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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Langley Eve, White Coolies, 1994
A thinly veiled autobiography of the authors early life which includes time spent living and working on the land in the Metung area of East Gippsland Victoria.employment, social history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Jeffrey, Betty, Matron, A. M. Sage - 'Samme', 1976
First published in 1954, this is a chilling account of the capture and brutal treatment by their Japanese captors of a group of Australian Army Nurses, and other women prisoners, from 1942 to 1945. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Jeffrey, Betty, Recollections of Life on the Silt Jetties, 1970
A tribute to Matron A.M.Sage, Matron in Chief of Australian Army Nursing Services, and some references to P.O.W. life and rehabilitation. Booklet produced as fundraiser for College of Nursing, Australia -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Palmer, Molly, Gippsland - Our Changing Environment, 2000
Booklet describing the life of a young fishing family on the silt jetties at the mouth of the Mitchell River, Gippsland Lakes, Victoriaboats and boating, topography, fishing industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Le Cheminant, Marion, Barns of the Snowy River Orbost - Documenting the Slatted Barns of the Lower Snowy River, 1982
A basic chronology of the first 140 years of white settlement in Gippsland, Victoria 1840 - 1980land settlement, transport, natural disasters, waterways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Orbost Historical Society Inc, Victoria Felix -A Celebration of the 50th. Parliament of Victoria 1856-1985, 2006
Documents the distinctive slatted barns of the Lower Snowy River, Orbost, Victoria. Includes sketch maps, barn plans, history of area and families and personal ineterviews.Ngaire Donald May Leatchland settlement, agriculture, natural disasters, transport -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Ellem, Elizabeth Wood, Horrific Hammer Murders at Bulumwaal near Bairnsdale, 1985
A History of the system of government in Victoria, from the first Parliament in 1856 until the 50th. Parliament in 1985. Illustrated with sketches, plans and photographs.history, government, buildings, politics -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Clements John, Shipswrecks bibliography Victoria, 2005
A compilation of information regarding the murder of the stores keeper and his wife at Bulumwaal Victoria, taken from newspaper reports Police records and local history publications. Illustrated with photographs and sketches.law, mines and mining, retail trade -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Heritage Victoria, Vagabond CountryAustralian Bush & Town Life in the Victorian Age, 2001
A limited bibliography of Victorian ships wrecks, lighthouses and associated subjects held by Heritage Victoria.ships and shipping, lighthouses, maritime history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Cannon Michael, Shipswrecks round Port Phillip Heads
An account of journey through Gippsland, during 1880's by vagabond- John Stanley James journalist, also known as Julian Thomas, giving his comments on the settlers, businesses and townships, also problems of isolation.Edited by Michael Cannonhistory, township -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Love Don, Auditors Generals Report - East Gippsland Shire Council Proposed Sale of Lakes Entrance Property, 2007
Well documented stories of the shipwrecks around Port Phillip Heads Victoria 1840-1900 with references photographs location Map and sketches.ships and shipping, history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Cameron J W, Trestle Bridge, 2005
Report containing the results of the Auditors Generals review of the actions of the East Gippsland Shire Council, in attempting to sell the property at 55 Palmers Road Lakes Entrance, and an associated legal action. Chronology of Key events 1982-2005government, law -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, McGrath, Michelle, Lakes Entrance Post Office, 2005
Research, interpretation and management recommendations for the trestle bridge at Stony Creek, Nowa Nowa, Gippsland, Victoriatransport, bridges -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Scot, Peter, Batten's Landing - The River Trade, 2005
Research and interpretation of the Post Office and postal services of Lakes Entrance, Victoria.postal services -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Rodwell, Daniel J, Flood Event Photographs June 2007, 2005
Research, interpretation and management recommendations for Batten's Landing site on the Tambo River, East Gippsland, Victoria.waterways, land settlement, mines and mining -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, East Gippsland Catchment Management, The Watcher on the Cast Iron Balcony, 2007
A pictorial record in colour of the widespread damaging floods in East Gippsland in June 2007 . Spiral bound bookletnatural disasters, waterways, township -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Porter, Hal, John Bulmer's Recollections of Victorian Aboriginal Life 1855-1908, 1963
A thinly veiled biography reflecting life in the country town, Bairnsdale, Victoria, during the earlier half of the twentieth century.biography, township -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Bulmer, John, Door to the Forest. Collected stories from one Nature's Lifelong Friends - Ellen Lyndon, 1999
Compilation of the recollections of Rev. John Bulmer of Lake Tyers Aboriginal Mission. Contains photographs, explanation of Aboriginal words and phrases.aboriginals -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Lyndon, Ellen, Lakes Entrance Avenue of Honour World War 1 Memorial Sculptures, 1993
Recollections of natural history adventures from childhood to adulthood in Gippsland, by a lover of all wildlife; together with comments on farming on difficult land, and Soldier Settlement difficulties.land settlement, agriculture -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Saunders Nicole, Advice to a Young lady in the Colonies being a letter sent from Mrs E of England to Maria Macarthur in the Colony of New South Wales in 1812, 2007
Research interpretation and recommendation for management of the World War 1 memorial carvings at Lakes Entrance, victoria, being the place of potential cultural significance component of diploma of natural resourcesworld war 1914-1918, memorials -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Barca Margaret, Gordon Joanna, Creeks and Harbours of the Gippsland Lakes, 1979
A reproduction of a letter of advice sent to Maria Macarthur in New South Wales in 1812, from Mrs E, containing menus, meal preparation and housekeeping advice. Contains a short history of the Macarthur family in early Australia.genealogy, social history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Hawkins Richard, Geophysical survey at the New Works artificial entrance Lakes Entrance East Gippsland Victoria, 1984
Survey and comprehensive boating guide to the creeks and harbours and waterways of the Gippsland Lakes Victoria at December 1984 contains maps, charts giving depth. Brief history of the region.waterways, boats and boating -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Hewitt Geoff Bader Hans Dieter, Scatter the Light Centenary of Technical Education in Bairnsdale 1890-1990, 2007
Report on the geomagnetic archaeological survey of areas of prograded Ninety Mile Beach shore in East Gippsland Victoria, immediately to the East and West of the artificial entrance to the Gippsland Lakes.waterways, topography, ships and shipping -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Prendergast Lorna, Where are You Going with That Oil, 1990
History and development of the Bairnsdale Technical Schools, Victoria from 1890 to 1990. contains photographs, anecdotes, list of directors and principals. Honour Roll, and achievements of pupils.education, mines and mining -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Doty Roy, Footprints- The Journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper, 1976
A children's book explaining the origins of oil and gas, extraction refinement and applications, and brief discussion on alternative fuel sourcesindustrial -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Flagg Simon and Gurciulla Sebastion, Flynn of the Inland, 2008
A story of the struggle of the Aboriginal Pepper family to survive in the prevailing attitudes of the early twentieth century The extracts from Archival records show the harsh and uncompromising attitude of government, and the effect laws and policies haaboriginals, genealogy -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Idriess Ion L, Carpentertown. A history of the New Works cottages at Lakes Entrance, 1951
An account of the establishment of the Australian Inland Mission and Flying Doctor Service, Written in the vernacular of the time, 11932aboriginals -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Fish Marie, Survival at Sea, 2008
The story of the cottages at the New Works area at Lakes Entrance Victoria, their relationship to the early fishing industry and the construction of the artificial entrance from Bass Strait to the Gippsland Lakes, and the past and recent residents.civil engineering, land settlement -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Bird Geoff, Re-establishment Benefits for National Servicemen Department of Labour and National Service December 1966, 1991
A short history of the Lakes Entrance Ocean Rescue Squad Victoria, includes action to be taken before crossing the Lakes Entrance Bar and distress procedure, contains photographs of boats and rescues.boats and boating, safety, community services -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Department of Labour and National Service, Private Lives Public Records -Family History Resources at Public Record Office Victoria, 1966
Government booklet intended to direct National Servicemen to the assistance available for return to civilian life.community services