Ken James is a secondary teacher in Melbourne who has an interest in the history of small rural districts in Central Victoria. Recent publications include The Career of Surveyor William Swan Urquhart 1843-1864, A History of Fryerstown State School, A History of Glenluce, A History of the Lyal District, A History of Myrtle Creek, Muddy Water: A History of Burrumbeet, A History of Weatherboard, Schools of the Redesdale District, Chinese Entries in Various Land and Mining Records held by the Public Record Office Victoria, and with Noel Davis, A History of Sutton Grange, and A History of Elphinstone.