"Australia's Schoolboy Ambassadors" Green covered book with gold lettering. A record of the Sun-Advertising Daily News sponsored youth travel tours to Great Britain in the 1950sPresented to John May of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society on behalf of Laurence Erik (Laurie) Carlson (see page 367) and the Sun Advertiser Youth Travel Association by Professor John W Brownbill (Vice President) on 21 May 2018societies clubs unions and other organisations, laurence carlson, sun advertiser youth travel association

Cylindrical tin with label around sides depicting peaches in red, black, apricot and yellow and a black horse.Black Horse brand Jams and Canned Fruit

Clear glass bottle, no lid, with label depicting vegetables and text in yellow, red, blue, green, black, white, orange and brown.F Humphris & Sons . Pickles. Chow Chow.

Printed research into alleged Nazi sympathisers living in|Australia during WW2 and led by Heini Becker. Signed by donor Jordan & by Becker's son.Brown soft covered printed book. Front cover is of group of men beside a Nazi flag."My Dad was PW.53021. Thanks for your work, and your hospitality- Rex Jordan"|"The truth at last- Heini Becker"books, history, local

Written to commemorate the early drovers and the use of river crossing near Wentworth, NSW. The route was later used by noted explorers - Eyre and Sturt.Pale green front cover depicting inscription on Hawdon monument at Wentworth, NSW.first overlanders, first cattle drive, k kain, wentworth nsw, eyre and sturt explorers

Buff coloured, orange circle, photograph of statue of W B Chaffey in centre of front cover, orange back cover.the sunraysia story, mildura, mildura victoria, chaffey brothers, dried fruits industry in sunraysia

Produced to publicise Australia at the time of Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956Blue background with stars of Sourthern Cross in gold with representatives of Australian emblem on front inside cover and fly leaf and on corresponding back, the kiala and lyrebirdcommonwealth of australia, olympic games, new guinea, sport

A treatise written in 1924 on the Aboriginal tribes of central and northern Australia which reflects the attitudes of that period. Indexed and Ilustrated.aboriginals

Record of examples of colonial architecture in Tasmaniaarchitecture, land settlement, religion, bridges

SMALL BOOK BY PETER DONOVAN, TO ASSIST IN WRITING LOCAL HISTORY.HISTORY IN THE COMMUNIYT IS THRIVING. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF WHAT PASSES FOR POPULAR HISTORY IS ILL-INFORMED, UNCRITICAL AND UNRELECTIVE AT BES, AND SPURIOUS AT IT'S WORSElocal history, book, reference, history

An oral history of Waipuldanya (AKA Phillip Roberts), a full-blood Aboriginal who became a medical assistant for Department of Health at Darwin Hospital.Oral history. Aboriginal biography.Paper; book. Front cover: colour head image of an Aboriginal man; white lettering.Front cover: title and compiler's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, aboriginal persons, oral histories, biography, department of health - northern territory, darwin hospital, waipuldanya, indigenous australians, aboriginal australians, ethnography, northern territory, alawa people, aboriginal - customs

Photographs and stories about Australian pubs.History - colloquial, pictorial and historical. Social customs of Australians.Paper; book. Front cover: Picture of Chloe, a famous painting from Young and Jackson's Hotel (Melbourne) with a man in a black hat toasting her; yellow and white text.Front cover: authors' name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, history, stories, photographs, pubs, pictures, drinking establishments, hotels, taverns, australia - social customs

Biography. Eddie Ward served in the Australian House of Representatives from 1932 to 1963 (when he died). He represented the Australian Labor Party. Before entering politics, Ward worked as a labourer, boilermaker, tarpaulin maker, tramways worker and prize boxer. He was a committed unionist.Biographical, historical and political.Book; 262 pages. Dustjacket: red background; black and white photograph of Eddie Ward; yellow and white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: burgundy/red background; gold lettering; author's name and title on the spine.In black ink: name [illegible].btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, australian labor party, alp, politics and government, house of representatives, biography

Don Chipp was a former Liberal Party politician. He was the founder of the Australian Democrats in 1977 and gained the balance of power in the Senate. The foreword is written by John Gorton (former Liberal Prime Minister) and an afterword by RJ Hawke (former ALP Prime Minister). Section titles: 1. In the beginning 2. Inside Canberra: Menzies to Fraser 3. Moving on 4. Present shock Biographical and political interest (Australia).Book; 254 pages. Dust jacket: grey background; colour artistic representation of Don Chipp; red lettering; authors' names and title. Cover: red background; gold lettering; authors' names and titles on spine.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, chipp, don, politics and government, senate - australia, liberal party australia, senators, australian democrats, parliament, menzies, robert, fraser, malcolm, hawke, rj, alp, australian labor party, prime minister - australia, biography, autobiography

A compilation marking the centenary of the Printing Union of South Australia. The union started out as the South Australian Typographical Society in 1874. It became the Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia in 1916.Relevant to union history, especially the Printing Industry Employees Union.Paper; book; 44 pagesbtlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, printing industry - south australia, printing union of south australia, unions, history, south australian typographical society, printing industry employees' union, centenary