Plaques and monuments incorporate vital information about Maryborough's history.Photographs of plaques and memorials around Maryborough, with captions. Includes Carisbrook, Avoca, Dunolly districts. Soft covered book, 96 pages. Cover features pictures of Maryborough Post Office and band rotunda and Talbot Post Office. Cover bordered in yellow and green.monuments plaques maryborough

Reproduction of the 1835 journal of Andrew/William Todd, recorder and assistant to John Batman, with numerous contemporary illustrations of early settlements and landscapes. Notes on the customs and many incidents with Victorian and Tasmanian Aborigines.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsjohn batman, victorian history, andrew todd, william todd

This is a collection of Official Reports from the Chief Protector of Aborigines. It includes expedition reports to the Western Interior, 1841, a journey of 1,100 miles to the tribes of the North West and Western Interior, 1845 and Annual Reports.document reproductionsport phillip protectorate, george augustus robinson, western district, noorat, lake boloke, lake bolac, lake corangemite, portland, koroit, koonong wootong, burrumbeep, tarecurrumbeet, wimmera, lake hindmarsh, rivoli bay, mount gambier, murray river, swan hill, goulburn, loddon, mount rouse

Awarded MM posthumously (1 of 2 Voctorian Aborigines to receive the award)Typescript of Life and Service of Private W R Rawlings. KIA France August 9th 1918

Aborigine at Carrs Plains beside River Red Gum Tree with weaponsstawell aboriginal portrait

Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: Aborigines landing their boat at the base of a cliff, some are in loin cloth, some pants, one pants and shirt (white). Markings: 6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Discussion of aboriginal religion, often called "The Dreaming".6 p. typescriptaborigines

This book by Richard Broome gives details on the history of aborigines in Victoria from 1800 to the present day. The sections on this book on the aborigines in the Warrnambool area, particularly those at the Framlingham Aboriginal Reserve, are of great local interest. The Framlingham settlement dates from the 1860s and is today an important centre for aboriginal culture and lifestyle. This book is of interest because it gives an overview of the history of Victorian aboriginals and the information it contains gives us a greater understanding of aboriginal culture. It is of interest also because of its sections on the Framlingham Aboriginal Reserve and this information will be useful to local researchers. This is a soft cover book of 467 pages. It has a brown cover with a photograph of two aboriginal boys on the front cover and yellow and white printing on the spine and back cover. The pages contain a preface, acknowledgements, four sections of printed material, recommended reading, endnotes and an index. The text contains many black and white photographs and sketches. framlingham aboriginal reserve, history of warrnambool

157 p., black & white and colour illustrations, dust jacketnon-fictionclothing, australia social conditions

This is an early European history of the region that saw the population of the Kurnai tribes plummet from 3000 to less than 300 in twenty years. Gardner examines the details of five major massacres of Aboriginals that occurred in Gippsland before 1852, as well as other massacre sites.A spiral bound book titled "Gippsland Massacres" written by Peter Gardner, The Destruction of the Kurnai Tribe 1800-1860. It has a pale blue cover with black text and a photo of a seated Aborigine. it has 113 pp.aboriginal-history-east-gippsland kurnai massacres

Newspaper clipping 11 July 1972. See KVHS 1030 and KVHS 0198The tree was found along the Kiewa River and indicates that Aborigines lived by the river and used tree bark to craft canoes to cross rivers and to fish in the deeper sections of the river.Wooden board with raised letters glued on. Surrounded by a wooden frame with decorated corners. It has 3vwooden footings. some letters have fallen off. See KVHS 1030Message: Aborigine Canoe Tree / From Mr D. Leys Property / Presented By / Kiewa Valley Historical Society / To The / Kiewa Consolidated School. / 11 July 1972canoe tree at kiewa

Massacre Bay is located on Victoria's Great Ocean Road, and is in the centre of the Bay of Martyrs. The bay consists of 20 m high, red limestone bluffs. This paper by Ken Clements considers the origin of the term martyr in connection to this location, and where the Aboriginal massacre may have taken place. Thirteen page document by Ken Clements relating to Peterborough, Victoria. Contents include coastal features, local Aborigines, Bay of Martyrs, Massacre Bay, Massacre Hill, Buckley Creek Run, Pioneer Pastoralists, British Traversers, settlers, Peterborough, Maps, tourism, history method. Photographs by Laurie Moore.aborigines, bay of martyrs, massacre bay, massacre hill, buckley creek run, pioneer pastoralists, british traversers, settlers, peterborough, maps, tourism, history method, childers cove, barque children, murnane bay, sandy bay, dog trap bay, buckley creek, viviennes lookeout, stanhope bay, buttres bay, burnies beach, armstrong creek, flaxman hill, antares rock, lovers nook, crofts bay, clements, worm bay, halladale point, the well, wold dog cove, james irvine monument, curdies inlet, squirrel creek, wallaby creek, boggy creek, whiskey creek, pioneer beach, schomberg rock, young australia, spit, crown of thorns, newfield bay, the grotto, london bridge, point hesse, high cliffs, the arch, cape martyr, little massacre bay, aboriginal massacre, ken clements

Peter Hoare standing at the lectern during the 1984 Synod of Victoria. Peter is in Vanuatu attire as he shared with Synod his experience of Vanuatu and its people, what Vanuatu as one of our neighbours has to say about faith. Peter asked the synod: "How vital and how living is our UCA faith?""Peter Hoare Vanuatu C&N 17/10/84 p. 18"hoare, peter, synod of victoria 1984, vanuatu

As a way of recognising contributions by agencies and individuals outside of the organisation, commemorate plaques were struck and presented as part of an awards ceremony.1 wooden shield with engraved gold coloured plate, with blue Vision logoVision Australia Foundation. QuanTum Information Technology / Victorian Actors Benevolent Trust In recognition of your outstanding contribution towards vital services for people who are blind or have severe sight loss. August 1999.vision australia foundation, nameplates

A WWII historical novel based on 1942,1943 and 1944. Advance of science adds an incredibly romantic aura which is the vital element.Historical novel with 4 books making up the complete novel.Hardcover mustard coloured front, back and spine with the title on the spine. d day, wwii, operation overlord

Joseph Parker was the son of Edward Stone Parker and Mary Cooke Parker, Protector of Aborigines at the Franklinford Aboriginal Protectorate.Parker Gravestone at Franklinford Cemetery"In memory of Amelia, wife of Joseph Parker, Died 15th OCt. 1893, aged 71 years. Joseph Parker 1831-1917. Second son of the Protector Authority on Aboriginal Lore. Also, their children Francis Ware, died 23rd April 1862, aged 10 months. Mary Francis, Died 24th March 1866, aged 3 years. frankinford cemetery, edward stone parker, mary cooke parker, protector of aboriginies, mount franklin aboriginal protectorate, joseph parker, amelia parker, francis ware parker, mary frances parker

Boyd advocates that Canberra's proposed permanent Parliament House needs to be a vital symbol and suggests an open national competition should be used to select the architect.Original manuscript of an article published as 'Young Australia in Steel and Concrete', published in 'The Australian'.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 5 pagescanberra, parliament house, national competition, robin boyd, manuscript, national capital

Collection of stories covering his life, travels, views on many subjects, and yarns about the Australian outback; includes stories on treatment of Aborigines.Hardback with dustcover; 190 p; illustratedISBN: 0582714311alan marshall

Names and meanings came mostly from NSW and to a lesser extent from Western Australia, Victoria and Queensland. They throw light on the customs and life of the aborigines.Paperback book with a front cover of an aboriginal man seated under a rock formation with a sloping roof.

One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of fossilised ferns and fragment of Emu egg shell from Forrest Midden. At left: Fossilized ferns from Rhyll quarry. At right: Fragment of Emu egg shell presumably brought to Phillip Island by aborigines - cemented to Mussell shells at Forrest midden.local history, photography, fossils, black & white photograph, midden at forrest caves, john jenner, bryant west