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Gidday Folks (and Denis)
The email address for Ian Rannard is missing the country identifier. If
you are planning to e-mail Ian make sure you put an 'au' on the end. So
it will look thus <[log in to unmask]>
P.S. Thanks Denis for the tip, sounds like an interesting book.
Sincerely
GrahamK
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Graham Knuckey PhD
ARCHAEO Cultural Heritage Services
369 Waterworks Road, Ashgrove, 4060. Qld.
P.O. Box 333, The Gap, 4061. Qld.
Office - (07) 3366 8488 • Mobile - 0427 007 278
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www.archaeo.com.au
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C.S. Lewis
On 25 Nov 2005, at 6:16 am, Denis Gojak wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Following Paul Courtney2's sterling lead in alerting everyone about
> obscure but useful publications that you may otherwise miss, here is
> one on market gardening in late 19th and 20th century Sydney,
> Australia. It has been privately published by the son of one of the
> last market gardeners [I believe this is also called truck farming in
> the US]. The area is Willoughby and Northbridge, now within suburban
> Sydney and it featured a mixed community of Chinese and European
> farmers. The first farm started in the 1870s and they operated until
> 1981. The book boasts detailed family and oral histories and good
> descriptions of how vegetable farming worked throughout the period.
> Lots of pre 1950s photos. Highly recommended - three chefs hats.
>
> If you are interested in a copy the details are:
>
> Ian Rannard
> The forgotten gardens: the story of the last market gardens in
> Willoughby and Northbridge, NSW
> privately published
> ISBN 0 646 43274 5
>
> Copies can be obtained from the author [ph +61 2 9958 1514 or
> [log in to unmask]]
>
> The cost is AU$26.00 plus postage, which looks even cheaper expressed
> in Euros or U$.
>
> Denis Gojak
>
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