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Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Angus and Robertson, Prose works of Henry Lawson, 1957
... Australia - Social life and customs... - Social life and customs Australia - Literary works Two volumes ...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 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, W.R. Smith & Paterson, Cullenbenbong, 1945
... Australia - Social life and customs... - Social life and customs Blue Mountains A memoir of country life ...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 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Oxford University Press, A short history of Australia, 1937
... Australia - Social life and customs... - History Australia - Social life and customs Outline of Australian ...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 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, T. Nelson and sons, Australia : a general account - history, resources, production, social conditions, 1929
... Australia - Social life and customs... - Social life and customs Australia - History Outline of geography ...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 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Francis Yeats-Brown, Lancer at large, 1936
... India - Social life and customs... - Social life and customs India - Description and travel Indian ...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 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Francis Yeats-Brown, Bengal lancer, 1936
... India - Social life and customs... - Social life and customs India - Description and travel ...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 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Penryn Goldman, To hell and gone, 1932
... Australia - Social life and customs... Australia - Description and travel Australia - Social life ...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 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, George Routledge and Sons, Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman, 1884
... England - Social life and customs... - Fiction England - Social life and customs Though Tristram ...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 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Commander Crawford Pasco, A roving commission : Naval reminiscences, 1897
... Australia - Social life and customs... Navy - Biography Australia - Social life and customs Pasco ...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 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Melbourne University Press in association with Oxford University Press, The Papuan achievement, 1944
... Papua New Guinea - Social life and customs... Guines - History Papua New Guinea - Social life and customs ...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 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, John Murray, The life of Paris, 1900
... Paris (France) - Social life... (France) - Social life Paris - Description and travel ...An exploration of Parisian lifep.261.non-fictionAn exploration of Parisian lifeparis (france) - social life, paris - description and travel -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Rupert Hart-Davis, Seven years in Tibet, 1953
... Tibet - Social life and customs... - Description and travel Tibet - Social life and customs Recounts how ...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 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Adam and Charles Black, The Durbar, 1903
... India - Social life and customs... - Description and travel India - Social life and customs ...A travellersguide to IndiaIll, p.210.non-fictionA travellersguide to Indiaindia - description and travel, india - social life and customs -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Alan & Charles Black, India, 1912
... India - Social life and customs... - Description and travel India - Social life and customs A travellers ...A travellers guide to indiaIndex, ill, p.216.non-fictionA travellers guide to indiaindia - description and travel, india - social life and customs -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Hodder and Stoughton, Portrait of a Chinese lady : and certain of her contemporaries, 1933
... China - Social life and customs... - Social life and customs China - Women An essay on social life ...An essay on social life in ChinaIll, p.404.non-fictionAn essay on social life in Chinachina - social life and customs, china - women -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, 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 -
Canterbury History GroupBook, James Nicolas, The mystery of Fairyland, Kew, 2017
... Social life... melbourne Grace Tabulo Fairyland Cottage Social life "In 1965 in Kew ..."In 1965 in Kew, Melbourne, 88-year-old Grace Tabulo passed away at her 1860's home, Fairyland. This ended more than 20 years that Grace and her Gallipoli veteran husband Jim had made their home a tourist attraction for children in the local area and beyond. With exhibits, stories, concerts and celebrations for events like Empire Day, Fairyland was featured in newspapers and magazines in Melbourne and abroad. It was a unique place in a more innocent time that had a profound effect on all those who went there. What motivated this couple to dedicate their lives to their community? And what are some of the mysteries that lie behind this story? This is a window into post-war Melbourne suburbia which celebrates a wonderful couple and their lives' work. " (source: TroveBook which researchs the story of Grace and Jim Tabulo and their 1860's home, Fairyland in Kew. Includes photographs and Appendix with some entries from the visitors book. 109 pagesnon-fiction"In 1965 in Kew, Melbourne, 88-year-old Grace Tabulo passed away at her 1860's home, Fairyland. This ended more than 20 years that Grace and her Gallipoli veteran husband Jim had made their home a tourist attraction for children in the local area and beyond. With exhibits, stories, concerts and celebrations for events like Empire Day, Fairyland was featured in newspapers and magazines in Melbourne and abroad. It was a unique place in a more innocent time that had a profound effect on all those who went there. What motivated this couple to dedicate their lives to their community? And what are some of the mysteries that lie behind this story? This is a window into post-war Melbourne suburbia which celebrates a wonderful couple and their lives' work. " (source: Trovegrace tabulo, fairyland cottage, social life -
Canterbury History Group
Book, James Nicolas, The Gunyah: a centenary of Scouting in Canterbury 1915-2015, n.d
... Social life... melbourne Scout Groups Social life Canterbury Scout troop ..."This is a celebration of the centenary of one of Australia's oldest Scout groups. The history includes 2nd and 3rd Canterbury that merged with 1st Canterbury over the years."--Back cover.57 pages; colour photosnon-fiction"This is a celebration of the centenary of one of Australia's oldest Scout groups. The history includes 2nd and 3rd Canterbury that merged with 1st Canterbury over the years."--Back cover.scout groups, social life, canterbury scout troop -
The Celtic ClubBook, Padraic Colum, A Treasury of Irish Folklore, 1967
... Ireland - Social Life and Customs..., South Melbourne VIC 3205 Folklore - Ireland Ireland - Social ...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 ClubBook, Edna O'Brien, The Country Girls Trilogy, 1987
... Ireland - Social life and customs - Fiction..., South Melbourne VIC 3205 Ireland - Social life and customs ...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 ClubBook, Dermot Bolger, The Vintage Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction, 1994
... Ireland - Social life and customs - Fiction..., South Melbourne VIC 3205 Irish fiction Ireland - Social life ...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 ClubBook, Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent, 1964
... 3. Ireland - Social life and customs...., South Melbourne VIC 3205 3. Ireland - Social life and customs ...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 Celtic ClubBook, Eddie Stack, The west : stories from Ireland, 1989
... Ireland - Social Life and Customs..., South Melbourne VIC 3205 Irish fiction Ireland - Social Life ...Short stories from the west of Irelandp.115fictionShort stories from the west of Irelandirish fiction, ireland - social life and customs -
The Celtic ClubBook, Ida Grehan, Irish Family Names, 1973
... Ireland - Social Life and Customs..., South Melbourne VIC 3205 Irish geneology Ireland - Social Life ...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 ClubBook, Thomas Flanagan, The Tenants of Time, 1988
... Ireland - Social life and customs.... Ireland - Social life and customs An historical novel which has ...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 -
The Celtic ClubBook, Old Distillery Press Wexford, County Wexford in the rare oul' times, 1987
... County Wexford 1924-1994 - Social life and customs..., South Melbourne VIC 3205 County Wexford 1924-1994 - Social life ...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 ClubBook, Kenneth Neill, An Illustrated history of the Irish people, 1979
... Ireland - Social life and customs..., South Melbourne VIC 3205 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 ClubBook, Val Noone, Hidden Ireland in Victoria, 2012
... Victoria - Social life and customs...., South Melbourne VIC 3205 Victoria - Social life and customs ...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. -
The Celtic ClubBook, Unice Atwell et al, Growing Up in the 40s, 1983
... Australia - Social life and customs..., South Melbourne VIC 3205 Australia - Social life and customs ...A portrayal of life in the Home Front during World War 11.ill, plates, p.64.non-fictionA portrayal of life in the Home Front during World War 11.australia - social life and customs, australia - history 1939-1945 -
The Celtic ClubBook, Kevin Dalton, 'that could never be' a memoir, 2003
... Ireland - Social life and customs... Ireland - Social life and customs This memoir oscillates between ...This memoir oscillates between pathos and humour, from life in a Limerick orphanage to eventual ordination as a Church of Ireland clergyman. This memoir celebrates determination to survive.p.182.non-fictionThis memoir oscillates between pathos and humour, from life in a Limerick orphanage to eventual ordination as a Church of Ireland clergyman. This memoir celebrates determination to survive. church of ireland - clergy -biography, ireland - social life and customs
