Showing 35 items matching "australia -- history -- bicentenary"
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Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Booklet - History of Wodonga : Chapter 1 1824 - 1850, B. P. Gibney, Exploration and Settlement, 1970
This booklet is an imprint of written by Bernie Gibney on behalf of the Wodonga Branch of the North Eastern Historical Society to commemorate the Cook Bicentenary. It tells the story of the early years of European settlement of the Wodonga area. It focuses on exploration and settlement from the arrival of Hume and Hovell in 1824 and outlines the different families who took up squatting runs in the district.A small buff coloured booklet of 16 pages. The text is printed in red print and bears the coat of arms of the Australian branch of the Huon and De Kerilleau family.non-fictionThis booklet is an imprint of written by Bernie Gibney on behalf of the Wodonga Branch of the North Eastern Historical Society to commemorate the Cook Bicentenary. It tells the story of the early years of European settlement of the Wodonga area. It focuses on exploration and settlement from the arrival of Hume and Hovell in 1824 and outlines the different families who took up squatting runs in the district.wodonga history, early settlement wodonga, huon family, de kerilleau -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsletter, Newsletter, No. 56 September 1987
Contents: • Next meeting, guest speaker; Bruce Bence: Local fires and floods • September Meeting • Twentieth Anniversary Functions • Eltham Community Festival • Bronze Sculpture Project • Australian Bicentenary 1988 • Recent Activities • Other Brief Items The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Burke, David, With Iron Rails - A Bicentennial History of the Railways in New South Wales, 1988
a history of the railways in New South Wales up to 1988 the bicentenary of the colonizing of Australia.index, ill, maps, p.248.non-fictiona history of the railways in New South Wales up to 1988 the bicentenary of the colonizing of Australia.railroads -- australia -- new south wales -- history., state rail authority of new south wales -- history. -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated book, Valerie Griffiths, "Caps and veils": the nursing history of the Sydney Hospital matrons and its nurses 1788-1985, 2011
This book documents the history of nursing at the Sydney Hospital, includes information about the training and status of nurses and how these factors have influenced their uniforms. Also listed are all nurses who graduated from the Sydney Hospital.Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has plain white cover. Dust jacket has grey background, on front cover are two black and white photographs of groups of nurses, coloured print of the Sydney Hospital's coat of arms, title (red, gold and black print) and author's name (gold print). Title and author's name are printed in gold on spine, along with coloured print of Sydney Hospital's coat of arms. On the back cover are black and white photos of the nine Lady Superintendent/Matrons/Directors of Nursing, and a coloured photo of the graduate nurses' badge.non-fictionThis book documents the history of nursing at the Sydney Hospital, includes information about the training and status of nurses and how these factors have influenced their uniforms. Also listed are all nurses who graduated from the Sydney Hospital.sydney hospital-history, nurses-nsw-history, nursing-nsw-history, hospitals-nsw-history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Alexander, w. Brian, Two Pacifics, 1990
Reflections on the visit of 4-6-2 3-cylinder A3 'Flying Scotsman' to Australia and its meeting with 4-6-2 3801 in NSW for the bicentenary in 1988.ill, p.24.non-fictionReflections on the visit of 4-6-2 3-cylinder A3 'Flying Scotsman' to Australia and its meeting with 4-6-2 3801 in NSW for the bicentenary in 1988.flying scotsman - locomotive - history, 3801 locomotive - new south wales - history