In 2005 Michele Matthews interviewed current and former residents of Bendigo for her thesis on the 1930s Depression as part of her PhD Research, with the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts, History Department. Michele interviewed fifteen members of prominent Bendigonian families. The thesis was titled: "How Depressing?: The impact of the Great Depression on Bendigo and District 1925-1935". The Michele Matthews Collection contains fourteen audio cassette tape recordings and one written transcript. The tapes are each approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes duration. The questions presented to the interviewees explore everyday experiences they would have lived through at the time of the Depression. The questions covered sixteen relevant subjects: • Introduction and housing • Social activities, swimming, cinemas, school and games played with friends • Organizations such as the RSL, Relief Committees etc. and any effect they had on family life • The life of the single woman • Unemployment and Employment • Government Assistance • Charities Aid • Self-help • People Power, e.g. boycotts or protests • Politics • Trouble or crime • Family Health, Medical and Diet • Education • General memories of, and hardships encountered, during the DepressionAudio tape interview with Jessie Glover. Daughter of business-man James Percy Craven and Jane Petts Craven. Jessie was born in 1916. She attended school at Huntly State School, 1922-1923, Gravel Hill State School, 1924-1929, Bendigo Domestic Arts School, 1930-1931. She married Gordon Glover in 1942. The tape has been converted to a sound file. The 90 minute interview can be listened to, and the notes viewed, at the Bendigo Historical Society. By appointment only.history, bendigo, michele matthews collection, the 1930s depression tapes, jessie glover

Fawn cloth bound, spine and covers. Black text on spine. The General Public Acts of Victoria in 5 Volumes.victorian government, state government, administration, governance

Australian Industrial Relations series. Chapter headings: 1. Australian labour history 2. Convicts and free labour 1788-1850 3. A working man's paradise? Labour 1850-91 4. Labour and politics 1891-1957 5. Labour and the state: Compulsory arbitration and wages boards 1890-1914 6. Labour and capital: The labour process in Australia before 1972 7. Gender and work: Feminist labour historiography and equal pay in Australia 8. Race, ethnicity and work: Australia 1788-1972Significant to labour relations and unions in Australia.Book; paper.Front cover: Author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, history - labour

FAMILY HISTORY. AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS CLARK AND JANE RANKIN OF CLUNES, VIC. ALSO AN ACCOUNT OF THE TANKIN FAMILY OF CUMBEIAULD AND KINKINTILLOCH AND THE CLARK FAMILY OF MAIN SHIRE IN SCOTTLAND. CELEBRATING OVER 150 YEARS SINCE THEIR ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA 421 PAGESnon-fictionFAMILY HISTORY OVER 150 YEARS OF THE CLARK FAMILYi am proud that i am a clark, linda howie, clark family

Fawn cloth bound, spine and covers. Black text on spine. The General Public Acts of Victoria in 5 Volumes.

Catalogue no 10140.1 Daily Express English Newspaper King George VI Death 1952, Cat no 10140.2 Sunday Graphic English Newspaper King George VI Death 1952, Cat no 10140.3 Sun News Pictorial Queen Elizabeth visit Febr 1954, Cat no 10140.4 Preview of Royal Wedding Elizabeth and Philip, Cat no 10140.5 Sun News Pictorial Souvenir of Australia's America's Cup win 1983, Cat no 10140.6 Weekend Australian Magazine The Bradman Letters 2004Various cuttings, patterns, poetry, contained in a manila folder, also magazine articlesdocuments, newspapers

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Article in The Age. At the Anglican Church General Synod there was deep division over the proposed new prayer book. the way was paved for Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal clergy to be appointed full bishops. Australia's only Aboriginal bishop, Arthur Malcolm used to assist, as a Brother, at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Surrey Hills in the early 1950s.anglican church, malcolm, arthur, bp., rayner, keith, dr., abp., holy trinity anglican church, surrey hills, surrey hills, churches

Apprenticeship Commission Victoria documents are Issued with the compliments of The Council and Staff of The Ballarat School of Mines and Industries. 10 page booklet from the Apprenticeship Commission Victoria for regulation of Printing Trades Regulations ballarat school of mines, trades, apprenticeship, apprentice, printing, printing trades regulations, mr old, mr rodds, mr tuckett, mr lienhop, rates of pay, c.w. kinsman, edwin joseph mackrell, fees

"Each a new Leviathan - Great Passenger Ships in Melbourne" 174 page soft cover book about Great Passenger ships which have visited Melbourne. Author Neil Maclean. Includes some brief local history in Introductiontransport - shipping, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - princes pier, war - world war i, war - world war ii, migrants, neil maclean