Soft covered book with portrait of Boon Wurrung man Ginnen (also known as Jack Weatherly) and text on front covernon-fictionA history of Victorian Aboriginals who've experienced and battled with colonisation since 1800.aborigine, aborginal, first nation

White soft cover book with a picture of the Braybrook Hotel on frontA history of the Braybrook area from the original Braybrook Junction (then including Deer Park, Sunshine and St Albans) to the current suburb of Braybrookbraybrook, history

Hard covered book with black and white text, maps, photographs, portraits, bibliography and index. The coloured dust cover illustrates an early day street scene in Footscray.non-fictionA history of Footscray from the early 19th century to 1991. It was commissioned by the Footscray City Council to celebrate the municipality's centenary year. Various references are made to Sunshine Harvester Works, H V McKay, Sunshine Community Hospital, Sunshine Technical School and other Sunshine organizations.footscray, history

A hard cover book with dust cover. non-fictionThis book was published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Victoria.It looks at Victoria's social, political and economic evolution from its early indigenous roots to its colonial past and modern development.victoria, history

Soft covered bookFormed as the Sunshine YCW Football Club in 1959 as a junior club. They joined the "YCW National Football Association" playing its first senior game was in 1963. After winning three premierships in the YCW NFA, the club transferred to the Footscray Districts Football League in 1978. After losing consecutive Grand Finals in 1994 and 1995 in A2 grade the club was promoted to A1 grade (division 1) in 1996 and have remained in the top level of the competition ever since. At the end of the 2000 season with the change in the League's name the club followed suit by dropping the YCW from its title.sunshine ycw football club, fooball

This book briefly covers the period from the indigenous tribes who lived in the valley well before English settlers arrived. It documents the transformation of the area from a pristine valley environment to one that has been gradually over 200 years to a more commercial rural/industrial landscaped valley. The book details the first pioneers and their descendants, along with the changes to their environment.kiewa river valley, pioneers victoria, kiewa valley social life and cusstoms

This book was compiled by Esther Temple and David Lloyd with illustrations by Betty Barberis and additional material provided by Clare Roper, Joan Macdonald, Wilma Davies and Nell Bateman. The book was first penned in 1971. It briefly covers the period from the indigenous tribes(broken down into family groupings) known as the "first Australians" who lived in the valley well before English settlers arrived. first white settlement (graziers, miners, stockmen) to smaller settlements.The development or transformation from a pristine(hunter/gatherer) valley environment to one that has been gradually changing to a more commercial rural/industrial landscaped valley. This transformation was made within a time span of two hundred years. The book details the first pioneers and their descendants, along with the changes to their environments both domestic and commercial. The book highlights dates and events that shaped the "feel" of the valley. The extreme hardships faced by pioneer families during the extremely isolated times away from "civilisation".This publication provides an insight to the struggles and victories against the harsh Australian bushland by people who had not been raised in such a sometimes inhospitable environment. It was this transformation which instilled into the Australian psyche of self sufficiency and the ability to grasp onto ideas or "bush" remedies to overcome enormous difficulties. It is is ability that has produced the many inventions useful in the 20th and 21st centuries.This book has a 250 g/m cream coloured cover with print and drawings of rural aspects of historical significance ( Aboriginal and early white settlers). The book contains 124 pages of black and white photographs(139), black and white sketches(75), two pages of sketches and freehand drawings, two freehand maps one county lease /subdivision plan and black and white printing. See KVHS 0237 (B) for the official invitation to the launch of the book.The front top cover heading(in shaded print and enclosed in a banner form) "A HISTORY OF THE KIEWA VALLEY" The bottom printing "BY ESTHER TEMPLE & DAVID LLOYD ILLUSTRATIONS BY BETTY BARBERIS" and at the very bottom "KIEWA VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY" oN THE BOOK SPINE "A HISTORY OF THE KIEWA VALLEY.....BY ESTHER TEMPLE & DAVID LLOYD"early settlers, dederang, tawonga, mount beauty, sec vic hydro electricity, falls creek early settlers, bonegilla

Covers the arrival of the Land Headquarters Cartographic Company at Fortuna Villa in 1942 until the disbandment of the Army Survey Regiment in 1996. Written by Valerie Lovejoy as part of her Masters degree at La Trobe University, BendigoUnit History of the Army Survey Regiment by Valerie Lovejoy, ISBN: 0-646-42120-4, 234 pages, 9 Chapters, 6 Appendices, Black and White photographs, Colored map extracts, Colored cover jacket, hard cover, nominal roll of Unit members.On first page, "Donated to Bendigo RSL Museum by Ex Fortuna Survey Association Inc 21 April 2022"royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

The Yackandandah and District Historical Society decided to write up a history of the school which had begun as a Church of England School from 1855 to 1872 before the commencement of the current primary school. The early history of the school is relevant to the Kiewa Valley as it was the closest school at the time.and existed before "Education is to be secular, compulsory until the age of 15, free in basic subjects" The Roper family pages 22, 29, 30 Small booklet with 39 pages held by two staples. The cardboard cover is light green with the dates in dark green and the title and authors in red. No pictures. No contents or index.'C. Roper' written in blue ink on the front cover.yackandandah school, education

This is a collection of documents (licences etc) of the Bogong Hotel at Tawonga from its beginning in 1895 to its demise by fire on 5th December 2011.The Bogong Hotel was an iconic country pub with an interesting history. It was burnt down in 2011.Green plastic covered spirax book with 10 plastic envelopes displaying written and photographic information on both sides. See also KVHS 0963; 0965; 0991; 0992; 0993; 0995; 1201; 1202; 1485"Bogong Hotel" - written on cover with black textabogong hotel, licencees of bogong hotel

Hard cover large book with dust cover. Early photographs on cover. Book has SDHS stamped throughout the book.non-fictionA history of Mechanics' Institutes in Victoria.victoria, history, mechanics' institutes victoria, historic buildings, adult education