Information about the history of the Paterson area in the Hunter Valley of NSW, including its people, institutions and places, particularly in the early colonial period. http://www.patersonriver.com.au history of William, George and Andrew Lang, Mary Dunmore and Emily Caswell. George Lang was the first title holder of the Dunmore estate near Largs (NSW) and Andrew took it over when George died in 1825. http://www.patersonriver.com.au/people/langganda.htm http://www.patersonriver.com.au/people/langganda.htm history of Settlers Road at Paterson. This was the first road before the current line of road from Maitland to Paterson was surveyed in 1835. http://www.patersonriver.com.au/places/settlersroad.htm http://www.patersonriver.com.au/places/settlersroad.htm history of George Townshend and Elizabeth Manning. They were landholders on the Paterson River near Gresford. He named the grant Trevallyn. http://www.patersonriver.com.au/people/townshendg.htm http://www.patersonriver.com.au/people/townshendg.htm history of Walter Scott, an early surgeon and landholder on the Paterson River who named his grant Wallalong, and a later purchase Eskdale. http://www.patersonriver.com.au/people/scottw.htm http://www.patersonriver.com.au/people/scottw.htm history of John Galt Smith and his wife Eliza nee Walsh, first landholders at Woodville on the Paterson River, plus map of land grants in the Woodville area. http://www.patersonriver.com.au/people/smithjg.htm http://www.patersonriver.com.au/people/smithjg.htm history of Isaac Nind, an early doctor at Paterson who ran a hospital at Tillimby. http://www.patersonriver.com.au/people/nindi.htm http://www.patersonriver.com.au/people/nindi.htm