viii 312 pages, indexed, bibliography, illustrated. Apart from a minute stain on the front end paper, the book is almost as new. This work begins with the original Aboriginal inhabitants of the district, the Wurundjeri people, and the effect on them of the arrival of the first European settlers in the 1830s. The book describes the progress of European settlement and the development of Romsey up to 2003. Details are provided of several of the families prominent in the past and current affairs of the town. (Trove)