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The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Rupert Hart-Davis, Seven years in Tibet, 1953
... Tibet - Social life and customs... and travel Tibet - Social life and customs Recounts how the author ...Recounts how the author an Austrian, escaped from the English internment camp in India in 1943 and spent the next seven years in Tibet, observing its social practices, religion, politics, and people.Ill, maps, p.288.non-fictionRecounts how the author an Austrian, escaped from the English internment camp in India in 1943 and spent the next seven years in Tibet, observing its social practices, religion, politics, and people. tibet - description and travel, tibet - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Adam and Charles Black, The Durbar, 1903
... India - Social life and customs... The Durbar Ill, p.210. India - Description and travel India - Social ...A travellersguide to IndiaIll, p.210.non-fictionA travellersguide to Indiaindia - description and travel, india - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Alan & Charles Black, India, 1912
... India - Social life and customs... - Social life and customs A travellers guide to india Alan ...A travellers guide to indiaIndex, ill, p.216.non-fictionA travellers guide to indiaindia - description and travel, india - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Hodder and Stoughton, Portrait of a Chinese lady : and certain of her contemporaries, 1933
... China - Social life and customs..., p.404. China - Social life and customs China - Women ...An essay on social life in ChinaIll, p.404.non-fictionAn essay on social life in Chinachina - social life and customs, china - women -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Hodder and Stoughton, A passport to China : being the tale of her long and friendly sojourning amongst a stangely interesting people, 1931
... China - Social life and customs... - Description and Travel China - Social life and customs A travellers ...A travellers guide to ChinaIll, p.339.non-fictionA travellers guide to Chinachina - description and travel, china - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, GP Putnam's Sons, Pearls and savages : adventures in the air, on land and sea--in New Guinea, 1924
... Papua New Guinea - Social life and customs... Guinea - Social life and customs An anthropological description ...An anthropological description of native life in New GuinesIll, maps, p.414.non-fictionAn anthropological description of native life in New Guinescultural anthropology, papua new guinea - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell, Peter and Galpin, Don Quixote, ????
... Spain - Social Life - Fiction... Quixote Ill, p.737.Eng Fiction - Spain Spain - Social Life ...The adventures of Don QuixoteIll, p.737.EngfictionThe adventures of Don Quixotefiction - spain, spain - social life - fiction -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, McCarron, Bird & Co, Victoria and its metropolis : Past and present : Vol. II : The Colony and its people in 1888, 1888
... Victoria - Social life and conditions... - History Victoria - Social life and conditions Volume two ...Volume two of a history of VictoriaIndex, ill, p.804.non-fictionVolume two of a history of Victoriavictoria - history, victoria - social life and conditions -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - These Walls Speak Volumes - A history of Mechanics Institutes in Victoria, Pam Baragwanath et al, 2015
... victoria -- social life and customs.... historic buildings -- victoria victoria -- social life and customs ...A comprehensive history of approximately 1,000 mechanics' institutes in Victoria and their contribution to the educational and cultural life of Victoria from 1839 to the present. Information includes the building status, social adult education, library history and heritage listings, as well as essays about the Mechanic Institute movement and development. Winner of the Victorian Community History Award 2016non-fictionA comprehensive history of approximately 1,000 mechanics' institutes in Victoria and their contribution to the educational and cultural life of Victoria from 1839 to the present. Information includes the building status, social adult education, library history and heritage listings, as well as essays about the Mechanic Institute movement and development. Winner of the Victorian Community History Award 2016 mechanics' institutes -- victoria, adult education -- victoria -- history, libraries -- victoria -- history., historic buildings -- victoria, victoria -- social life and customs -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - On the Home Front: Albury during the Second World War, Bruce J Pennay, 1992
... Social life Second World War... Social life Second World War Social conditions - 20th century ...A study of the impact of the Second World War on life in Albury, NSWnon-fiction A study of the impact of the Second World War on life in Albury, NSWsocial life second world war, social conditions - 20th century, impact of second world war albury -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Life on the Australian Goldfields, 1984
... social life... in Australia gold gold mines gold mining australia history social life ...A history of gold mining in AustraliaHardcover. Front cover has a photograph of two miners from West Australia using the dry-blowing technique. In the background are two 'Wood's dry placer-miners'. Back cover has a photograph of the interior of a steam-operated quartz crushing battery at the Mount Boppy Mine.Front cover has a price sticker that is discolored. Inside there is the stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779 gold, gold mines, gold mining, australia, history, social life, customs, stone, derrick i, mackinnon, sue -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Book, A. Hutchison & Son, Tent life in tiger land, 1888
... India social life and customs... social life and customs Tent life in tigerland with which ...Tent life in tigerland with which is incorporated sport and work on the Nepaul frontier being twelve years' sporting reminiscences of a pioneer planter in an Indian frontier district.Olive green line covered book with gold text on the cover and spine together with black, yellow, white and red illustrations. Author: The Hon James Inglis M.L.A. With 22 illustrations in chromo-lithography.non-fictionTent life in tigerland with which is incorporated sport and work on the Nepaul frontier being twelve years' sporting reminiscences of a pioneer planter in an Indian frontier district.moori, james inglis 1845-1908, nepal, india social life and customs -
The Celtic Club
Book, Eddie Stack, The west : stories from Ireland, 1989
... Ireland - Social Life and Customs... Ireland - Social Life and Customs Short stories from the west ...Short stories from the west of Irelandp.115fictionShort stories from the west of Irelandirish fiction, ireland - social life and customs -
The Celtic Club
Book, Ida Grehan, Irish Family Names, 1973
... Ireland - Social Life and Customs... Ireland - Social Life and Customs Collection of 50 Irish family ...Collection of 50 Irish family names, their genealogy and social history.Ill, plates, p.160.non-fictionCollection of 50 Irish family names, their genealogy and social history.irish geneology, ireland - social life and customs -
The Celtic Club
Book, Thomas Flanagan, The Tenants of Time, 1988
... Ireland - Social life and customs... century politics. Ireland - Social life and customs An historical ...An historical novel which has a focus on four men who took part in the ill-fated Fenian uprising in 1867. It traces the effect on their lives of the battle of Clonbrony Wood.Index, p.746.fictionAn historical novel which has a focus on four men who took part in the ill-fated Fenian uprising in 1867. It traces the effect on their lives of the battle of Clonbrony Wood.ireland - 19th century politics., ireland - social life and customs -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book, Cannon, Michael, The roaring days : How Australia grew into a Nation like no other, 1998
... Australian Social life and customs... Australia Australian Social life and customs bk. 1. Who's master ...bk. 1. Who's master, who's man? -- bk. 2. Life in the country. -- bk. 3. Life in the cities.928 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. : book in dust covernon-fictionbk. 1. Who's master, who's man? -- bk. 2. Life in the country. -- bk. 3. Life in the cities.city and town life, 19th cent. history, country life, australia, australian social life and customs -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - A History of the Kiewa Valley, Esther Temple et al, 1989
... kiewa valley social life and cusstoms... kiewa valley social life and cusstoms This book briefly covers ...This book briefly covers the period from the indigenous tribes who lived in the valley well before English settlers arrived. It documents the transformation of the area from a pristine valley environment to one that has been gradually over 200 years to a more commercial rural/industrial landscaped valley. The book details the first pioneers and their descendants, along with the changes to their environment.This book briefly covers the period from the indigenous tribes who lived in the valley well before English settlers arrived. It documents the transformation of the area from a pristine valley environment to one that has been gradually over 200 years to a more commercial rural/industrial landscaped valley. The book details the first pioneers and their descendants, along with the changes to their environment.kiewa river valley, pioneers victoria, kiewa valley social life and cusstoms -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Walter Tyndale, Japan and the Japanese, 1910
... social life... in 1943. Japan travel social life customs Walter Tyndale ...Light blue, cloth-covered covers and spine. Text and graphics in gold. Coloured illustration on front cover-garden scene. 32 coloured illustrations by the author.japan, travel, social life, customs -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book, Sansom, William et al, Victorian life in photographs, 1974
... English Social Life... English Social Life 19th century England Sansom, William Chapman ...32 p., [80] leaves of plates : chiefly ill - 181 illustration (photographs)non-fictionphotography, english social life, 19th century, england -
The Celtic Club
Book, Old Distillery Press Wexford, County Wexford in the rare oul' times, 1987
... County Wexford 1924-1994 - Social life and customs....183. County Wexford 1924-1994 - Social life and customs ...The second volume of the earliest photographs of County Wexford.Ill., plates, p.183.non-fictionThe second volume of the earliest photographs of County Wexford.county wexford 1924-1994 - social life and customs, wexford - ireland -
The Celtic Club
Book, Kenneth Neill, An Illustrated history of the Irish people, 1979
... Ireland - Social life and customs...., bib. plates. p.221. Ireland - History Ireland - Social life ...A pictorial account of the history of the Irish people.Index, ill., bib. plates. p.221.non-fictionA pictorial account of the history of the Irish people.ireland - history, ireland - social life and customs -
The Celtic Club
Book, Val Noone, Hidden Ireland in Victoria, 2012
... Victoria - Social life and customs.....215. Victoria - Social life and customs. Irish- Victoria ...This book is about songs, stories, poems, prayers and accents - as well as events and monuments - of those whose original language was Irish. A first ever history of the Irish language and Gaelic culture in Victoria.Index, bib., ill, map, p.215.non-fictionThis book is about songs, stories, poems, prayers and accents - as well as events and monuments - of those whose original language was Irish. A first ever history of the Irish language and Gaelic culture in Victoria.victoria - social life and customs., irish- victoria - history. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, Australian Military Forces: guarantee of performance
... Australia - Armed Forces - Social life and customs... Newhaven gippsland Australia - Armed Forces - Social life ...Certificate issued to Vietnamese women to be signed before having sex with an Australian soldieraustralia - armed forces - social life and customs -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Michael Dugan et al, There goes the Neighbourhood, 1984
... australia - social life and customs... interaction--australia--history australia - social life and customs ...The book presents a rich picture of a nation in the making. It is a portrait of Australia's development during the 19th and 20th centuries seen through the eyes of people arriving to make their homes here. It also looks at the new arrivals - those accepted and those rejected - from the points of view of people already established in the country.The book has a place in this collection by virtue of Michael Dugan having been a local resident.34 cm H; 200 p; includes chronology, List of sources and texts for each chapterTitle page: signed by one of the authors: Michael Dugansocial interaction--australia--history, australia - social life and customs, australia - social conditions, australia - emigration and immigration - history, minorities - australia - history, (mr) michael dugan, (mr) josef szware -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, There goes the neighbourhood!; Australia's migrant experience, 1984
... social life and customs... interaction social life and customs ethnic communties multiculturalism ...This book presents a rich picture of a nation in the making. The negative aspects of Australian immigration are not glossed over and it looks at the terrible consequences for the Aboriginal people, the nineteenth century Chinese experience and the migrant hostel riots of 1952, among its many other topics. Michael Dugan lived locally in Surrey Hills. This book was commissioned by/for: Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs.The book has a place in this collection by virtue of Michael Dugan having been a local resident.This book presents a rich picture of a nation in the making. The negative aspects of Austaralian immigration are not glossed over and it looks at the terrible consequences for the Aboriginal people, the nineteenth century Chinese experience and the migrant hostel riots of 1952, among its many other topics.Surrey Hills History(mr) michael dugan, (mr) josef szwarc, immigration, social interaction, social life and customs, ethnic communties, multiculturalism, history - australia -
The Celtic Club
Book, J. P. Donleavy, Ireland: A singular country, 1989
... 3. Ireland - Social life and customs.... - Social life and customs. Ireland - Travel J. P. Donleavy's ...J. P. Donleavy's idiosyncratic and personal view of Ireland. He brings to life the range of Ireland's people from the small farmer to the landed aristocrat, from the Anglo-Irish in their crumbling mansions to the 'gombeenmen erecting their empires of vulgarity'.Ill, p.198.non-fictionJ. P. Donleavy's idiosyncratic and personal view of Ireland. He brings to life the range of Ireland's people from the small farmer to the landed aristocrat, from the Anglo-Irish in their crumbling mansions to the 'gombeenmen erecting their empires of vulgarity'.3. ireland - social life and customs., ireland - travel -
The Celtic Club
Book, John Chandler, Forty years in the wilderness, 1990
... Victoria - Social life and customs.... - Social life and customs. Baptists - Victoria - Biography ...A biography of an English migrant family who arrived during the nineteenth century. Soon after arrival their 11 year old son and author was orphaned leaving him provider for his family. He eventually rose to be a prominent merchant always supported by faith and hard labour.Index, p.216.non-fictionA biography of an English migrant family who arrived during the nineteenth century. Soon after arrival their 11 year old son and author was orphaned leaving him provider for his family. He eventually rose to be a prominent merchant always supported by faith and hard labour.victoria - social life and customs., baptists - victoria - biography -
The Celtic Club
Book, Brian Behan, Mother of all the Behans, 1984
... Ireland - Social life and customs... - Biography Ireland - Social life and customs The life story ...The life story of Kathleen Behan as told to her son, Brian BehanPlates, p.138.non-fictionThe life story of Kathleen Behan as told to her son, Brian Behankathleen behan - biography, ireland - social life and customs -
The Celtic Club
Book, Arnold Zable, Jewels and ashes, 1991
... Bialystok (Poland) - Social life and customs... (Poland) - Social life and customs This book is a result ...This book is a result of a journey of discovery between centuries and continents, across inner and outer landscapes. Jewish historical experience has become mainstream Australian literature.p. 210.non-fictionThis book is a result of a journey of discovery between centuries and continents, across inner and outer landscapes. Jewish historical experience has become mainstream Australian literature.arnold zable, bialystok (poland) - social life and customs -
The Celtic Club
Book, Peter Sheridan, 44: A Dublin memoir, 1999
... Ireland - Social life and customs...Book 44: A Dublin memoir p.296. Ireland - Social life ...A memoir of life in 1960s Dublin.p.296.non-fictionA memoir of life in 1960s Dublin.ireland - social life and customs, dublin - history