Merve from Auntie Zillie and Uncle Henry. with love Xmas 1927Grey hardcover children's book The Boy Ranchers by Willard F Baker with brown and white illustration on front with two boys riding horses in the rocky country. Cover has title and author, spine has title, author, publisher and illustration of a cow.Merve from Auntie Zillie and Uncle Henry. with love Xmas 1927children's fiction, adventure stories, books

non-fictionA collection of stories relating to exploration and mining in the far North East of Victoria.gold mining, upper murray region, upper murray victoria, upper murray nsw

This cannon ball formed the basis of a discussion with artillerist Peter Webster and historical society members in 2011. The following ideas were put forward. It was approximately 5 inches in diameter and weighed 10lb, Such cannon balls were used in an 18 calibre cannon, which were used only on ships. (12 calibre guns were field artillery). Australia was behind England in its artillery use and used hand me downs. In the 1800's Australia did an audit of artillery and cleared out those no longer in use. By the time of the 1830's 18lb cannons were largely obsolete and removed from service Australia used 18 calibre cannons in Northern Australia at Port Essington and Fort Dundas (Melville Island) Perhaps this cannon ball has no real connection with Australia and came as ballast from some other country.This is one of the more interesting items in our collection and there has been much conjecture over the years as to the story of how it ended up in Warrnambool. In that way it has built its own mystery and provenanceRound metal ball measuring 5 inches in diameter, weighing 10lb. The surface is pitted with the original surface visible in some parts.defence, war, ships, cannon ball, exploration, warrnambool, warrnambool history, warrnambool cannonball

A poignant story of four combat photographers who died in Indochina - and the two journalists who kept their memory alive.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- press coverage, war photographers -- death., saigon, ho chi minh trail, operation lam son 719, larry burrows, henri huet, kent potter, keisaburro shimamoto, mia - united states, indochina, richard pyle, horst faas

Pamphlet advertising a book written by Brigid George (J B Rowley) for a Dusty Kent detective mystery titled "Murder on a Melbourne Tram". The Museum via Mal Rowe provided the photo for the book cover. Book published early 2022. Yields information about a murder mystery based around a Melbourne tramPamphlet - Murder on a Melbourne Tram - DL size - colour.novels, melbourne, detective stories, books