Showing 16 items matching "detective stories"
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Numurkah & District Historical SocietyUlupna Island murder
... Ulupna Island, murder, crime, detective stories, police, redgum forest...Famous Detective Stories magazine Volume 1 No. 6 May 1947...Famous Detective Stories magazine Volume 1 No. 6 May 1947 Ulupna Island murder ...These are stories are related to the murder at Ulupna Island, 1898a. Photocopy from Famous Detective Stories "The Body in the Creek" (Stapled at the side, with red binding tape) b. Photocopy from Famous Detective Stories "Death Stalks the Redgums" (Stapled at the side, with red Binding Tape c. Famous Detective Stories magazine Volume 1 No. 6 May 1947as per photos aboveulupna island, murder, crime, detective stories, police, redgum forest -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPamphlet - Murder on a Melbourne Tram, J B Rowley, 2022
... ...detective stories...Yields information about a murder mystery based around a Melbourne tram novels Melbourne detective stories books Pamphlet - Murder on a Melbourne Tram - DL size - colour. ...Pamphlet advertising a book written by Brigid George (J B Rowley) for a Dusty Kent detective mystery titled "Murder on a Melbourne Tram". The Museum via Mal Rowe provided the photo for the book cover. Book published early 2022. Yields information about a murder mystery based around a Melbourne tramPamphlet - Murder on a Melbourne Tram - DL size - colour.novels, melbourne, detective stories, books -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Article, Mythical movie has sunk without trace, 2010
... - a satirical detective story mentioned in Nunawading News 1970 (photo)....- a satirical detective story mentioned in Nunawading News 1970 (photo). ...Whitehorse Film Society has lost a nine-minute colour film entitled 'Did August Schwerkolt dig the Blackburn Lake one Sunday morning?' - a satirical detective story mentioned in Nunawading News 1970 (photo).Whitehorse Film Society has lost a nine-minute colour film entitled 'Did August Schwerkolt dig the Blackburn Lake one Sunday morning?' - a satirical detective story mentioned in Nunawading News 1970 (photo).Whitehorse Film Society has lost a nine-minute colour film entitled 'Did August Schwerkolt dig the Blackburn Lake one Sunday morning?' - a satirical detective story mentioned in Nunawading News 1970 (photo).whitehorse film society, blackburn and mitcham film society, davidson, ian, kowaleski, pat, cockrum, peter -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer MuseumShort story Book, Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, Reprint 1934
... Famous detective stories. Sold by Angus and Robertson, 89 Castlereagh St, Sydney...Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum 151 Melbourne St, Mulwala Famous detective stories. Sold by Angus and Robertson, 89 Castlereagh St, Sydney Sherlock Holmes - his adventures, memoirs. ...Famous detective stories. Sold by Angus and Robertson, 89 Castlereagh St, SydneyFawn hardcover book containing short stories written by A. Conan Doyle Preface written 1928, 1336 pages \Sherlock Holmes - his adventures, memoirs. Return, His last bow and the case-book. The complete short stories -
J. Ward Museum ComplexBook, Under Padlock and Seal 1905
... #detectivestory fiction adventurebook boysownadventure A classic detective story. Harold Avery was born in 1869. ...A classic detective story. Harold Avery was born in 1869. His life reads like one of his own adventure stories. He was shipwrecked off the coast of Malaysia at the age of ten on his way to Australia with his parents who were drowned. Avery was brought up by the natives who, after three years put him on a Dutch boat bound back to England. He was brought up by an aunt who sent him to Eton and then settled with him in Edinburgh. Avery took a job in the city’s Water Department and in 1894 wrote his first book The Orderly Officer. In the next 45 years he wrote over fifty more books, mainly school stories and adventure stories. In 1941 he left Scotland to travel round the world and the last that was heard from him was a postcard sent to his aunt from Rio de Janeiro in 1943. It is chosen from his large output as being a typical school story but, it can be argued, it is the precursor of work by Enid Blyton and J K Rowling, dealing with school life, five children who go on an adventure and a mystical wizard who ends the story not with a wave of a wand but with kindness and consideration.fictionA classic detective story. Harold Avery was born in 1869. His life reads like one of his own adventure stories. He was shipwrecked off the coast of Malaysia at the age of ten on his way to Australia with his parents who were drowned. Avery was brought up by the natives who, after three years put him on a Dutch boat bound back to England. He was brought up by an aunt who sent him to Eton and then settled with him in Edinburgh. Avery took a job in the city’s Water Department and in 1894 wrote his first book The Orderly Officer. In the next 45 years he wrote over fifty more books, mainly school stories and adventure stories. In 1941 he left Scotland to travel round the world and the last that was heard from him was a postcard sent to his aunt from Rio de Janeiro in 1943. It is chosen from his large output as being a typical school story but, it can be argued, it is the precursor of work by Enid Blyton and J K Rowling, dealing with school life, five children who go on an adventure and a mystical wizard who ends the story not with a wave of a wand but with kindness and consideration.#detectivestory, fiction, adventurebook, boysownadventure -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Pan Books, The last days of Hitler, 1952
... His brilliant piece of detective work not only proved finally that Hitler had killed himself in Berlin, but also produced one of the most fascinating history books ever written. The Last Days of Hitler tells the extraordinary story ...The classic account of Hitler's fall from power, first pubilshed in 1947, reissued with a striking new cover. In September 1945 the fate of Adolf Hitler was a complete mystery. He had simply disappeared, and had been missing for four months. Hugh Trevor-Roper, an intelligence officer, was given the task of solving the mystery. His brilliant piece of detective work not only proved finally that Hitler had killed himself in Berlin, but also produced one of the most fascinating history books ever written. The Last Days of Hitler tells the extraordinary story of those last days of the Thousand Year Reich in the Berlin Bunker. Besieged in the shattered capital, but still dominating the remains of his court, Hitler reiterated the original alternative of Nazism: either total victory or annihilation. This book is the record of that carefully prepared, ceremonious finale to a terrible chapter of history. World War II. Military History. Nazi Germany.Index, notes, map, p.267.non-fictionThe classic account of Hitler's fall from power, first pubilshed in 1947, reissued with a striking new cover. In September 1945 the fate of Adolf Hitler was a complete mystery. He had simply disappeared, and had been missing for four months. Hugh Trevor-Roper, an intelligence officer, was given the task of solving the mystery. His brilliant piece of detective work not only proved finally that Hitler had killed himself in Berlin, but also produced one of the most fascinating history books ever written. The Last Days of Hitler tells the extraordinary story of those last days of the Thousand Year Reich in the Berlin Bunker. Besieged in the shattered capital, but still dominating the remains of his court, Hitler reiterated the original alternative of Nazism: either total victory or annihilation. This book is the record of that carefully prepared, ceremonious finale to a terrible chapter of history. World War II. Military History. Nazi Germany. germany - politics and government - 1933-1945, adolf hitler - death and burial -
City of Melbourne LibrariesBull, Hugh Jones, 1897-1993, McKenzie Collection of glass plate negatives
... Intensive detective sessions and discussions with fellow historical networks ensued, gradually unearthing our photojournalistic history and technologies, the merits of volunteer work, and astonishing stories from 1930s Victoria. ...Intensive detective sessions and discussions with fellow historical networks ensued, gradually unearthing our photojournalistic history and technologies, the merits of volunteer work, and astonishing stories from 1930s Victoria. ...In the 1990s, renowned architectural photographer Ian McKenzie OAM (1939-2014) picked up 240 glass plate negatives at a local market. Believed to be from a Victorian news archive, they dated back to the 1930s. The slides lay dormant in a dusty garage until 2020 when Ian’s wife Louise decided it was time to bring them back into the light.Digital reproductionThe McKenzie Collection of glass plate negatives unlocks glimpses of our city not seen for almost 100 years. In the 1990s, renowned architectural photographer Ian McKenzie (1939-2014) picked up 240 glass plate negatives at a local market. Believed to be from a Victorian news archive, they dated back to the 1930s. The slides lay dormant in a dusty garage until 2020 when Ian’s wife Louise decided it was time to bring them back into the light.glass plate negatives, the age newspaper, photography, melbourne, 1930-1939glass plate negatives, the age newspaper, photography, melbourne, 1930-1939 -
City of Melbourne LibrariesPhotograph, The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), The Age, Tue 26 December 1933, 1933
... Intensive detective sessions and discussions with fellow historical networks ensued, gradually unearthing our photojournalistic history and technologies, the merits of volunteer work, and astonishing stories from 1930s Victoria. ...Intensive detective sessions and discussions with fellow historical networks ensued, gradually unearthing our photojournalistic history and technologies, the merits of volunteer work, and astonishing stories from 1930s Victoria. ...The Age: Christmas 1933 weather pictorial Three photographs from the McKenzie Collection appear in this Age Boxing Day pictorial, documenting the weather conditions in Melbourne on Christmas Day, 1933. In the morning, swimmers flocked to the St Kilda foreshore to cool off during a heatwave. By five o’clock, thunder and a hailstorm were breaking over the city, leaving the streets flooded. Also featured on this page: Important visitors at the Children’s Hospital and The Nurses’ Christmas. Large scale prints of all three images feature below. Discovering this page via the digitised newspapers on Trove was a crucial step in unlocking the provenance of the slides. Published: The Age 26 December 1933, page 9 (1933, December 26). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved October 10, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page19054271 Featured in "Newsworthy : Melbourne in photographs 1933-1936" exhibition held at East Melbourne Library from October to December 2023. The Newsworthy exhibition developed out of a local history digitisation project. Fifty images from a collection of 240 glass plate negatives were selected and printed at large scale for public display at East Melbourne Library. The exhibition was very well-received. The McKenzie Collection of glass plate negatives unlocks glimpses of our city not seen for almost 100 years. In the 1990s, renowned architectural photographer Ian McKenzie (1939-2014) picked up 240 glass plate negatives at a local market. Believed to be from a Victorian news archive, they dated back to the 1930s. The slides lay dormant in a dusty garage until 2020 when Ian’s wife Louise decided it was time to bring them back into the light. Louise McKenzie, and two other history-lovers, Ernie Ward and Fiona Collyer, signed up as City of Melbourne volunteers and joined forces with City of Melbourne Libraries Community Heritage Team Leader, Linda Longley and Local History Librarian, Fiona Campbell. Together, the project team has devoted more than three years to unlocking the mysteries of the collection. What began as a simple digitization exercise swiftly morphed into a wild journey of discovery and kismet. Intensive detective sessions and discussions with fellow historical networks ensued, gradually unearthing our photojournalistic history and technologies, the merits of volunteer work, and astonishing stories from 1930s Victoria. From the domestic to the dramatic, the celebratory to the solemn, these fascinating images capture a fleeting yet significant period in Interwar, Depression-era Melbourne. Above all, the McKenzie Collection project has brought about a powerful and sustained sense of engagement, connection and celebration between people across decades and places.the age newspaper, photography, 1930-1939, christmas -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage CollectionWork on paper - ink and watercolour, Annette Meikle, Karinga, 1977
... stories of places and people in the Bayside area. It was published in 1978 as Sandringham Sketchbook, with text by Elizabeth Waters. The sketches were intended to record remaining examples of Bayside’s early architecture and environment, as well as reflect newer architectural changes. Meikle went on to donate 22 of these sketches to Bayside City Council in 2003. This inter-war house located at 60 Bluff Road, Black Rock, was built in 1926 for former Scotland Yard and Criminal Investigation Branch detective...stories of places and people in the Bayside area. It was published in 1978 as Sandringham Sketchbook, with text by Elizabeth Waters. The sketches were intended to record remaining examples of Bayside’s early architecture and environment, as well as reflect newer architectural changes. Meikle went on to donate 22 of these sketches to Bayside City Council in 2003. This inter-war house located at 60 Bluff Road, Black Rock, was built in 1926 for former Scotland Yard and Criminal Investigation Branch detective ...In 1977, artist Annette Meikle undertook a commission to illustrate a book recording stories of places and people in the Bayside area. It was published in 1978 as Sandringham Sketchbook, with text by Elizabeth Waters. The sketches were intended to record remaining examples of Bayside’s early architecture and environment, as well as reflect newer architectural changes. Meikle went on to donate 22 of these sketches to Bayside City Council in 2003. This inter-war house located at 60 Bluff Road, Black Rock, was built in 1926 for former Scotland Yard and Criminal Investigation Branch detective Horatio Reginald Clarence McWilliams. When McWilliams died it was found that he had taken extreme measures to protect his security. All the windows were nailed shut, a network of burglar alarms ran through the house and a complicated underground air raid shelter had been built in the garden. The security measures were at odds with the name of the house – Karinga or Karinya – an Aboriginal word meaning peaceful, happy home. Later residents of ‘Karinga’ included Senator Don Chipp and his family. The property has since been demolished and apartments have been built on the land.Annette Meikle, Karinga 1977, ink and watercolour, 32 x 23.5 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Donated by the artist, 2003annette meikle, sandringham sketchbook, elizabeth waters, black rock, karinga, karinya, horatio reginald clarence mcwilliams, senator don chipp, historic house, bluff road -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, The Folio Society, The moonstone, 1951
... Widely recognized, alongside the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, as establishing many of the most enduring conventions of detective fiction, The Moonstone is Wilkie Collins masterwork and one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century. ...The novel that T.S. Eliot called ;the first, the longest, and the best of the modern English detective novels ; Guarded by three Brahmin priests, the Moonstone is a religious relic, the centerpiece in a sacred statue of the Hindu god of the moon. It is also a giant yellow diamond of enormous value, and its temptation is irresistible to the corrupt John Herncastle, a colonel in the British Army in India. After murdering the three guardian priests and bringing the diamond back to England with him, Herncastle bequeaths it to his niece, Rachel, knowing full well that danger will follow. True to its enigmatic nature, the Moonstone disappears from Rachel & rsquo;s room on the night of her eighteenth birthday, igniting a mystery so intricate and thrilling it has set the standard for every crime novel of the past one hundred fifty years. Widely recognized, alongside the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, as establishing many of the most enduring conventions of detective fiction, The Moonstone is Wilkie Collins masterwork and one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.Ill, p.417fictionThe novel that T.S. Eliot called ;the first, the longest, and the best of the modern English detective novels ; Guarded by three Brahmin priests, the Moonstone is a religious relic, the centerpiece in a sacred statue of the Hindu god of the moon. It is also a giant yellow diamond of enormous value, and its temptation is irresistible to the corrupt John Herncastle, a colonel in the British Army in India. After murdering the three guardian priests and bringing the diamond back to England with him, Herncastle bequeaths it to his niece, Rachel, knowing full well that danger will follow. True to its enigmatic nature, the Moonstone disappears from Rachel & rsquo;s room on the night of her eighteenth birthday, igniting a mystery so intricate and thrilling it has set the standard for every crime novel of the past one hundred fifty years. Widely recognized, alongside the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, as establishing many of the most enduring conventions of detective fiction, The Moonstone is Wilkie Collins masterwork and one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century. england - fiction, romantic fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Short stories, Donovan, Dick (J. E. Preston Muddock), The records of Vincent Trill of the Detective Service, 1899
... The records of Vincent Trill of the Detective Service Book Short stories Donovan, Dick (J. E. Preston Muddock) Chatto & Windus Spottiswoode and Co ...285 p. : grey-brown cover, with illustration of a shadowy man in a bowler hat threatening a frightened-looking man. Title "Vincent Trill of the Detective Service", and author's name embossed in large gold letters on cover, "Records of Vincent Trill" and author's name in gold on spine. Endpapers have decorative pattern of leaves.fictionfiction, short stories, crime fiction, mysteries, dick donovan (j. e. preston muddock) -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Gardner, Erle Stanley, The case of the borrowed brunette, 1951
... Fiction Crime fiction Mystery Perry Mason Erle Stanley Gardner A Perry Mason detective story. Plot is "a convoluted scheme of impersonation". ...A Perry Mason detective story. Plot is "a convoluted scheme of impersonation". Women with specific physical characteristics are hired to impersonate another woman. The man who hires them is found murdered, and two of the women, Cora Felton and Adelle Winters, are charged with his murder.239 p. : dark green cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to front, with illustration of a woman in a low-cut red dress wearing a fur wrap. Publisher's summary, also from dust jacket, pasted inside front cover.fictionA Perry Mason detective story. Plot is "a convoluted scheme of impersonation". Women with specific physical characteristics are hired to impersonate another woman. The man who hires them is found murdered, and two of the women, Cora Felton and Adelle Winters, are charged with his murder.fiction, crime fiction, mystery, perry mason, erle stanley gardner -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Short stories, Donovan, Dick (J. E. Preston Muddock), The adventures of Tyler Tatlock private detective : related by Dick Donovan, 1900
... stories. 287 Pp. : blue cover, illustration of man standing (gazing in contemplation?) with hands clasped behind his back. The adventures of Tyler Tatlock private detective : related by Dick Donovan Book Short stories Donovan, Dick (J. ...Mystery stories.287 Pp. : blue cover, illustration of man standing (gazing in contemplation?) with hands clasped behind his back. fictionMystery stories.dick donovan (j. e. preston muddock), fiction, mystery, crime fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Footner, Hulbert, The doctor who held hands : a Madame Storey novel, 1929
... detective. Here she tangles with a psychoanalyst-blackmailer and criminal mastermind. The story has a lot of action and a neat twist in the final paragraph. ...This book, set in New York, features one of the characters from his series: the beautiful Madame Rosika Storey, a private detective. Here she tangles with a psychoanalyst-blackmailer and criminal mastermind. The story has a lot of action and a neat twist in the final paragraph.248p. fictionThis book, set in New York, features one of the characters from his series: the beautiful Madame Rosika Storey, a private detective. Here she tangles with a psychoanalyst-blackmailer and criminal mastermind. The story has a lot of action and a neat twist in the final paragraph.fiction, mystery, hulbert footner -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, MacGowan, Alice et al, The million-dollar suitcase, n.d
... Fiction Mystery Alice MacGowan Perry Newberry The story centres around a serious robbery at the Van Ness Avenue Savings Bank, where a significant sum of nearly a million dollars has vanished following the suspicious disappearance of one of the bank's tellers, Edward Clayte. The narrative primarily follows the characters of detective ...The story centres around a serious robbery at the Van Ness Avenue Savings Bank, where a significant sum of nearly a million dollars has vanished following the suspicious disappearance of one of the bank's tellers, Edward Clayte. The narrative primarily follows the characters of detective Jerry Boyne, who is tasked with solving the case, and Worth Gilbert, the son of the bank's benefactor, who takes an active interest in recovering the missing money.287p. ; crimson cover with title and authors printed on spine in blackfictionThe story centres around a serious robbery at the Van Ness Avenue Savings Bank, where a significant sum of nearly a million dollars has vanished following the suspicious disappearance of one of the bank's tellers, Edward Clayte. The narrative primarily follows the characters of detective Jerry Boyne, who is tasked with solving the case, and Worth Gilbert, the son of the bank's benefactor, who takes an active interest in recovering the missing money.fiction, mystery, alice macgowan, perry newberry -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Hume, Fergus, The mystery of a hansom cab, 1896
... The killer's identity is not as significant a revelation in the story as are the roles of the influential and secretive Frettlby family, and their secret: they have a daughter living on the streets, and the woman everyone assumes is their daughter is illegitimate. The class divide between Melbourne's wealthy and less fortunate is addressed throughout the plot. The protagonist in the novel is a policeman named Detective ...he Mystery of a Hansom Cab takes place in Melbourne, Australia, and involves an investigation into a homicide, after a corpse is discovered in the early hours, in a hansom cab. The killer's identity is not as significant a revelation in the story as are the roles of the influential and secretive Frettlby family, and their secret: they have a daughter living on the streets, and the woman everyone assumes is their daughter is illegitimate. The class divide between Melbourne's wealthy and less fortunate is addressed throughout the plot. The protagonist in the novel is a policeman named Detective Gorby, who is given the task of solving the murder.322p. ; olive green cover with author and title embossed in gold on front cover and spine; appendix: Selections of Jarrolds' New Booksfictionhe Mystery of a Hansom Cab takes place in Melbourne, Australia, and involves an investigation into a homicide, after a corpse is discovered in the early hours, in a hansom cab. The killer's identity is not as significant a revelation in the story as are the roles of the influential and secretive Frettlby family, and their secret: they have a daughter living on the streets, and the woman everyone assumes is their daughter is illegitimate. The class divide between Melbourne's wealthy and less fortunate is addressed throughout the plot. The protagonist in the novel is a policeman named Detective Gorby, who is given the task of solving the murder. fiction, crime, mystery, fergus hume
