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Victorian Railway History Library
Booklet, Western Australian Government Railways, A Brief History Western Australian Government Railways 1975, 1968
... Railway history - Western Australia... Booklet A Brief History Western Australian Government Railways ...A Brief History Western Australian Government Railways up until 1975ill, p.24.non-fictionA Brief History Western Australian Government Railways up until 1975railway history - western australia, railroad trains -- australia -- history -- pictorial works. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Booklet, Westrail Publications, Westrail A Concise History, 1981
... Railroad trains -- Australia -- History.... -- Australia -- History. railway history - Westrail A concise history ...A concise history of Westrail, the re-branded Western Australian Government Railways up to 1981ill, p.26.non-fictionA concise history of Westrail, the re-branded Western Australian Government Railways up to 1981railroad trains -- australia -- history., railway history - westrail -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Stewien, Ronald, A History of the South Australian Railways Volume 1 The Early years, 2007
... Railroads -- South Australia -- History.... Book A History of the South Australian Railways Volume 1 ...A history of the South Australian Railways early years from 1853.index, ill, map, p.320.non-fictionA history of the South Australian Railways early years from 1853.railroads -- south australia -- history., south australian railways -- history., -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Stewien, Ronald, A History of the South Australian Railways Volume 6 Mountains, Mikados and Pacifics, 2007
... Railroads -- South Australia -- History.... Book A History of the South Australian Railways Volume 6 ...A history of the South Australian Railways steam locomotives, 600 class pacific, 500 class mountains and 700 class Mikados.index, ill, map, p.339.non-fictionA history of the South Australian Railways steam locomotives, 600 class pacific, 500 class mountains and 700 class Mikados.railroads -- south australia -- history., south australian railways -- history., -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Healy, Mary, Railways and Pastures - The Australian O'Keefes, 1988
... Railway workers - Australia - history... workers - Australia - history History of the O'Keefe family ...History of the O'Keefe family and their involvement in the building of railways in Victoria.index, ill, maps, p.251.non-fictionHistory of the O'Keefe family and their involvement in the building of railways in Victoria.railway construction - victoria - history, railway workers - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Bayley, William A, Railway Centenary in Tasmania, 1971
... Railroads -- Australia -- History... -- Australia -- History railroads - Tasmania - history Commemoration ...Commemoration of the centenary of the railways in Tasmania.ill, maps, p.64.non-fictionCommemoration of the centenary of the railways in Tasmania.railroads -- australia -- history, railroads - tasmania - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Rae, Lou, The ABT Railway - On Tasmania's West Coast, 1988
... Railroads -- Australia -- History.... Railroads -- Australia -- History Private railway companies ...A history of the ABT railway from Strahan to Queenstown in Tasmania.ill, maps, p.72.non-fictionA history of the ABT railway from Strahan to Queenstown in Tasmania.railroads -- australia -- history, private railway companies - tasmania - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Lee, Robert, Transport - An Australian History
... Transportation - Australia - history... Book Transport - An Australian History index, ill, p.371 ...A history of transportation in Australia, rail, road, air and on water.index, ill, p.371.non-fictionA history of transportation in Australia, rail, road, air and on water.transportation - australia, transportation - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Wilkes, John, Australia's Transport Crisis, 1956
... transportation - Australia - history - politics... - Australia transportation - Australia - history - politics A history ...A history of transport problems in Australia and political decision making in transport policy.ill, p.215.non-fictionA history of transport problems in Australia and political decision making in transport policy.transportation - australia, transportation - australia - history - politics -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Amusement Railways of Australia, 2015
... Miniature railways - Australia - History.... Miniature railways - Australia - History Miniature railways ...This book surveys over 150 years of miniature railways in the Australian amusement industry ... The trains presented herein provided tactile mechanical devices onto which the passengers could project their own imaginations to create the thrills of travelling by train through their own imagined spacesIll, maps, p.224.non-fictionThis book surveys over 150 years of miniature railways in the Australian amusement industry ... The trains presented herein provided tactile mechanical devices onto which the passengers could project their own imaginations to create the thrills of travelling by train through their own imagined spacesminiature railways - australia - history, miniature railways - australia - pictorial works -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, AG Moyes, Australian cricket : a history, 1959
... Cricket - Australia - History... Australian cricket : a history Ill, p.615. Cricket - Australia ...The author tells the game's whole story from the first recorded match until the season of 1957-8.Ill, p.615.non-fictionThe author tells the game's whole story from the first recorded match until the season of 1957-8.cricket - australia - history, sport - cricket -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Hodder & Stoughton, Farewell to cricket, 1950
... Cricket - Australia - History... Farewell to cricket Index, ill, p.320. Cricket - Australia ...Don's own account of his entire playing career, with a selection of historic photographs and a complete record of his scores from 1927 to 1949.Index, ill, p.320.non-fictionDon's own account of his entire playing career, with a selection of historic photographs and a complete record of his scores from 1927 to 1949. cricket - australia - history, sir don bradman 1908-2001 -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Colorgravure, Fifty famous Australians, 1950?
... Australia - History... Australia - History Biographical sketches of 50 famous Australians ...Biographical sketches of 50 famous AustraliansIll, p.464.non-fictionBiographical sketches of 50 famous Australiansaustralia - biography, australia - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Alexander McCubbin, The red and white diamond : authorised history of the twenty-fourth battalion A.I.F, 1920
... World War 1914-1918 - Australia - History... histories - Australia World War 1914-1918 - Australia - History ...A history of the 24th Infantry Battalion AIFIll, maps, p.340.A history of the 24th Infantry Battalion AIFworld war 1914-1918 - regimental histories - australia, world war 1914-1918 - australia - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Salvation Army National Headquarters, The army that went with the boys : a record of Salvation Army work with the Australian Imperial Force, 1919
... Salvation Army - Australia - History... Army Salvation Army - Australia - History The work ...The work of the Salvation Army in connection with the Australian 1st AIFIll, p.190.non-fictionThe work of the Salvation Army in connection with the Australian 1st AIFworld war 1914-1918 - salvation army, salvation army - australia - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, William Hughes, Australia in the war today: The price of peace, 1935
... Australia - History - 20th century... - Foreign relations Australia - History - 20th century Views ...Views of former Prime Minister William Hughes on the world situation in the 1930sp.162.non-fictionViews of former Prime Minister William Hughes on the world situation in the 1930saustralian - foreign relations, australia - history - 20th century -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Backing up the Boys - The Australian Women's Army Service and Albury Army area, Desmond Martin, 1988
... women soldiers -- australia -- history... women's army service -- history women soldiers -- australia ...The detailed history of the Australian Women’s Army Service in the Albury Army area during World War II.non-fictionThe detailed history of the Australian Women’s Army Service in the Albury Army area during World War II.australia. army. australian women's army service -- history, women soldiers -- australia -- history, albury army area, world war two, women's military service -
Unions Ballarat
Silence kills : events leading up to the Vietnam Moratorium on 8 May, Cairns, J, 1970
... and labour council vietnam war australia history activism moratorium ...The author, Jim Cairns, was a member of the Vietnam Moratorium Committee and led the protest march at Melbourne in May 1970 at which 100,000 people marched. Jim Cairns was also a Labor member of federal parliament who was a Cabinet Minister during the Whitlam government.Relevant to the Vietnam War and Australian activism. Autobiographical interest.Paper; book. Front cover: black and white photograph; gold, black and white lettering.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, vietnam war, australia, history, activism, moratorium - vietnam war, autobiography, cairns, jim, protest marches, alp, australian labor party, rallies -
Unions Ballarat
In search of Billy Hughes, Horne, Donald, 1979
... . Relevance to Australian political history. Pertinent to biography ...Biography of Billy Hughes from his early career to gaining the office of Prime Minister of Australia. He also served as an organiser for the Amalgamated Shearers' Union prior to embarking upon his political career. He belonged to five different political parties over his parliamentary career: Labor, National Labor, Nationalist, Australian, United Australia, to Liberal.Relevance to Australian political history. Pertinent to biography of Billy Hughes.Paper; book. Front cover: painting of Billy Hughes; blue lettering.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, w. hughes, hughes, billy, prime minister, unions, amalgamated shearers' union, union organisers, politics, australian labor party, alp, national labor party, nationalist party, australian party, united australia party, liberal party australia, history, biography -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Recollections of Early Gippsland Goldfields-The Reminiscences of Richard Mackay, 2000
... victoria australia history jamieson sale omeo big river wood's ...Recollections by Richard Mackay of the early history of the Gippsland goldfieldsPaperback. Cover is green. Front cover has a sepia photograph of a drawing with the caption 'Walhalla in its heyday. Back cover has a photograph of an old building with a sign on it that says 'Copper Mine Hotel'. There is a man standing in front of the building. In the foreground is a four wheel drive vehicle.Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779gold, gold fields, gold miner, gold mining, gold town, gippsland, victoria, australia, history, jamieson, sale, omeo, big river, wood's point, matlock, jericho, aberfeldy, donnelly's creek, walhalla -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Life on the Australian Goldfields, 1984
... in Australia gold gold mines gold mining australia history social life ...A history of gold mining in AustraliaHardcover. Front cover has a photograph of two miners from West Australia using the dry-blowing technique. In the background are two 'Wood's dry placer-miners'. Back cover has a photograph of the interior of a steam-operated quartz crushing battery at the Mount Boppy Mine.Front cover has a price sticker that is discolored. Inside there is the stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779 gold, gold mines, gold mining, australia, history, social life, customs, stone, derrick i, mackinnon, sue -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Donnelly's Creek-From rush to ruin of a Gippsland Mountain Goldfield, 1990
... gold field gippsland victoria australia history fulton's creek ...A history of the Donnelly's Creek gold mine in VictoriaPaperback. Front cover has a drawing depicting two horses carrying packs followed by a man mounted on a horse. There is also two men on foot following with packs and walking poles. They are walking along a forest track that has some tree stumps alongside it.The back cover has two colour photographs. The top one is of an old wooden building with what appears to be an attached lean to. Both of the buildings have stone chimneys. There is a group of people sitting and standing outside the main building. The bottom photograph appears to be the ruins of a building and a fence. There are three people viewing the ruins.The captions accompanying the photographs are: History revisited - O'Sullivans Old Toombon Hotel Recreated and Remnants of a Bygone Mining Era.Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P O Box 22 / Marysville 3779gold, gold miner, gold mining, gold field, gippsland, victoria, australia, history, fulton's creek, seaton, walhalla, aberfeldy, jericho, wood's point -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Victoria's Forgotten Goldfield-A History of the Dargo, Crooked River Goldfield, 1996
... miner gold field gippsland victoria australia history ...A history of the Dargo, Crooked River goldfieldPaperback. Cover has a black and white photograph of a couple of buildings surrounded by forest. Photograph is probably of Dargo. One building has a sign that says S. Frankenberg. Another has a sign of which only the letters PION visible. In the photograph there are a number of men standing around the buildings as well as what appears to be two children sitting on a bench outside a building. There is also a large wagon-like vehicle to which is attached are a large train of oxen. In the foreground of the photograph is another group of oxen which appear to be chained together. There is also two men standing near the second group of oxen, both appear to be holding whips.The stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779gold, gold mining, gold town, dargo, gold miner, gold field, gippsland, victoria, australia, history -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Ghost Towns of the Mountain Goldfields, 1999
... australia history Luke Steenhuis Research Publications Pty Ltd ...Ghost towns of the mountain goldfields in VictoriaPaperback. Cover has a drawing depicting horses, both ridden and pack, walking along a forest track on their way to a small town. There are heavily forested mountains in the distance. Overlaid onto the drawing is a modern photograph of an old stone building. In the foreground is a green timber building with a water tank and verandah. It is all set in the clearing in the middle of a forest.Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779 Also the inscription: To Alma / Thanks for your help / Signature / LS / November 1999gold, gold mining, gold town, ghost town, victoria, australia, history -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Happy-Go-Lucky-A Gippsland Gold Town 1863-1917, 1987
... australia history gold miner morgan, dorothy morgan, marjorie Morgan ...A history of a gold mining town in the Gippsland area of Victoria Paperback. Gold cover. Cover has a pencil sketch of a gold mining town as well as a large gum tree on the back cover. Cover illustration runs across the whole cover.Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779. Sticker - DISTRIBUTED BY: / Paoletti's (Adventurer) Maps P/L / 15 Nirvana Close, / Langwarrin. 3910 / Tel: 03 9789 6985 / Fax: 03 9776 6798 / Email: [email protected] / Other products & information Website: http://users.netlink.com.au/~maptrapgold, gold mining, gold town, gippsland, victoria, australia, history, gold miner, morgan, dorothy, morgan, marjorie -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardback book, Mountain Gold-A History of the Baw Baw and Walhalla country of the Narracan Shire, Victoria, 1980
... baw gippsland victoria australia history John Adams Shire ...A history of the Baw Baw and Walhalla country of the Narracan Shire, VictoriaHardback. Brown dust cover. Photograph on front cover looks out from the entry of a mine onto the front of a building which has a hill to the side of it. The back cover has a photograph of the side of a hill with some trees on it.G&V THOMAS Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779gold, gold field, gold miner, gold mining, gold town, walhalla, baw baw, gippsland, victoria, australia, history -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, The History of Gold Discovery in Victoria, 1979
... town victoria australia history James Flett The Poppet Head ...A history of gold discovery in VictoriaPaperback. Gold front cover. Front cover has a drawing of a group of miners outside a shop. Back cover has a drawing of a group of mounted police riding roughshod through a group of people and dogs.Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779gold, gold field, gold miner, gold mining, gold town, victoria, australia, history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Whitaker, Scott, Railway Hotels of Australia Volume Four - South Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania and Western Australia, 2019
... Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Australia -- History... -- History Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Australia -- History ...The coming of the railway was a major event in the history of many towns and cities across Australia. This is the story behind every Railway Hotel; and the social, economic and political themes that have shaped society over the last 150 years.index, ill, maps, p.312.non-fictionThe coming of the railway was a major event in the history of many towns and cities across Australia. This is the story behind every Railway Hotel; and the social, economic and political themes that have shaped society over the last 150 years.australia -- buildings, structures, etc -- history, bars (drinking establishments) -- australia -- history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Whitaker, Scott, Railway Hotels of Australia Volume Two - New South Wales, 2016
... Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Australia -- History... etc -- History Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Australia ...The coming of the railway was a major event in the history of many towns and cities across Australia. This is the story behind every Railway Hotel; and the social, economic and political themes that have shaped society over the last 150 years.index, ill, maps, p.296.non-fictionThe coming of the railway was a major event in the history of many towns and cities across Australia. This is the story behind every Railway Hotel; and the social, economic and political themes that have shaped society over the last 150 years.australia -- buildings, structures, etc -- history, bars (drinking establishments) -- australia -- history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Whitaker, Scott, Railway Hotels of Australia Volume Three - Queensland, 2017
... Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Australia -- History... -- History Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Australia -- History ...The coming of the railway was a major event in the history of many towns and cities across Australia. This is the story behind every Railway Hotel; and the social, economic and political themes that have shaped society over the last 150 years.index, ill, maps, p.276.non-fictionThe coming of the railway was a major event in the history of many towns and cities across Australia. This is the story behind every Railway Hotel; and the social, economic and political themes that have shaped society over the last 150 years.australia -- buildings, structures, etc -- history, bars (drinking establishments) -- australia -- history