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Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: THE LIFE OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
A book titled 'The Life of Her Majesty The Queen.' London : Ward, Lock & Co., Salisbury Square, E.C. 769 - 784 pgs. This booklet is one of a series of 53 ' Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People.' 'Biographical Series.' Price one penny. There are also advertisements of note.books, biography, queen victoria, lydia chancellor, collection, the queen, queen victoria, the life of queen victoria, female, person, individual, british royalty, royal family, british history, england, famous people, penny books, english history, ward & lock's penny historical series, ward & lock's penny books for the people, advertisements, biographical series -
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Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''BLUESTONE'' BY CLIVE TURNBULL
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 38 page hardcover book. The story of James Stephens, pioneer of the 'Eight Hour Movement' in Victoria. Australian Heritage books - edition limited to 500 copies. Published in 1945 by the Hawthorn Press, Melbourne. Designed and printed by John Gartner of the Hawthorn Press. Catalogue sticker ''2159 TUR'' on spine. Handwritten in ink on flyleaf 'To Alec Chisholm (Government House) with Kellyite Greetings Clive Turnbull'Clive Turnbullbooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, james stephens, clive turnbull, eight hour movement. biography -
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Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''MULBERRY LEAVES'' BY CLIVE TURNBULL
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 42 page hardcover book telling the story of Charles Whitehead, a forgotten author, associate of Charles Dickens who came to Melbourne in the gold rush days and died in poverty. Published in 1945 by the Hawthorn Press, Melbourne. Designed and printed by John Gartner at the Hawthorn Press. Edition limited to 500 copies. Catalogue sticker ''2162 TUR'' on spine. Handwritten in ink on flyleaf '' To Alec Chisholm, this tribute laid at the foot of the Viceroy's throne, by his Obednt Servt Clive Turnbull 22 : vii : 45 ''Clive Turnbullbooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, clive turnbull, charles whitehead, biography -
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Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''SAIL HO !'' BY SIR JAMES BISSET
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 288 page hardcover book illustrated with B & W photos. Sailing ship reminiscences of James Bisset, ex-commodore of the Cunard Line. Written in collaboration with P. R. Stephensen. James Bisset was the wartime captain of the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth. Published in 1959 by Angus and Robertson and printed by the Halstead Press, Sydney. Catalogue sticker ''2209 BIS'' on spine. Handwritten in biro on title page ''To Alec H Chisholm with all good wishes from J. G. P. Bisset.James Bissetbooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, james bisset, p.r.stephensen, sailing ships, cunard line, biography -
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Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''ADVENTUROUS LIFE'' BY ADMIRAL LORD MOUNTEVANS
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 259 page autobiography of ''Evans of the Broke'', Admiral Lord Mountevans. Includes 32 B & W photographs. He was 2IC of Capt. Scotts's last Polar expedition and Commander in Chief of the Royal Australian Navy , the African Station and the Nore. Published in 1946 by Hutchinson & Co. and printed by the Anchor Press, Essex. Catalogue sticker ''2244 MOU'' on spine. Reference made to A. H. Chisholm on page 169. Newspaper cutting from Sydney Morning Herald, 22/8/57 obituary notice for Mountevans. He died in Norway. Handwritten in green biro on flyleaf ''I do not recall having assured Teddy Evans, 'The good winds blow through your heart' but I hope I did. Anyway, he was an admirable bloke and that's even more creditable than being an Admiral. See p169 Alec Chisholm''Edward Evansbooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, admiral lord mountevans, biography, navy, explorer -
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Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''MEMOIRS OF TILLY ASTON''
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 243 page hardcover memoir by Tilly Aston, Australia's blind poet, author and philanthropist. B & W photo of Tilly Aston opposite the title page. Also includes some of her verse. Published in 1946 by The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne and printed by John Gartner at the Hawthorn Press. Catalogue sticker ''2258 AST'' on spine.Tilly Astonbooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, tilly aston, biography -
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Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''COLIN ARCHER, A MEMOIR'' BY JAMES ARCHER
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 120 page hardcover memoir of Colin Archer, a Norwegian boat builder (1832 - 1921) who spent some early years in Australia. Illustrated with 25 B & W photos. Published circa 1950 but no publisher given. Printed by John Bellows Ltd, Gloucester. Newspaper cutting (30/9/59) on Archers pasted inside front cover. Catalogue sticker ''2168 ARC'' on spine. Handwritten in biro on flyleaf ''A. H. Chisholm with best wishes from Alister Archer April 1955.''James Archerbooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, colin archer, james archer, alister archer, boatbuilder -
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Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''BONANZA'' BY CLIVE TURNBULL
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 47 page hardback book telling the story of George Francis Train (an eccentric American millionaire). Australian Heritage Books, edition limited to 500 copies. Published in 1946 by the Hawthorn Press, Melbourne. Designed and printed by John Gartner at the Hawthorn Press. Catalogue sticker '2160 TUR' on spine.Clive Turnbulllbooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, clive turnbull, george francis train, biography -
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Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF LADY WEARING VICTORIAN STYLE CLOTHING
black and white PHOTOGRAPH OF lady wearing Victorian style clothing taken at Batchelder's , 41 Collins St East Melbourne. Rear of photo has the name of the photographer, Batchelder's, 41 Cvollins Street melbourne Victoria 3000.photograph, person, black and white photograph of lady wearing victorian style clothing taken at batchelder's , 41 collins st east melbourne batchelder & co. :: biography at design and art australia online www.daao.org.au/bio/batchelder-co/ batchelder & co. were photographers who exhibited in the melbourne centennial international exhibition 1888-89. biographical data b. biography batchelder … -
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Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''FRONTIER, THE STORY OF PADDY HANNAN'' BY CLIVE TURNBULL
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 44 page hardcover book telling the story of Paddy Hannan, the discoverer of gold at Kalgoorlie, West Australia. Published and printed about 1950 by the Hawthorn Press, Melbourne. Edition limited to 500 copies. Catalogue sticker ''2195 TUR'' on spine.Clive Turnbullbooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, clive turnbull, paddy hannan, kalgoorlie, gold -
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Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: SOLO FLIGHT' BY JEAN BATTEN
Signed and and dated 31.10.1934 copy of Book - Solo Flight by Jean Batten / Book- Hard covered blue cover with black printing / paper dust cover showing Jean Batten and pictures of Australia and England .Solo flight contains newspaper cuttings of her flights and facsimile of her log written while in the air, published in Australia by Jackson & O'Sullivan Ltd, first published October 1934.Jean Battenbooks, biography, jean batten, lydia chancellor collection, collection, jean batten / solo flight by jean batten, flight, aeroplane, aviation, female, pilot, jean batten -
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Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: KITCHENER BY BRIG-GENERAL, C.R. BALLARD
Book-Kitchener - by Bri-Gen. CR Ballard Book- Hard covered green cover with black printing / paper dust cover / showing price of eighteen shillings /publisher London : Faber & Faber Ltd / included in front of book 3x newspaper clippings from The Sun & Bendigo Advertiser - Kitchener’s smile , Lord Kitchener - his Military Service , How Kitchener perished.Bri-Gen. CR Ballardbooks, military, world war 1, lydia chancellor collection, collection, book-kitchener - by bri-gen. cr ballard /publisher london : faber & faber ltd, war, military, male, individual, biography, lord kitchener, horatio herbert kitchener -
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Book - SO THIS IS LIFE
So This Is Life, scenes from a country childhood, including the authors years in Bendigo, soft cover 152 pages, printed by Melbourne University Press.Anne Mannebooks, biography, anne manne -
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Book - AN AUDACIOUS AUSSIE DREAM
An Audacious Aussie Dream ,Family Care Sisters Story, 203 pages in a soft cover with black and white photographs.Penelope.A.Edmanbooks, biography, family care sisters -
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Book - LIEUT.STEPHEN.DEARAUGO
Lieut.Stephen.DeAraugo of the 14th Battalion AIF in a spring bound binder with black and white photographs.books, biography, dearaugo -
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Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: 'THE STORY OF ONE HUNDRED SYMPHONIC FAVORITES.'
A small hardback book titled, ''The Story of One Hundred Symphonic Favorites,'' by Paul Grabbe. The author evaluates each piece of music and gives a background on the composer. Grosset & Dunlap Publishers. New York, 1940. 300 pgs.Paul Grabbebook, music, lydia chancellor collection, collection, music, classical music, music composers, biography, book, books, musical instruments, piano, entertainment, performing arts -
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Book - WITH SCOTT: THE SILVER LINING
A damaged hard covered book titled 'With Scott : the Silver Lining.' by Griffith Taylor.'With nearly 200 illulstrations and maps.' An illustration of a penguin and chick is on the front cover. London. Smith, Elder & Co. publishers, 15 Waterloo Place. 1916. 448 p. (ill., maps,)Griffith Taylorbooks, biography, captain scott, books, exploration, adventure, antarctica, people, person, famous people, captain robert falcon scott -
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Book - THE WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, THE LEARNED AND AUTHENTIC JEWISH HISTORIAN, AND CELEBRATED WARRIOR
A damaged hard covered book titled 'The Works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior.' Edinburgh: Published by Thomas Nelson. MDCCCXL. 856p. (ill.)William Whiston Translatorbooks, biography, flavius josephus, books, history, reference, people, person, jews, famous people, biography, flavius josephus -
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Book - A DIFFICULT CASE
A Difficult Case by Jong Ah Siug, an autobiography of a Chinese miner on the Central Victorian Goldfields, 148 pages with black & white plus some coloured photographs and maps, translated, annotated and historical introduction by Ruth Moore and John Tully, published and printed by Jim Crow Press Daylesford.Jong Ah Siugbooks, biography, jong ah siug -
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Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''THE EARTH BETWEEN THEM'' BY EDGAR BEALE
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 131 page hardback book of transcriptions of Joseph Beale's letters home to Ireland from Victoria, 1852-53. Edited and introduced by Edgar Beale. Includes 20 B & W photos. Published in 1975 by Wentworth Books, Sydney and printed by Walter Stone & Sons, Surrey Hills, NSW. Catalogue sticker ''2170 BEA'' on spine. Handwritten in ink on title page ''For Alec Chisholm, in appreciation of many favours over many years and with the author's kindest regards, Wollongong, 18.6.1976, Edgar Beale''Edgar Bealebooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, joseph beale, edgar beale -
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Book - HOT METAL AND HARD WORK
Assignment by Carol Milne for Deakin University Grad. Dip. Prof. Writing Editing: Hot Metal and Hard Work - Cyril Michelsen and The Bendigo Advertiser 3,400 words paper by Carol Milne, freelance writer. Paper prepared for grad. Dip. Inscribed on front page ' To 'Mr. Mick' with best wishes from Carol Milne 9/10/93'Carol Milnebiography, cyril michelsen, bendigo, bendigo advertiser, newspaper, cyril michelsen. -
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Book - KINTYRE TO BENDIGO - A WALKER FAMILY HISTORY, 2003
book: KINTYRE TO BENDIGO A WALKER FAMILY HISTORY . 61 pages with photos, illustrations, maps. Signed by Donald A. Walker.Donald A. Walkerbiography, walker family, bendigo, family history, donald a. walker, kintyre. -
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Book - THE PASTORAL PATTERSONS, 1977
The Pastoral Pattersons - 236 pages with illustrations and photographs and pull out maps. History of the Patterson family in pastoral life. Myles Patterson arrived in Hobart in 1822. First edition limited copies 775. Signed by J.O. Randell, copy number 325.J.O. Randellbiography, family, patterson, patterson, myles patterson, farming, agriculture -
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Book - ROBERT HARKNESS THE BENDIGO HYMN WRITER
ROBERT HARKNESS, THE BENDIGO HYMN WRITER. 56 pages with photos and illustrations. Written by Keith ColeKeith Colebiography, robert harkness, bendigo, robert harkness, church, keith cole, music. -
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Book - THREE BROTHERS FROM SCOTLAND, 1977
Three brothers from Scotland, by R.A. Anderson the story of John William and Alexander Rae by Rae Alexander Anderson. 39 pages with photographs and illustrations. With IndexRae Alexander Andersonbiography, j.w. and a. rae, bendigo, j.w. rae, a. rae, poetry, wm rae crushing works. -
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Book - ROBERT ALEXANDER LOVE, GOLDFIELDS ARCHITECT 1814 - 1876, 2000
Robert Alexander Love, goldfields architect 1814 - 1876. 113 page with photos and illustrations, maps.Mike Butcherbiography, robert alexander love, bendigo, architecture, heritage buildings, alexander love, architects -
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Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: BIOGRAPHY OF THE COHN FAMILY
Two pages typewritten history of the Cohn family. Also stapled two copies of black and white photographs, one of Captain Julius Isaac Cohn the other of Joel Isaak Cohn and family in front of their house in Smedegade, Horsens, Denmark.bendigo, business, cohn bros -
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Document - REV. HENRY BACKHAUS COLLECTION: BOOK REVIEW
Three pages typewritten book review of Henry Backhaus D.D. by Monsignor John Hussey, Bendigo St. Killian Press. Riview by H.N. Warren.books, biography, henry backhaus -
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Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''FERDINAND VON MUELLER'' BY ALEC H. CHISHOLM
Booklet. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 30 page booklet on the life of the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, by Alec H Chisholm. 'Great Australian Series, published in 1962 by the Oxford University Press, Sydney and printed by the Halstead Press, Sydney. Illustrated with six B&W photos. Catalogue sticker ''2220 CHI'' on front cover. Stamp of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch on the title page and inside back cover. Reference made, on page 25, to a porcelain vase presented to von Mueller and later acquired by Bendigo citizen, A. T. Woodward, and then sold to the Bendigo Art Gallery in 1926.Alec H. Chisholmbooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, ferdinand von mueller, biography, alec h.chisholm, bendigo art gallery -
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Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK 'EVELYN HILL, A MEMOIR' BY ALEXANDRA HASLUCK
BOOK : ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 18 page booklet of an address to St. Catherine's College, University of W.A. on the life of Evelyn Hill, by her daughter Alexandra Hasluck. Privately published in 1963. Printed by Hawthorn Press. No.8 of a limited edition of 100. Two photos included in text. '2152 HAS' catalogue no.on frontcover. Signature of author on page after title page. A typed letter, dated 19 Feb.1964 from Alexandra Hasluck to Alec Chisholm place inside front cover.Alexandra Hasluckbooks, biography, evelyn hill, alec h chisholm collection, evelyn hill, st catherine's college, alexandra hasluck