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The Pick of the Great North Road

"The Pick" is the journal of the Convict Trail Project and provides detailed information about the Great North Road. It is available as printed volumes or as digital downloads which will be provided on this page in PDF format. 

Volume 9

Evidence

Volume 8

The Women of the Great North Road

Volume 7

Ferries and Punts

Volume 6

​Scandals, Crime and Corruption along the Great North Road

Volume 5

​Surviving the Great North Road

Volume 4

The Road, the Road builders and its Neighbours

Volume 3

Pick Vol 3 Summaries
Pick Vol 3.0 The Bats of Millfield
Pick Vol 3.1 They came from Sawers Gully
Pick Vol 3.2 Keevers the Builders of Cuneens Bridge
Pick Vol 3.3 Patrick  Cunneen Cunneens Bridge Fame

Pick Vol 3.4 John McDougall
Pick Vol 3.5 Bushwalking on the GNR
Pick Vol 3.6 Reverend Sharpe
Pick Vol 3.7 Thomas Budd
Pick Vol 3.8 Wat Buddha Dhamma
Pick Vol 3.9 Andrew Murray
Pick Vol 3.10 Those are the Breaks
Pick Vol 3.11 A week on the Line
Pick Vol 3.12 McFarland is Buried Here
Pick Vol 3.13 The Blaxlands and the Wollombi 
Pick Vol 3.14 William Grey 1800-1879
Pick Vol 3.15 My part in the Story of the Great North Road

​Volume 2 - ​Settlements and Villages

The Pick Volume 2:0 Bucketty
The Pick Volume 2:1 Establishing Wollombi
The Pick Volume 2:2 Owen Devine
The Pick Volume 2.3 Who Was Snodgrass

The Pick Volume 2:4 Great North Road Five Dock
​The Pick Volume 2:5 Living on the Great North Road at Sawyers Gully

​Volume 1 - Winners Losers and Also-rans

The Pick Volume 1:0 Long Bridge (Incomplete)
The Pick Volume 1:2 Patrick Doolan Innkeeper
The Pick Volume 1:3 Rising Sun Inn  (Incomplete)
The Pick Volume 1:4 John McDougall

The Pick Volume 1:5 Cooking Pot  (Incomplete)
The Pick Volume 1:6 A Bunch of Losers
The Pick Volume 1:7 Daniel Holland
​The Pick Volume 1:8 Profile Convicts
  • Home
  • Visiting
    • Trail Itinerary >
      • 1. Five Dock to Epping
      • 2. Epping To Wisemans Ferry
      • 3. Wisemans Ferry to Clares Bridge
      • 4. Bucketty to Mt Manning
      • 5. Bucketty through Wollombi to Broke
      • 6. Bucketty through Wollombi to Newcastle
    • Walking and Cycle Tours >
      • 1. Circuit Flat Bridge and Sampsons Pass
      • 2. Devines Hill
      • 3. Finchs Line
      • 4. Shepherds Gully
      • 5. Ten Mile Hollow
      • 6. Simpsons Track
      • 7. Old Great North Road
    • Other Attractions
    • Visitor Information Services
    • Useful Links
    • Location Details
  • History
    • The Grand Vision
    • The Road Begins
    • Which Way North?
    • Which Route North?
    • Usage and Decline
    • Time Lines
    • Key People >
      • Sir Thomas Mitchell
      • Heneage Finch
      • Lieutenant Simpson
      • Ben Singleton
      • John Howe
      • John Blaxland
      • John MacDonald
      • William Parr
      • Solomon Wiseman
      • Lieutenant Warner
      • Journal Entries
  • Convict Life
    • Conditions
    • In The Hills
    • Hunter Valley
    • Freedom Earned
    • Medical Care
    • Road Gangs
    • Gangs Time Line
  • Construction
    • Clear, Blaze and Survey
    • British Ordnance Survey
    • Formation
    • Quarrying, Walls and Fills
    • Drains, Culverts and Races
  • Media
    • Videos >
      • Extras
    • The Pick
    • Convict Database
  • Updates
    • Latest News
    • Newsletters
    • Australian Heritage Festival
    • CTP >
      • Annual Report
      • Membership
      • Supporters
  • FAQ
  • Store
  • Contact