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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - the Vicar of Wakefield, OLIVER GOLDSMITH, 1907
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Novel, 'The Vicar of Wakefield' by Oliver Goldsmith. Hard cover, red with light and dark green decoration , gold lettering on spine -
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Book, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, The Merchant of Venice, n.d
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Antonio, an antisemitic merchant, takes a loan from the Jew Shylock to help his friend to court Portia. Antonio can't repay the loan, and without mercy, Shylock demands a pound of his flesh. The heiress Portia, now the wife of Antonio's friend, dresses as a lawyer and saves Antonio.Book of William Shakespeare's play 'The Merchant of Venice'. The Plain-Text Shakespeare. Red cloth limp cover, black printAntonio, an antisemitic merchant, takes a loan from the Jew Shylock to help his friend to court Portia. Antonio can't repay the loan, and without mercy, Shylock demands a pound of his flesh. The heiress Portia, now the wife of Antonio's friend, dresses as a lawyer and saves Antonio. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - The Tragedy of William The Third, Bliss, Sands and Co, London, c. 1898
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Book of the play ' The tragedy of William the Third' by William Shakespeare. Dark red hard cover, gold print on spine -
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Book - Book - Macaulay's Lays, c. 1918
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...A collection of the lays of Ancient Rome by Lord Macaulay, edited by W.M.L. Atchison. Soft cover, tan, black print. Photo of Lord Macaulay page 1 -
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Book - Book - Marmion, SIR WALTER SCOTT, c. 1918
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Poem 'Marmion' in six cantos, by Sir walter Scott, limp cloth cover, brown, black print and decoration. Black and white image of Scott, first page -
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Book, Charlotte Marie Tucker (ALOE), The Giant Killer or The Battle Which All Must Fight, c. 1885
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Cautionary tale for the youngNovel ' The Giant Killer' by A.L.O.E. Hard cover, blue black decoration, gold illustrations and print on front cover and spine. Gold edge on pages. 40 black and white engravingsCautionary tale for the young -
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Book, Sohrab and Rustum, c. 1944
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Narrative poem with tragic themesPoem by Matthew Arnold, edited by W.J. Cunningham-Pike, plus a life of the poet, by A.T. Guiller-Couch. Soft cover, blue with black print.Narrative poem with tragic themes -
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Book - Book - Economics for the General Reader, Henry Clay, c. 1946
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Hardback, dark red, black print, economics textbook -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, A First Book of British History, c. 1921
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Hardcover, red, black print and decoration. British History textbook, black and white photos and illustrationshistory, british, european -
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Book - Book - An Australian Muster, Selected by A.A. PHILLIPS, n.d
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...An anthology of the Australian way of life. Orange limp cloth cover, black print -
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Book, HENRY WORDSWORTH LONGFELLOW, The Falcon of Ser Federigo & King Robert of Sicily, c. 1919
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Two poems by Longfellow, edited by Ethel G Skeat. Soft cover, tan, black printpoetry, poem -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - The Australian Economy, Halstead Press PTY LTD, c. 1947
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Blue hardback with black print, light blue slip cover, royal blue print. Economics textbook -
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Book - Book - The White Company, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, c. 1914
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Novel, 'The White Company' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. hard cover, brown, black print. Black and white illustrations -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, J.W. MARRIOTT, Exercises in Thinking and Expressing, c. 1941
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...From the Foreword: ' This little book is not intended to be a work on formal logic. The author's purpose was to attempt to teach some of the rudiments of right thinking, to suggest an attitude of mind which weighs before it accepts, to show the need for fearless sincerity.Hard back, red, black print, English expression and thinking textbookFrom the Foreword: ' This little book is not intended to be a work on formal logic. The author's purpose was to attempt to teach some of the rudiments of right thinking, to suggest an attitude of mind which weighs before it accepts, to show the need for fearless sincerity. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - Simple Studies in British History, William Gillies M. A, n.d
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Hardback, brown, black print. British History textbook, black and white photos, map of world first pages, British Empire shown in red. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - Stories in British History Part 1, William Gillies, n.d
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Hardback, red, black print. British History text book covering the period 55 BC to 1558 AD. Black and white maps and illustrations -
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Book, M.M. CRAWFORD, Ourselves and the Pacific, c. 1943
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Hardback green, blue print, history of nations bordering Pacific Ocean, black and white maps. Front endpaper, trade and population map, green and whte back endpaper, topographical map of the Pacific, green and whitehistory, pacific, geography -
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Book, The British Empire with its World Setting, c. 1916
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...history; British Empire; world historyHardback, red with black print and line drawing world map, front cover, British Empire in solid black. Junior geography textbook with black and white mapshistory; British Empire; world history -
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Book, A Port is Built, Sep-81
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Book - 'A Port is Built', brown leather bound copy signed by K S Anderson and Malcolm Fraser, 13th NOV 1981. Portland Harbor Trust Commissioners 1950, gold seal on front cover. 'A PORT IS BUILT KS ANDERSON, CBE, MC, PHT' printed on spine in gold> -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Before the War, c. 1920
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Book, hard cover, dark green, gold lettering on front cover and spine. Explanation of policy pursued towards Germany by Great Britain through the years preceding World War Iworld war i, wwi, history, european history -
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Book - Book - Letters written by Sir John Monash during WW1, F.M.Cutlack, War Letters of General Monash, c. 1934
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Book, hardcover, black, gold print on spine. Collection of letters written by Sir John Monash to his wife and daughter, during WW1. Includes black and white photos -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 2, 1868 (1 July - 31 December), 1869
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Dark green marbled fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown and lettering on spine.local government, local courts, victoria -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Magazine, PORTLAND 1983, c. 1983
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Inaugural Town of Portland Municipal Magazine, published by Portland Town Council. Coloured glossy cover. Photo of harbour, looking towards entrance, 2 yachts in foreground, front cover - photo of Legal and General building, 2 Gawler St on back cover. White pages black print, black and white photos. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Borough of Portland - Acts of Council, 1864
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Two volumes. Volume 1 & 2 Red leather bound spine and cover corners. Light red textured covers. Red leather label on centre of front cover with gold text. Gold graphics on spine. Hand written contents page. Contents are acts of Parliament of Victoria relating to Local governmentlocal government, victorian history, council -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Bible, c. 1953
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Bible, Old and New Testaments, blue binding, Freemasons insignia on front cover, in gold, Holy Bible on spine -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - New Testament, c. 1933
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...New Testament, blue hard cover, gold 'NEW TESTAMENT' on front cover. -
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Newspaper - Newspaper Extract - Portland Observer Thursday 17 November 1949, 17/11/1949
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Portland 'Observer' Thurs 17 NOV 1949 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Bible, c. 1775
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...John Wilson's Bible, New and Old Testaments. Contains hand written birth registers for a number of family members. Bound in brown leather, gold print on spine. Held together by black cord. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Benedict, What To Do At Weddings, c. 1951
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Small booklet, a guide for brides, grooms and others involved in wedding planning. Grey card cover, red and navy print. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet, Morrison and Gibb Limited Edinburgh, Watchwords for Christian Living, c. 1907
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Small booklet, bound in brown suede. 'Watchwords' in gold on spine. Contains a Christian saying for each day of the year.