Cirrus@Austlit

Dedication: To my Mother whose childhood days were spent on the goldfields of Victoria and Western New South Wales and who reared a family in the Peel River Valley.

Author's Introduction: 'In this book I have endeavoured to re-create the true characters of Major Innes and John P. Davies, from the limited information available to me. ...It is not my purpose in this narrative to trace the history of Hanging Rock. ...I have simply gathered together the tales of those days and with true history as a background I have set out to write a novel in tune with the picturesque country of its setting and in harmony with the stirring days of the past.' p.ix.