Updated: 28 December 2024
A number of books relating the history of Dardanup and surrounding localities are available for sale.
Two books were published in 2023 by the Dardanup Heritage Collective. Both are about 50 pages in length and available for $20 each plus postage if mailing is required. Funds go to reprinting these and future publications.
Women of Charlotte St & Beyond presents the stories of eight remarkable women of Dardanup who played a significant part in the development of the town and its surrounds: Eliza Little, Mary Jane O’Neill, Ellen Skipworh, Mary Ann Cleary, Catherine Prout, Mary Holland, Frances Craig and June Craig.
The book also contains an introduction and a brief overview of the history of the Dardanup area.
$20.00
Contact: dardanupheritagecollective@gmail.com to place an order and arrange payment. Books can be picked up locally or mailed.
Adventures on the Ferguson is a collection of eight newspaper articles, originally printed in the Bunbury Herald in 1908, humorously recounting a journey from Bunbury through the Ferguson Valley. The central character and narrator is part-fiction but the people he meets along the way were real, early settlers on the Ferguson River. Woven into the main story are a set of tall tales, rambling implausible stories told and retold for entertainment. This collection gives modern readers a rare window into the past of this cherished region.
The book also contains an introduction and a biography of the author, the South Bunbury Correspondent, William Moyes.
$20.00
Contact: dardanupheritagecollective@gmail.com to place an order and arrange payment. Books can be picked up locally or mailed.
Forrest Family – Pioneers of Western Australia 1842 – 1982
Compiled by Alison and Dinee Muir. Published in 1982. 139 pages
This is the family history of William and Mary (Guthrie HIll) from their arrival in Australind in 1842. It covers stories of William and Margaret, their children and grandchildren.
$20.00
Contact: dardanupheritagecollective@gmail.com to place an order and arrange payment. Books can be picked up locally or mailed.
John Charlton Fowler of Sergeant Dale, Ferguson, Western Australia
by Michael Hall. Published in 2021.
67 pages.
This is the story of the Fowler family, from Richard Fowler (1780-1856) and Ann Charlton (1786-1817) and their son John Fowler (1817 – 1902) who emigrated to Western Australia in 1838 and moved to Bunbury in about 1840. John Charlton Fowler (1849 – 1934), their grandson, settled in Ferguson on the farm Sergeant Dale in the 1870s.
$25.00 local pickup
$30 if postage required
Contact: Michael Hall via dardanupheritagecollective@gmail.com to place an order and arrange payment. Books can be picked up locally or mailed.
Wellington Mills - A History – 4th Edition by Janice Calcei. Published in 2008. 183 pages.
This is a history of the events leading up to the development of the town of Wellington Mills. The books also provides the reader with a picture of what it was like to live in the town during the operation of the big mill (1998 – 1919) and then afterward as Millars downsized production.
There are numerous photos from the Mill’s earliest days at the end of the 19th century, until the closure of the school and Post Office in the 1970s.
$25.00 local pickup
$30 if postage required
Contact: Michael Hall via dardanupheritagecollective@gmail.com to place an order and arrange payment. Books can be picked up locally or mailed.
Memories of Waterloo
by Jennifer Golding. Published in 2024.
111 pages.
This book is about the early European exploration and settlement of the Waterloo area in the Shire of Dardanup in Western Australia. It contains a wealth of early photographs and covers topics related to the early development of the area including many family histories.
$35.00 local pickup
$40 if postage is required.
Contact: Jenny Golding via dardanupheritagecollective@gmail.com to place an order and arrange payment. Books can be picked up locally or mailed.
Memories of the Ferguson
Compiled by Steve & Terri Gibbs
Originally published in 2002. Reformatted in 2025 as a navigable PDF.
321 pages (6.7 Mb).
This book is a compilation of stories and information from the descendants of early settlers, current residents, books, newspapers and government departments.
Permission has been given for it to be made available FREE of charge.
Visitors can click on the image of the cover (left) to download a navigable PDF (6.7 Mb) of the book. Minor changes were made to the original manuscript to improve ease of use once downloaded.
Readers can click on items in the Contents and Photographic Index to link direct to those items.
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