Pictorial History of Sunbury and District
Australian History Local History Antiquarian & Collectible Colonial History Pictorial History Regional History Illustrated Non-Fiction
Emu Bottom Homestead 1836 – Pictorial History of Sunbury and District is the 1994 illustrated classic that Victorian-history hunters still actively seek. Ronald Fisher’s meticulously researched, vintage paperback charts Sunbury’s transformation from the first stone-walled Emu Bottom Homestead of 1836 to a thriving gold-rush township, weaving rare archival photos, maps and eyewitness accounts into a vivid true story that feels more like a living museum than a local history book.
What makes this copy especially collectable is its condition: very-good, tight-binding, unmarked pages and no ex-library stamps or inscriptions—rare for a 30-year-old regional title that was usually read to pieces. The generous photo plates and on-site sketches are crisp and unfaded, giving collectors, teachers and family historians a clear window onto Victorian pastoral life, Aboriginal frontier contact, and the rise of Sunbury’s famous asylum, racetrack and aviation school.
Whether you’re a Young-Adult student tackling Australia’s colonial past, an adult tracing family roots in the Macedon Ranges, or an antiquarian chasing the next scarce piece of Australiana, this illustrated Fisher reference delivers authoritative detail in an easy-to-browse format. Secure this clean vintage copy now and own the definitive pictorial record of one of Victoria’s oldest inland settlements.
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