City Council, 1998; ISBN 1 86333 058 5; xiii + 591 pp; hard cover.
Theo Barker's second volume continues his story of Bathurst, from the date of incorporation of the city to the outbreak of the first World War. His first volume, published in 1992, covers the period from settlement to 1862.
This book is a monument to one man's lifetime devotion to local history. Mr Barker was appointed in 1956, in his mid thirties, to the staff of the Bathurst Teachers' College and retired in 1979 as head of the department of History and Geography at what was ...