Table of Contents

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CONTENTS

Of the book: A History of Hazelwood

INTRODUCTION

THE HAZELVALE PIONEER SETTLERS

  • Group 138 and Group 139 settlements commence
  • Pat Burton’s recollections of the early days in Group 138
  • Dairying in the early days at Group 138 and 139
  • Memorial celebrating pioneering families
  • Group 138 Hazelwood Settlers
  • Group 139 Hazelwood Settlers
  • Group 116 Tingledale (for comparison)
  • Two Group 139 Settlers were interviewed in 1931
  • A Group 139 Holding from 1929 to 1934
  • A Group 139 family – Neuzerling - and the bureaucracy
  • Growing up at Hazelwood
  • The two Schools
  • The devastating 1937 fire
  • Snapshot of Hazelwood 1940-41 by Max Brown
  • Meeting the challenges of farming during World War II
  • After the War
  • Last word on the pioneer settlers; by Bill Armstrong
  • What made a settler successful?
  • Tribute to the Hazelwood settlement women

NON-PIONEER FAMILIES ARE PART OF THE FABRIC OF MODERN DAY HAZELVALE

  • New families come to farm at Hazelvale
  • More land released in Hazelvale 1974
  • Modern Hazelvale has a more diverse land use
  • Snapshot of Hazelvale today

FOUR PIONEER FAMILIES SHARE STORIES OF THEIR FARMS

  • Introduction
  • Don and Pat Burton and their son Rodney’s story
  • Joe and Betty Burton and their son Joe’s story
  • The Pierce family is still farming today
  • The Gilpin family farmed until 1978
  • The Collis family farmed until 1969

STORIES FROM MORE RECENT LANDOWNERS

  • The Brain family farmed 1939 to 1990
  • The Russell family came to farm in 1966
  • Ray Long and his daughters farmed from 1973 to 2019
  • A Dingo Flat block has had many owners
  • The cluster of rural lifestyle blocks on Dingo Flat Road
  • A hobby farmer – Gribble - developed a farmlet
  • Logging in the Hazelvale area
  • Che Sara Sara chalets
  • 916 Hazelvale Road – home of the Group 139 School Hall

THEMES IN MORE DETAIL

  • Group Settlement Scheme
  • Assessments of the Group Settlement Scheme
  • What happened to the buildings after Schools were closed?
  • Community celebrations of the pioneer Hazelvale Settlers
  • Hazelwood Hazelville Hazelvale
  • The Mission House women
  • Clearing the land in Hazelwood
  • Hazelwood Livestock
  • Dairy Industry background
  • Mineral deficiencies and local research
  • Road and Rail were needed for the new settlement
  • Timber and logging

INDEXES AND REFERENCES

  • Road name changes
  • Settler’s index
  • Resources and further reading

A History of Hazelvale by Dawn Martin, 2022.