A comprehensive study of black and brown coal mining in Victoria, from earliest discovery of coal deposits in Australia, to the vast coal fields of the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, where extraction is by open cut engineering.engineering, mines and mining

List of school enrolments from eight small schools which became Boisdale Consolidated also total enrolments to 2001 Boisdale Victoriaschools, students

Folder of newspaper cuttings and leaflets which record the involvement of Tambo Historical Society in australia Day celebrations at Nyerimilang Park until venue changed to Lakes Entrance Victoriacelebrations

A promotional booklet describing the paper production of Maryvale Mill Morwell Victoriaforest, paper making industry

Comprehensive account of the trading boats which were powered by either stem or motor between 1858 to late 1980s on the Gippsland Lakes VictoriaThis book is dedicated to all those hardy mariners who blazed their trail across the waters of the Gippsland Lakesboats and boating, tourism, trades

Newspaper articles rlerant to the history, extracted mainly from Our Province in the making Pictorial Standard 1960 and the History of Lakes Entrance Victoriatownship, history

A facsimile of volumes 1 and 2 of the picturesque atlas of Australia 1888 including short account of Australia as a penal settlement and establishment of separate states Victoriasettlement, exploration, australia

A facsimile edition of pages devoted to Australia appearing in Cassells Picturesque Australia Victoriahistory, exploration, mines and mining, agriculture

A short account of some of the tramlines constructed to access the mountain forests for the timber required as building material in the rapidly expanding cities and towns of Victoria. These trainlines serviced isolated sawmilling communities from c. thetransport, timber industry

A magazine reporting on the activities of staff and students of Bairnsdale Technical School contains names of staff school council Bairnsdale Victoriaschools

Also a second identical copy damaged 05390.1Sepia toned postcard of early style Australian country home double front with verandah and skillion on side with picket fence, family posed on verandah dressed in best clothes Tambo Upper VictoriaRiversleigh Tambo Upperpostal services

Coloured lithographic postcard showing small clearing in bush, bark barn, paling fence, three cattle and one man, small building among trees in Gippsland VictoriaNear Lake Tyersagriculture, machinery

Also another lithographic postcard with inscription In the Gippsland Bush 05046.2 14.5 x 19 cmColoureed lithographic postcard showing men hop picking near Bairnsdale Victoriasettlers, agriculture

Also a second black and white photograph taken at same event 05104.1Black and white enlarged photograph of Doug Coole and Edith Juillerat and Ann Canterbury representing Lakes Tyers Beach community group entrants in 1995 Keep Australia Beautiful competition Lake Tyers Beach Victoriatourism, buildings

Black and white postcard collage of images taken around Marlo Victoriatrades, waterways

Eleven colour photographs taken on Australia Day 1988 05141.1Small blue album containing photographs of events during 1988 involving members of the Tambo Shire Historical Society Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, waterways, jetties, islands

The story of Lake Tyers House, Gippsland, Victoria, built in 1886, and the early tourism industry. It is also describes early transport and land settlement, and touches on Aboriginal life before and after European. Index and bibliography.tourism, aboriginals, transport, waterways

Years of painstaking research. The author tells how the Stump Jump Plough, the Stripper, the Header Harvester came to be invented. These many Australian inventions improved ploughing, seeding, shearing, wool-pressing. Also steam engines, tractors, four-To Dr. George Sutton who gave a lifetime of work to Australian agriculture.agriculture

Historic heritage values. Built structures and above-ground relics and features - New Works (Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia). Prepared for Gippsland Ports.history, historic sites

Book includes indigenous tractors and self-propelled machines in rural Australia. Manufacturers include McDonald, Caldwell Vale, Deutscher, Lutz, Jelbart etc.Forward by Martin Hallett, Curator, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoriaagriculture

Findings of a maritime archaeological/cultural heritage desk study of Lakes Entrance, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australiareports, ships and shipping, maritime history

A history of the town of Sale, Victoria, Australia from 1839 to 1993. Includes index.With every best wish Peter Synantownship, government

A program for the 2-day conference on the ecology and management of the Gippsland Lakes and other coastal lagoons in south-eastern Australia.waterways, conservation, climate

Copies of typed transcripts of letters between Boyd and Mary Cunninghame, settlers in Gippsland, and members of the Cunninghame family in Scotland in the mid 19th. Centurysettlers

A short history of the Victorian State Park, Nyerimilang, on the Gippsland Lakes, from selection of the land to acquisition by Parks Victoria and formation of Friends of Nyerimilang.parks, settlers, waterways

An instruction and procedures guidebook to aid management of museum collections.reference material

A manual of classifications for historical collections in museums and historical societies.reference material

A guide to help assess the significance of heritage objects and collections in museums, historical societies and similar institutions.reference material

A collection of Public Records, Victoria Guides and Services, and National Archives of Australia Guides to caring for collections.reference material

A step by step guide to the writing of a comprehensive collections policy for collections organisations such as museums and historical societies. Has examples used by other organisations and pro formas.reference material