Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 1 Vol 4 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 1 Vol 5 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 1 Vol 6 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 1 Vol 7 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 1 Vol 8 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 1 Vol 10 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 2 Vol 1 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 2 Vol 2 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 2 Vol 3 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 2 Vol 4 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 2 Vol 5 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 2 Vol 6 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 2 Vol 7 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 2 Vol 8 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 2 Vol 9 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Vol 9 set 2-2 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

Hard Cover Book. History of The Great European War Set 2 Vol 10 Author: W Stanley Macbean Knight Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd Clune House, 161 Surrey St, London W.C. Printer: The Standard Publishing Co. 100 Flinders St, Melbourne. Date: Various Volume Subscription Releases 1914 to 1920 Further Information: Red pictorial cloth gilt-lettered boards, each volume illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, black-and-white photographic plates, and fold-out colour maps of various fronts depending on volume(e.g. the Serbian Retreat, the Italian front etc.). Note there are two sets of this publication in the Flagstaff book collection.non-fictionThis set is a contemporary and popular narrative history of WWI, written and published while the war was still happening; the preface is dated 1914, but volumes were issued serially as the war progressed, meaning later volumes covering 1917–18 and the peace were released several years after the first. This is a common format for the period — compare rival serials like The Great War (Hammerton & Wilson) or Collier's The Story of the Great War — publishers issued 'instant history' in subscription parts to a public hungry for authoritative-sounding accounts. The volumes in this set cover the following topics during the First World War: Vol. I — Causes and Effects (1914): Its aims are to explain the political and diplomatic background to the war — the alliance system and the July Crisis — with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Vol. II: Continues into the opening campaigns of 1914 (per Internet Archive, 'Vol 2 of 10', contemporary account). Vol. III: Descriptions note it as continuing the story of the campaign of the Allies and their mid-war campaigns. Vol. IV: Covers 1916 and the ongoing 1915–16 campaigns; this volume contains a fold-out colour map of the Serbian Retreat and one of the Italian front, featuring the Balkan and Italian theatres of war. Vols. V–VI: Continue the general campaign narrative through 1916–17. Vols. VII–VIII: Cover the later war years, focusing on 1917–18. Vols. IX–X: These volumes cover the war's final phase and the Armistice. Publication of the last volumes continued into the early 1920s, covering the peace settlement at Versailles and its aftermath.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the history of the great european war vol 1 set 1, the history of the great european war, caxton printers

A brief overview of Mrs Patsy Coverdale's time as a parent at Watsonia High School.Personal story of one parent's perspective of Watsonia High School.One page, typed.watsonia high school, patsy coverdale

This book contains stories from various Fire Brigades who lived and worked on the 2019/20 Black Summer bush fires in Victoria. Brigade stories are from the North East, South East, South West and CFA brigades. This fire season was hugely destructive and encompassed most of Victoria. This book is significant because it records the perspective of the thousands of people who worked as firefighters throughout Victoria during the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires in Victoria. A largish book with an all-over sepia/brown coloured photo on the front cover. This photos depicts a group of firemen wearing yellow clothing and helmets and handling hoses next to a road within bushland. Our Black Summer FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS FROM THE FRONTLINE.2019/20 black summer bushfires, fire brigades, victoria

The Orbost Railway Station was sited in a flood zone adjacent to the Snowy River at Newmerella. This posed problems with floods, particularly a flood such as the huge one of 1971 which was defined as a 1:100 year flood. It inflicted huge damage to the railway infrastructure adjacent to Orbost Railway Station. This photograph is one of many taken of the impacts of this huge flood. It is also interesting in that it has been taken from an aeroplane.This photo is significant because it records impacts on the Orbost Railway Station from an aerial perspective. B/w aerial photograph, showing a number of buildings, debris, railway lines, railway carriages, poles and pieces of long timber. Written below the photograph: '1971 flood Railway Station'snowy river floods, 1971 flood, orbost railway station

Ringwood 1924-1994 Farewell Luncheon Saturday 16th November 1994 - Outer folder containing commemorative booklet and luncheon program.

A critical discussion of John Batman's account of his land purchase of land in Melbourne and Geelong, with reference to the eye-witness account of Woiwurung leader William Barak 11 p., typescriptbatmans treaty, john batman, william barak, melbourne

Hard cover book. The Cruise of The Crazy Jane Author: Isabel Maude Peacocke Illustrator. Alan Gilderdale Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co Date: 1932 Further Information: Green Cloth hardcover boards with lettering and patterning to spine in black. Front cover has illustration. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fictionThe Cruise of The Crazy Jane (published in 1932 by Ward, Lock & Co.) follows young protagonist Vicky and a group of Auckland children on a summer boating and camping holiday aboard a vessel named the Crazy Jane. Set against the local geography of New Zealand including Auckland Harbour and nearby coastal areas the story follows their outdoor excursions, cliff-climbing adventures (such as descending "Jacob's ladder," as depicted in the frontispiece), and holiday mishaps. Unlike many of Isabel Maude Peacocke's other works, which feature adult third-person perspectives, The Cruise of The Crazy Jane is notable for using a child’s direct narrative voice to frame the story.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, the cruise of the crazy jane, isabel maude peacocke, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, i. m. cluett.

177 p., illus., maps.non-fictionA history of early development and more recent redevelopment in East Melbourne, from a town planning perspective.east melbourne, town planning, melbourne

World surfing champion Kelly Slater won a record 4th Bells Beach Surfing Contest in April 2010. He promptly donated his Bell trophy to the Aboriginal people of Geelong and the Surf Coast in appreciation of their support over the years.National and international significance from a sporting and cultural reconciliation perspective. Only two surfers have won 4 Bells contests. Slater's donation of his 4th Bell to the local Indigenous community is a rare act of reconciliation and personal generosity.Feature newspaper article by Kyle Pollard in the Geeelong Advertiser on 6th May 2010. Includes colour photograph of Kelly Slater being 'painted up' by Aboriginal dancer at Bells Beach.bells beach, kelly slater, reconciliation, 2010 rip curl pro, wathaurong aboriginal cooperative, bells trophy

Guest speaker at Eltham Community Action Group (ECAG) Annual General Meeting The Shire of Eltham was established in 1871 and ceased to exist, due to a municipal restructure, when all councillors were sacked on 15 December 1994. Jim Connor, a past Councillor of the former Shire of Eltham and current President of the Eltham District Historical Society gave a very interesting presentation about the machinations of how and why Eltham became Nillumbik. He also displayed and discussed images of the various plans that have been suggested for the former Shire Office Site since the building was demolished by the decision of the commissioners in July 1996, the commissioners having replaced the elected council when the Kennett government amalgamated all Victorian councils.1:08:28 duration Digital MP3 file; 23.5MBaudio recording, meeting, eltham, guest speaker, commissioners, community engagement, community protest, council amalgamation, demolition, eltham gateway action group, eltham shire offices, jim connor, planning application, shire of eltham, shire of nillumbik, agm, eltham community action group (ecag), eltham district historical society

772 page 1869 bible with a brown cardboard cover embossed with a cover embossed with a geometric design. The spine has Holy Bible imprinted in gold upper case lettering and is well worn with some damage exposing the stitched binding of the pages. non-fiction1869 American Bible Society Bible presented to Eliza Curtis in 1870.19th century bible, eliza curtis, david owen, e isabel owen, l florence owen, lorraine owen, sulhamstead, coulstock street, warrnambool, riverside, allansford, b aymar

This pamphlet was produced for the Warrnambool Branch of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) for Heritage Week, April 16-23, 1989 and contains information written by Warrnambool residents about their locality. This was a co-operative venture by people with a common interest in protecting the natural environment near their home. Areas covered in the written information include: Formation of the Coast, Archaeological survey, Gunditjmara History, vegetation, history and recreational uses of the Lady Bay area. The map shows special places of interest including past and present navigational aids, sites of shipwrecks and other historical places of interest. The Warrnambool Branch of the National Trust was originally formed in March 1969 and merged with the Port Fairy Branch in late 1970. In October 1979, the Warrnambool Branch was reformed and operated into the late 1990's. This is an example of a publication produced by the Warrnambool Branch of the National Trust Australia (Victoria). It provides historical information and perspectives of the recreational uses in and around Lady Bay Warrnambool.An A2 piece of buff coloured thick paper folded into eight to make an A5 pamphlet. The front cover has green printing with the National Trust symbol of three eucalyptus leaves in green. There is a brown sepia photograph showing a view across Lady Bay with the suspension bridge across the Merri River in the foreground, Viaduct Road in the middle ground and the breakwater in the background. There is a purple inked stamp on the top right hand corner. The rear cover has brown writing and includes logos of bodies who assisted with the publication. There is a brown line drawing of the viaduct and pier at the Warrnambool Breakwater. The inside of the unfolded pamphlet contains a map of Lady Bay and adjacent area showing places of interest and shipwrecks marked in red circlesFront cover: Special Places Lady Bay Warrnambool National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Warrnambool Branch Ronald J. Cummingwarrnambool, lady bay warrnambool, national trust australia victoria warrnambool branch, heritage week 1989, lady bay shipwrecks

non-fictionConference staged by the Board of Works to present a range of papers examining the river's environment, recreational uses, natural resources, development, commerce and land use. Conference delegates included representatives from Eltham Shire Council and was held in April 1991. Session 1 Heritage and Environment: Flora and fauna / Paul Gullan. -- Geology and topography / Brian Finlayson. -- Aboriginal culture / Margaret Gardiner. Session 2 History. Session 3: Management plans and policies : overview of responsibilities / Dr Colin Leigh. --Role of the media / Peter Cole-Adams. -- Urban development / Paul Jerome. -- Port of Melbourne area / Leigh McKay. -- Recreation / Ken Marriott. Session 4: Perspectives - the current view. Session 5: Issues, challenges, potential solutions.yarra river, melbourne

The 1918 Spanish 'flu was a deadly pandemic which infected 500 million people worldwide and killed millions. There is still discussion as to where the disease originated but the movement of troops at the end of WW1 contributed to the spread of the disease. This article deals with methods of disease and infection control in Warrnambool. This article is significant because it is a first- hand record and gives a local perspective to a world- wide event.Three pages of typed details about the Spanish flu in Warrnambool as recorded by volunteer Nurse Mrs Vera Giles (nee King). There are also photographs included and Victorian BDM records as well as general information on the 1918 Flu pandemic.Covering letter from Mrs Giles’ daughter, Aurelin, dated January 22, 2015 warrnambool, spanish flu, mrs vera giles, warrnambool base hospital, 1919 spanish flu, dr holmes