Showing 132 items matching "folklore"
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Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Dare, John, Times Past... Places Distant, 2009
A photographic journey from the collection of Weston Langford.ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic journey from the collection of Weston Langford.photography - weston langford, australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Marsh, Bill 'Swampy', Great Australian Railway Stories, 2005
Reminiscences of life working & living on the railways of Australia.ill, maps, p.274.non-fictionReminiscences of life working & living on the railways of Australia.australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections., railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Tronson, Mark, From the Driver's Seat, 1989
Epic trains trips as told by locomotive driversill, p.160.non-fictionEpic trains trips as told by locomotive driverstransport - reminiscence - australia, australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Tronson, Mark, Train Driver's Stories, 1990
Stories told by locomotive drivers about their time on the railways in Australia.ill, p.160.non-fictionStories told by locomotive drivers about their time on the railways in Australia.transport - reminiscence - australia, australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Tronson, Mark, Driving Trains The Australian Way, 1987
Autobiographical stories told by locomotive driver Mark Tronson about his time on the railways in Australia.ill, p.160.non-fictionAutobiographical stories told by locomotive driver Mark Tronson about his time on the railways in Australia.transport - reminiscence - australia, australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Dee, Gerald, Visions of the Victorian Railways, 2006
A photographic tribute to the Victorian Railways from 1854 to 1980.ill, p.229.non-fictionA photographic tribute to the Victorian Railways from 1854 to 1980.railroads - victoria - pictorial works, australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Simpson, John, 35 Years of Railway Yarns, 1993
A collection of railway stories from railway worker John Simpson in New South Wales.ill, p.96.non-fictionA collection of railway stories from railway worker John Simpson in New South Wales.railways - new south wales - personal reminiscence, australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Jack Booth, Only The Tracks Remain, 1972
A novel about the history and anecdotes from some of the people who built Australia's railways.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. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Tronson, Mark, Footplate Yarns of Old, 1997
Reminiscences of railway workers on the railways of Australia.ill, p.128.non-fictionReminiscences of railway workers on the railways of Australia.railroad operations - australia - history, australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Tronson, Mark, Tales of the Footplate: Australian Locomotive Enginemen's Stories and Anecdotes, 1988
Stories and anecdotes from railway men on the Australian railways. Published in celebration of Australia's bicentennial.Ill, p.159.non-fictionStories and anecdotes from railway men on the Australian railways. Published in celebration of Australia's bicentennial.australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections., railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Tronson, Mark, Ripping Good Railway Yarns, 1991
Stories and anecdotes from railway men on the Australian railways. Published in celebration of Australia's bicentennial.Ill, p.159.non-fictionStories and anecdotes from railway men on the Australian railways. Published in celebration of Australia's bicentennial.australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections., railroad operations - australia - history -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Book - Cattlemen of the High Country, Tor and Jane Holth, 2008
A history of the cattlemen of the Bogongs in the Victorian Alps, including their bushcraft, yarns, hut construction, dog and horse training. It looks at the issue of fire and cattle grazing and the struggle of the mountain cattlemen to retain their leases after the bushfires of 2003. This publication provides an enduring record of a special group of Australian pioneers whose lives and qualities of endurance have become part of Australian folklore.Subtitled "The story of the mountain cattlemen of the Bogongs", this publication of 248 pages includes illustrations, photos, portraits, an index and maps on the end papers. The original edition was published in 1980 A history of the cattlemen of the Bogongs in the Victorian Alps, including their bushcraft, yarns, hut construction, dog and horse training. It looks at the issue of fire and cattle grazing and the struggle of the mountain cattlemen to retain their leases after the bushfires of 2003. This publication provides an enduring record of a special group of Australian pioneers whose lives and qualities of endurance have become part of Australian folklore.bogong high plains, cattlemen of the high plains, bogong high plains history