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Unions Ballarat
Outlines of English history: from BC 55 to AD 1909 (Don Woodward Collection), Carter, George, 1909 (?)
A handbook of historical and biographical facts for the use of exam candidates in England.Historical - United Kingdom. Some biographical relevance - various persons. Book; 225 pages. Cover: red background; black lettering; author's name and title. Black ink: "Hugh E. Dixon, Boys High School, Lewisham, 11/3/19". Purple ink stamp: "Catholic Church Furnisher Bookseller" & "EJ Dwyer, 706 George Street, Sydney".btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, caeser, julius, history - united kingdom, biography, genealogy, monarchy - united kingdom, politics and government - papal power, religion -
Unions Ballarat
Boris Yeltsin: From Bolshevik to Democrat (Don Woodward Collection), Morrison, John, 1991
Story of Yeltsin's political career. Yeltsin was a Soviet/Russian politician who also served as President from 1991-1999.Politics and government - Soviet Union/Russia. Biographical interest - Boris Yeltsin.Book; 303 pages. Dustjacket: blue background; colour pictures of Boris Yeltsin; white and blue lettering; author's name and title. Cover: blue background; silver lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, biography, yeltsin, boris, politics and government - soviet union/russia -
Unions Ballarat
With Stanley on the Congo, Douglas, M, 1903
The book relates to Sir Henry Morton Stanley, a Welsh journalist and explorer. Stanley is known for his exploration of central Africa, his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone and his search for the source of the Nile.Historical - United Kingdom & Africa. Biographical interest.Book; 215 pages; black lettering; author's name and title; black swastika (this symbol predates Hitlerism). Inside cover: 1. Methodist Sabbath School Corack - Sunday School Prize slip: awarded to Richard Moore for 164 Marks, HP 208, Mr JS Perry Supt, D Nicholls Sec, 2nd April 1929. 2. In black ink - Master Richard Moore was present at the 50 years Jubilee of the Carack Methodist Sunday School on March 31st 1929. Frank S Perry Supt.stanley, henry morton, congo, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, biography, history - united kingdom and africa, rowlands, john, explorers, bula matar -
Unions Ballarat
Each in his office: Studies of men in power (Don Woodward Collection), Mallaby, George, 1972
An analysis of men in leadership positions, encompassing politics, the public service, education, the armed forces, & activism. There is one chapter about the power of women.Britons, biographies, leadership.Book; 190 pages. Dustjacket: blue background; green and white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: blue background; gold lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, mallaby, george, leadership - male, leadership - female, politics and government - united kingdom, armed forces, public servants, activism -
Unions Ballarat
Workers' inferno: The untold story of the Esso workers 20 years after the explosion, 2018
This book an exposition of a workplace tragedy at an Esso operation (a subsidiary of Exxon Corporation) at Longford, Victoria in 1998. A piece of processing equipment exploded and caught fire. Two workers were killed and many others were injured. The fire burned for two days. Gas supply to most customers (apart from essential services) was cut off for a significant period of time. A Royal Commission was subsequently established, during which Esso sought to minimise its own responsibility for the incident and cast blame upon the individual operators. The book is principally a story of and from the those persons who were impacted by the Longford incident.Workplace health and safety. Biographical interest.Book with bookmark; 199 pages. Cover: blue background; white, yellow and black lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, biography, local history, occupational health and safety, workplace safety, esso, exxon corporation, gas, royal commissions -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book, JOHN HETHERINGTON et al, BLAMEY (The Biography of Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey), 1954
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Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book, Colleen Mc Collogh, RODEN CUTLER V.C
352.23213/092, biography, isbn: 009184018 -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book, SPIKE MILLIGAN et al, MUSOLINI - HIS PART IN MY DOWNFALLWAR BIOGRAPHY Vol. 4, 1978
40 30118, historical & humour, isbn: 0 7181 1738 7 -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book, Sandra Finger Lee & Ken McFayden et al, VIETNAM ON CANVAS, 1968
759.994, biography, isbn: 9 780 9806 63 03 -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book, G.B.COURTNEY et al, SILENT FLEET (THE HISTORY OF 'Z' SPECIAL OPERATIONS 1942 -45), 1993
940 548694092, biography, isbn: 0 646 12903 1 -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book, Bill Edgar et al, WARRIOR OF KOKODA(A Biography of Brigadier Arnold Potts), 1999
940.5426092, biography, isbn: 1 86448 901 1 -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book, Sandra Lee et al, 18HOURS (The true story of an SAS war hero of Jock Wallace in Afghanistan), 2006
958.1047, biography, isbn: 10:0 7322 8246 2 -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book, SPIKE MILLIGAN et al, MONTY HIS PART IN MY VICTORY (War Biography Vol.3), 1976
isbn: 0 7181 1531 7 -
Melbourne Legacy
Document, Sir Stanley Savige Memorial Trust No.1 Basic Papers
The Trust was set up as a memorial to Sir Stanley Savige. The object of the Trust was to further the work of the Junior Legacy movement in Melbourne. Over the first ten years of the trust 248 families were assisted. Includes original Trust Deed, much financial information, contributors and amounts contributed. Individual items to be scanned and itemised when possible. TBC.Significant in that the Board of Management of Melbourne Legacy saw fit to commemerate Sir Stanley Savige by one, a biography and two in a manner more fitting, by the establishment of a trust fund, to further the assistance that Melbourne Legacy could give to the families of deceased service personnel. Folder of documents pertaining to the Sir Stanley Savige Memorial Trust.Manilla folder, white sticker with blue and white border with title typed in black and underlined in red. Foolscap,quarto paper, divisions all typed in black ink, headings underlined in red. Some handwritten notes and letters.savige trust account, history -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - The Wind and Beyond, a Biography of Theodore von Karman, Lee Edson et al, The Wind and Beyond: Theodore von Karman, Pioneer in Aviation and Pathfinder in Space, 1967
Hardcover with a purple arrow on the front covernon-fiction -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - The Universal Man, a Biography of Theodore von Karman, Michael H. Gorn, The Universal Man, Theodore van Karman's Life in Aeronautics, 1992
Hardcover with a photo of Theodore von Karman on the frontnon-fiction -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Flying Porcupines A biography of Flt Lt Dudley Marrows Sunderland U of 461 Squadron M Lakey
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - SCHERGER BIOGRAPHY BY HARRY RAYNERGER, HARRY RAYNER, 1984
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: THE LIFE OF JOHN BUNYAN
A book titled ' The Life of John Bunyan. Author of The Pilgrim's Progress.' 'Immortal dreamer and writer of the most popular book, except the Bible, in the English language. Religious teacher and sufferer for conscience sake.' Published London: Ward, Lock & Co., Salisbury Square, E.C. 177 - 192 pgs. This booklet is one of a series of 53 Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People.' Biographical Series.' Price one penny. 'Biographical Series.' There are also advertisements of note.books, biography, john bunyan, lydia chancellor, collection, male, individual, person, writer, ward & lock's penny books for the people, biographical series, penny books, book, books, literature, english literature, advertisements, pilgrim's progress -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: THE LIFE OF HOMER
A book titled ' The Life of Homer. The Poet of the Heroic World.' Published London: Ward, Lock & Co., Salisbury Square, E.C. 753 - 768 pgs. This booklet is one of a series of 53 ' Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People.' ' Biographical Series.' Price one penny. There are also advertisements of note.books, biography, homer, lydia chancellor, collection, the life of homer, shakespeare, william shakespeare, ward & lock's penny books for the people, ward & lock's penny historical series, penny books, biographical series, poetry, literature, the illiad, the odyssey, greek legends, greece - history, famous people, male, advertisements, ward, lock & co. biographical sketches, ward, lock & co. biographical series -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Notes on Dean John Christian MacCullagh (1982 - 1917), 5/09/2023
John Christian MacCullagh (5/6/1832 - 24/9/1917) Born in Ireland Dean MacCullagh came to Victoria in 1863 and was ordained as a minister in 1864 and his first posting was to Lancefield where he served as the first resident minister 1867-1870. Following the death of his young wife he moved to Bendigo in 1870 as the parish minister for St Pauls in Myers Street. At this stage the church was a long way from completion. 1872 made Canon 1877 Bishop's Canon 1883 rural dean 1883 Archdeacon of Sandhurst 1902 Dean of the diocese 1916 retired due to ill health 1917 Died in Melbourne and was buried at Lancefield. A triptych stained glass window at St Pauls stands as a memorial to his service of 47 years.Biography Six-page notes on the life and service of Dean John Christian MacCullagh. Typed pages.biography, dean maccullagh -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - FIGHTING FOR THE EMPIRE
Fighting for the Empire, an Irish doctor's adventures through imperial campaigns and two world wars, the life and times of Thomas Bernard Kelly 1870-1949. Hard cover with dust jacket published by Sabrestorm, 240 pages with colour and black & white photographs and maps. Chapter 2 relates to Bendigo through Michael an older brother.David Worsfoldbooks, biography, kelly -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: LEGENDS
A box containing newspaper cuttings on 'Legends' in Bendigo. The legends are identities of Bendigo - Mr. Tom Tweed, Cr. Warren Cambridge, Sir Giles Chippindall, Mr. George Goodrich, Mr. Urbano Alberto Segafredo and Mr. P.H. Lees. 'The Bendigo Advertiser 1967 - 1969.Legendsperson, individual, bendigo citizen (man-woman), lydia chancellor, collection, person, individual, male, bendigo, history, biography -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - GERMAN HERITAGE SOCIETY COLLECTION: THE BEILHARZ FAMILY
Booklet with pale yellow front cover and a bright green back cover. The front has 2 illustrations and Printing: Passages from 'The Story of the Beilharz Family' pages 195-218 by Dr. Paul Sauer, Published by Heinz W. Beilharz; 2nd Edition, revised and in English 1988. Introduction by Kurt Beilharz, Ravenswood. Mentioned are German people who had migrated to Palestine because of religious persecution and during W.W.2 they were imprisoned by the British, and when the war got closer they were moved to Australia where they were placed in prison camps. The booklet is an insight into life in the camps.Introduction by Kurt Beilharz, Published by Heinz W. Beilharz. Dr Paul Sauer.biography, family, beilharz family, german heritage society collection - the beilharz family, 'the story of the beilharz family', dr paul sauer, heinz w beilharz, kurt beilharz -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Mannix / [by] Brenda Niall, 2015
439 pages : illustrations, portraitsbrenda niall, mannix, daniel, 1864-1963, catholic church - bishops - biography, melbourne (vic) - history - 20th century -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, For the Love of Children: My life and medical career / [by] David Buxton Pitt, 1999
xiv, 208 p. : ill., ports.mental health - victoria - history, pediatricians - australia - biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Frank Tate: a biography / [by] RJW Selleck, 1982
xii, 362 p., [13] p. of plates : mapsnotable residents - kew (vic), education - history - victoria, frank tate (1864-1939) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Cyril Pearl, Australia's Yesterdays: a look at our recent past, 1974
Cyril Pearl provided historical guidance and contributed much of the textSydney : Readers Digest Services Pty Ltd, 1974 360 p. : ill.(some col.), facsims., maps, ports. ; 31 cm. non-fictionCyril Pearl provided historical guidance and contributed much of the textaustralia -- social conditions -- 20th century, australia -- social life and customs -- 20th century, australia -- biography., australia -- social conditions 1901-1970 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Santamaria: against the tide / [by] BA Santamaria, 1981
xvi, 382 p. : ports. Cover illustration Louis Kahanb. a santamaria (bartholomew augustine), 1915-1998, politicians - australia - biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Oxford University Press (Australia), Santamaria: A Memoir, 1997
Autobiography of local (Kew) political identityxv, 328 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Autobiography of local (Kew) political identitysantamaria ba, national civic council, political biographies