Spread of green: Griffith: it’s people and past events. Sue Chessbrough. 1982.

This book is a tribute to the people who established the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.

It tells of the pioneers who weathered the storms, the setbacks and the disappointments of those early years and lived to see their faith and courage rewarded. With the aid of irrigation the settlers transformed an almost barren land to bountiful fertility during the short span of one lifetime.

Spread of Green is a story centred on Griffith, from its humble beginnings as a ‘bagtown’ in 1912 through to the 1920s.