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The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, William Seabrook, The white monk of Timbuctoo, 1934
Biography of Père Yakouba, a French monk who became a White Father missionary to Timbuctoo in 1895 and later left the priesthood to marry a native, remaining in the city until his death in 1945.Ill, p.270.non-fictionBiography of Père Yakouba, a French monk who became a White Father missionary to Timbuctoo in 1895 and later left the priesthood to marry a native, remaining in the city until his death in 1945.catholic church, missionaries - west africa -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Allen & Unwin, Aku-Aku : the secret of Easter Island, 1958
The author and explorer of Kon-Tiki fame here recounts for the layman his archeological adventures on Easter island, where his expedition uncovered many facts about the island's giant statues, secret caves, ancient stone-carving natives, cannibalism, and civil warsIndex,ill, p.367.non-fictionThe author and explorer of Kon-Tiki fame here recounts for the layman his archeological adventures on Easter island, where his expedition uncovered many facts about the island's giant statues, secret caves, ancient stone-carving natives, cannibalism, and civil warseaster island - ethnology, easter island - antiquities -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Kegan Paul Trench Trubner and Co, In Australian tropics, 1907
Early history of N.T. and explorations; Detailed account of intercepting Macassan proas around coast of Arnhem Land whilst author was Sub-Collector of Customs for 14 years; Names of proas and masters, Malay camps & smoke houses along coast & nearby islands; Natives employed by Malays in trepang fishing and collecting tortoiseshell, relationships between Malays and Aborigines; influences (physical & cultural); Habit of exchanging children between tribes (Roper R. & Normanton) for the purpose of learning each others language & customs; Description of native camps at Fort Dundas (1895) shelters, finding of bark water bags, types of canoes used; Platform burial at Daly R.; Sacred burial site on Maria Island; Geographical features, vegetation, climate etc., general ecology, depredations & murders by natives; Cannibalism practiced by Fitzmaurice River tribes.Ill, maps, p.373.non-fictionEarly history of N.T. and explorations; Detailed account of intercepting Macassan proas around coast of Arnhem Land whilst author was Sub-Collector of Customs for 14 years; Names of proas and masters, Malay camps & smoke houses along coast & nearby islands; Natives employed by Malays in trepang fishing and collecting tortoiseshell, relationships between Malays and Aborigines; influences (physical & cultural); Habit of exchanging children between tribes (Roper R. & Normanton) for the purpose of learning each others language & customs; Description of native camps at Fort Dundas (1895) shelters, finding of bark water bags, types of canoes used; Platform burial at Daly R.; Sacred burial site on Maria Island; Geographical features, vegetation, climate etc., general ecology, depredations & murders by natives; Cannibalism practiced by Fitzmaurice River tribes. northern australia - description and travel, ethnography -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, The old road from Spain, 1932
The landscape, social life, and rural traditions of Holme’s native Westmorland are vividly evoked in The Old Road from Spain, the story of two brothers. When the younger brother arrives home from Spain it disrupts the even tenor of life in their Westmorland home. Meanwhile, a wreck in Morecambe bay links the story back to the Spanish Armada.p.282.fictionThe landscape, social life, and rural traditions of Holme’s native Westmorland are vividly evoked in The Old Road from Spain, the story of two brothers. When the younger brother arrives home from Spain it disrupts the even tenor of life in their Westmorland home. Meanwhile, a wreck in Morecambe bay links the story back to the Spanish Armada.england - adventure fiction, english fiction -
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
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 -
Department of Health and Human Services
Photograph, A corner suburban house block with overgrown native tree in front yard - City Landscapes - Photo taken by Property Management Services / Public housing - Inner City Melbourne - Early 1980s
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Truganina Explosives Reserve Preservation Society Inc (TERPS)
Digitised Oral History – Truganina Explosives Reserve - Tape 11 Rob Andrew, 2018
The interviews were recorded in 2000 by Bronwen Gray and Alan Young for the production of Unreserved, Stories from Truganina Explosives Reserve, animated stories from past residents, workers and interested people of the Reserve (subject to copyright 2004). Rob Andrew’s career was as an Environmental Health Officer with various councils around Victoria. As an Altona resident he became interested in the Truganina Explosives Reserve when he heard the site was to be sold. He was concerned that because of the prospect of commercial development the community would lose tranquil open parklands. Through his involvement with the Reserve he realised the historical, geomorphic, flora and fauna significance of the site. A primary source of information on memories of the Truganina Explosives Reserve and Altona,VictoriaDigital copy of original cassette recorded in 2000 and digitised in 2018native grasses, explosives, cheetham wetlands, cheetham salt works, doug grant, chirnside, cliff gibson, lava plain, brown coal, sand ridges, selwyn fault, rowsley fault, victorian coastal strategy, aboriginal stone artefacts, aboriginal habitation, aboriginal remains, red gums, casuarinas, altona skipper butterfly, orange bellied parrot -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Image, Gum-tree, Its Bark Cut for Native Canoe
From Victoria and Metropolis.Black and white image of a scarred tree, with bark removed for a canoe.aboriginal, aborigines, scar tree, scarred tree, canoe -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Image, "A Native Burial Place (Weeping Caps in Foreground), c1918
A burial place, surrounded with bark. central australia, aborigines, aboriginal burial place, burial caps, aboriginal -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Image - Black and White, A Native Canoe, c1903
A black and white image of a number of Aboriginal people in a bark canoe. aborigines, canoe, aboriginal -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Rural Australia and the Great War - From Tarrawingee to Tangambalanga, John McQuilton, 2001
This publication covers common issues of life in Australia during World War 1, such as recruitment, fundraising, conscription, homecomings and the construction of memorials. However it is unique in that these aspects of war are examined through a focus on rural communities in North Eastern Victoria. The first chapter describes the region and its towns at the outbreak of war, then discusses the fracturing impact of war on different groups within these communities. It paints an interesting social history at a critical time in Australia's development. John Quilton is a native of North Eastern Victoria, having been born in Yackandandah and educated in Tangambalanga and Wodonga. He was a senior member of the Bicentennial History Project at the University of New South Wales, and head of the History and Politics Program at the University of Wollongong.This book consists of 275 pages including photos and a map, as well as an extensive bibliography. The cover depicts a soldier and his family and a country town streetscape on the back.This publication covers common issues of life in Australia during World War 1, such as recruitment, fundraising, conscription, homecomings and the construction of memorials. However it is unique in that these aspects of war are examined through a focus on rural communities in North Eastern Victoria. The first chapter describes the region and its towns at the outbreak of war, then discusses the fracturing impact of war on different groups within these communities. It paints an interesting social history at a critical time in Australia's development. John Quilton is a native of North Eastern Victoria, having been born in Yackandandah and educated in Tangambalanga and Wodonga. He was a senior member of the Bicentennial History Project at the University of New South Wales, and head of the History and Politics Program at the University of Wollongong.world war 1, rural conditions australia 1914, world war 1 social conditions australia, tangambalanga world war 1 -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - The Book of the Murray, Lawrence, G. V.; and Smith, Graeme Kinross, 1975
This book contains contributions from 16 writers who have first-hand knowledge of the Murray River area. It provides a comprehensive picture of the river in all its aspects. It gives a fascinating look at one of Australia's most important geographical and historical features. Contributors and chapters in this book are: - 1. Past, Present and Future – G. V. Lawrence 2. The Structure of the Murray – Edmund D. Gill 3. Seeing the Murray – Graeme Kinross Smith 4. The Mountains at the Source – Elyne Mitchell 5. The Explorers – Leigh Betheras 6. The Irrigators – G. Arch Grosvenor 7. Murray Water Conservation – W. G. L. Harrison & K. E. Johnson 8. The Murray River Steamers – Ian Mudie 9. Pioneer Days: A Story of Seventy Years Ago – Dorothy Roysland 10. Birdlife of the Murray Valley – John Eckert 11 .Aborigines in the Murray Valley, How We Learned the Story – H. A. Lindsay, The Aboriginal Occupation – Norman B. Tindale 12. Fish of the Murray River – John S. Lake 13. Native Plants of the Murray Valley – J. H. Willis 14. Murray Wildlife – K. N. G. SimpsonThis publication has a hard cover with blue boards and a pictorial dust jacket. It consists of 264 pages.This book contains contributions from 16 writers who have first-hand knowledge of the Murray River area. It provides a comprehensive picture of the river in all its aspects. It gives a fascinating look at one of Australia's most important geographical and historical features. Contributors and chapters in this book are: - 1. Past, Present and Future – G. V. Lawrence 2. The Structure of the Murray – Edmund D. Gill 3. Seeing the Murray – Graeme Kinross Smith 4. The Mountains at the Source – Elyne Mitchell 5. The Explorers – Leigh Betheras 6. The Irrigators – G. Arch Grosvenor 7. Murray Water Conservation – W. G. L. Harrison & K. E. Johnson 8. The Murray River Steamers – Ian Mudie 9. Pioneer Days: A Story of Seventy Years Ago – Dorothy Roysland 10. Birdlife of the Murray Valley – John Eckert 11 .Aborigines in the Murray Valley, How We Learned the Story – H. A. Lindsay, The Aboriginal Occupation – Norman B. Tindale 12. Fish of the Murray River – John S. Lake 13. Native Plants of the Murray Valley – J. H. Willis 14. Murray Wildlife – K. N. G. Simpsonmurray river, australian geography, settlement on the murray river, native plants, aborigines in the murray valley, murray valley flora and fauna -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Agriculture and Conservation - Achieving a Balance, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, September 1984
This publication documents the proceedings of a conference held at Clyde Cameron College, Nordsvan Drive, Wodonga, Victoria on the 10th and 11th September, 1984. It includes maps, diagrams and bibliographical references. Some of the topics included in the keynote addresses are:- soil degradation, the use of chemicals in agriculture, agriculture and the use of public land, prime agricultural land, management of native plants and animals on farms, water resource management, economics of conservation and rights and responsibilities of individuals in the use of freehold land.non-fictionThis publication documents the proceedings of a conference held at Clyde Cameron College, Nordsvan Drive, Wodonga, Victoria on the 10th and 11th September, 1984. It includes maps, diagrams and bibliographical references. Some of the topics included in the keynote addresses are:- soil degradation, the use of chemicals in agriculture, agriculture and the use of public land, prime agricultural land, management of native plants and animals on farms, water resource management, economics of conservation and rights and responsibilities of individuals in the use of freehold land.agriculture, conservation, land degradation -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, George Cox cares for Mitcham
George Cox, state member for Mitcham and foundation member and past president of Blackburn and District Tree Preservation SocietyGeorge Cox, state member for Mitcham and foundation member and past president of Blackburn and District Tree Preservation Society has put out a pamphlet recommending a selection of Australian plants known to thrive in this area.George Cox, state member for Mitcham and foundation member and past president of Blackburn and District Tree Preservation Societynative plants, cox, george, blackburn and district tree preservation society -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Plant indigenous, 2000
A guide for Whitehorse of plants indigenous to the region, with descriptions and many photos and diagrams.A guide for Whitehorse of plants indigenous to the region, with descriptions and many photos and diagrams. 2nd ed. Editorial: Les Smith et al.A guide for Whitehorse of plants indigenous to the region, with descriptions and many photos and diagrams. blackburn and district tree preservation society, city of whitehorse, smith, les, native plants -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet - Periodical, Calendar 2004, 2003
City of Whitehorse 2004 calendar. Photographs of local wildlife and flowers. Includes advice about gardening, conservation of energy.City of Whitehorse 2004 calendar. Photographs of local wildlife and flowers. Includes advice about gardening, conservation of energy. Appeals for volunteers to assist care for parks and gardens.City of Whitehorse 2004 calendar. Photographs of local wildlife and flowers. Includes advice about gardening, conservation of energy.city of whitehorse, wildlife, native plants, conservation of natural resources, parks and reserves, moodie, ian, gardening -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, 2003 Calendar, 2002
City of Whitehorse 2003 calendar featuring coloured photographs of flora and fauna in the Whitehorse regionCity of Whitehorse 2003 calendar featuring coloured photographs of flora and fauna in the Whitehorse regionCity of Whitehorse 2003 calendar featuring coloured photographs of flora and fauna in the Whitehorse regioncity of whitehorse, calendars, native plants, wildlife -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Calendar 2002, 2002
City of Whitehorse 2002 calendar. Features flora and fauna found in the City of Whitehorse.City of Whitehorse 2002 calendar. Features flora and fauna found in the City of Whitehorse.City of Whitehorse 2002 calendar. Features flora and fauna found in the City of Whitehorse.city of whitehorse, wildlife, native plants -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Creating a living environment
Booklet on the guidelines for building, siting and design in residential areas of the City of Nunawading by the City of Nunawading Planning Department.Booklet on the guidelines for building, siting and design in residential areas of the City of Nunawading by the City of Nunawading Planning Department.Booklet on the guidelines for building, siting and design in residential areas of the City of Nunawading by the City of Nunawading Planning Department.town planning, city of nunawading, native plants -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Emus at Tower Hill Koroit, 2015
Digital images of emus on Tower Hill near Koroit, Victoriakoroit, moyne shire, volcano, maar, game reserve, tower hill, tower hill, emu, wildlife, native, bird, flightless -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Bush Tucker Walkabout, n.d
Information sheet about plants used by the local Wurundjeri tribeInformation sheet about plants used by the local Wurundjeri tribeInformation sheet about plants used by the local Wurundjeri tribeparks & reserves, blackburn lake sanctuary, wurundjeri tribe, aboriginal clan, bush tucker, native plants, friends of the lake education programme -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Blackburn Lake, ca 1972
'Blackburn Lake: report to the Minister for Local Government' Blackburn Lake Committee of Management (?), c1972.'Blackburn Lake: report to the Minister for Local Government' Blackburn Lake Committee of Management (?), 1972(?). Includes brief history, detailed description, photographs, lists of flora, bird life.'Blackburn Lake: report to the Minister for Local Government' Blackburn Lake Committee of Management (?), c1972.blackburn lake sanctuary, native plants, wildlife, environment, birds -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Blackburn Lake Sanctuary information, 1988
Information pamphlet re history of Blackburn Lake.Information pamphlet re history of Blackburn Lake. Visitors guide sheet and brochure advertising 'Bush Tucker Walkabout'. Open Day, including leaflet about local Wurundjeri tribe and plants they used.Information pamphlet re history of Blackburn Lake. blackburn lake sanctuary, city of nunawading, adult deaf and dumb society, native plants, wildlife, bush tucker walkabout, wurundjeri aboriginal tribe -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Island haven for native wildlife, 16/11/1994 12:00:00 AM
Council approval has been given to the Blackburn Lake Sanctuary Advisory Committee to construct an anchored 1.98m x 3.4m floating island in the lake to provide a safe haven for birds.An article advising Council approval has been given to the Blackburn Lake Sanctuary Advisory Committee to construct an anchored 1.98m x 3.4m floating island in the lake to provide a safe haven for birds. The committee would provide $500 towards the cost with support from students at Forest Hill Secondary College.Council approval has been given to the Blackburn Lake Sanctuary Advisory Committee to construct an anchored 1.98m x 3.4m floating island in the lake to provide a safe haven for birds. blackburn lake sanctuary, blackburn lake advisory committee, blackburn lake committee of management, payne, ann, birds, spurr, noel, forest hill secondary college -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Grove's Native Trees Axed, 1/03/2018 12:00:00 AM
The recent, council-sanctioned, destruction of trees at 21 Laurel Grove has left neighbours feeling betrayed.The recent, council-sanctioned, destruction of trees at 21 Laurel Grove has left neighbours feeling betrayed.The recent, council-sanctioned, destruction of trees at 21 Laurel Grove has left neighbours feeling betrayed.city of whitehorse, trees, laurel grove, blackburn, no. 21, bellbird residents' advocacy group -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Submission to the National Estate Programme, ca 1974
Submission to the National Estate Programme: Schwerkolt Cottage, Yarran Dheran and associated areas, City of Nunawading, 1974?.Submission to the National Estate Programme: Schwerkolt Cottage, Yarran Dheran and associated areas, City of Nunawading, 1974?. Includes 'Report on the survey of the vascular flora of the Yarran Dheran Reserve, by A.B. Court.Submission to the National Estate Programme: Schwerkolt Cottage, Yarran Dheran and associated areas, City of Nunawading, 1974?.city of nunawading, parks and reserves, schwerkolt cottage, yarran dheran, webster, noel, court, a.b., native plants -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, The Spirit of a verdant past is still maintained, 24/07/1991 12:00:00 AM
Article from The Age, 24 July 1991, pp4, 10 By Anne Gillison on conservation and revegetationArticle from The Age, 24 July 1991, pp4, 10 By Anne Gillison on conservation and revegetation in Whitehorse Road Nunawading area.Article from The Age, 24 July 1991, pp4, 10 By Anne Gillison on conservation and revegetationparks and reserves, native plants, nunawading, whitehorse road -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Indigenous species promoted in book, 9/01/1991 12:00:00 AM
An article written by Cecily Falkingham, co-author, Nunawading Gazette column.An article written by Cecily Falkingham, co-author, Nunawading Gazette column, 'Exploring our habitat' reviewing the Blackburn Tree Preservation Society's plant guide to indigenous species in Nunawading:'Why grow indigenous'.An article written by Cecily Falkingham, co-author, Nunawading Gazette column. environment, blackburn and district tree preservation society, native plants, tribe, dianne, hooke, bernard, smith, les -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, The Flora of Mitcham, 1938
A lecture delivered before the Mitcham Naturalists Club on 18 November 1937.The Flora of Mitcham By J. W. Audas. A lecture delivered before the Mitcham Naturalists Club on 18 November 1937. [ Plates by David and William Eager, members of Mitcham Naturalists Society.]A lecture delivered before the Mitcham Naturalists Club on 18 November 1937.native plants, mitcham, mitcham naturalists society, flora, audas j w. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Forest under threat, 13/09/1986 12:00:00 AM
An article in the Nunawading Gazette, naturalist John Reid has asked Council to commission a survey of flora and fauna of Antonio Park, Mitcham before this significant bushland remnant is impossible to save.native plants, antonio park, mitcham, reid, john, robinson, randall, victoria. department of conservation forests and lands