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Kilmore Historical Society
GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOL 7, 1871
Brown leather and marbled hardboard cover, With embossed detailing on cover and spine 'Gentleman's Magazine Vol 7' xii; 884 pages ; 22cm;Handwritten inscription on first page - '157, 050 R 74' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute'british magazine, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS, Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other Poems, 1871
Faded green hardboard/ leather cover with embossed detailing on cover and spine 'Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers' 'By W. W. Aytoun' 'W. Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh and London' viii; 359 pages; 18cm;Handwritten inscription '12' Stamp on multiple pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute'scottish poems, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, circa 1871
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: Elizabeth Jones Date of Birth: section lost Place of birth: Waanyarra Father: William Jones Mother: section lost -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, circa 1871
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: Janett Amelia Date of Birth: 23rd July 1872 Place of birth: Llanelly Father: Edwin Lockyer Mother: Janet Lockyer (nee Yales/Yates/Gales) -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, circa 1871
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: Margaret Elizabeth Keen Date of Birth: 11th July 1872 Place of birth: Llanelly Father: Thomas Keen Mother: Charlotte Keen (nee Perry) -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, 1871
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: Lucrece Lucy Pallot Date of Birth: 23rd Dec1871 Place of birth: Iron Bark Father: Peter Pallot Mother: Sophia (nee Galean) -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, 1871
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: John Fyfe Date of Birth: 28th January 1872 Place of birth: Newbridge Loddon Marong Shire Father: James Fyfe Mother: Mary Agnes (nee Naughton) -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, circa 1871-1872
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: section missing Date of Birth: section missing Place of birth: section missing Father: section missing Mother: Ellen (nee Keef) -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, circa 1871
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: Fletry Pharatic Atkinson Date of Birth: section missing Place of birth: section missing Father: Pla Caleb Atkinson Mother: Emma Atkinson (nee Paget) -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Death form, circa 1871
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Death form Name of deceased: Phoebe Julia Emmett Rank or Occupation: Age: 3 years, 26 weeks Cause of Death: Tonsilitis Date of Death: section missing Place of Death: Llanelly Place of burial: Tarnagulla Date of burial: 14th August Father's name: Edward Philip Hull Emmett (Teacher) Mother's name: Phyllis Amelia Emmett (nee Rodgers) -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Draft text for birth record, post 1871
David Gordon Collection. -
Kilmore Historical Society
Wyatt & Webbs Reports, Victoria. Wyatt, Webb & A'Beckett's Reports. Vol. 6. EAS:T 32 VICT. TO HIL:T 33 VICT. 1869, 1871
Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Victoria. From the library of the former Kilmore Court House.Black water-mark patterned cloth cover with leather spine & corners, worn at extremities, cloth faded with some loss of cloth at back & front corners. Discolouration due to light at corners inside cover and front flyleaves. Front cover starting to detach. Spine has black band with gilt writing and red band with gilt writing. At base of spine, 'Courts, Kilmore'. Fair-good condition.On list of Judges page, '74/122 Courts, Kilmore/1/2 Law Cf-'.kilmore court house library -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Charles Downing, Selected Fruits: from Downing's Fruits and Fruit-Trees of America, 1871
This edition of the Fruits and Fruit-trees of America has been prepared to meet the wants and convenience of practical Fruit-growers who wish to cultivate varieties tested and approved as very good or best for general use or most profitable for market. Some new varieties have been included with their culture, propagation and management in the garden and orchard.A dark green hardcover book with an embossed pattern on the front cover. The spine has Downing's Selected Fruits for the Garden and Market in gold lettering with the publisher John Wiley's emblem at the bottom. There are upwards of 400 illustrations and diagrams of fruits throughout and an Index at the back. Some stains and markings with tanning on he edges of the pages. 679p.non-fictionThis edition of the Fruits and Fruit-trees of America has been prepared to meet the wants and convenience of practical Fruit-growers who wish to cultivate varieties tested and approved as very good or best for general use or most profitable for market. Some new varieties have been included with their culture, propagation and management in the garden and orchard.fruit growing, agriculture -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Sargent, George E, Richard Hunne : a story of old London, [n.d.] [First published by Religious Tract Society in 1871, this edition probably 1890]
Fictionalised account of the life of Richard Hunne, an English merchant who during the reign of Henry VIII, and just prior to the English Reformation, fell into dispute with the Catholic Church, was accused of heresy, and died in mysterious circumstances in prison.384 p. : ill. ; red cover embossed in black with geometric design. Title printed in red on gold rectangle on front cover, and on spine.fictionFictionalised account of the life of Richard Hunne, an English merchant who during the reign of Henry VIII, and just prior to the English Reformation, fell into dispute with the Catholic Church, was accused of heresy, and died in mysterious circumstances in prison.fiction, george e.sargent, robert hisshion -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Stretton Hesba (pseudonym of Sarah Smith), Max Kromer : a story of the siege of Strasbourg, [n.d.] [1871]
160 p. : ill.fictionchildren's fiction, hesba stretton (pseudonym of sarah smith) -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Photograph - Reproduction
This photograph depicts mining operations within the Beechworth area, in an unidentified valley where sluicing was utilised as a method for extracting gold from the environment. After gold was discovered in the region in 1851, sluicing became a characteristic of gold mining in the region - "Ovens miners carved intricate networks of races" throughout the region - involved the diversion of water in many channels, or water races, which contained inbuilt 'ripple devices' designed to trap gold for later extraction. By 1871, 900 miles of water races had been cut into the Beechworth Mining District. As suggested by the numerous figures involved in labouring along the water race, sluicing was a source of considerable employment within the region. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold in the 1850s, and provides clues as to how sluicing and the widespread construction of water ranges changed the environment of the region. This image is important for current research into the history of the Ovens region in Victoria, which played such a prominent role in the early Australian gold mining industry. Therefore, this image has the capacity to be beneficial for research into society and the motivations of those living and working in this region during this period and therefore, has social significance. The Beechworth Burke Museum has additional images relating to gold sluicing and and the mining activities in the area more generally, which can be analysed and studied alongside images like this one.A black and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paperbeechworth, mining, miners, labour, water race, sluicing -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Helen Penrose, Seeds of Hope St John of God Hospital Warrnambool 1939-2014, 2014
History of St John of God Hospital, Warrnambool 1939-2014This is a book of 78 pages with a stiffened cardboard cover. The cover is greyish-white with a colour photograph of the hospital and background blurred images of St John of God nuns on the front cover. The book contains printed material, maps, tables, black and white and colour photographs and illustrations.non-fictionHistory of St John of God Hospital, Warrnambool 1939-2014st john of god warrnambool hospital, glenrye, healthcare, warrnambool -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Physics & General Lessons for State School Scholars of Victoria, 1892
This school text book was written by John James Burston. He was the son of David and Sarah Burston of Warrnambool. Both his father and his brother Benjamin taught in schools in the Warrnambool area. John Burston was at Mepunga and Woodford schools before leaving in 1871 to be the Master of the Anglican School at Creswick. He then became the head teacher at schools in Ballarat and Bendigo before going to the Brighton Road State School in St. Kilda. He spent 16½ years there before retiring in 1911. Burston was a well-known writer of school text books, including The State School Arithmetic, The State School Grammar and Exercises in Practice and Proportion. He died in 1915.This book is of great interest because it was written by John James Burston, a one-time resident in the Warrnambool area and a teacher with a distinguished record in education – he taught in schools in Victoria for 44½ years and wrote several texts for State Schools.This is a hard cover book of 243 pages. There are several blank pages in the middle of the book and at the end for teachers’ notes. The cover is dark red with gold lettering on the front cover and on the spine. There are some illustrations scattered throughout the text.john james burston, physics and general lessons for victorian state schools, warrnambool -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Panel Photograph, F.B. Mendelssohn & Co, Colin and Robbie Key, c.1909
Panel Photo Mendelssohn Photographers, 80 Swanston St., Melnourne F.B. Mendelssohn & Co operated from Queen's Walk Studios, Victoria Buildings at 80 Swantson Street, Melbourne from 1888-1915 according to Sands McDougall directoriesF.B. Mendelssohn & Co operated from Queen's Walk Studios, Victoria Buildings at 80 Swantson Street, Melbourne from 1888-1915 according to Sands McDougall directories Robbie and Colin Key are Ada Ingram's nephews through her brother Albert Key (1871-1921) and Isabella Roberts (1875-1940). Robert Dalrymple Key 10.10.1905-9.3.1972 Colin Hutchinson Key 8.2.1907-4.5.1939Inscribed in ink on front "Robert Dalrymple Key 2 years old 3rd October 1907"robert dalrymple key, colin hutchinson key, mendelssohn f.b. & co photographer 80 swanston st melbourne, robbie key, pam thoonen (nee ingram) collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Flyer - Christmas Gifts at the Beehive
Early 1950s items and costs (in pounds shillings and pence) pre-decimal charges for itemised gifts. Beehive buildings. This was originally the Sandhust Mining Exchange and as such was the oldest purpose built exchange in Australia and was one of only two in regional Australia. It was initially established in the 1850's to service the miners of the area. It's first double story incarnation as the Bendigo Stock Exchange, contained up to 2000 stockbrokers and 5000 shareholders. In 1871 the building burnt to the ground and the new and current building was completed in 1872. The modern building was designed by Charles Webb, who was also responsible for the Royal Arcade in Melbourne. and features a pitched glass roof similar to the Royal Arcade, Melbourne.Christmas Gifts at the Beehive - a shopping flyer for the Beehive department store, circa early 1950s. the flyer covers Christmas gifts across the various departments of the Beehive Store in Pall mall and Hargreaves Street Bendigo. Two-page folded flyer, black printed on cream paper. Printed by Cambridge Press, Bendigo. Early 1950s items and costs (in pounds shillings and pence) pre-decimal charges for itemised gifts.the beehive, christmas gifts -
Melton City Libraries
Photograph, Melton State School 430, 1870
Edna Barrie received this photo from Margaret nee McCoy Robinson c 1980. In 2011 the original photograph was scanned and digitised and restored by Morrie Forte. Norma ( Mothers’ Club Representative 1970) and Morrie Forte of Melton have been associated and supported the Melton State School No 430 and contributed to the 100 years celebrations. In December 2011 when viewing the enlarged restored print Mary Tolhurst identified brothers Andrew and Edward Byrns.[Burns] she is a descendent of this family. The brothers were enrolled at the Melton Common School in 1864 aged about 8 ½ and 5 years and left in 1870 and 1871. Head Teacher J H Murphy 1869-71Students in front of the bluestone buildinglocal architecture, education -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Photograph, Baptist Chapel Lerderderg Street Bacchus Marsh 1883
The Baptist Chapel was first opened in March 1868 in Lerderderg Street, Bacchus Marsh, next to State School No. 28. The plans were prepared by James G. Pippett and the building was constructed by bricklayer J.F.Taylor and carpenter W. Nelson. When fire threatened its destruction in 1871, the townspeople assisted in saving the building by tearing off the roof and removing windows and flooring. Subsequently it was found that a solid silver Communion Service was missing as well as the contents of the Poor Box. The Chapel was renovated and used until 1898 when the building was moved to Main Street, next to the Post Office. Two rooms were added at the front when the building was rebuilt. It was demolished in 1985.Small sepia unframed photograph on card with gold border framing photograph. Housed in the Jeremeas Family Album, which contains photographs of Bacchus Marsh and District in 1883 by Stevenson and McNicoll. The photograph is of a substantial brick building with a shingle roof. The gable above the front entrance and the side of the building under the guttering are ornamented with rows of bricks laid horizontally. A round window sits in the centre of the gable. The central door and the front and side sash windows are topped by semi-circular brick arches. The ornamentation is continued with contrasting bricks down the corners of the building. An ornamental iron fence runs along the front of the building. A large fir tree stands in the grounds. On the front: Stevenson & McNicoll. Photo. 108 Elizabeth St. Melbourne. COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED AT ANY TIME. On the back: LIGHT & TRUTH inscribed on a banner surmounted by a representation of the rising sun. Copies of this Portrait can be had at any time by sending the Name and Post Office Money Order or Stamps for the amount of order to STEVENSON & McNICOLL LATE BENSON & STEVENSON, Photographers. 108 Elizabeth Street, MELBOURNE churches bacchus marsh, baptist chapel bacchus marsh -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Bottle, glass, Post 1809
Wikpedia : James Murray (physician) Sir James Murray (1788–1871) was an Irish physician, whose research into digestion led to his discovery of the stomach aid Milk of Magnesia in 1809. He later studied in electrotherapy and led the research into the causes of cholera and other epidemics as a result of exposure to natural electricity. He was the first physician to recommend the breathing in of iodine in water vapour for respiratory diseases. Born in County Londonderry, Murray became a licentiate in midwifery having studied at the Edinburgh College of Surgeons in 1807. He undertook studies in pharmaceuticals, an area in which he became competent. In 1809 he developed the foundations of a fluid magnesia, which contained a base ingredient of magnesium sulfate. He modified it in order for it to act as an aid for "weak nerves", low fever, spasms, cholera, and diarrhoea. He named his recipe Fluid Magnesia, and set up the company Sir James Murray & Son in order to successfully market it. Murray graduated from the University of Edinburgh as a Doctor of Medicine in 1829, and became the resident physician to Henry Paget, 1st Marques of Anglesey, in 1831, a post Murray held until the 1840s. Murray was knighted in 1833 and received an honorary degree in Medicine from Dublin University the following year. He was appointed as an inspector of anatomical schools in Ireland, and was a member of the central board of health, as well as the resident physician to the Netterville Dispensary and the Anglesey Lying-In Hospital, Dublin. Murray died at his home in Dublin on 8 December 1871. Large clear green tinted glass bottle with small neck, for stopped seal, oval in section. Embossed text on two sides, concave impression in base. Seed bubbles in the glassSide 1 : 'SIR J MURRAY'S PATENT RECARBONATED FLUID MAGNESIA'. Side 2 : 'LONDON & DUBLIN'. -
Ballarat and District Irish Association
Photograph - digital, Shane Dunne, St Mary's Catholic Church Clarendon, 2014, 2014
St Mary's Clarendon was dedicated on 09 November 1871. In 2014 it is part of St Alipius Parish, Ballarat East. "OPENING OF THE NEW CHURCH AT CLARENDON. On Thursday, November 9th, his Lordship the Bishop, accompanied by the various clergymen who assisted at the Mission, left Ballarat early in the morning, and proceeded through Buninyong to open the new church recently erected by the untiring exertions and liberality of the Catholics of Clarendon, and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin under the title of 'Auxilium Christianorum.' The church, which is composed of stone, with Lal Lal white brick facings, is 43 feet long by 20 feet wide, including a nice chancel, and has cost up to the present about £500. As the Bishop was approaching the locality, a large number of horsemen met and escorted, him to the church, arriving at 11 o'clock. Here also were a large number of children, 192, prepared for Confirmation, who were similarly attired as candidates in Ballarat. A procession, headed by the cross bearer and acolytes, was formed of the children and moved round the church, followed by the clergymen and the Bishop, who sprinkled the edifice with holy water. The building having been blessed and consecrated, High Mass, coram episcopo, was celebrated by the Very Rev. Dean Moore, the Rev. T. O'Donnell acting as deacon, Rev. M. J. Shanahan, as sub-deacon, and Rev. J. D. O' Sullivan, as master of ceremonies. After the Communion the Rev. J. D. O'Sullivan preached an impressive sermon on devotion to the Blessed Virgin. The collection amounted to about £40.9." (freeman's Journal, 25 November 1871)Six colour photographs of exterior and interior views of St Mary's Clarendon. st mary's clarendon, clarendon, st mary's, catholic -
The Beechworth Burke Museum Research Collection
Card (Series) - Index Card, George Tibbits, Ford Street, Beechworth, 1976
George Tibbits, University of Melbourne. Faculty of Architecture, Building and Town & Regional PlanningIndex system that support the research for Beechworth : historical reconstruction / [by] George Tibbits ... [et al]Arranged by street names of BeechworthEach index card includes: street name and number of property, image of property, allotment and section number, property owners and dates of ownership, description of the property according to rate records, property floor plan with dimensions.beechworth, george tibbitsbeechworth, george tibbits -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PIANO CERTIFICATE
Large, framed certificate awarded to Misses V. Sheives & K . Foster for First Prize for Piano Duet Under 16 in the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Bendigo Competitions, 1906. Certificate signed by E. ?, President and Thomas Byrne, Hon. Sec. Certificate has 2 angels at the top, 1 with a harp and 1 writing. At each side and the bottom is a lady dressed in robes. Leaves and scroll work decorate the certificate. 4 cm frame has green and gold leaf & flower decoration which is falling off and 13mm small gold frame inside. Edges of frame painted dark green. Glass is broken. On the back is a label: From D. G. Coope & Son, Picture Frame Manufacturers, The Fine Art Gallery. Mitchell Street, Bendigo. Established 1871. Printed in dark blue.document, certificate, music, foster & wilson collection, piano certificate, k foster, v sheives, thomas byrne, austral literary and debating society's bendigo competitions 1906 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: VIOLIN CERTIFICATE
Cream, brown & gold certificate awarded to Miss Mary Foster for First Prize in the Eaglehawk Branch of the Australian Natives Association Musical and Elocutionary Competitions 1908 Violin Solo Open. Certificate signed by Robert Murdoch, President and Frank Walker, Secretary. Certificate has Australian Coat of Arms at the top. On the right side is a lady dressed robes and holding a trumpet in her left hand and a wreath in her extended right hand. She is standing on stage steps. At the bottom is a carpet, a harp and an urn with a plant in it. Printed under the bottom of the certificate is: Herbert Woodhouse, Lith: Law Courts Place, Melb: On the back of the mounting board is a label: From D. G. Coope & Son, Picture Frame Manufacturers, The Fine Art Gallery, Mitchell Street Bendigo. Established 1871.document, certificate, music, foster & wilson collection, violin certificate, mary foster, robert murdoch, frank walker, eaglehawk a. n. a. competitions -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PIANO CERTIFICATE
Large cream, black and red certificate awarded to Mary Foster for Pianoforte Playing from the London College of Music Great Marlborough St. W. At the top is the London College of Music Coat of Arms. It was founded in 1887. Listed at the top are the Patrons, Board of Examination, Examiners and Examiners (Colonial and Foreign Centres). Certificate dated 26th May 1909. Ernest Wood, Examiner and T. Weekes Holmes, Secretary. Decorative artwork consisting of leaves, scrolls, angels and flowers around the edge. A red College seal is in the lower right corner. A black border around the edges. Certificate printed by McCorquodale & Co. Ld. London. On the back is a label: From D. C. Coope & Son, Picture Frame Manufacturers. The Fine Art Gallery. Mitchell Street, Bendigo. Established 1871.document, certificate, music, foster & wilson collection, piano certificate, london college of music, mary foster, ernest wood, t weekes holmes -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - THE AUSTRALIAN STANDARD NOVEMBER 2002 VOL 23 NO 10
Magazine titled 'The Australian Standard'. Dated November 2002 Volume 23 Number 10. Contains new and revised Australian Standards, publications and projects. Front cover has a part sketch of the Beehive Building, home of the Bendigo Stock Exchange, in Sandhurst (now Bendigo). Above and below the sketch is a part coloured picture of a fireman at a fire. An article mentions that on 25 August 1871, 18 year old Edward Hope Kirkby, watched the burning of the Beehive Building, home of the Bendigo Stock Exchange, this may have been his motivation to become one of the most prolific inventors of communication apparatus and fire protection equipment in Australia. Has a small full picture of the Burning of the Beehive Stores and Chambers, Sandhurst and picture of the E H kirkby Fire Alarm System.magazine, organization, standards australia, the australian standard november 2002 volume 23 number 10, felicity pontoni, tom godfrey, mark elder, pmp print, beehive building, bendigo stock exchange, edward hope kirkby, la trobe picture collection, state library of victoria, barry lee oam, brian kirkby, david michel -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Speaking Personally - W Murdoch, 1887/1888
These two important books are part of a series produced in the 1880s but they have widely-different content. One describes the natural history of the Parish of Selborne in the County of Hampshire in England. It was written by the British naturalist and ornithologist, Gilbert White and first published in 1789. Since that time it has been republished over 300 times right up to the present day. It is notable for its charm and simplicity and for its description of a pre-industrial England. The other is by the American author, Walt Whitman, first published in 1871. It is a major work of comparative politics and expounds on the influence of the Louisiana Purchase and the expansion of the American spirit and character. It also denounces the post-Civil War materialism that had spread at that time in America. These books are of interest because of their antiquarian nature but they are mostly of local Warrnambool interest because of their inscriptions. The books belonged to William Hugh McMahon (1862-1936). William McMahon commenced a legal practice in Warrnambool in 1894, firstly in Liebig Street and later in Kepler Street. He was a prominent lawyer in Warrnambool for 30 years and a staunch adherent of the Presbyterian Church. He and his family lived at ‘Glenrye’ at the corner of Ardlie Street and Botanic Road, a site where the St. John of God Hospital was later established. These two accompanying volumes are in the Camelot Series (1887 and 1888). They are hard cover books with red covers and two ornamental patterns on the front cover (stylized urn and fan shapes). The urn pattern is repeated on the spines. ‘The Natural History of Selborne’ has 366 pages (a Preface and Chapters on the Natural History of Selborne, a Naturalist’s Calendar and Observations on Various Branches of Natural History) and ‘Democratic Vistas’ has 175 pages (a Preface and 12 Chapters). The latter has the remains of a label stuck to the front cover. The handwriting on the inside first pages are in black ink.Book One: ‘W.H.McMahon, June 24th 1889, Warrnambool’ Book Two: ‘W.H.McMahon, Sept. 4th 1891, Warrnambool’ gilbert white, english natural history, walt whitman, american politics, william mcmahon, solicitor, warrnambool., warrnambool history