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Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Remember Them, 2009
This guidebook shares the personal stories of the individuals honoured in 250 of Victoria's key war memorials. It covers metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, providing a unique insight into wartime history and the local heroes who fought overseas. Garrie Hutchinson has authored and edited over 30 books, In the early 1970s Hutchinson was heavily involved in anti-war activism and alternative journalism. From the late 1970s Hutchinson moved away from writing poetry and towards a journalistic career.This is a significant research tool.A 308 pp hard cover book with a dust jacket titled Remember Them, A guide to Victoria's Wartime Heritage. The author is Garrie Hutchinson. On the front cover is a photograph of a close-up image of a sculpture of a soldier. The text is dark grey.It is arranged geographically, with accompanying maps and photographs,military-history memorials-victoria -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, From "White Knowle" to "Pumpkin Point", 2004
Peter Nixon, the author of this book, grew up on the family farm on the Snowy River. He entered Federal Parliament in 1961 as the Member for Gippsland, holding various portfolios before retiring in 1983. The Nixon family has been in the Orbost district since 1885.This book records the history of the Nixon family and its association with Orbost.A book, titled From White Knowle to Pumpkin Point, the Nixons from 1593. On the cover is a coloured photograph of Pumpkin Point, taken by Peter Nixon, the author. There is a b/w photograph of James Nixon, with the caption, James Nixon 1832-1899 and Family, beneath it. The book is a compilation of stories and b/w photographs of the the first three generations of Nixons in Australia. There is a brief history of the Nixons in 1593 - the earliest records.2136.1 has "With compliments Peter Nixon 6/7/04" inside.nixon-family orbost-history nixon-james pumpkin-point snowy-river -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Andrew Mackenzie, Walter Withers 1854-1913, 1989
Author signature inside on front leafartist, walter withers -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, THE COST OF COURAGE
Paperback. Title superimposed on coloured map of VietnamAuthor Carla Evans Published 2012 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, J.A. Hoskin & Son, Centenary Verses by James R. Pound, 1934
James R. Pound was a staffmember at the Ballarat School of Mines. Brown softcovered book of poetry.Handwritten inside front "With the authors compliments"ballarat school of mines, james r. pound, james pound, j.r. pound, poetry, melbourne centenary -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Meyer Eidelson et al, Walks in Port Phillip - A guide to the cultural landscapes of a city, Jan 2001
Book produced under a Federation grant. Five of the trails are associated with benches located on the foreshore.'Walks in Port Phillip - A guide to the cultural landscapes of a city' by Meyer EIDELSON. Small blue soft-cover book with seven guided walks and maps. 2001. 82pp with fold-in back coverSigned by author on title page 'Meyer'piers and wharves - station pier, immigration, piers and wharves - lagoon pier, utilities - gas, swallow & ariell ltd, natural environment - beaches and foreshore, natural environment - lagoon, liardet family, australian aborigines, meyer eidelson, vincenzo coluccio, rosa coluccio, pat grainger, gasworks -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Operators And Installation Manual Models Io-520-B, Ba, Bb, C, Cb, M And Mb Continental Aircraft Engi
Description: TSIO-520B TSIO-520C TSIO-520D TSIO-520E Level of Importance: World. Author: W. H. Brook RAAFAR -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Green, Geoff, Weekend Warrior At War: Experiences of an Australian volunteer in the Vietnam War, (Copy 2), 2005
Weekend Warrier at War - suddenly an American Sergeant flung himself past me, to dive down into the cammand post, yelling out "Incoming" as he did soWeekend Warrier at War - suddenly an American Sergeant flung himself past me, to dive down into the cammand post, yelling out "Incoming" as he did sovietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, P D Gardner, Names of the Great Alpine Road between Bairnsdale and Omeo, 1990c
Some of the place names appearing on the road between Bairnsdale and Omeo and explanation of their meanings illustrated with photographs drawing and maps Bairnsdale VictoriaSigned persobally by author Peter Gardnertownship, social history -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Book - Book, paperback, History of Torquay Surf Life Saving Club, 1996
Written for the 50th anniversary of the Torquay Life Saving ClubTorquay Surf Life Saving Club was the first Surf Life Saving Club in Victoria, established December 1945, and the founding Members of the Club were instrumental in the formation of the Victorian Division of Surf Life SavingHard Cover book, colour blue,Gold title , Author Ken Pollardtorquay surf life saving club, torquay, surfing, ken pollard -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Original orchard 'Old Strathdon', 1992
The story of the Matheson Family and its links with the 'Old Strathdon' orchard in Forest Hill.The story of the Matheson Family and its links with the 'Old Strathdon' orchard in Forest Hill.The story of the Matheson Family and its links with the 'Old Strathdon' orchard in Forest Hill.matheson family, orchards, strathdon orchard -
Unions Ballarat
Bob Ansett - An Autobiography, Ansett, Bob et al, 1986
Bob Ansett is a well-known Australian entrepreneur and founded Budget Rent a Car. He is the son of the late Sir Reginald Ansett (Ansett airlines).Autobiographical interest.Paper. Front cover: Colour photograph of Bob Ansett (seated); white text.Front Cover: authors' names and title.ansett, bob, ansett, robert, ansett, reginald, ansett, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, businessmen - autobiography, pullan, robert -
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Private lives - public heritage : family snapshots as history, Bate, Weston et al, 1986
From a Museum of Victoria project where over two thousand family photos were entered into a pictorial database. Includes material from Ballarat and Manangatang.Pictorial history of social life, customs and families, including some material from the Ballarat district.Paper. Front cover: red background; black and white photograph; white text.Front cover: authors' name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, social customs, families, pictorial history, bate, weston, mc gillivray, euan, nickson, matthew, ballarat, manangatang -
Unions Ballarat
The Amalgamated Engineers in Australia 1852-1920, 1970
History of Amalgamated Engineers in Australia 1852-1920. Significant to the history of Australian trade unions. References to 7th Intercolonial Trades Union Congress 1891. References to Tom Mann.Paper. Front cover: white background; black text; black and white illustration of two men wearing top hats.Front cover: author's name & title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, amalgamated engineering union, amalgamated society of engineers, buckley, k.d., history, 7th intercolonial trades hall congress, mann, tom -
Unions Ballarat
The Story of the National Union of Printing Bookbinding and Paper Workers, Bundock, Clement J, 1959
History of the National Union of Printing, Books, Bindings and Paper Workers.Significant to history of unions and the labour movement in the United Kingdom.Paper. Front cover: dark blue with white text.Front cover: author's name and title.national union of printing, books, bindings and paper workers, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, united kingdom, history, printing industry, unions, printers -
Unions Ballarat
Goldrush doctors at Ballaarat, 1977
Biographical book about medical practitioners in Ballaarat (Ballarat) goldfields between 1850-1860.Ballarat region - social history.PaperFront cover: title and author's name.medical practitioners, ballaarat, ballarat, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, btlc, doctors -
Unions Ballarat
The History of the Municipal Employees Union in Victoria 1885-1985, Best, Alleyn, 1986
One hundred years' history of the Municipal Employees' Union - 1885-1985.Significant to the history of labour unions in Australia.Paper - book. Front cover: green background; artistic impression of working men in green; text in green and black.Front cover: title and author's name.municipal employees union, federated municipal and shire council employees' union of australia, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, unions, history, municipal employees, best, alleyn -
Unions Ballarat
Tas Bull: An Autobiography. Life on The Waterfront, Tas Bull, 1998
An autobiography by Tas Bull who was an Australian trade union leader. Tas Bull became General Secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation from 1984 to 1993 and was also an office bearer in the ACTU in the late 1980s-early 1990s.Significant to the history of trade unions - particularly the Waterside Workers' Federation.Paper - book. Front cover: black background; blue and black photograph - male with an MUA inscription on the back of t-shirt; red and black portrait photograph; white text. Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, bull, tas, unions, waterside workers' federation, seaman's union of australia, delegates, international transport workers' federation, history, autobiography, actu, australian council of trade unions -
Unions Ballarat
'A bit of a rebel' : the life and work of George Arnold Wood, Crawford, RM, 1975
George Arnold Wood (1865-1928) was an historian who founded the Australian Anti-War League in 1902 with W.A. Holman and others. He also co-founded the Teachers' Guild of NSW. Biographical. Significant to the history of the Boer War, Teachers' Guild of NSW and Wood's research into Australian history.Paper; book. Front cover: orange background; black and white caricature of George Arnold Wood on the front; black text.Front cover: author's name and title.george arnold wood, historians, australian anti-war league, w.a. holman, teachers' guild of nsw, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, boer war, australian history, crawford, raymond maxwell, crawford, rm -
Unions Ballarat
Footprints : history of the plumbers union, Crawford, George, 1997
History of the Plumbers & Gasfitters Employees Union of Australia (1928 - 1993).Significant to the labour/trade union movement in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: blue background; black and white text; union shield.Front cover: author's name and title.plumbers union, plumbers and gasfitters union, unions, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history, labour, wages, nsw, plumbers -
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Freedom in Australia, Campbell, Enid and Whitmore, Harry, 1966
This book is predominantly about Australian civil rights, the legal system (law enforcement, crime, police powers) and treatment of the sick.Legal processes and treatment of the sick.Paper; book.Front cover: authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, civil rights, legal system, law enforcement, crime, police, whitmore, harry, prosecution, arrest, rights, sickness, liberty, freedom of information -
Unions Ballarat
The Origins of Political Surveillance in Australia, 1983
Cain discusses issues free speech and political surveillance in WWI. The book includes the history of intelligence agencies that started in WWI, but also surveillance of communists and spying on the left in Australia during peace time.Significant to matters of national security, freedom of speech and movement and the use of intelligence agencies during and post WWI.Paper; book. Front cover: blue and green theme with white dots, dark male head with eye accentuated; white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.cain, frank, wwi, world war i, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, surveillance, intelligence agencies, free speech, civil liberties, communism, spying -
Unions Ballarat
Herbert Morrison: portrait of a politician, 1973
Biography of Herbert Morrison (1888-1965), a former British labor party politician who held positions of Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.Significant to Labor Party history in the United Kingdom.Paper; book. Front cover: red background; blue and black photo of Morrison on a podium addressing a crowd of people; black, red and blue lettering.Front cover: authors' names and title.labor party - united kingdom, morrison, herbert, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, home secretary - united kingdom, foreign secretary - united kingdom, deputy prime minister - united kingdom, biography, donoghue, bernard, jones, gw -
Unions Ballarat
Felicia: the political memoirs of Don Dunstan, Dunstan, Don, 1981
Don Dunstan was a South Australian state politician known for progressive reforms. He was premier of South Australia over the periods June 1967-April 1968 and June 1970-February 1979. He resigned from politics in 1979 and died in 1999.The book forms part of Labor Party history in South Australia and is of an autobiographical nature.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white photograph of Don Dunstan; red and yellow lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, dunstan, don, south australian parliament, premier - south australia, politics, politicians -
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The Australian Labor movement 1850-1907 : historical documents / extracts from contemporary documents, Ebbels, RN et al, 1983
Beginnings of the Australian labour movement and the ideas and circumstances that shaped it over the period 1850-1907.Australian labour movement history - 19th Century.Paper; book.Front cover: author's name and title.australian labour movement, australian labor party, alp, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, politics, australian history, 1850-1907, ballarat trades hall -
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The printers of Melbourne : the history of a union, Fitzgerald, RT, 1967
History of various printing unions in Melbourne up to 1966.Pertinent to union history in Australia.Paper; book; red, black and white cover with a drawing of men operating old printing presses.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, unions - printing, melbourne, history -
Unions Ballarat
The Life and Death of Harold Holt, Frame, Tom, 2005
Biography. A profile of the life and circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt in 1967.Relevant to Australian political history and the Liberal Party.Paper; book. Front cover: sepia photograph of Harold Holt; light blue text.Front cover: author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, liberal party, holt, harold, frame, tom, biography, liberal party of australia, politics, politicians, prime minister -
Unions Ballarat
A Gippsland union : the Victorian Coal Miners Association 1893-1915, Gardner, PD, 2003
Members of the Victorian Coal Miners Association, were locked out of the Jumbunna Coal Mine in 1903. The book charts the long battle between capital and labour that lasted seventy weeks.Significant to union history - particularly the Victorian Coal Miners Association - and industrial action. Paper; book. Front cover: old black and white picture of miners with their banner; white text.Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, victorian coal miners association, strikes, unions, jumbunna coal mine, industrial disputes, coal miners -
Unions Ballarat
David Stewart and the WEA, Higgins, EM, 1957
Biography of David Stewart (carpenter and educationalist). Through the labour movement, Stewart campaigned for a programme of workers' education. Stewart established a branch of the WEA in Sydney in 1913.Relevant to history of adult education and social history in NSW. The WEA is still in existence and offers courses in languages, the visual arts and humanities.Paper; book. Front cover: orange and white portrait photo of Stewart; red and black text. Front cover: author's name and title.workers educational association, stewart, david, education, labor movement, workers' education, adult education, wea, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council -
Unions Ballarat
Under the hook : Melbourne waterside workers remember working lives and class war, 1900-1980, Lowenstein, Wendy et al, 1982
An oral history of rank and file wharfies - history of working on the Melbourne waterfront.Relevant to the history of trade unionism and especially waterfront workers.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white image of two men; red and white text.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, oral histories, wharfies, waterfront workers, unions, maritime workers' union, maritime workers' strike, class wars