The Davis Family Ploughing A Course Through History Volume 2

This is the second volume of a two-part story about three Irish brothers and three Irish sisters, their lives, their farms and their legacy in Ireland and Australia.The two volumes should be read as one story. The story begins in 1805 at Ballyneill More, Ireland and investigates the impact of changes in farming methods and technology on farming families and their communities. Places that the Davis, Hunter and Kennedy families and their descendants farmed include The Loup in Ulster, Northern Ireland, Picton in New South Wales, Scotts Creek, Camperdown and Jancourt in Western Victoria and Ringwood, Corowa in New South Wales.The story examines the changes in Australia from when the pastoralists owned the land to the impact of the Closer Settlement Acts when the land was opened up to small settlers and in particular the history of the Ringwood, Corowa area in New South Wales.The underlying theme is a family history set to the background of the adaptation of farmers to changes in farming methods, technology and the changes to small farming communities.Farming is the common thread which binds all of the Davis generations throughout both volumes of thishistory