Don Watson grew up on a farm in Gippsland, took his undergraduate degree at La Trobe University and a PhD at Monash University and was for ten years an academic historian. He wrote three books on Australian history before turning his hand to TV and the stage. For several years he combined writing political satire for the actor Max Gillies with political speeches for the then Premier of Victoria, John Cain. In 1992 he became Prime Minister of Australia Paul Keating's speech-writer and adviser and his best-selling account of those years, Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM, won both The Age Book of the Year and non-fiction Prizes, the Brisbane Courier Mail Book of the Year, the National Biography Award and the Australian Literary Studies Association's Book of the Year. In addition to regular books, articles and essays, in recent years he has also written feature films, including The Man Who Sued God, starring Billy Connolly and Judy Davis, and Passion, a film about Percy Grainger starring Richard Roxburgh. His 2001 Quarterly Essay Rabbit Syndrome: Australia and America won the inaugural Alfred Deakin Prize in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Death Sentence, his book about the decay of public language, was also a best seller and won the Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year. Watson's Dictionary of Weasel Words was published in 2004 and continued to encourage readers to renounce what he perceives to be meaningless corporate and government jargon that is spreading throughout Australia, and to embrace meaningful, precise language. More recently, Watson contributed the preface to a selection of Mark Twain's writings, The Wayward Tourist. In 2014 "The Bush; Travels in the heart of Australia" was published to critical acclaim for its content and for the beauty and effectiveness of Watson's writing. [6] It is a combination of personal and family memoir, travelogue, history, natural history and reflection in which Watson invites readers to ponder the bush and its place in the story of Australia and Australians, both Indigenous and post-1788 arrivals and their descendants, those of the past and those of today.The publication is historically and socially significant as it documents the impact of Scottish settlers in the Gippsland area.Cream cardboard bound book with colourised picture of highland settlers as well as mirrored picture of an aboriginal holding a spear.Donated by Bob Ayresbook, gippsland, scottish, settlers, don, watson, caledonia, australis

Records of some Japanese Internees held in Camp 4, Tatura during WW2. Photos of former internees returning to the former camp site, and letters written, post WW2 containing information about their former life in the camp.Much of the information containrd is of a personal matter relating to the life of internees who were held in Camp 4, Tatura during WW2.Black two ring folder containing printed sheets and photos in plastic sleeves.New Calledonia.

Yellow book with photographs on front cover. 214 pagesnon-fictionThe Highlanders at Home, The Kurnai at Home, Pioneers, Exploring. Conflictpioneers, aboriginals

Folder of information on William Bond, Caledonia Diggings, 1863william bond

Folder of information on George Boston, Caledonia Diggings, 1850sgeorge boston

Folder of information on James Brunning, Caledonia Diggings 1863james brunning

Folder of information on R Brazill, mining surveyor, Caledonia Diggings, 1860sr brazill

This is a copy of the catalogue of the exhibition of Mutsumi Tsuda held in New Caledonia in September, 2006Soft cover book. Reprints of photos of various people and families on front and back covers. Coloured and black and white photos. Text in French and Japanese. Titles of book printed in Red. 100 pagesfeu nos peres, tsuda, mutsumi, new caledonia, camp 4, tatura, ww2 camps

This is a copy of the english translation of a catalogue of an exhibition of Mutsumi Tsuda in New Caledonia held in September, 2006Loose page document, stapled together in upper left hand corner. Translation of book (catalogue) of the same title into English (C1917)feu nos peres, tsuda, mutsumi, camp 4, tatura, ww2 camps

Photos of a group of relatives of Japanese, French, New Caledonia internees who visited the Museum in March 2005.Gold CD. Black and green text inside a black and clear plastic case.internee relatives, museum visit march 2005, camp 4 internees

Correspondence relating to an exhibition of Japanese artist Mutsumi Tsuda entitled "Feu nos Peres" focusing on the history of Japanese people on New Caledonia during WW2Blue plastic folder, black spinejapanese, new caledonian exhibition, tsuda m, monash university, camp 4, tatura, ww2, books, history, local

Table of contents: Editorial, News and Notes, Glimpses of Rhodesian police camp life, New Caledonia, Summaries and notes from the mining and engineering journals, Boot and saddle, Examination results 1899, Personal notes, Correspondence, Editorial notes.Pale green booklet of 14 pagesballarat, ballarat school of mines, students' magazine, c. a. m. deane, mr john dunstan, professor horwood, professor alex. purdie, alexander purdie