Browse the Collections
A collection of transcribed primary sources: letters, treatises, show records and newspaper accounts relating to Ercildoune and the Learmonth flocks, transcribed by Christine Dever. Each collection below has its own page.
The Documents
A Valley of the Finest Description: The 1852 Learmonth Letter
A letter from A. J. Learmonth to the Colonial Secretary describing the Ercildoune valley.
Baden-Powell at Ercildoune
A newspaper account of Lord Baden-Powell’s connection to Ercildoune.
Sir William Robinson’s Visit
A newspaper account of the Governor’s visit to Ercildoune.
Newspaper Extracts
- 1850 to 1859
- 1860 to 1865
- 1866 to 1867
- 1868 to 1869
- 1870 to 1872
- 1873 to 1879
- 1880 to 1889
- 1890 to 1899
- 1900 to 1929
- 1930 to 2008
Notes and Reference
Shipping, Thomas Shaw’s Advice and Sheep Notes
Ercildoune Timeline: 1220 to the Present