Contains the following sections: Why did the Hunters come?; The Hunter days; The stations take shape; Birth of a township; The first gold years; Township in the 70's; The model shire council of the colony; Agriculture in the 70's; The widow of Wappan; The unsung hero; The wild colonial boys; The uncertain eighties; The land boom; The story of the water supply; The railway problem; The dismal nineties; The schools; The quiet years- from Federation to the end of the Great War.