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Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Jacob Grimm, Grimms fairy tales, 1947
... Grimms fairy tales ...Stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been part of the way children learn about the vagaries of the real world.Ill, p.863.Stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been part of the way children learn about the vagaries of the real world.fairy tales, folklore - germany -
Kilmore Historical Society
FREDRIKA BREMER'S WORKS, Fredrika Bremer's works: A diary, the H- family, Axel and Anna, and other tales, 1853
... Anna, and other tales ...Green cloth cover with embossing detail on cover on the spine 368 pages ; 19cmHandwritten inscription on first page '288' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute'kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Canterbury History Group
Booklet, Kelly, Robin, True tales of an antique dealer, July 2019
... True tales of an antique dealer ...History and story of Robin Hood and her antique dealership in Canterbury Road, Canterbury.A5 32 page booklet; colour photographsnon-fictionHistory and story of Robin Hood and her antique dealership in Canterbury Road, Canterbury. antique shops, canterbury antiques, canterbury shopping centre -
Canterbury History Group
Magazine, Canterbury Tales 1976, 1976
... Canterbury Tales 1976 ...School magazine for Canterbury Girls' High School39 pagesSchool magazine for Canterbury Girls' High Schoolcanterbury, canterbury girls secondary college, east camberwell girls school, east camberwell girls secondary school, mangarra road -
Canterbury History Group
Magazine, East Camberwell Girls' School, Canterbury Tales 1977, 1977
... Canterbury Tales 1977 ...School magazine for Canterbury Girls' High School39 pagesSchool magazine for Canterbury Girls' High Schoolcanterbury, canterbury girls secondary college, east camberwell girls school, east camberwell girls secondary school, mangarra road -
Friends of St Brigids Association
Book - Holy See, Unholy Me : 1,000 Days in Rome : Tales from My Time as Australian Ambassador to the Vatican, Fischer, Tim, and Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2013. Holy See, Unholy Me : 1,000 Days in Rome : Tales from My Time as Australian Ambassador to the Vatican. Sydney, N.S.W.: ABC Books
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Kilmore Historical Society
Twice Told Tales, Twice Told Tales, Vol.2, 1900
... Twice Told Tales, Vol.2 ...Short stories with an introduction by Katharine Lee Bates. Red cloth-bound hardcover book. Gilt decoration on cover 'HANDY VOLUME CLASSICS', 'LABOUR ET HONOR'. Loss of cloth on spine, fading & staining on spine. 270 pp. Good conditionOn flyleaf, '83', handwritten & circled, 'Kilmore M.I.'adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
Fireside Tales, c1904
... Fireside Tales ...Children's book of stories awarded to Flora McDonald in 1904. Donated to Whitburgh Cottage museum early 1980's.Red cloth-bound hardcover book, picture of three children in front of a fire and decorative flower motifs on front cover. Back cover stained with loss of colour. Fabric frayed at corners. Cover loose, binding loose. Coloured plate opposite title page. Illustrated. Gilt page edges. Fair-good condition.Inside front cover, 'State School/No.2253/First/Prize/awarded to/Flora McDonald/Class 2/for/Years Work/A. Worthington Head Teacher/Christmas 1904'. Front flyleaf, 'If this book should chance to roam/ Box its ears and send it home./To Flora McDonald'.flora mcdonald, childrens literature, whitburgh cottage collection -
Kilmore Historical Society
The King of the Golden River, The King of the Golden River & Other Tales, 1908
... The King of the Golden River & Other Tales. ...Collection of stories for children by John Ruskin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mrs. Craik, and others. Donated from Monica Smith's (nee Turner) childhood collection. Descendant of early Kilmore Business families the Morrisseys and Hartnells.Blue cloth-bound hardcover with colour plated pasted to front. Gilt border front cover. Very faded spine, some fading & staining back & front. Insect damage front & back flyleaves and half title page. Front hinge broken, binding loose. 159 pp. Fair condition.Inside front cover, 'Monica Turner', pencil, cursive part worn away, Front flyleaf, 'Monica Turner/from C. Whelan/August 7th 1909'children's literature, turner collection -
The Celtic Club
Book, Michael O,Mara books, Tales of old Ireland, 1994
... Tales of old Ireland ...The stories in this volumereveal for us the the Ireland of a bygone era, of a people with daily strife's and joys not experienced today.p.247.non-fictionThe stories in this volumereveal for us the the Ireland of a bygone era, of a people with daily strife's and joys not experienced today.literature - ireland, storytelling - ireland -
The Celtic Club
Book, Brendan Nolan, Wexford folk tales, 2013
... Wexford folk tales ...Traditional tales from across the County of Wexford.ill, p.192.fictionTraditional tales from across the County of Wexford.folklore - ireland, fiction - irish -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Astonishing Tales From Albury, Howard C Jones, 2017
... Astonishing Tales From Albury ...Collection of 50 newspaper-based stories from 1857 to 2017. True tales recall grim tragedies, local events and stories of Albury celebrities and other personalitiesnon-fictionCollection of 50 newspaper-based stories from 1857 to 2017. True tales recall grim tragedies, local events and stories of Albury celebrities and other personalitiesalbury history, albury personalities, local history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, G. Routledge & Sons, Tales of a wayside inn, 1909
... Tales of a wayside inn ...The book depicts a group of people at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts as each tells a story in the form of a poem.p.239fictionThe book depicts a group of people at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts as each tells a story in the form of a poem. poetry - american, henry wadsworth longfellow 1807-1882 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Foreign Languages Pub. House, Tales of Sevastopol, 1952
... Tales of Sevastopol ...A fictional account of the siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean warIll, p.153.fictionA fictional account of the siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean warcrimean war, sevastopol - siege -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, Grant, James, The Queen's cadet : and other tales, [n.d.] [1874?]
... The Queen's cadet : and other tales ...320 p.fictionshort stories, fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Short stories, Grant, James, The Queen's cadet : and other tales, 1875 [This reprint 1890s]
... The Queen's cadet : and other tales ...320 p. : Bound in calico which is printed with product advertisementsjames grant, fiction, t. craig [bookbinder], short stories -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Haynes, Jim et al, All Aboard! Tales of Australian Railways, 2005
... All Aboard! Tales of Australian Railways ...Reminiscence of railway employees about their careers on the Australian railways as well as poetry about the railways.ill. p.259.non-fictionReminiscence of railway employees about their careers on the Australian railways as well as poetry about the railways.australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections., railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Tronson, Mark, Tales of the Footplate: Australian Locomotive Enginemen's Stories and Anecdotes, 1988
... Tales of the Footplate: Australian Locomotive Enginemen's ...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 -
Canterbury History Group
Magazine, Canterbury Tales 1979, 1979
... Canterbury Tales 1979 ...School magazine for Canterbury Girls' High School 1979approx 38 pages , includes illustrations and photographs; list of staff and students, many autographs on inside front covernon-fictionSchool magazine for Canterbury Girls' High School 1979canterbury, canterbury girls secondary college -
Canterbury History Group
Magazine, Canterbury Tales 1978, 1978
... Canterbury Tales 1978 ...School magazine for Canterbury Girls' High School -Golden Jubilee Year 1928-1978approx 38 pages , includes illustrations and photographs; list of staff and students, many autographs on inside front covernon-fictionSchool magazine for Canterbury Girls' High School -Golden Jubilee Year 1928-1978canterbury, canterbury girls secondary college, mangarra road -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, Probus, "Taking in tales of the tram", 3/06/2019 12:00:00 AM
... "Taking in tales of the tram" ...Newspaper clipping from The Victorian Probian 3 June 2019, reporting on the visit of the Probus Club of Donvale to the MTM depot 9/5/2019. Has four photos. Tour guide was Warren Doubleday.trams, tramways, melbourne tram museum, tours, hawthorn tram depot, probus -
Canterbury History Group
Article, Dunn, Genevieve, Canterbury Tales, 14/07/2003
... Canterbury Tales ...Brief history of "Shrublands" published in the Progress Leader on the occasion of the property being put on the market for sale in July 2003Brief history of "Shrublands" published in the Progress Leader on the occasion of the property being put on the market for sale in July 2003canterbury, balwyn road, shrublands, carter> ernest, hindson> john, flannagan> john, italianate style, adams> robin, anglican church, st john home for boys, holden> frankie j -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Short stories, Jolly, Emily, A wife's story and other tales by the author of "Caste", "Safely married" &c., &c. : in three volumes : Vol. III, 1875
... A wife's story and other tales by the author of "Caste ...Volume contains two stories: 'Daisy's Trials' and 'I do not love you'.296 p.fictionVolume contains two stories: 'Daisy's Trials' and 'I do not love you'.fiction, emily jolly, short stories -
Clunes Museum
Book, WILLIAM B HARRIS, SHORT TALES & WOOLLY STORIES BY WILLIAM B HARRIS, UNKNOWN
... SHORT TALES & WOOLLY STORIES BY WILLIAM B HARRIS ...OUR OLD DAD, FRANK A HARRIS, HAD THE 'GIFT OF THE GAB" WHEN IT CAME TO YARNS ABOUT THE BUSH AND THE GENERAL LIFE THAT HE LED.SPIRAL BOUND BOOK OF TYPED TEXT AND BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS PAGES UN-NUMBERED (2 X COPIES)fictionOUR OLD DAD, FRANK A HARRIS, HAD THE 'GIFT OF THE GAB" WHEN IT CAME TO YARNS ABOUT THE BUSH AND THE GENERAL LIFE THAT HE LED.local history, book, biography, harris william -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Booklet, Sons of Anzac
Booklet of Humorous tales of the Diggers belonging to Harry Trudgen -Service Number - VX132215 : Date of birth - 15 May 1923 : Place of birth - ALBURY NSW : Enlisted - IN THE FIELD QLD (records not available) Next of Kin Father - TRUDGEN John Henry Service Number - 9550 : Place of Birth - Beechworth VIC : Enlisted in 1915 - Driver with the 13th FAB - received gun shot wound to hand and returned to Australia in 1919.Beige paper booklet with picture of Australian Flag and three Servicemen on cover with writing in red above and in blue below.Sons of Anzac Humorous Tales of the Diggers Harry Trudgen 1914-18 handwritten top right hand corneranzac, humorous tales of diggers -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, Day of the Forest - A Tale of Box Hill
Day of the Forest - A Tale of Box Hill -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Allen & Unwin, The Burma-Thailand railway : memory and history, 1993
The reminiscences of Australian POW's and Japanese historians at a meeting 50 years after the war ended on the Burma Thailand railway.Index, notes, ill, tales, p.175.non-fictionThe reminiscences of Australian POW's and Japanese historians at a meeting 50 years after the war ended on the Burma Thailand railway.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, burma - thailand railway -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, A W Reed, Aboriginal stories of Australia, 1998
A collection of traditional tales that date back to the beginning of time.word listscreation stories, animals, baime, sun, moon, stars, dreaming -
Clunes Museum
Book - A PARISIAN UNDER FIRE, WAKEFIELD, WILLIAM NICHOLSON & SON LONDON, A PARISIAN UNDER FIRE
GREEN COVERED BOOK. A TALE OF THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR.military - history, a parisian under fire -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Our forbears grew tobacco in Nunawading
Article in 'Eastern Times' - Local historical writer Jean Uhl relates that there was a toll gate called 'Ballyshanassy' and that the Nunawading Road Board once had a court case versus Cotter about this gate.Article in 'Eastern Times' - Local historical writer Jean Uhl relates that there was a toll gate called 'Ballyshanassy' and that the Nunawading Road Board once had a court case versus Cotter about this gate. Another discovery was that Nunawading had a tobacco plantation, family members of John Jacob Meyer who married a Miss Schwartz and settled in Hawthorn in 1852 used to work on this plantation.Article in 'Eastern Times' - Local historical writer Jean Uhl relates that there was a toll gate called 'Ballyshanassy' and that the Nunawading Road Board once had a court case versus Cotter about this gate.agriculture, toll gates, uhl, jean, nunawading road board, meyer, john jacob, schwartz (miss), tobacco farming