Sources
Sources for this Family History include information provided by individual members of the family orally or by letter; Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates; Church Registers; Wills; old letters; birthday books, tombstones, Return Thanks cards, newspaper files of the Bathurst Advocate, the Bathurst Times, the Bathurst Free Press, the Bathurst Post and the Western Independent; files of the Nashville Times, later called the Gympie Times, and the North Queensland Herald (Townsville), and The Methodist (official organ of the NSW Methodist Church); as well as personal reminiscences.
Bibliography
Much information has been found in the following books:
| Author | Title | Publisher | Remarks |
| Ayscough, E W | Links: A Chain of Lineage: The Hamer Link | Sydney, 2004 | This is a very full account of Michael Hamer (MH) and his descendants, with some early history of the Hamer family in Lancashire, containing a meticulous tracing of our ancestors |
| Baines, E | The History of the County Palatine of Lancaster | Fisher,Sons and Jackson, London, 1831-2, 4 vols |
| Barker, T | A Pictorial History of Bathurst | Robert Brown and Associates, and the Bathurst Historical Society, 1985 |
| Barker, T | A History of Bathurst, Vol 1, The Early Settlement to 1862 | Crawford House Press, Bathurst, 1992 |
| Barker, T | A History of Bathurst, Vol 2, From Settlement to City | Crawford House Press, Bathurst, 1998 |
| Boyce, P J | Honest and Unsullied Days – A History of Wesley College | Victor Publishing, South Perth, 2001 | Chapters 6 and 7 describe the period when Clive Hamer [AH478] was headmaster |
| Bradford Woolcombers | Mechanisation and Misery: the Bradford Woolcombers' Report of 1845 | Republished by Ryburn Publishing, 1991, with commentary and introduction by J A Jowett, describing Bradford at the time |
| Burke, B | The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales | Harrison, London, 1884 |
| Carroll, O | PerthvilleDemonstrationSchool, 1873-1973 |
| Carrothers, W A | Emigration from the British Isles | King, London, 1929 |
| Cobley, J | Sydney Cove, 1788 | Hodder and Stoughton, 1962 |
| Cobley, J | Sydney Cove, 1788 | Hodder and Stoughton, 1962 |
| Devon Report | Occupation of Land (Ireland) | British Parliamentary Papers, Vol 19, 1846, and Vol 36, 1846 |
| Doust, R H | After One Hundred Years: The Centenary of the Methodist Church, Bathurst Circuit | G W Brownbill, Bathurst, 1932 |
| Family History Group of Bathurst | Bathurst pioneers, A Register of Pioneer Families of Bathurst NSW and Districts before 1900 | Bathurst, 2007 |
| Farrar, W and Brownbill, J (ed) | The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Lancaster, Vol5 | Constable, London, 1911 | Contains some early history of the Hamer family at Rochdale, chiefly in footnotes |
| Fishwick, H | History of the Parish of Rochdale, 1889 | This also contains some early history of the Hamer family, as well as drawings of the stately homes owned by early family members |
| Francis, J J | Bradshaw Chapel I and II | Turton Local History Society, Society, Publication No 18 & 19, 1988 |
| Francis, J J | Lords of the Manor of Bradshaw | Turton Local History Society, Society, Publication No 3, 1977 | This contains some history of the Bradshaw branch of the Hamer family, specifically including our direct ancestors. |
| Francis, J J | Bradshaw Works | Turton Local History Society, Publication No 4 | This also makes reference to the Bradshaw Hamers |
| Francis, J J | Bradshaw and Harwood Collieries | Turton Local History Society, Publication No 5, 1982 | This has some reference to the Bradshaw Hamers |
| Francis, J J | Affetside, An Historical Survey | Turton Local History Society, Publication No 15, 1984 |
| Fry, K | Beyond the Barrier | Crawford House Press, Bathurst, 1993 | An account of the early settlement in the Bathurst district 1818 - 1848, with particular reference to the conflict with aborigines, and the establishment of the wealthy landowning class and the development of a middle class comprised chiefly of small farmers |
| Gaskell, E | Mary Barton | Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel gives a detailed account of conditions in Manchester about 1840 |
| Gibson-Wilde, D & B | A Pattern of Pubs: Hotels of Townsville 1864-1914 | James Cook University, Townsville, 1988 | This gives some detail about the Buchanans' hotel operations in Townsville |
| Greaves, B (ed) | The Story of Bathurst | Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1961 | This gives a background history of Bathurst and district |
| Greaves, B | 100 Up: The Centenary of the PerthvilleMethodistChurch | 1963 |
| Gregarth, A M C & Cook, F G | Downings of Europe and America, Vol 2 | Gregarth Publishing Company, Cullman, Alabama, nd. [1994] |
| Hamer, G | The History of Hamer | 1994 | This is a family history of another branch of the Hamer family, emanating from the Bury Parish, including Tottington, in the neighbourhood where our family has its roots. It covers some of the material about the original Hamers, of Hamer, but somewhat differently from the way Hope of the Vale covers it. It has lists of Statistical, Court and Parish Records that could be useful in pursuing further research on the Hamer family. Interestingly, the author, Geoffrey Hamer, lives at Egerton, only a few hundred yards from where our ancestor, Thomas Hamer, lived, but no immediate connection has been established between his family and ours |
| Hammond, J L & B | The Age of the Chartists | London, 1930 |
| Herriot, J | James Herriot's Yorkshire | Michael Joseph, London, 1979 | Based on the television series, All Creatures Great and Small, this book contains delightful colour photos of the Yorkshire Moors and villages where the Peacocks lived. |
| Hill, A & J | A Promise to Keep - From Athens to Afghanistan | Xlibris Corporation, USA, 2003 | A biography of Arthur Hill [AH4152], written by his wife Julie. |
| Holthouse, H | GympieGold | A history of the Gympie gold rush |
| Humphreys, R | Allan Callaghan, a Life | Melbourne University Press, 2002 |
| Jeans, D N | An Historical Geography of New South Wales to 1901 | Reed Education, Sydney, 1972 |
| Kable, V | They Came By a Road | Braemar Printing Compant, Bathurst, no date | A very brief account of the extension of settlement following the building of the road to Bathurst and beyond |
| [Leland] | Leyland's Itinerary | A record of a tour through Tudor England |
| Lindop, R | Turton Tales: A Collection of Historical Family Stories | Turton Local History Society, Publication No. 30, 1975 | Includes local history of Egerton and Bradshaw |
| Lindop, R | Turton Tales: A Collection of Historical Family Stories | Turton Local History Society, Publication No. 30, 1975 | Includes local history of Egerton and Bradshaw |
| Madgwick, R M | Immigration Into Eastern Australia, 1788 - 1851 | Longman's, 1937 |
| Maxwell, C F | Australian Men of Mark | Western District Edition, Sydney, 1888 | Brief articles on Andrew Hames [AH] and Ellis Hamer [AH4] |
| McKenzie, K | They Paved the Way | 1980 | A History of teh McKenzie Family [See JT231] |
| Meagher, P | Joseph Bell 1848-1911 | A History of Joseph Bell [AH7], his ancestors and descendants |
| Meredith, Mrs | Notes and Sketches of NSW During a Residence in That Colony From 1838 to 1844 | J Murray, London, 1844 | This includes an account of a visit to Bathurst about the time Andrew Hamer and William Peacock arrived there |
| Oakes, G S | Pioneers of Bathurst-Kelso, NSW | 1923 | Chiefly about Holy Trinity Church |
| Orange City Council | Orange 1860 - 1960 |
| Page, W (ed) | The Victoria History of the Counties of England: York: North Riding, Vol 1 | Constable, London, 1914 |
| Peacock, A J | Bradford Chartism 1838-1840 | Borthwick Paper No 36, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, University of York | This gives details of life in Bradford at the time when William and Rebecca Peacock emigrated, including information about Walker's factory, where members of the Peacock family worked |
| Perry, T M | Australia's First Frontier | Melbourne University Press, 1963 | A comparative study of the early development of the Bathurst and Goulburn districts |
| [Piccope] | Piccope's Wills | A collection of Wills in England |
| Porter, G R | Progress of the Nation | A Bohn, London, 1838-46 | Contains a study of the economic development of Bolton |
| Pugh, R B | The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Stafford, Vol 8 | Oxford University Press, 1963 |
| Reaney, P H | Dictionary of British Surnames, 2nd Ed. | Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1976 |
| Roberson, A M | The Rockley Manner | 1989 | Outline histories of a number of Rockley and district families |
| [St John's Church] | History of St John'sChurch, GeorgesPlains | No date |
| Scholes, J | Documentary Notes on the District of Turton | 1882 |
| Sloan, B P | Convicts, Currency Folk and Change | 1993 | A history of Anthony Rope and Elizabeth Pulley and their descendants |
| Smith, G | A History of Fitzgerald's Valley, Wimbledon nd | No date | Contains information about George and Charlotte Shute [WP5] |
| Smith, G | My Back Yard | No date | Gives information about particular properties in Fitzgerald's Valley and some neighbouring areas, including Queen Charlotte's Vale |