Stringy Barkers and "Doncasterites"

Did you know that "Doncasterites" were nick-named "Stringy Barkers" probably because their first huts were roofed with shingles of stringy bark.

Photo of selector's bark hut taken by Nicholas Caire in 1883 from http://www.dongazzard.com/publications/articles/the-old-bark-hut.aspx

1968 02 DTHS Newsletter.