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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Short stories, Jolly, Emily, A wife's story and other tales by the author of "Caste", "Safely married", &c., &c. : in three volumes : Vol. I, 1875
Volume I contains three stories: 'A wife's story' ; My first and last novel ; 'Annie and her master'312 p. : includes preface with letters written by Charles Dickens. Plain green coverfictionVolume I contains three stories: 'A wife's story' ; My first and last novel ; 'Annie and her master'fiction, emily jolly, short stories -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Short stories, Russell, W. Clark, On the fo'k'sle head, 1886
Sea stories.308 p. : plain khaki/green coverSea stories.short stories, fiction, w. clark russell -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Raine, William Macleod, The last shot, [n.d.] [1926]
Western251 p. : red coverfictionWesternfiction, westerns, william macleod raine -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Ermine, Will, Rustlers' Bend, 1950
Western172 p. : red cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to front, image depicts two men in a gunfight.fictionWesternfiction, westrns, will ermine -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Riddell, Charlotte (Mrs J. H. Riddell), Her mother's darling : Vol. 1 (of 3 volumes), [n.d.] [1877? This reprint 1890s.]
Explores "the complexities of the marriage market, and social constraints place on women in the [Victorian] era".288 p. : Bound in cloth which is printed with product advertisements.fictionExplores "the complexities of the marriage market, and social constraints place on women in the [Victorian] era".fiction, charlotte eliza riddell, t. craig [bookbinder] -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Roe, Vingie E, Tharon of Lost Valley, 1924
Western fiction306 p. : grey-green cover. Section of original dust jacket pasted to rear cover. Design printed inside black circle on front cover, with image of sun rising behind a basilica. fictionWestern fictionfiction, westerns, vingie e. roe -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Dell, Ethel M, Where three roads meet, 1935
Romance fiction424 p. fictionRomance fictionfiction, romance, ethel m. dell -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, West, Tom, Botched brand, 1950
Western fiction160 p. : brown cover, title and author's name printed on spine. Section of original dust jacket pasted to front cover.fictionWestern fictionfiction, westerns, tom west -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Fox, Norman, Dead end trail, 1947
Western fiction160 p. : plain orange cover (dust jacket removed). Title and author's name hand printed on spine.fictionWestern fictionfiction, westerns, norman fox -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Bragg, W. F, Bullet song, 1955
Western fiction157 p. fictionWestern fictionfiction, westerns, w. f. bragg -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Warner, Frank, Mountain boss, 1954
Western fiction168 p. : dust jacket protected by plastic coveringfictionWestern fictionfiction, westerns, frank warner -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Rees, Rosemary, Better to trust, 1956
Romance fiction272 p. fictionRomance fictionfiction, romance, rosemary rees -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Barre, Jean (pen name of Eda Kathleen Bridgman, also wrote as Lindsay Lee), The wilful jade, [n.d.] [1947?]
Romance fiction318 p. plain green cover, title and author's name hand printed on spine.fictionRomance fictionfiction, romance, jean barre -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''LARAPINTA'' BY R.B.PLOWMAN
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. A 294 page pale green cover hardback novel set on a cattle station around Alice Springs. Published in1939 by Angus & Robertson Ltd., Sydney and printed by Halstead Press Ltd., Sydney. Catalogue sticker ''2212 PLO'' on spine. Handwritten in ink on title page ''Cordially yours, R. Bruce Plowman 2-6-39 ''R. Bruce Plowmanbooks, collections, fiction, alec h chisholm collection, r. bruce plowman, novel, fiction, australiana -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION; VASHTI ; OR, UNTIL DEATH US DO PART.'
A purple hard covered book in gold lettering titled ' Vashti, or, Until Death Us Do Part.' by Augusta J. Evans Wilson, Author of 'Beulah,' 'Infelice,' 'St. Elmo,' etc. London, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. New York and Melbourne. 365 p. ill. Inside cover is the inscription, ' Lydia Pethard , 'Taraxville, ' Golden Square.'Augusta J. Evans Wilsonbooks, fiction, augusta j. evans wilson, lydia chancellor collection, collection, books, fiction, augusta j. evans wilson -
Mont De Lancey
Book, R.K. Burt and Co, The Leisure Hour 1887, 1887
A book of British general interest periodicals of the Victorian era which ran weekly from 1852 - 1905. Each issue mixed multiple genres of fiction, and factual stories, historical and topical. The articles were a mix, including biographies, poetry, essays and fiction. Each issue usually started with a piece of serialised fiction.An antique thick heavy brown covered children's book entitled - The Leisure Hour 1887. The front cover has the title printed in large gold lettering surrounded by black outlined flowers and leaves. It is a bound edition of a collection of British general interest periodicals of the Victorian era. It has a variety of genres of fiction and factual stories, historical and topical. There are black and white illustrations throughout with some large frontispiece ones too. The stained back cover has a bunch of wildflowers printed in black outline. 860p.non-fictionA book of British general interest periodicals of the Victorian era which ran weekly from 1852 - 1905. Each issue mixed multiple genres of fiction, and factual stories, historical and topical. The articles were a mix, including biographies, poetry, essays and fiction. Each issue usually started with a piece of serialised fiction.magazines, fiction books, historical fiction, children's books, non fiction book -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch
Newspaper - Newspaper clipping, Melanie Oppenheimer, Opinion : Let's remember the bravery of thousands of Australian Nurses, Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Opinion article questioning why Australian war nurses do not receive state funerals like soldiers who served do. Author of article and historian Melanie Oppenheimerhas has written a non-fiction book about a Australia WWI nurse titled 'Oceans of Love, Narrelle'. Photograph with article is of Vivian Bullwinkel.Newspaper clipping with a black and white photograph on the right of a smiling woman in military nurses uniform. Article has seven columns of text.war nurses, funerals, state funerals, melanie oppenheimer, vivian bullwinkel, vivian statham -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Marion Miller Knowles, Meg of Minadong, 1926
An Australian children's story set in colonial times.Red cover. Title and author are in black lettering on front cover and spine of book.fictionAn Australian children's story set in colonial times.minagong, marion miller knowles, australia, fiction -
J. Ward Museum Complex
Book, Under Padlock and Seal 1905
A classic detective story. Harold Avery was born in 1869. His life reads like one of his own adventure stories. He was shipwrecked off the coast of Malaysia at the age of ten on his way to Australia with his parents who were drowned. Avery was brought up by the natives who, after three years put him on a Dutch boat bound back to England. He was brought up by an aunt who sent him to Eton and then settled with him in Edinburgh. Avery took a job in the city’s Water Department and in 1894 wrote his first book The Orderly Officer. In the next 45 years he wrote over fifty more books, mainly school stories and adventure stories. In 1941 he left Scotland to travel round the world and the last that was heard from him was a postcard sent to his aunt from Rio de Janeiro in 1943. It is chosen from his large output as being a typical school story but, it can be argued, it is the precursor of work by Enid Blyton and J K Rowling, dealing with school life, five children who go on an adventure and a mystical wizard who ends the story not with a wave of a wand but with kindness and consideration.fictionA classic detective story. Harold Avery was born in 1869. His life reads like one of his own adventure stories. He was shipwrecked off the coast of Malaysia at the age of ten on his way to Australia with his parents who were drowned. Avery was brought up by the natives who, after three years put him on a Dutch boat bound back to England. He was brought up by an aunt who sent him to Eton and then settled with him in Edinburgh. Avery took a job in the city’s Water Department and in 1894 wrote his first book The Orderly Officer. In the next 45 years he wrote over fifty more books, mainly school stories and adventure stories. In 1941 he left Scotland to travel round the world and the last that was heard from him was a postcard sent to his aunt from Rio de Janeiro in 1943. It is chosen from his large output as being a typical school story but, it can be argued, it is the precursor of work by Enid Blyton and J K Rowling, dealing with school life, five children who go on an adventure and a mystical wizard who ends the story not with a wave of a wand but with kindness and consideration.#detectivestory, fiction, adventurebook, boysownadventure -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, SCOTT, Sir Walter, Quentin Durward
Labelled 'Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest'.france, history, louis xi, fiction -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, SCOTT, Sir Walter, Quentin Durward
Labelled 'Himmer Bequest'. Stamped 'Cowes Public Library'. Inscribed 'Myria Sykes'.france, history, louis xi, fiction -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Mavis Thorpe Clark, Home Again at Timber Creek, 1950
A sequel to 'The Twins at Timber Creek'. Adventures in the Australia countryside for children 7 to 11.No dust cover. Book is red with the title and the author's name in black on the front cover and spine.fictionA sequel to 'The Twins at Timber Creek'. Adventures in the Australia countryside for children 7 to 11.australia, country life, fiction, mavis thorpe clark -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Colin Roderick, The Children's Lawson, 1949
A book of stories and poems by Henry Lawson collected and published in 1949 especially for children.No dust cover. Front cover has an illustration of some men sitting around a camp fire. The name of the author and the series is on the spine. On the back cover is a list of books published in the same series.fictionA book of stories and poems by Henry Lawson collected and published in 1949 especially for children.henry lawson, poetry, fiction, junior library of australian books -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Arthur Catherall, Adventurers, Ltd, 1954
Adventurers, Ltd., was a band of Scouts, all tip-top chaps. they liked to challenge Scouts in neighbouring towns-just to see how good they were. Not one of the Associations they visited ever succeeded in beating Andy, Sam Dodds, Smithy, Fatty Leadfield and the rest, but some of the adventures that came along in the process nearly did! Andy and the haunted tower, for instance; and Dickie Goole and the crashed pilot on the mountain; and the dangerous adventure of the two men in the quicksand. Another first-rate Scouting story by this favourite author.Dust cover has an illustration of a boy scout attempting to cross a flooded river. The reverse of the dust cover has information regarding The Crown Library; a series of school and adventure books for boys and girls.fictionAdventurers, Ltd., was a band of Scouts, all tip-top chaps. they liked to challenge Scouts in neighbouring towns-just to see how good they were. Not one of the Associations they visited ever succeeded in beating Andy, Sam Dodds, Smithy, Fatty Leadfield and the rest, but some of the adventures that came along in the process nearly did! Andy and the haunted tower, for instance; and Dickie Goole and the crashed pilot on the mountain; and the dangerous adventure of the two men in the quicksand. Another first-rate Scouting story by this favourite author.scouts, adventure, arthur catherall, fiction -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Christophs Abenteuer in Australien, 1935 copyright|1942?
Property of internee at Camp 3, TaturaHard cover bound story book. Printed in German/Gothic script. Black and white illustrations. Appears to be about a boy's adventures in Australia. Red printing on front cover.Gisela weid 28.11.46 H 16aww2, camp 3, books, fiction -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Martin Boyd, Lucinda Brayford, 1969
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketaustralian literature, fiction, martin boyd, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Patrick White, The Vivisector, 1970
Hardcover w/ Dust jacketfiction, novel, australian literature, walsh st library -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Annie Gray, Denny; or from Haven to Haven, 1883
A children's adventure story about a lost little boy and how he was saved. Religious influences throughout.Tan cloth covered hardcover book, Denny or From Haven to Haven, by Annie Gray, with gold and brown lettering for title and author's name. Green, brown and gold illustration of father holding oars, embracing daughter in a field in Scotland. Boat in background along with flowers and leaves as decoration. Spine has gold title, child, lines and leaves. Back cover has embossed design in middle. Gold on edges of all pages.,fictionA children's adventure story about a lost little boy and how he was saved. Religious influences throughout.fiction, adventure, religion, children's books -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Catherine Shaw et al, The Promised Land, 1928
A collection of Bible stories about The Promised Land retold by Catherine ShawHardcover children's religious instruction book, The Promised land, with picture of an Egyptian chariot race in biblical times with red lettering for title at top of illustration. Brown spine with black printed title, 6 crowns and publisher name. Black and white and coloured illustrations throughout.fictionA collection of Bible stories about The Promised Land retold by Catherine Shaw books, fiction, biblical stories, children's books -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Catherine Shaw et al, Come Unto Me, 1928
A children's religious instruction book of bible stories retold by Catherine ShawGrey hardcover children's religious instruction book, Come Unto Me, with a coloured illustration of Jesus standing in the bow of a boat with his disciples in a bad storm. The title is red at the top of picture. Grey back cover, faded blue spine with title, publisher and lined design. Coloured plates with black and white illustrations throughout.fictionA children's religious instruction book of bible stories retold by Catherine Shawchildren's fiction, religious stories, books, fiction