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Melbourne LegacyBook, Carry On. A History of Carry On (Victoria) 1932 - 1998, 1998
The book is about the history of the Carry On Club which was set up in 1932 along similar lines to Legacy. Their main focus is to help with the care for veterans and their dependents. The founder was WL Hawkins (1861-1969), who served in the First AIF in 1915 and saw active service in France. He attained the rank of Lieutenant. With the economic collapse of 1929 he saw a need to help the many unemployed ex-servicemen. He discussed his ideas with Stan Savige of Legacy. Liaison between Carry On and the other ex-service organisations continues to the present day.A record of the founding of the Carry On Club and its history to 1998.Green cloth hardcover book x 80 pages about the history of Carry On, with a white paper dustcover with flags.Flyleaf is inscribed as a gift to Melbourne Legacy from the president and members of the Carry On Club in 1999.carry on club, history, hawkins -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Armstrong, Juliet, The Lutes of Morning by Juliet Armstrong, 1956
Romance novel.Hardcover book, 191 pages. Front cover of book has a colour image of a man and a woman in a snow landscape.fictionRomance novel.juliet armstrong, romance, fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Bower, B. M, Kings of the Prairie by B.M. Bower, 1946
Western novel. Last of a series due to death of the author.Hardcover book, 252 pages. Book has a blue cover with an image of men and horses. Book is a western novel.fictionWestern novel. Last of a series due to death of the author.b.m. bower, westerns, fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Chandos, Fay, Lost Summer by Fay Chandos, 1948
Romance novel.Hardcover book, 191 pages. Front cover of book has a colour image of a man and two women in a garden.fictionRomance novel.fay chandos, romance, fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Donovan, Dick, Deacon Brodie or Behind the Mask by Dick Donovan, 1901
Crime novel.Hardcover book, 258 pages. Front cover of book has an image of a man wearing a hat and a white cravat.fictionCrime novel.dick donovan, crime, fiction -
Broadmeadows Historical Society & Museum
Book - Published book, Andrew Lemon, Broadmeadows: A Forgotten History, 1999
257pp, Hardcover. Slip jacket in protective sleeve Ex-Moreland City Libraries book. Associated library stickers.broadmeadows, victoria, history, city of broadmeadows -
Broadmeadows Historical Society & Museum
Book - Publication, Broadmeadows District Centre Structure Plan, 1988
Written For City of Broadmeadows and Ministry for Planning and EnvironmentHardcover, 104pp. Report in house-bound cover by Merri-bek City Libraries (Formally Moreland City Libraries)non-fictionWritten For City of Broadmeadows and Ministry for Planning and Environmentstructure, planning, broadmeadows, city of broadmeadows, town centre -
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Roe, Rev. E. P, From Jest to Earnest by Reverend E.P. Roe, [1875]
Hardcover book, 288 pages. Book has a brown cover with gold embossed text over a bouquet of flowers.fictione.p. roe, fiction -
Clunes Museum
Book, LANDSDOWNE PRESS, IF ONLY I'D LISTENED TO GRANDPA
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE OLD DAYS IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUSHHARDCOVER BOOK WITH A HEAD SHOT IMAGE OF AN OLD MAN WEARING A HAT ON THE DUST COVER, BOOK IS GREY COVEREDnon-fictionRECOLLECTIONS OF THE OLD DAYS IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUSHlocal history, book -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of VictoriaBook, Gough, John B, Orations on temperance, c1895
Blue hardcover line book with gilt and black text and decoration on the cover and the spine. Dedication inside. 132 pages.non-fictionernest sprott, e. sprott, prizes -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing ArchiveBook - Illustrated book, Ann M.Mitchell, The hospital south of the Yarra: a history of Alfred Hospital Melbourne from foundation to the nineteen-forties, 1977
History of Alfred Hospital MelbourneHardcover book with dustjacket, 90 black and white photos. One colour photo of print. Maps on end pages.non-fictionHistory of Alfred Hospital Melbournealfred hospital, ahnl, nursing history, melbourne, prahan -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing ArchiveBook - Illustrated book, Ann M.Mitchell, The hospital south of the Yarra: a history of Alfred Hospital Melbourne from foundation to the nineteen-forties, 1977
History of Alfred Hospital MelbourneIllustrated hardcover book with red brown cover. Title and authors name embossed in gold on front cover and spinenon-fictionHistory of Alfred Hospital Melbournealfred hospital, ahnl, nursing history, melbourne, prahan -
Buninyong Visitor Information CentreBook, Australian Pioneers, 1975
Biographical details of settlers and explorers after Europeans arrived in Australia.Yellow fabric covered hardcover with printed slip cover featuring an ST Gill print of miners heading to the the diggings.non-fictionBiographical details of settlers and explorers after Europeans arrived in Australia. pioneers, exploration, settlements -
Marysville & District Historical SocietyBook - Hardcover book, Travis Easton, Waterfalls of Victoria-Volume Three-Eastern Waterfalls, 2015
A book of photographs and information pertaining to the waterfalls in Eastern Victoria.A book of photographs and information pertaining to the waterfalls in Eastern Victoria.Hardcover. Front cover has a photograph of Toorongo Falls and back cover has a photograph of Evelyn Falls with a synopsis of the book.Gift fo Marysville & District Historical Society by Travis. 17 After catching up with my family because I had lingered to take a few more photographs,/ I was serenaded with the following song:/ Don't go chasing waterfalls/ Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to/ I know that you're gonna have it your way or nothing at all/ but I think you're moving too fast/ from the song Waterfalls by TLC Dedicated to my wife and children: Monique, Iona, Zahra, Jasmine & Flynn,/ who have continued to love me despite my waterfall chasing ways.waterfalls, eastern victoria, travis easton, photographs -
Marysville & District Historical SocietyBook - Hardcover book, N.J. Caire Landscape Photographer, 1988
A book of photographs taken by Nicholas John Caire of places and scenery throughout Victoria.A book of photographs taken by Nicholas John Caire of places and scenery throughout Victoria. Photographs by Nicholas John Caire are among the most widely published late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Australian photographs. Between 1875 and 1905 Nicholas Caire travelled the Victorian countryside, looking to capture the scenery for the commercial market. His artistic sensitivity created images which earned him popular acceptance during his lifetime and an enduring place as one of Australia's finest landscape photographers.Hardcover. Front cover photograph-Fairy Scene at the Landslip, Blacks' Spur c1878-9; taken by Nicholas John Caire.For Jane and Clarephotographers, australia, photograpy, landscapes, history, description, travel, views, anne pitkethly, don pitkethly, nicholas john caire, victoria -
Marysville & District Historical SocietyBook, N.J. Caire Landscape Photographer, 1988
A book of photographs taken by Nicholas John Caire of places and scenery throughout Victoria.A book of photographs taken by Nicholas John Caire of places and scenery throughout Victoria. Photographs by Nicholas John Caire are among the most widely published late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Australian photographs. Between 1875 and 1905 Nicholas Caire travelled the Victorian countryside, looking to capture the scenery for the commercial market. His artistic sensitivity created images which earned him popular acceptance during his lifetime and an enduring place as one of Australia's finest landscape photographers.Hardcover. Front cover photograph-Fairy Scene at the Landslip, Blacks' Spur c1878-9; taken by Nicholas John Caire.For Jane and Clarenicholas j caire, photographers, australia, photograpy, landscapes, history, description, travel, views, anne pitkethly, don pitkethly, victoria -
Marysville & District Historical SocietyBook, Education Department of Victoria, The School Paper-1896-1898-Education Department, 1896-1898
The School paper, a monthly publication of the Victorian Education Department, was first introduced into Victorian schools in 1896 for Class III, in response to a perceived need for locally edited and published schoolbooks on Australian topics. The readers were core reading for schoolchildren and contained local content and material written by local authors.Hardcover. Book has a green cover. The title is in gold lettering on the front cover and spine. The publisher is also on the front cover.non-fictionThe School paper, a monthly publication of the Victorian Education Department, was first introduced into Victorian schools in 1896 for Class III, in response to a perceived need for locally edited and published schoolbooks on Australian topics. The readers were core reading for schoolchildren and contained local content and material written by local authors.victorian education department, school papers, history -
Marysville & District Historical SocietyBook, Education Department of Victoria, The School Paper-1942-Education Department, 1940's
The School paper, a monthly publication of the Victorian Education Department, was first introduced into Victorian schools in 1896 for Class III, in response to a perceived need for locally edited and published schoolbooks on Australian topics. The readers were core reading for schoolchildren and contained local content and material written by local authors.Hardcover. Book has a green cover. The title is in gold lettering on the front cover and spine. The publisher is also on the front cover.non-fictionThe School paper, a monthly publication of the Victorian Education Department, was first introduced into Victorian schools in 1896 for Class III, in response to a perceived need for locally edited and published schoolbooks on Australian topics. The readers were core reading for schoolchildren and contained local content and material written by local authors.victorian education department, school papers, history -
Marysville & District Historical SocietyBook, Education Department of Victoria, The School Paper-1943-Education Department, 1940's
The School paper, a monthly publication of the Victorian Education Department, was first introduced into Victorian schools in 1896 for Class III, in response to a perceived need for locally edited and published schoolbooks on Australian topics. The readers were core reading for schoolchildren and contained local content and material written by local authors.Hardcover. Book has a green cover. The title is in gold lettering on the front cover and spine. The publisher is also on the front cover.non-fictionThe School paper, a monthly publication of the Victorian Education Department, was first introduced into Victorian schools in 1896 for Class III, in response to a perceived need for locally edited and published schoolbooks on Australian topics. The readers were core reading for schoolchildren and contained local content and material written by local authors.victorian education department, school papers, history -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, DON CAMILLO OMNIBUS, c. 1956
Book hardcover, grey, red and gold label on spine. Collection of 3 stories by Giovanni Guareschi, translated from Italian -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History RoomBook, Winifred Braithwaite (Winty) Calder, Winty Calder: Heroes and Gentlemen, Colonel Tom Price and the Victorian Mounted Rifles, 1985
Hardcover book about volunteer Victorian mounted infantrymen who did much to lay the foundation of the Australian Light HorseISBN 0 9589289 0 8book, boer war, winty calder, victorian mounted rifles, colonel tom price, 8 13 vmr, book, boer war, winty calder, victorian mounted rifles, colonel tom price, 8 13 vmr -
Australian National Surfing MuseumBook, Sandra Kimberley Hall, Duke - A Great Hawaiian
Well researched short history of Duke Kahanamoku who was nominated the Surfer of the (20th) Century by Surfer Magazine.Rare short biography of one of the most famous surfers in the world and the man who introduced surfing to mainstream Australia in 1915.Small hardcover book with a photograph of a young smiling Duke Kahanamoko on the cover with a tradiional Hawaiian print border. 128 pages.Back cover photograph of the Duke running out of water, Bess Press logo set on Hawaiian print. ISBN - 9781573062305surfing, duke kahanamoku, sandra kimberley hall, bess press -
Marysville & District Historical SocietyBook - Hardcover book, N.J. Caire Landscape Photographer, 1988
A book of photographs taken by Nicholas John Caire of places and scenery throughout Victoria.A book of photographs taken by Nicholas John Caire of places and scenery throughout Victoria. Photographs by Nicholas John Caire are among the most widely published late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Australian photographs. Between 1875 and 1905 Nicholas Caire travelled the Victorian countryside, looking to capture the scenery for the commercial market. His artistic sensitivity created images which earned him popular acceptance during his lifetime and an enduring place as one of Australia's finest landscape photographers.Hardcover. Front cover photograph-Fairy Scene at the Landslip, Blacks' Spur c1878-9; taken by Nicholas John Caire.For Jane and Clarephotographers, australia, photograpy, landscapes, history, description, travel, views, anne pitkethly, don pitkethly, nicholas john caire, victoria -
Maffra Sugarbeet MuseumBook, Cattle Feeding with Sugar Beets, Sugar, Molasses and Sugar Beet Residuum
Frank Pywell was manager of the Maffra Sugar Beet FactoryThe Sugar Beet industry was highly significant in the Maffra area for just under 50 years, and led to the construction of the Glenmaggie Weir and the consequent Macalister Irrigation District. This book is one of a number from the private library of the factory manager, and the entire collection of them provides a unique insight into information available at the time of manufacture. It is unlikely a collection of this breadth on sugarbeet is held anywhere else in Australia.Hardcover book "Cattle Feeding with Sugar Beets, Sugar, Molasses and Sugar Beet Residuum", 1902, 390 pages illus."F.J.Pywell" inside front cover "R.J. Shingles" page preceding title page. Stamp "Technical Library / Department of Agriculture / Melbourne" in several placessugarbeet -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Heidelberg. The land and its people. 1889 - 1900, 1972
History of Heidelberg, a suburb of MelbourneGreen hardcover, green dust cover, red printing on white background. Picture in black of elderly gentleman and old home. Presented to Tatura & District Historical Society by J Forster 27-06-1990heidelberg victoria, victorian suburbs -
Peterborough History GroupBook, Australian Aborigines: the languages and customs of several tribes of aborigines in the Western District of Victoria, Published 1981, First published 1881
Information about local aboriginal tribesDoesn't specifically refer to Peterborough but explains early aboriginal culture and their relationship to the coastHardcover 111 page book with 104 page of annexures and index. Introduction by Jan Critchett, Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education.Adhesive book plate with the name H W Grimwade.peterborough pre history, kirrie wurung, kaawirn kuunawarn, hissing swan aborigines, kirrae wurung, yarruun parpur tarneen -
Unions Ballarat
Australia: A social and political history, Greenwood, Prof Gordon, 1955
Single volume history of Australia: 1. The foundation years; 2. The pastoral ascendancy; 3. Colonial liberalism; 4. Nationalism, the labour movement and the Commonwealth; 5. National development and social experimentation; 6. Australia at war; 7. Development in the twenties; 8. Depression and war.Significant to Australia's national history. The book was written in 1955, so does not cover the entire twentieth century.Blue hardcover with dustjacket; book; 445 pages. Dustjacket: background is fawn and blue; illustrations in fawn and blue; white lettering. Front cover: title and editor's name. Back cover: title, authors' and editor's names. Inscribed in blue biro with the name Graham F Hall 1969.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - australia, war -
Unions Ballarat
Lectures on the labour question (3rd ed), Brassey, Thomas M.P, 1871
A collection of addresses on the "Labour Question": I. Labour and Capital II. The Nine Hours Movement III. Wages in 1873 IV. Public Elementary Education in the United States V. The Duties of the Church in Relation to the Labour Question VI. Co-operative Production VII. The South Wales Colliery Strike VIII. On the Influences Affecting the Price of Labour in England at the Present Time IX. On Canada and the United States X. Work and Wages in 1877 XI. Labour at Home and Abroad XII. On the Comparative Efficiency of English and Foreign Labour XIII. On the Rise of Wages in the Building Trades of London AppendicesRelevant to the history of workplace relations and conditions in the US, Canada and UK. Hardcover, book; no dustjacket; 336 pages. Cover: brown cloth/paper; black decorative banner; gold lettering on spine.Spine: title, author's and publisher's name. Inside cover: Ballaarat East Public Library regulations; the book has been designated number 53; writing in blue and grey pencil - illegible; stamped in red, "CANCELLED". Title page: Ballarat East Public Library stamp (black).btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, brassey, thomas, industrial relations, industrial action, industrial disputes, wages, religion, education - primary -
Wangaratta High SchoolWHS Prefect Minutes book, 1950
Brown hardcover book reinforced along the spine with orange section, which contains minutes from 1950 prefect meetings.Prefect Minute Book 1950 Minute book Wangaratta High School Prefects -
Wangaratta High SchoolWHS Guest book, 1941-1983
Red hardcover book with a green ribbon used in 1941-1983 for guests to sign in and out. Gold border and 'Guests' heading
