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Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Barned, Betty Jean, My Side of the Mountain : a history of Hesket, Cherokee and Kerrie, 1983
157 P.; maps; facs.; 1. hesket (vic.) - history. 2. cherokee (vic.) - history. 3. kerrie (vic.) - history. i.title -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Brennan, Frank, 1954, Sharing the country : the case for an agreement between black and white Australians, 1991
Frank Brennan, a lawyer, Jesuit priest and Aboriginal affairs advisor to Australia's Catholic bishops, explains what needs to be done in law and social justice to create an agreement for the future between black and white Australians.176 p. ; 20 cm.Frank Brennan, a lawyer, Jesuit priest and Aboriginal affairs advisor to Australia's Catholic bishops, explains what needs to be done in law and social justice to create an agreement for the future between black and white Australians.aboriginal australians -- land tenure. | aboriginal australians -- civil rights. | aboriginal australians -- government relations. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Civilization and Mental Retardation: A history of the care and treatment of intellectually disabled people / [by] Cliff Judge, 1987
86 p. : ill., portschildrens cottages - kew (vic), mental health - victoria - history -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Collecting Australian Found Bottles, Glass Part 1 / [by] Ken Arnold, c. 1985
127 p. : ill., facsimsbottles - collectors and collecting - australia -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Walter Burley Griffin / [by] James Birrell, 1964
203 p. : ill., portswalter burley griffin, architects - australia - united states of america -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, James Bonwick, A Sketch of Boroondara, 1968
40 p. ; 23 cm. non-fictionborondarra (vic.) - history. -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Hale, Moslems on the march : people and politics in the world of Islam, 1955
A history of politics and government in the Islamic worldIndex, maps, p.312.non-fictionA history of politics and government in the Islamic worldmiddle east - politics and government, middle east - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Reginald Thompson, Cry Korea, 1952
From September 1950 Reginald Thompson reported from the frontline during the four months in which the Korean War was 'won' and 'lost'. After the Inchon landings, he followed UN forces up to the Chinese border and back, witnessing scenes of appalling brutality. No newcomer to war, Thompson was sickened by the carnage left in the wake of America s military machine, and horrified by the implications of this new form of warfare. Cry Korea is not only a powerful piece of reportage, but a cry for us all to examine the all too resonant issues of modern conflict and intervention.Index, ill, p.303.non-fictionFrom September 1950 Reginald Thompson reported from the frontline during the four months in which the Korean War was 'won' and 'lost'. After the Inchon landings, he followed UN forces up to the Chinese border and back, witnessing scenes of appalling brutality. No newcomer to war, Thompson was sickened by the carnage left in the wake of America s military machine, and horrified by the implications of this new form of warfare. Cry Korea is not only a powerful piece of reportage, but a cry for us all to examine the all too resonant issues of modern conflict and intervention.korean war 1950-1953 - history, korean war - american participation -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell, The Knights of Bushido, 1960
An account of Japanese war atrocities.Index, ill, p.329.non-fictionAn account of Japanese war atrocities.world war 1939-1945 - atrocities, japan - war crimes -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, K. Langloh Parker, The Euahlayi tribe : a study of Aboriginal life in Australia, 1905
Belief in Supreme Being; male and female descent; relationship terms (with mention of Vic., N.T. tribes); list of totems; totemic food taboos; medicine men; witch woman and native remedies; bonepointing; belief in spirits; conception beliefs; childhood customs; betrothal; firemaking; bullroarers; message sticks; initiation ceremonies & corroborees; mourning & funeral; legends & cosmology; hunting finding food & cooking; clothing & body painting; weapons; recreations; childhood songs & song about Byamee (texts with translations)Glossary, index, p.156.Belief in Supreme Being; male and female descent; relationship terms (with mention of Vic., N.T. tribes); list of totems; totemic food taboos; medicine men; witch woman and native remedies; bonepointing; belief in spirits; conception beliefs; childhood customs; betrothal; firemaking; bullroarers; message sticks; initiation ceremonies & corroborees; mourning & funeral; legends & cosmology; hunting finding food & cooking; clothing & body painting; weapons; recreations; childhood songs & song about Byamee (texts with translations)aboriginal australians - social life and customs, aboriginal australians - religion -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, K Langloh Parker, Australian legendary tales, 1953
Legends of the Narran tribe, told to author by natives; specimen of legend given in native languageBibliography, ill, p.237.non-fictionLegends of the Narran tribe, told to author by natives; specimen of legend given in native languageaboriginal australians - social life and customs, australia - folklore -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Angus And Robertson, Selected verse of C. J. Dennis, 1951
The selected verse of C. J. DennisIll, glossary, p.219.fictionThe selected verse of C. J. Dennisaustralia - literary works, australia - poetry -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Ernest Scott, Australian discovery by sea, 1929
Reproduces journals and first-hand accounts of explorers & navigators, including Torres, Quiros, Tasman, Pelsart, Dampier, Cook, Bligh, La Perouse, Bass,and Flinders.Ill, maps, p.412.non-fictionReproduces journals and first-hand accounts of explorers & navigators, including Torres, Quiros, Tasman, Pelsart, Dampier, Cook, Bligh, La Perouse, Bass,and Flinders.australia - history, australia - discovery and exploration -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Ernest Scott, Australian discovery by by land, 1929
Reproduces journals and first-hand accounts of explorers & navigators, including, Blaxland, Evans, Oxley, Cunningham, Hume & Hovell, Lockyer, Sturt, Mitchell, Eyre, Burke & Wills, Stuart. Many brief references to meetings with Aboriginal peoples.Ill, maps, p.422.non-fictionReproduces journals and first-hand accounts of explorers & navigators, including, Blaxland, Evans, Oxley, Cunningham, Hume & Hovell, Lockyer, Sturt, Mitchell, Eyre, Burke & Wills, Stuart. Many brief references to meetings with Aboriginal peoples.australia - history, australia - discovery and exploration -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, T. Nelson, Captain Cook's voyages around the world, 1900
Cook''s journal of his voyagesIll, maps, p.512.Cook''s journal of his voyagescaptain james cook, exploration -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Hamish Hamilton, Rum Jungle, 1953
Rum Jungle at the time was a recently discovered uranium mine. The book's principle theme is the sudden appearance of modern science in a region which has not really been civilised by white man. Anecdotal accounts of the authors travels in northern Australia, mainly NT; includes comments and stories about Aborigines; including Albert Namatjira.Ill, maps, p.154.non-fictionRum Jungle at the time was a recently discovered uranium mine. The book's principle theme is the sudden appearance of modern science in a region which has not really been civilised by white man. Anecdotal accounts of the authors travels in northern Australia, mainly NT; includes comments and stories about Aborigines; including Albert Namatjira.northern territory - description and travel, rum jungle - northern territory -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Francis Marion Crawford, Ave Roma immortalis : studies from the chronicles of Rome, 1902
Study of the ancient city of RomeIndex, ill, p.613.non-fictionStudy of the ancient city of Romerome - description, rome - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, 1892
Being the adventures of David Balfour : how he was kidnapped and cast away, his sufferings in a desert isle, his journey in the wild highlands, his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites, with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-calledIll, map, p.310.fictionBeing the adventures of David Balfour : how he was kidnapped and cast away, his sufferings in a desert isle, his journey in the wild highlands, his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites, with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-calledscotland - fiction, adventure fiction -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Burke, The Old Bailey and its trials, 1951
A history of trials at the Old bailey in LondonIndex, ill, p.226.non-fictionA history of trials at the Old bailey in Londontrials - england, capital punishment - england -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Patrick Pringle, Stand and deliver : the story of the highwaymen, 1951
he true story of the highwaymen has never been written, nor can it be. The chroniclers were slavishly faithful to their authorities--flatteringly so, in fact; for these authorities consisted of a lot of chapbooks, broadsheets, penny dreadfuls and twopenny bloods, "dying confessions" that had come in for a good deal of posthumous editing, and the contemporary gutter Press--which was even more unreliable then than it is today. Many of these 'authorities' were so contradictory that the truth-at-all-costs chroniclers left out some of the best bits of highway lore in their vain attempts to keep faithful to their ridiculous principles.Our own ambition is more modest. We have not sought the El Dorado of absolute truth. We have gone back to the same sources that the chroniclers used--and we have taken pains to ignore the latter gentlemen whenever contemporary reports are still extant. We have not moralized, like the chroniclers, nor have we embellished, like the novelists. We have added nothing--but we have taken away a good deal. We have tried to use our discretion in selection, and our judgment in discrimination between contradictory versions of the same events. Since it was impossible to be faithful to the letter, we have tried to recapture the spirit of the Age of Highwaymen. Collapse summaryIndex, ill, p.287.non-fictionhe true story of the highwaymen has never been written, nor can it be. The chroniclers were slavishly faithful to their authorities--flatteringly so, in fact; for these authorities consisted of a lot of chapbooks, broadsheets, penny dreadfuls and twopenny bloods, "dying confessions" that had come in for a good deal of posthumous editing, and the contemporary gutter Press--which was even more unreliable then than it is today. Many of these 'authorities' were so contradictory that the truth-at-all-costs chroniclers left out some of the best bits of highway lore in their vain attempts to keep faithful to their ridiculous principles.Our own ambition is more modest. We have not sought the El Dorado of absolute truth. We have gone back to the same sources that the chroniclers used--and we have taken pains to ignore the latter gentlemen whenever contemporary reports are still extant. We have not moralized, like the chroniclers, nor have we embellished, like the novelists. We have added nothing--but we have taken away a good deal. We have tried to use our discretion in selection, and our judgment in discrimination between contradictory versions of the same events. Since it was impossible to be faithful to the letter, we have tried to recapture the spirit of the Age of Highwaymen. Collapse summary brigands and robbers, highwaymen - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Allen & Unwin, Aku-Aku : the secret of Easter Island, 1958
The author and explorer of Kon-Tiki fame here recounts for the layman his archeological adventures on Easter island, where his expedition uncovered many facts about the island's giant statues, secret caves, ancient stone-carving natives, cannibalism, and civil warsIndex,ill, p.367.non-fictionThe author and explorer of Kon-Tiki fame here recounts for the layman his archeological adventures on Easter island, where his expedition uncovered many facts about the island's giant statues, secret caves, ancient stone-carving natives, cannibalism, and civil warseaster island - ethnology, easter island - antiquities -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell and Co et al, The crossing of Antarctica : the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58, 1958
Narrative, with appendices concerning vehicles and aircraft usedIll, maps, p.338.non-fictionNarrative, with appendices concerning vehicles and aircraft usedantarctica, polar exploration -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Longmans, Green and Co, Antarctic night, 1958
A history of United States Antarctic expeditionsIll, map, p.256.non-fictionA history of United States Antarctic expeditionsantarctica, polar exploration -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, William Heinemann Ltd, South : the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition, 1922
The story of the Imperial Trans Antarctic expedition of 1914-1917Index, ill, p.252.non-fictionThe story of the Imperial Trans Antarctic expedition of 1914-1917antarctica, polar exploration -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Smith, Elder, Scott's last expedition Vol.1, 1913
The story of the British Antarctic expedition of 1910-1913Ill, maps, p.633.non-fictionThe story of the British Antarctic expedition of 1910-1913antarctica, polar exploration -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Smith, Elder, Scott's last expedition Vol.2, 1913
The story of the British Antarctic expedition of 1910-1913Ill, maps, p.534.non-fictionThe story of the British Antarctic expedition of 1910-1913antarctica, polar exploration -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, George Harrap, Mayflower heritage, 1957
The story of the descendants of the Mayflower expeditionIndex, bib, p.190.non-fictionThe story of the descendants of the Mayflower expeditionmayflower, new england settlement -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Allen & Unwin, The Kon-Tiki expedition : by raft across the South Seas, 1950
The story of the Kon Tiki expeditionIndex, ill, p.239non-fictionThe story of the Kon Tiki expeditionpolynesians - origin, pacific ocean - exploration -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Collins, Years of victory, 1802-1812, 1945
A history of the Napoleonic warsIndex, maps, p.466.non-fictionA history of the Napoleonic warseurope - history - 1802-1812, great britain - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, A. & C. Black, England in the eighteenth century, 1949
An examination of the chief events in England history in the eighteenth century.Index, maps, p.383.non-fictionAn examination of the chief events in England history in the eighteenth century.england - history, england - history - 18th century