Geoffrey Svenson
Copyright © 1995, 2021 Geoffrey Svenson
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Special thanks are due to many people who had a part in the development of this book. Firstly, thanks are due to Raylene and Ken Ogilvy, one time owners of the Albert Hotel, Milparinka, for the initial inspiration, and for the provision of several contacts. Then thanks are due to Ev, Sue and Bill Kuerschner, Harry and Gerald Blore, Gwen Rowe, Nel Baker, and Nel Barlow. Without their input much of the information which this book contains would remain hidden. Thanks are also due to a man who died in 1918. He was Thomas Wakefield Chambers, for just a few years the publisher of the local newspaper. Tom Chambers created a record of Milparinka that can never be replaced, for which reason he has his own page on this site. Thanks are also due to the staff of the Mortlock Library, Adelaide; the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne; the State Library, the Mitchell Library, Westpac Bank Archives and the NSW State Archives (all in Sydney); and Garth Crockford of the National Bank of Australasia Archives in Melbourne for their assistance in “tracking things down”.
THIS New Edition of What was at Milparinka contains a lot of additional information, some of which was very difficult to find in 1995. It is now discoverable thanks to the marvels of the Internet and the massive investment of time and money that has facilitated the digitisation of various archives and antiquarian books scattered across the globe. Thank you to everyone involved.