Sydney and Brisbane: Edwards, Dunlop & Co Limited, 1913. Printed by W C Penfold & Co, [Sydney].

8vo (185x125mm) hardcover, cloth spine, blue cloth, black lettered boards; [34 adverts, Title-page, Preface, and Table of Contents],199, [7 adverts] pp. Professionally and sympathetically repaired, spine replaced, end-papers and original cloth boards lightly soiled retained; internal joints exposed but complete. Pages age-toned; small signs of kitchen use throughout; pencil notations; pin holes to title page, occasional stains, and heat marks; some creasing and dog ears; newspaper clipping glued to front paste-down. Owner's notation "Lyndsey (?) Sharp 1914" to first page. A good copy of a working book.

First published in 1904, The Goulburn Cookery Book was a collection of over 800 recipes was compiled by Jean Rutledge, a well-to-do grazier's wife, working for the Anglican Church's Diocese of Goulburn in New South Wales.

Intended for the rural farming communities of Australia, Rutledge wrote:

"...to meet a want, especially among the women in the bush, who have often to teach inexperienced maids, and would be glad of accurate recipes that anyone with fair intelligence could carry out. I have tried to leave nothing to chance and the vague counsels to "make a nice light crust for a pie," or "a batter as thick as cream," find no place here."

Many of the recipes were originally written, compiled, and tested by Rutledge and her friends, as if 'to teach a beginner'. Many other recipes were contributed by local women, several by the Goulburn Public School Cooking Class, and three are drawn from the National School of Cookery in London.

A scarce glimpse into rural Australian kitchens prior to World War I.

Not in Hoyle

This edition not recorded in OCLC although 2 copies are held: State Library of NSW and the National Museum of Australia.