One of a collection of 56 knitting pattern books donated by Mrs Hilma Carruthers. These books had been used by Mrs Carruthers, her mother and her two daughters. This book was produced by Patons and Baldwins and contains knitting patterns for womens garments.Patons / KNITTING BOOK / NO. 263 / "THERESA" / See page 8 / 7d.handicrafts - history knitting, patons and baldwins (australia) ltd, handicrafts - history, knitting

Glenorchy School Pupils S.S. No 263stawell education

Glenorchy School Pupils 1947 S.S. No 263stawell education

Glenorchy School Pupils c1940 S.S. No 263stawell education

Contents: • Proposed Demolition of the Eltham Courthouse by Jim Connor • Heritage Excursion – Along the Aqueduct – Saturday 7th May 2022 • Municipal District – Eltham (Victoria Gazette No. 140 – March 26, 1957 • Eltham Courthouse Officially Reopened by Jim Connor • Murray’s Bridge by Jim Connor • Shire of Eltham • A 21st Celebration? By Jim Connor • Eltham Cemetery Stories by Liz Pidgeon o Elizabeth Agatha (Betty) Erickson, nee Carrucan 1915-1990 • Our History – Our Library • Annual General Meeting – 2.00pm, Saturday 23rd April 2022The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 newsletter distributed to members (Digital and A4 photocopy)newsletter, eltham district historical society

263 pages, illustrated.

Ill, p.263.non-fictionThe story of the recreation of the original Mayflower journey.mayflower, new england settlement

Ill, p.263.non-fictionWith only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored german uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from the German "ferrets" who prowled the compounds with nerve-racking tenacity and suspicion. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war, world war 1939 1945 - escapes

Ill, p. 263.non-fictionLocal history and family origins in Co. Wexford, Irelandwexford - ireland, geneology - ireland

ill, p.263.fictionA romantic novel based on the history of the North Shore of Sydney.australian fiction, north sydney - history

Ill, p.263.non-fictionStoker Munro was just an inexperienced seventeen year old knockabout kid when he went to war, but he turned out to be an extraordinary survivor. the sinking of the Perth was only the beginning of his war. Stoker suffered through years of harsh imprisonment in Java and the infamous Changi prison camp, as well as the horrors of the thai-Burma Railway. then, just as conditions improved, he was shipped off to Japan and another disaster.world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia, world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese

Index, ill, p.263.non-fictionAlleges an extensive cover-up of Japanese war crimes.world war 1939-1945 - war crime - japan, world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese

Ill, maps, p.263.non-fictionA technical description of the tactics of Paratroopsparatroops - tactics, partroops - germany