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Otway Districts Historical Society
Book, Not a bad place, the Bay, 1987
... .); Interviews; Social life and customs; History;... Price (ed.); Nadia Wheatley (ed.); Interviews; Social life ...An Apollo Bay oral history project converted into a written work, it covers the lives of ten older residents and their times in Apollo Bay.Not a bad place, the Bay. Old residents of Apollo Bay talk to local primary school children and members of the community. Jackie Price (ed.). Nadia Wheatley (ed.) Apollo Bay (Vic); The Killala Road Publishing Co.; 1987. 160 p.; illus, map. Hard cover. ISBN 0 9587872 0 4not a bad place, the bay; apollo bay; jackie price (ed.); nadia wheatley (ed.); interviews; social life and customs; history; -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Peter Stanley et al, Anzac Day seventy years on, 1986
... australia - social life and customs.... australia - social life and customs anzac day - pictorial works ...A pictorial record of the commemoration of ANZAC day in 1985Ill, p.168.non-fictionA pictorial record of the commemoration of ANZAC day in 1985australia - social life and customs, anzac day - pictorial works -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Collins, The Australian people and the Great War, 1984
... Australia - Social life and customs -1914-1918..., notes, ill, p.242. Australia - Social life and customs -1914 ...World War I (1) - Gallipoli - Churches and the war - Empire loyalty - Women at war - Sport and war in Australia - Australia Imperial Forces abroad - German Australians - Rural Australia and the war.Index, notes, ill, p.242.non-fictionWorld War I (1) - Gallipoli - Churches and the war - Empire loyalty - Women at war - Sport and war in Australia - Australia Imperial Forces abroad - German Australians - Rural Australia and the war.australia - social life and customs -1914-1918, world war 1914-1918 - history - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Collins, Australia 1942 : end of innocence, 1985
... World war 1939-1945 - Social life and customs - Australia... 1939-1945 - Social life and customs - Australia A vivid ...A vivid description of the events leading up to 1942 when the war became Australia's war.Index, Bibliography, ill, p.200.non-fictionA vivid description of the events leading up to 1942 when the war became Australia's war.world war 1939-1945 - australia, world war 1939-1945 - social life and customs - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, The new order, 1989
... Germany - Social life and customs - 1933-1945.... Germany - Social life and customs - 1933-1945 National socialism ...Examines Hitler's campaign to develop a militant new Reich in Germany.Index, bibliography, ill, p.192.non-fictionExamines Hitler's campaign to develop a militant new Reich in Germany.germany - social life and customs - 1933-1945, national socialism -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, The center of the web, 1989
... Germany - Social life and customs - 1933-1945..., p.177. Germany - Social life and customs - 1933-1945 ...This volume is one of a series that chronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi GermanyIndex, bibliography, ill, p.177.non-fictionThis volume is one of a series that chronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi Germanygermany - social life and customs - 1933-1945, national socialism, adolf hitler -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, The twisted dream, 1989
... Germany - Social life and customs - 1933-1945....185. Germany - Social life and customs - 1933-1945 National ...Chronicles the rise of the Nazi party and its push for power.Index, bibliography, ill, p.185.non-fictionChronicles the rise of the Nazi party and its push for power. germany - social life and customs - 1933-1945, national socialism, adolf hitler -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, Storming to power, 1989
... Germany - Social life and customs - 1933-1945....185. Germany - Social life and customs - 1933-1945 National ...Chronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi Germany. Chronicles the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party following the collapse of Germany following World War I.Index, bibliography, ill, p.185.non-fictionChronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi Germany. Chronicles the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party following the collapse of Germany following World War I. germany - social life and customs - 1933-1945, national socialism, adolf hitler -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, The new order, 1989
... Germany - Social life and customs - 1933-1945.... Germany - Social life and customs - 1933-1945 National socialism ...Examines Hitler's campaign to develop a militant new Reich in Germany.Index, bibliography, ill, p.192.non-fictionExamines Hitler's campaign to develop a militant new Reich in Germany.germany - social life and customs - 1933-1945, national socialism -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Victoria Fisher, Australian war diary: Australian armed forces in a changing world 1870-2011, 2011
... australia - social life and customs - history... - social life and customs - history This war diary distils ...This war diary distils the major military events of recent Australian history from 1870 the the present day.non-fictionThis war diary distils the major military events of recent Australian history from 1870 the the present day.war - press coverage - australia, australia - social life and customs - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Joseph, London goes to war, 1939, 1974
... London - Social life and customs - 1939... - Social life and customs - 1939 London - 1939 - Pictorial works ...Gives a vivid picture of life in London at the outbreak of the war and the months that followed.Ill, p.126.non-fictionGives a vivid picture of life in London at the outbreak of the war and the months that followed.london - social life and customs - 1939, london - 1939 - pictorial works -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - On This Day in the North East: North Eastern Victoria's Book of Events, Graham Jones, 1989
... social life northeast victoria... social life northeast victoria This publication covers over 1,000 ...This publication covers over 1,000 events - the essence of three years of radio scripts broadcast during 1987, 1988 and 1989 on 3NE in the series On This Day in the North East - covering a wide spectrum of activities from grand occasions and important events, to happenings of a less formal nature, from all over the North East - Wangaratta, Benalla, Beechworth, Myrtleford, Bright, Glenrowan, Yarrawonga, Rutherglen-Corowa, Albury-Wodonga, Corryong, Yackandandah, Mansfield, Euroa and districts.non-fictionThis publication covers over 1,000 events - the essence of three years of radio scripts broadcast during 1987, 1988 and 1989 on 3NE in the series On This Day in the North East - covering a wide spectrum of activities from grand occasions and important events, to happenings of a less formal nature, from all over the North East - Wangaratta, Benalla, Beechworth, Myrtleford, Bright, Glenrowan, Yarrawonga, Rutherglen-Corowa, Albury-Wodonga, Corryong, Yackandandah, Mansfield, Euroa and districts.northeast victoria events, radio scripts 3ne, social life northeast victoria -
The Celtic Club
Book, Padraic Colum, A Treasury of Irish Folklore, 1967
... Ireland - Social Life and Customs..., p.613. Folklore - Ireland Ireland - Social Life and Customs ...The stories, traditions, legends, humor, wisdom, ballads and songs of he Irish people.Index, p.613.non-fictionThe stories, traditions, legends, humor, wisdom, ballads and songs of he Irish people.folklore - ireland, ireland - social life and customs -
The Celtic Club
Book, Edna O'Brien, The Country Girls Trilogy, 1987
... Ireland - Social life and customs - Fiction.... Ireland - Social life and customs - Fiction Women - Ireland ...A portrait of the pain and joy of youth, the ruin of marriage gone wrong and the ache of lost friendship and love. A trilogy of Edna O'Brien's early novels.p.679.fictionA portrait of the pain and joy of youth, the ruin of marriage gone wrong and the ache of lost friendship and love. A trilogy of Edna O'Brien's early novels.ireland - social life and customs - fiction, women - ireland - fiction -
The Celtic Club
Book, Dermot Bolger, The Vintage Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction, 1994
... Ireland - Social life and customs - Fiction... Irish Fiction Bib, notes, p.561. Irish fiction Ireland - Social ...An anthology of modern Irish fiction, edited and introduced by Dermot Bolger.Bib, notes, p.561.non-fictionAn anthology of modern Irish fiction, edited and introduced by Dermot Bolger.irish fiction, ireland - social life and customs - fiction -
The Celtic Club
Book, Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent, 1964
... 3. Ireland - Social life and customs..... 3. Ireland - Social life and customs. Irish fiction With her ...With her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Politically risky, stylistically innovative, and wonderfully entertaining, the novel changes the focus of conflict in Ireland from religion to class, and boldly predicts the rise of the Irish Catholic bourgeoisie.Bib, notes, p.127.fictionWith her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Politically risky, stylistically innovative, and wonderfully entertaining, the novel changes the focus of conflict in Ireland from religion to class, and boldly predicts the rise of the Irish Catholic bourgeoisie. 3. ireland - social life and customs., irish fiction -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, K. Langloh Parker, The Euahlayi tribe : a study of Aboriginal life in Australia, 1905
... Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs..., index, p.156. Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs ...Belief in Supreme Being; male and female descent; relationship terms (with mention of Vic., N.T. tribes); list of totems; totemic food taboos; medicine men; witch woman and native remedies; bonepointing; belief in spirits; conception beliefs; childhood customs; betrothal; firemaking; bullroarers; message sticks; initiation ceremonies & corroborees; mourning & funeral; legends & cosmology; hunting finding food & cooking; clothing & body painting; weapons; recreations; childhood songs & song about Byamee (texts with translations)Glossary, index, p.156.Belief in Supreme Being; male and female descent; relationship terms (with mention of Vic., N.T. tribes); list of totems; totemic food taboos; medicine men; witch woman and native remedies; bonepointing; belief in spirits; conception beliefs; childhood customs; betrothal; firemaking; bullroarers; message sticks; initiation ceremonies & corroborees; mourning & funeral; legends & cosmology; hunting finding food & cooking; clothing & body painting; weapons; recreations; childhood songs & song about Byamee (texts with translations)aboriginal australians - social life and customs, aboriginal australians - religion -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, K Langloh Parker, Australian legendary tales, 1953
... Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs... Australians - Social life and customs Australia - Folklore Legends ...Legends of the Narran tribe, told to author by natives; specimen of legend given in native languageBibliography, ill, p.237.non-fictionLegends of the Narran tribe, told to author by natives; specimen of legend given in native languageaboriginal australians - social life and customs, australia - folklore -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Angus and Robertson, Prose works of Henry Lawson, 1957
... Australia - Social life and customs... Prose works of Henry Lawson. Index, p.684. Australia - Social ...Two volumes of short stories by Henry Lawson (1867-1922) . Volume one organised into four sections: 'While the Billy Boils' (first series); 'While the Billy Boils' (second series); 'On the track'; 'Over the sliprails'. Volume two organised into five sections: 'Joe Wilson'; 'Joe Wilson's Mates'; 'The romance of the swag'; 'The rising of the court'; 'Send round the hat'.Index, p.684.Two volumes of short stories by Henry Lawson (1867-1922) . Volume one organised into four sections: 'While the Billy Boils' (first series); 'While the Billy Boils' (second series); 'On the track'; 'Over the sliprails'. Volume two organised into five sections: 'Joe Wilson'; 'Joe Wilson's Mates'; 'The romance of the swag'; 'The rising of the court'; 'Send round the hat'. australia - social life and customs, australia - literary works -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, W.R. Smith & Paterson, Cullenbenbong, 1945
... Australia - Social life and customs... Cullenbenbong Ill, p.206. Australia - Social life and customs Blue ...A memoir of country life in rural New South WalesIll, p.206.non-fictionA memoir of country life in rural New South Walesaustralia - social life and customs, blue mountains -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Oxford University Press, A short history of Australia, 1937
... Australia - Social life and customs.... Australia - History Australia - Social life and customs Outline ...Outline of Australian history to the outbreak of the First World War ; includes refererences to Governor George Arthur's "Black line" and George Robinson's work among Aboriginal Tasmanians.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.374.non-fictionOutline of Australian history to the outbreak of the First World War ; includes refererences to Governor George Arthur's "Black line" and George Robinson's work among Aboriginal Tasmanians. australia - history, australia - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, T. Nelson and sons, Australia : a general account - history, resources, production, social conditions, 1929
... Australia - Social life and customs..., social conditions Index, Ill, maps, p.272. Australia - Social ...Outline of geography, European exploration and settlement, economic development, social condition, flora and fauna; includes a brief general account of Aboriginal culture.Index, Ill, maps, p.272.non-fictionOutline of geography, European exploration and settlement, economic development, social condition, flora and fauna; includes a brief general account of Aboriginal culture.australia - social life and customs, australia - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Francis Yeats-Brown, Lancer at large, 1936
... India - Social life and customs... Lancer at large p.320. India - Social life and customs India ...Indian life as described by a British soldierp.320.non-fictionIndian life as described by a British soldierindia - social life and customs, india - description and travel -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Francis Yeats-Brown, Bengal lancer, 1936
... India - Social life and customs... Bengal lancer p.278. India - Social life and customs India ...Autobiography of a British cavalry officer in pre-war India and on the western front, who later became a member of the Royal flying corps in Mesopotamia. The closing chapters concern his subsequent travels in India and give his interpretation of the Hindu philosophy through the medium of his own personal experience.p.278.non-fictionAutobiography of a British cavalry officer in pre-war India and on the western front, who later became a member of the Royal flying corps in Mesopotamia. The closing chapters concern his subsequent travels in India and give his interpretation of the Hindu philosophy through the medium of his own personal experience. india - social life and customs, india - description and travel -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Penryn Goldman, To hell and gone, 1932
... Australia - Social life and customs... Australia - Social life and customs A record of a 1929-30 historical ...A record of a 1929-30 historical trip by a Baby Austin car from Adelaide to daly Waters in the Northern Territory, then the return journey to Melbourne in a Vauxhall.p.268non-fictionA record of a 1929-30 historical trip by a Baby Austin car from Adelaide to daly Waters in the Northern Territory, then the return journey to Melbourne in a Vauxhall.northern australia - description and travel, australia - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, George Routledge and Sons, Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman, 1884
... England - Social life and customs... England - Social life and customs Though Tristram is always ...Though Tristram is always present as narrator and commentator, the book contains little of his life, only the story of a trip through France and accounts of the four comical mishaps which shaped the course of his life from an early age. Firstly, while still only a homunculus, Tristram's implantation within his mother's womb was disturbed. At the very moment of procreation, his mother asked his father if he had remembered to wind the clock.p.322.fictionThough Tristram is always present as narrator and commentator, the book contains little of his life, only the story of a trip through France and accounts of the four comical mishaps which shaped the course of his life from an early age. Firstly, while still only a homunculus, Tristram's implantation within his mother's womb was disturbed. At the very moment of procreation, his mother asked his father if he had remembered to wind the clock. england - fiction, england - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Commander Crawford Pasco, A roving commission : Naval reminiscences, 1897
... Australia - Social life and customs... - Biography Australia - Social life and customs Pasco explored ...Pasco explored the coasts of Australia and Tasmania from 1838 to 1843Ill, p.291.non-fictionPasco explored the coasts of Australia and Tasmania from 1838 to 1843royal navy - biography, australia - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Angus and Robertson, Vouza and the Solomon islands, 1946
... Solomon Islands - Social life and customs... - Description and travel Solomon Islands - Social life and customs ...A description of the Solomon islands and its inhabitantsIll, maps, p.217.A description of the Solomon islands and its inhabitantssolomon islands - description and travel, solomon islands - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Melbourne University Press in association with Oxford University Press, The Papuan achievement, 1944
... Papua New Guinea - Social life and customs... - History Papua New Guinea - Social life and customs A history ...A history of Papua New Guinea to 1940Index, ill, map, p.207.non-fictionA history of Papua New Guinea to 1940papua new guines - history, papua new guinea - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, John Murray, The life of Paris, 1900
... Paris (France) - Social life... The life of Paris p.261. Paris (France) - Social life Paris ...An exploration of Parisian lifep.261.non-fictionAn exploration of Parisian lifeparis (france) - social life, paris - description and travel