New book by John Murphy
On April 12th 2008 John Murphy’s latest book, “One Bag in Six” was launched at the Shingler Memorial Dinner.
Royal Historical Society of Victoria past president, Professor Weston Bate, officially launched the book and spoke very highly of John and the story of onion growing in Gippsland.
Patrick Morgan, noted Gippsland historian, proposed a toast to John and referred to him as a giant amongst local historians and the envy of many trained historians.
John has written two major works “No Parallel” and “On the Ridge” and some 15 monographs on a huge range of subjects. Without John we would not know much about The Leongatha Labour Colony, the Memorial Hall, the town water supply, St Laurence’s Catholic Church, the Murray Goulburn Factory, the Mechanics’ Institute, Nerrena and much more.
“One Bag in Six: The history of Onion Growing in Gippsland” is available from the Leongatha and District Historical Society for $20 plus $5 postage and handling.