Noman's Lake: A Collection of Memories by Heidi Astbury and Lyn Chadwick

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Some marks on front and back covers. Interior and binding are still very good.

A collection of reminiscences of early life in Noman's Lake district, Shire of Narrogin. The earliest written evidence of exploration in this area was in 1871 when John Forrest examine the Yilliminning Pools. John Oxley traversed and surveyed this area in the 1890s. There is also evidence of sandalwood cutters and shepherding in the general area prior to the 1890s. Surveying for land settlement and farming in the area occurred in the period 1904-1907.

Noman’s Lake itself is one of a chain of lakes which form part of the headwaters of the Arthur River.