255 pages, indexed. The front board is discoloured, the body of the book is in excellent condition: clean, unmarked and solid. " A history of the Hume Highway, and its' path, covers explorers, bushrangers, the towns, transport, industry and agriculture on the Melbourne-Sydney Road" "Account of the people and events associated with the Hume Highway ; includes description of the massacre at Broken River (Benalla) and reprisals (pp.74-76) ; corroboree at Cowpastures, observed by John Macarthur (pages239)."