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Records the hardships and resourcefulness of the original families who settled in the Byfield area in 1885.
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Includes extracts of letters between local resident, Mr Edward Meilland, from one of the original families, and Professor Charles Chamberlain, of the University of Chicago. The correspondence commenced after Professor Chamberlain's visit to Byfield in 1911 and continued for more than 30 years.
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Includes an extract from Professor Chamberlain's book, The Living Cycads (1919) which mentions the Bowenia.
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Includes an extract from Judith Wright's "The Cycads"
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Recollections of Byfield Pioneers
Subjects:
- Ferns
- Cycads
- Australian plants
- p2838
- Yeppoon - Byfield area, Rockhampton - Yeppoon area, Maryborough - Rockhampton area, Queensland,
- Mount Morgan, Mount Morgan area, Rockhampton - Yeppoon area, Maryborough - Rockhampton area, Queensland,
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