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Publications of The York Society

Books about the History and Heritage of Western Australia's first inland town
Books may be ordered from the Society, yorksociety@westnet.com.au

     
 

   
 

Origins of the York Town Hall
by Tony Clack

Tells the story of York from 1861, when  social events from church to visiting artists played an important role in the town, the Mechanics Institute role in this process, and the characters who led the force to have a Town Hall and, of course, the architects.   44pp.

$15.00   Postage $1.20

York Cemetery Historical Walk Trail
The old York cemetery, situated on the slopes of Mt Brown is one of the most attractive Municipal Cemeteries in the State. The Walk Trail booklet features the biographies of some of the pioneers and the characters of old York who are buried in the Cemetery. Follow the trail around the cemetery and discover York's fascinating history and heritage.

$10.00
Postage $
2.20

Recollections of York Diary

A perpetual diary that can be used for any year, featuring photographs from The Residency Museum historical collection and showing many of York's heritage buildings.

$10.00
112 pages, Postage $3.65

Barladong: The York Society History and Heritage Journal
Publication temporarily ceased
Issue Number Five, 2005
Featuring the following articles:
Growing up at Yangedine by Hilary Hooper
Charles Smith Bompas and the York Government Garden by A.M. Clack
The Jam Post and Plain Wire Fence by Roger Underwood
Early Days at Mt Hardey School by Doris Collins
Rigmarole of York Names by Julie Rae
One Hundred Years Ago from the pages of the Eastern Districts Chronicle

$6.00, Postage $2.20

Aborigines of the York Area
by Sylvia J. Hallam

"… the Avon Valley, as Europeans found it, was not as God made it, but as the Aborigines made it over tens of millennia." This book examines the effects upon the Aboriginal groups living in the York area at the time of European settlement. It also examines the significance of the celebrated rock art seen in the Gwambygine cave complex south of York.

$15.00, Postage $2.20

York Sketchbook

Twenty four illustrations of York's unique heritage buildings and places of interest by York artist Jenni McColl. The Town Hall, Sargent's Pharmacy, the Castle Hotel, Settler's House, the Old Court House, the Residency, the Old Flour Mill and many more. Each illustration, accompanied by a text by A.M. Clack, gives the historical background. An ideal souvenir of York.

$15.00, Postage $2.20

The Photographs of Edward Tours Hamersley

A unique Western Australian collection of late nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs.

A visual social history of a pioneering farming family in the Avon Valley.

Over sixty full page photographs reproduced from the original glass plates with accompanying text and with a historical introduction outlining the development of the Wilberforce property near York.

With a Foreword by Rica Erickson

Out of Print