p.282.fictionThe landscape, social life, and rural traditions of Holme’s native Westmorland are vividly evoked in The Old Road from Spain, the story of two brothers. When the younger brother arrives home from Spain it disrupts the even tenor of life in their Westmorland home. Meanwhile, a wreck in Morecambe bay links the story back to the Spanish Armada.england - adventure fiction, english fiction

p.115A manual for bridge design in Australia and New Zealand from 1974.bridge design - australia, bridge design - new zealand

256 p.non-fictionYarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River is an illustrated history of life on the Yarra. Through the lens of artists and writers, the book explores how life has flourished on the river, including recreation, industry and land use, as well as infrastructure, natural history and social history. This is the first comprehensive illustrated story of the Yarra River over the past 200 years, examined through the lives of its creatives.yarra river, melbourne

202 p.non-fictionAlan Marshall's first long narrative. It is a record of a journey he took around Victoria to collect messages from relatives and friends of soldiers, for publication in AIF News. An illustrated map of his journey is included on the endpapers. This first editon is illustrated but artist is not acknowledged.country life, alan marshall, 1940s

27 p.non-fictionThe Diamond Valley Conservation Strategy will be used by Nillumbik and Banyule councils when developing conservation policies. The strategy was developed by the former Shire of Diamond Valley and documents environment and heritage values and possible threats to those values of the former Shire and policy aims and objectives. This report documents flora and fauna conservation, heritage conservation, landscape conservation, sustainable land use, conservation of resources, waster management and community education and involvement. The Shire of Diamond Valley (1964-1994) was abolished in May 1994. Areas merged with the newly created Shire of Nillumbik, City of Banyule and City of Whittlesea.environmental policy, environmental protection, shire of diamond valley

p.300.non-fictionAn index to the articles in the Australian Railway Historical Society's Bulletin (ACT Division) magazine from 1937 to 1987.australian railway historical society - publications, arhs bulletin - history

p.21.non-fictionpresents an intuitive picture of conditions in the railway construction industry up to the end of the 1920srailway workers - australia, railway construction - australia

p.57.non-fictionA list of the steam locomotives on the broad gauge of the Victorian Railways and their statistics.steam locomotives - victoria- history, steam-engines -- australia -- history

p.255.non-fictionThe author's experiences while a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II.japan - prisons and prisoners of war, prisoners of war - burma

p.100.non-fictionAn alphabetical listing of all the station names in Victoria & the origins of the names.railway stations - victoria - history, railroad stations -- australia -- history

p.39.non-fictionAn alphabetical list of station names on the New South Wales Government railways, with dates of opening, closing and any change of name.railroad stations -- australia -- history, railway stations - new south wales - history

p.9.non-fictionA tribute to Andrew Campbell Ahlston the Victorian Railway's longest serving Chief Mechanical Engineer from 1933 to 1955. A speech delivered on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the diesel-electric locomotive on the V.R. system.railroad engineers -- australia -- .biography, railroad engineers - victoria - biography

p.168non-fictionChronological diary of a girl in Changi 1941-1945world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, world war 1039-1945 - personal narratives

p.159.non-fictionThe letters and memoirs of Gunner W.J. Duffell, 1915-18 as annotated and introduced by Gilbert Mantworld war 1914-1918 - personal narratives - australia, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france

177 p.non-fiction"Melbourne in the 1890s - women can't vote and unmarried mothers are social outcasts. Frances, a young journalist, believes in equal rights for women and their right to have children outside of wedlock. In 1905, pregnant and alone, she boards a steamship for London. Closely intertwined with the lives of Frances and her daughter Sally are the lives of Frances' best friend Ethel and her husband, author Charles Chomley ... As an adult in rural Wales, Frances' daughter Sally must learn to reconcile the past, her origins, and the loss of loves ones. Gardening becomes her passion. This intriguing double biography shows how women's lives are shaped by society's expectations and how social norms have changed. The book follows the lives of two strong women - Frances Fitzgerald Fawkner and Sara 'Sally' Rainforth"--Back cover.berwick (vic.), frances elmes, frances fitzgerald fawkner, sara 'sally' rainforth, charles chomley, ethel a'beckett, dr thomas elmes

p.308.non-fictionFrom the back cover: "Patsy Adam-Smith has collected a rich host of humorous, historic, and tragic anecdotes from the navvies, guards, fettlers, gangers, station-masters, drivers, and other men and women of the Australian railways - men and women who, bringing character and life to the loneliness of the remote parts of Australia they opened up, were a vital part of our history."australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections., railroads -- australia -- history.

p.196.non-fictionA novel about the history and anecdotes from some of the people who built Australia's railways.novels in english. australian writers, australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections.

188 p.fictionChildren's novel about life in a schoolst katherine's church st helena, dawn petts

p.79.non-fictionReminiscences of Alfred Rayment a railway staff-officer on the New South Wales railways.railways - new south wales - history., railways - new south wales - personal reminiscence

p.26.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on Railways on the question of selecting localities for the permanent survey of narrow gauge lines in Victoria in 1896.railroad construction - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history

p.9.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on Railways on the question of re-opening the Fawkner and Somerton Railway in Victoria in 1918.railroad construction - victoria - history, fawkner and somerton railway - victoria - history

p.13.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on Railways on the Colac-Crowes Non-Paying railway line in Victoria in 1931.railroad construction - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history

p.12.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on Railways on the question of a connecting railway in the Upper Acheron Valley district in Victoria.railroad construction - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history

p.48.non-fictionA directory of stations on the Victorian Railways.railway stations - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria - history

p.258.non-fictionSaigon,1967. Fresh-faced 25-year-old Hugh Lunn arrives in Vietnam at the height of the war to cover it for Reuters and quickly meets a fascinating cast of characters: journalists, Vietnamese, military and best of all, Dinh, the Vietnamese reporter and guide who spoke his own brand of English (Dinglish) and whose wisdom and humour become inextricably bound up with the young reporter's view of the war. Before long the author experiences the full horror and tragedy of war, and finds himself questioning not only the US/Australian role in Vietnam, but his own role in a war where images and words could be as powerful as bullets. vietnam conflict 1961-1975 - personal recollections, vietnam conflict 1961-1975 - history