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Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, McCulloch Publishing, Another Day Another Dollar: Working lives in Australian history, 1988
... australia -- history... Another Day Another Dollar: Working lives in Australian history ...Trade union movement in Australia from the mid 1880s. Discusses the significance of the labour cartoonists in highlighting social and political issues; analyses the activities of the community at Broken Hill and how those actions grew to affect the working conditions of the whole nation; traces the rise of the 8 Hour Day movement and celebrations.105 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims ; 27 cm.non-fictionTrade union movement in Australia from the mid 1880s. Discusses the significance of the labour cartoonists in highlighting social and political issues; analyses the activities of the community at Broken Hill and how those actions grew to affect the working conditions of the whole nation; traces the rise of the 8 Hour Day movement and celebrations.labor and labouring classes -, australia -- history, work -- history, australia - social conditions -
Nhill & District Historical Society Inc.
Book - W.L. Brockman: A Portrait by Ruth Johnston, W.L. Brockman: A Portrait
... Western Australia - history... - history Western Australia - history farming - history political ...Biography / memoir of William Locke Brockman came to the Swan River Colony in the early 1830's with his wife and son. A successful farmer and businessman, his greatest achievements were in the political sphere, where he worked to bring representative government to Western Australia.W.L. Brockman: A Portrait by Ruth Johnstonwilliam locke brockman, swan river colony, 1830's - history, western australia - history, farming - history, political- history -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Rachel Perkins, First Australians, 2010
... Treatment of. Aboriginal Australians -- History. Australia.... Aboriginal Australians -- History -- Pictorial works. Aboriginal ...Seven leading Australian historians reveal the true stories of individuals - black and white - caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period between 1788, when Governor Phillip met Bennelong, and 1993, after Koiko Mabo's legal challenge was decided.aboriginal australians. aboriginal australians -- history -- pictorial works. aboriginal australians, treatment of. aboriginal australians -- history. australia. australia -- history. -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Peter Firkins, The Australians In nine wars : Waikato to Long Tan, 19171
... australia - armed forces - history... forces - history australia - history Follows Australia's ...Follows Australia's participation through nine wars and the battles from 1860 Maori Wars to Long Tan Vietnam.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.448.non-fictionFollows Australia's participation through nine wars and the battles from 1860 Maori Wars to Long Tan Vietnam.australia - armed forces - history, australia - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Five Mile Press, Australians at war : a pictorial history, 2002
... Australia - Military participation - History...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Book Australians at war : a pictorial history Index ...Australians have fought in overseas wars for more than a century and created a legend of land, sea and in the air. This new edition of a famous pictorial history, constantly reprinted since its publication in 1991, brings their remarkable story up to date and includes an account of recent operations in Timor, Afgahnistan and Iraq.Index, ill, p.360.non-fictionAustralians have fought in overseas wars for more than a century and created a legend of land, sea and in the air. This new edition of a famous pictorial history, constantly reprinted since its publication in 1991, brings their remarkable story up to date and includes an account of recent operations in Timor, Afgahnistan and Iraq.australia - history - military, australia - military participation - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Mark Lyons, Legacy: The first fifty years, 1978
... legacy clubs of australia - history...-time comrades. legacy clubs of australia - history australia ...This history traces Legacy's first fifty years in considerable detail, but places it firmly within its social environment. It will be of interest, not only to current and past members of Legacy, but students of Australian history and society, and all who are concerned with Australia's welfare services.Bibliography, index, ill (b/w) (plates), p,263.non-fiction This history traces Legacy's first fifty years in considerable detail, but places it firmly within its social environment. It will be of interest, not only to current and past members of Legacy, but students of Australian history and society, and all who are concerned with Australia's welfare services. legacy clubs of australia - history, australia - returned service personel -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, George Odgers, 100 years of Australian at war, 2000
... australia - armed forces - history... of Diggers australia - armed forces - history australia - history ...A tribute to the servicemen and women of the past, and peacekeepers of the present, in the Australian Army, Navy and Air Force. Begins with the Boer War, goes on to cover the Boxers conflict in China, the First and Second World Wars, Malayan emergency, Korean War, Indonesia, Vietnam War, also the Gulf War, and East Timor.Index, notes, ill (b/w plates) (maps).non-fictionA tribute to the servicemen and women of the past, and peacekeepers of the present, in the Australian Army, Navy and Air Force. Begins with the Boer War, goes on to cover the Boxers conflict in China, the First and Second World Wars, Malayan emergency, Korean War, Indonesia, Vietnam War, also the Gulf War, and East Timor. australia - armed forces - history, australia - history - military -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Unstead, R. J. et al, Transport in Australia, 1970
... transport - history - Australia - pictorial... - Australia - History transport - history - Australia - pictorial ...A history of transport in Australia.index, ill, maps, p.80.non-fictionA history of transport in Australia.transport - australia - history, transport - history - australia - pictorial -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Brand, Mona Alexis, Transport in Australia - Making Australian Society, 1979
... transport - history - Australia - pictorial..., ill, p.111. Transportation - Australia - history transport ...A history of transportation in Australiaindex, ill, p.111.non-fictionA history of transportation in Australiatransportation - australia - history, transport - history - australia - pictorial -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Ernest Scott, Australian discovery by sea, 1929
... Australia - History... Australian discovery by sea. Ill, maps, p.412. Australia - History ...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
... Australia - History... Australian discovery by by land Ill, maps, p.422. Australia - History ...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 -
Unions Ballarat
Matters For Judgment: An autobiography (Don Woodward Collection), Kerr, Sir John, 1979
... history - australia... governor general constitution - australia history - australia Kerr ...An autobiography. Sir John Kerr's (Governor General) dismissal of the Whitlam ALP Government in 1975 brought on a constitutional crisis. The Whitlam (ALP) government lost the election that followed this unprecedented act. Political and constitutional significance. Autobiographical.Book; 468 pages. Dustjacket: author and other information in black lettering; title in green lettering; black and white photograph of Sir John Kerr.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, prime ministers - australia - gough whitlam, politicians, whitlam, gough, kerr, sir john, governor general, constitution - australia, history - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Hodder and Staughton, Voices of war : stories from the Australians at War Film Archive, 2006
... Australia - Armed Forces - History... Film Archive Index, ill, p.541. Australia - History - Military ...Stories of ordinary Australians caught up by circumstances and by duty. Features their telling of how they answered war's ruthless questions. What are you worth? In what do you believe? Can you endure? Stories from winners of the VC, POWs, the patrols of Vietnam, peacekeepers in Rwanda, nurses from aid agencies and others.Index, ill, p.541.non-fictionStories of ordinary Australians caught up by circumstances and by duty. Features their telling of how they answered war's ruthless questions. What are you worth? In what do you believe? Can you endure? Stories from winners of the VC, POWs, the patrols of Vietnam, peacekeepers in Rwanda, nurses from aid agencies and others.australia - history - military, australia - armed forces - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Front line dispatches: Australians at war 1845-1972
... Australia - Armed Forces - History... Newhaven gippsland Australia - History Military Australia - Armed ...australia - history, military, australia - armed forces - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Journal, The Bulletin, April 26, 1994
... Australia - Armed Forces - History... Newhaven gippsland Australia - Armed Forces - History Australia ...australia - armed forces - history, australia - history, military -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Nashos' War. (Copy 3)
... Draft -- Australia -- History... Australian Draft -- Australia -- History Australia -- Armed Forces ...vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- participation, australian, draft -- australia -- history, australia -- armed forces -- recruiting, enlistment, etc -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Front line dispatches: Australians at war 1845-1972 (Copy 2)
... Australia - Armed Forces - History... Newhaven gippsland Australia - History Military Australia - Armed ...australia - history, military, australia - armed forces - history -
The Celtic Club
Book, The Fairfax Library, Fixed in time: Photographs from another Australia 1900-1939, 1985
... Australia - History...-1939 Plates, ill, p.175. Australia - History Australia ...The photographs in this book come from the archives of the John Fairfax newspaper organisation and the State Library of N.S.W. They form a unique collection of the work of pioneer press photographers and amateur photographers of the time.Plates, ill, p.175.non-fictionThe photographs in this book come from the archives of the John Fairfax newspaper organisation and the State Library of N.S.W. They form a unique collection of the work of pioneer press photographers and amateur photographers of the time.australia - history, australia - photographic essays -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Arsenic and Molasses, 1998
... Timber tramways - Australia - history...Timber tramways - Australia - history Logging railroads ...A history of the tramways and sawmills of Gembrook 1885-1985index, ill, maps, p.88.non-fictionA history of the tramways and sawmills of Gembrook 1885-1985timber tramways - australia - history, logging railroads -- australia -- powelltown (vic.) -- history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Knife, Peter, Peninsula Pioneer, 2006
... Railroads - South Australia - Eyre Peninsula - history...Railroad construction - South Australia - history Railroads ...A history of the railways of Eyre Peninsula and their role in the settlement and development of the region in South Australiaindex, ill, maps, p.336.non-fictionA history of the railways of Eyre Peninsula and their role in the settlement and development of the region in South Australia railroad construction - south australia - history, railroads - south australia - eyre peninsula - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Dapin, Mark, The Nashos' War. Australia's National Servicemen and Vietnam(Copy 1)
... Draft - Australia - History... - Australia - History Australia - Armed Forces - Recruiting enlistment ...More than sixty-three thousand young Australians were drafted into national service during the Vietnam War. The 'Nashos'' were chosen by chance, when their birthdates were drawn from a lottery barrel. Not all of them ended up in Vietnam, but their random fate came to symbolise the war, and divide a nation.More than sixty-three thousand young Australians were drafted into national service during the Vietnam War. The 'Nashos'' were chosen by chance, when their birthdates were drawn from a lottery barrel. Not all of them ended up in Vietnam, but their random fate came to symbolise the war, and divide a nation.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, australian, draft - australia - history, australia - armed forces - recruiting, enlistment, etc -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Nelson, Robert & Margan, Frank, A Pictorial History of Australians at War. (Copy 2)
... Australia - Armed Forces - History...Australia - Armed Forces - History Australia - History ...The complete story of the Australian fighting man, of the reputation earned at Anzac Cove, Tobruk, and in New Guinea, is told here in the first attempt to trace Australia's military tradition from its inauspicious beginnings to the present day.The complete story of the Australian fighting man, of the reputation earned at Anzac Cove, Tobruk, and in New Guinea, is told here in the first attempt to trace Australia's military tradition from its inauspicious beginnings to the present day. australia - armed forces - history, australia - history, military, australia. wars, 1885-1972 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Nelson, Robert, & Margan, Frank, A Pictorial History of Australians at War. (Copy 1)
... Australia - Armed Forces - History...Australia - Armed Forces - History Australia - History ...The complete story of the Australian fighting man, of the reputation earned at Anzac Cove, Tobruk, and in New Guinea, is told here in the first attepmt to trace Australia's military tradition from its inauspicious beginnings to the present day.The complete story of the Australian fighting man, of the reputation earned at Anzac Cove, Tobruk, and in New Guinea, is told here in the first attepmt to trace Australia's military tradition from its inauspicious beginnings to the present day.australia - armed forces - history, australia - history, military, australia. wars, 1885-1972 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Odgers, George, Diggers: the Australian Army, Navy and Air Force
... Australia -- Armed Forces -- History...Australia -- Armed Forces -- History Australia -- History ...The history of Australian Army, Navy and Air Force in eleven wars.The history of Australian Army, Navy and Air Force in eleven wars.australia -- armed forces -- history, australia -- history, military -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Nelson, Robert, and Margan, Frank, A Pictorial History of Australians at War (Copy 4), 1970
... Australia - Armed Forces - History...Australia - Armed Forces - History Australia - History ...The complete story of the Australian fighting man, of the reputation earned at Anzac Cove, Tobruk, and in New Guinea, is told here in the first attempt to trace Australia's military tradition from its inauspicious beginnings to the present day.The complete story of the Australian fighting man, of the reputation earned at Anzac Cove, Tobruk, and in New Guinea, is told here in the first attempt to trace Australia's military tradition from its inauspicious beginnings to the present day. australia - armed forces - history, australia - history, military, australia. wars, 1885-1972 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Dapin, Mark, The Nashos' War - Australia's National Servicemen and Vietnam(Copy 2)
... Draft -- Australia -- History... -- Australia -- History Australia -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting ...More than sixty-three thousand young Australians were drafted into national service during the Vietnam War. The 'nashos' were chosen by chance, when their brithdates were drawn from a lottery barrel. Not all of them ended up in vietnam, but their random fatee came to symbolise the war, and divide a nation.More than sixty-three thousand young Australians were drafted into national service during the Vietnam War. The 'nashos' were chosen by chance, when their brithdates were drawn from a lottery barrel. Not all of them ended up in vietnam, but their random fatee came to symbolise the war, and divide a nation. vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- participation, australian, draft -- australia -- history, australia -- armed forces -- recruiting, enlistment -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: AUSTRALIAN HISTORY, September 16th
... HISTORY Australian aborigines Lydia Chancellor collection ...A cutting from 'The Sun News-Pictorial Magazine,' titled, 'Speared by Blacks, but Young Man of 70 Still Goes West.' Dated Saturday, September 16, 1939.The Sunhistory, australian, aborigines, lydia chancellor, collection, australia, history, australian history, aborigines, aboriginal contact -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - HERITAGE AUSTRALIA
... AUSTRALIA History heritage places heritage Australia Bendigo Bendigo ...A magazine titled ' Heritage Australia.' Volume 5. Number 2. Winter 1986. Publication of Heritage Australia. ACNT 1986. Restoration of the Bendigo Post Office.australia, history, heritage places, heritage, australia, bendigo, bendigo history, restoration, bendigo post office, australian history, hotels, trade unions, gallipoli, war, place, magazine, magazines -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: TYNTYNDYER HOMESTEAD
... HISTORY Australian early farming settlement Lydia Chancellor ...An article from a 'Supplement to Bendigo Advertiser' giving some insights into the history of Tyntyndyer Homestead which is in the Swan Hill district. It gives an insight into the early settlers and their struggles for survival. There is an advertisement within the supplement advertising the 'Historic Tyntyndyer Homestead and Museum.' Coloured and black and white photographs are included in this article which is dated 12/2/1969.history, australian, early farming settlement, lydia chancellor collection, collection, swan hill, aboriginal, aboriginal contact, australia, history, australian history, homesteads, building, house, houses, heritage, tourism, aborigines, settlers, weapons, guns, pastoralists, expedition, john holloway, andrew beveridge, peter beveridge, robert o'hara burke, narrinyeri tribe, bushrangers, relics, national trust, advertisement, exploration -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Nunawading High School, 1988
... Australian History, by Cathy Vesty... Bicentennial Essay Competition, part of option for HSC/VCE Australian ...[Nunawading High School]: entry in Nunawading Council's Heritage Bicentennial Essay Competition, part of option for HSC/VCE Australian History, by Cathy Vesty[Nunawading High School]: entry in Nunawading Council's Heritage Bicentennial Essay Competition, part of option for HSC/VCE Australian History, by Cathy Vesty[Nunawading High School]: entry in Nunawading Council's Heritage Bicentennial Essay Competition, part of option for HSC/VCE Australian History, by Cathy Vestynunawading high school, city of nunawading