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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Peter Cuffley, Family History comes to Life by Peter Cuffley, 2003
Methods of researching family history. Case studies of Eltham families.x, 197 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 28 cm. Includes index. Bibliography p.182-185.ISBN 073445634 Eltham District Historical Society from Peter + Diana Basset-Smith 1/4/07family history research, sweeney family eltham, smale family, cuffley family eltham, eltham families -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, History of Shepparton, 1838
History of Shepparton. Commemorating 100 years of progress 1838-1938Title on front cover. Rural scenes. 2/- Old Post Office bridge by C. W. S. James.shepparton victoria -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, Early History of Goulburn Valley Irrigation, 1953
Duplicate copies of newspaper articles of early history of irrigation 31.7.1953Black plastic folder, white label, blue writingirrigation, documents, newspapers -
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 -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Medallions & Booklet - National Service Memorial, Monoset Printers, Medallions and Magazine 2010
The Medallions and the Magazine are dedicated to National Service and National Servicemen who served during the period 1951-1972. The Memorial for National Service is located at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.The items are the original that were raised to acknowledge National Service and National Servicemen, 1951-1972.1 x round Medallion on a wood base in a lined cardboard case 2 x round Medallion in a lined black case 1 x magazine 'Australian War Memorial, National Service MemorialThe large medallion has a carving of the Memorial that is at the Australian War Memorial, around the medallion 'Dedicated to all Australian National Servicemen and in Memory of those who died. Thh two smaller medallions has the tri service logo in the centre and round the outside of the medallion is Anniversary of National Service 1951-1972. The Magazine 20 page history of National Service in Australia and the history of the National Service Memorial Dedicated 8 September 2010.awm, national service, magazine, medallions -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Album - Photograph, Keep Australia Beautiful Committee, 1995 c
Also a pink photograph album as above and two blue folders of photographs as aboveA blue photograph album containing about 200 photographs taken during Keep Australia Beautiful activities in Lakes Entrance and Lake Tyers area Victoriaenvironment -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Painting, Painting of Unknown Creek Australia by Norma Kett c1990s
Norma Kett was a resident of Ringwood and a member of the local Artists Society. She regularly diplayed paintings in local exhibitions .Small oil painting of gum trees, creek and hills. Australian possibly Victorian. Framed in multilayered gold and buff coloured wood. The name ?Accacia Creek in pencil on back of painting.Signed Norma Kett -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 5
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 5 July, 1804 - August, 1806" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1915warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, book, historical records of australia series 1 vol 5 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 6
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 6 August, 1806 - December, 1808" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1916Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, book, historical records of australia series 1 vol 6 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 7
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 7 January, 1809 - June, 1813" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1916Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, book, historical records of australia series 1 vol 7 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 8
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 8 July, 1813 - December, 1815" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1916warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, book, historical records of australia series 1 vol 8 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 9
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 9 January, 1816 - December, 1818" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1917Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute, book, historical records of australia series 1 vol 9 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 10
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 10 January, 1819 - December, 1822" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1917warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute, book, historical records of australia series 1 vol 10 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 11
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 11 Janaury, 1823 - November, 1825" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1917Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute, historical records of australia series 1 vol 11 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 12
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 12 June, 1825 - December, 1826" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1919Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, historical records of australia series 1 vol 12 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 13
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 13 January, 1827 - February, 1828" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1920Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 14
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 14 March, 1828 - May, 1829" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1922Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 15
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 15 June, 1829 - December, 1830" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1922Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 24
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 24 October, 1844 - March, 1846" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1925Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute, historical records of australia series 1 vol 24 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 26
"Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Vol 26 October,1847 - December,1848" Governors Despatches to and from England Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1925Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute, historical records of australia series 1 vol 26 -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Aldo Massola, Bunjil's cave : legends and superstitions of the Aborigines of South-East Australia, 1968
Stories from the Aboriginal people of South-East Australia. Includes Creation Stories, Myths and legends. Written in two sections, The myths and The Land Beyond the Sky. Includes location lists.Maps, b&w photographs, illustrationswotjobaluk, mara, kulin, kurnai, murray river, myths, legends, creation stories -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Australia talks : essays on the sociology of Australian immigrant and Aboriginal languages, 1983
Australia is becoming a living laboratory for research into socio-linguistic/sociology of languages, offering three main fields; aboriginal languages, local varieties of English and immigrant languages in contact with English.Tableslinguistics, sociolinguistics, immigrants -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Michael Walsh, Language and culture in Aboriginal Australia, 1993
A series of studies of aspects of language and culture in different parts of Aboriginal Australia. It includes ?language ownership?, historical aspects and how Aboriginal languages are now being used in media and education.Maps, word listssociolinguistics, linguistics, social history -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Administrative record - Memorandum, Melton Foo?, "Australia Day Weekend 1972 - Works Projects", Jan. 1972
Yields information about the work being done at the old SEC depot during the 1972 Australia Day weekend., Yields information about the work being done at the old SEC depot during the 1972 Australia Day weekend.Handwritten note titled "Australia Day Weekend 1972 - Works Projects", about the work to be done at the old SEC depot and the depot site by BTPS Volunteers. Prepared by Melton Foo?trams, tramways, btps, volunteers -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, The First Chapter in the History of Victoria, 1911
This book is a useful reference tool on the history of the settlement of Victoria.A 104 pp book with a red cover. It is titled, "The first Chapter in the History of Victoria" written in black print inside a black frame. It is an account of Collin's temporary settlement at Sorrento in 1803. It describes the lives of Buckley, Fawkner, and Batman and includes an account of Batman's treaty with the indigenous people of Port Phillip leading to the founding of Melbourne. melbourne-settlement victoria-history-settlement batman-john-treaty -
Unions Ballarat
Jack Lang, Radi, Heather, 1977
Jack Lang is a former NSW ALP state treasurer and was elected Premier on two occasions. His government was dismissed in his second term of government by the State Governor due to his defying the Commonwealth Government's financial agreements' legislation.Relevant to the history of the ALP in NSW and the labour movement. Biographical interest.Paper; book. Front cover: Black and white with a caricature of Jack Lang. Front cover: title and editors' names.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, lang, jack, lang, john thomas, alp, australian labor party - nsw, financial agreements' legislation, premier - nsw, treasurer - nsw, biography -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (item) - Black and white photographs, Rose Stereograph Company, Beauty Spots In Australia-Marysville, 1913-1967
An envelope with 12 black and white photographs of scenic attractions taken in and around Marysville in Victoria. An envelope with 12 black and white photographs of scenic attractions taken in and around Marysville in Victoria. The photographs were used for a series of photographs and postcards published by the Rose Stereograph Company in Armadale, Victoria.12 Real Photographs/ For Your Snapshot Album PRODUCED IN AUSTRALIA/ BY The Rose/ Stereograph Company PRINTERS & PHOTOGRAPHIC/ PUBLISHERS/ Armadale, Victoriakeppel falls (image 1), cumberland falls (image 2), track to cora lynn falls (image 3), nichol's lookout (image 4), cameron cascades (image 5), stevenson falls (image 6), taggerty river (image 7), main street (image 8), taggerty river (image 9), talbot drive (image 10), cora lynn falls (image 11), taggerty river (image 12), rose series postcard, rose stereograph company, souvenir -
Vision Australia
Image, 2001 Vision Australia Library Awards, 2001
To encourage the development of audio books, a series of awards were established by the National Library of Australia in 1988, and sponsored by TDK from 1991 until their demise in 2000. Open to both commercial and non-commercial publishers, it aimed to recognise the quality achievements by individuals and publishing houses and to promote the inclusion of audio books into the mainstream market. After the conclusion, Vision Australia Foundation decided to continue the awards in-house.1 digital imageVision Australia Library Awards 2001 2001 Braille Book of the Year: The Shark Net by Robert Drewe 2001 Sanderson Young Adult Narrator of the Year: David Tredinnick for Max 2001 Sanderson Young Adult Audio Book of the Year: Whistle Man by Brian Ridden 2001 Adult Narrator of the Year: Deidre Rubenstein and James Wright for The Architect 2001 Adult Audio Book of the Year: Conditions of Faith by Alex Millervision australia foundation -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Chris McConville, Hanging Rock - a history, 2017
Covers the geological and cultural history of Hanging Rock.264 p., illus. (some col.).non-fictionCovers the geological and cultural history of Hanging Rock.hanging rock (vic.) - history, picnic at hanging rock -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, History of Kyneton
History of Kyneton. Some reference to Jessie Stewart, a Tatura resident. History of Kyneton 1901-1936|TaturaWhite pages, title in black letters. Volume 2 "Orwall" 42 Waikie St., Cobram, top right hand corner