'Chronicles of Coochiemudlo' was published nearly 30 years ago but it's still the most comprehensive anthology of thoughtful writing about our island.
It ranges from the scholarly to the entertaining. It's a reliable historic record, and the island's natural assets are expertly surveyed. But there are plenty of anecdotes and photos too.
It features many first-hand stories
that give the modern reader an authentic impression of over a
century of continuous settlement.
'Characters, Cliffs and Coves' the companion volume, is coming soon.
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PREFACE, CONTRIBUTORS & INTRODUCTION
PART I
Chapter 1
IN THE BEGINNING
Aboriginal Forebears on Coochiemudlo Island
John Pearn
Chapter 2
COOCHIEMUDLO ISLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Edward Field Jones
PART II
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS
Chapter 3
KIDS AT COOCHIEMUDLO -THE PRE-WAR YEARS
A Personal Account David Stewart
Chapter 4
THE ARMY AND WORLD WAR TWO
John Pearn and Maureen O’Connor
PART III
Chapter 5
THE BOTANY OF COOCHIEMUDLO
Margaret Walker
Chapter 6
THE SEA AND ITS SHELLS
Frances Connor
PART IV
Chapter 7
THE POETRY OF COOCHIEMUDLO
John Pearn
Chapter 8
WRITERS ON COOCHIEMUDLO
PART V
Chapter 9
ISLAND MEDICAL CARE IN THE EARLY DAYS
Beryl Underwood
Chapter 10
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF COOCHIEMUDLO - 1970s
Christine O’Connor
PART VI
Chapter 11
A PIONEER ISLAND FARM
The Life and Times of Douglas and Mary Morton,
Joan Bland
Chapter 12
BUILDING AN ISLAND HOME
Rosemary Opala
Chapter 13
THE LAND AND ITS USES
Denise Foley and John Pearn
Chapter 14
OPPORTUNITIES PAST AND
LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE
Denis O'Connor
PART VII
THE HAND OF HUMANKIND Part 2
Chapter 15
HOUSES AND HOUSING -THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
John Pearn and Edwin Codd
Chapter 16 READING THE SIGNS
John Pearn
Chapter 17 THE ESSENCE OF COOCHIE
Safeguarding Future Options for Coochiemudlo Island
Darryl Low Choy