news paper clipping. The Age newspaper from page A11'Editorial Page A11. 13/13/96"parks and reserves, hospital, greek community, people in political roles

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Letter from Joan Kirner to Janet Enlgand (first chair) about the beginnings of the centre. A4 white paper. Black ink. Copy of original. Correspondence in 4/7/1996 people in political roles, letter, newsletters, official events

Mid green buckram covers with light green dust jackets, several with plastic. Titles on front & spines. Illustrated with black & white photos & drawings. .1) Vol I The Government and the People 1939-1941,644 pages .2) Vol II The Government and the People 1942 -1945, 771 pages .3) Vol IV War Economy 1942 -1945, 817 pages .4) Vol V The role of Science and Industry, 738 pagesbooks - history, politics

The sinking of the Australian hospital ship Centaur off Queensland during World War Two by an enemy submarine, had a profound effect politically , and a deep emotional impact on the Australian people. Of the [332] aboard only [65] survived. The Centaur's role has long been clouded by controversy. A survivor of the sinking, Thomas Hobden, about the facts of the incident and his personal experience. Thomas believes that rumours circulating of the Centaur being misused under the 1908 Geneva Conventions and transporting troops and ammunition, before the ship's embarkation from Sydney had been received by the Japanese.A large photocopy of a magazine article with a small black and white photo in the top left corner, of a woman and an older man holding an object, and two columns of textwwii, world war two, ww2, australian nurses, queensland, hobart, army, australian army, ray hutchinson, james coulson, ww1 veteran, pacific ocean, mugford, ellen savage, george medal, red cross, seaman's union, minister for the army, allies, australian government, christopher s milligan, able seaman, commonwealth heath department, rembrandt, cat and fiddle arcade

The King and People of Fiji Author: Rev Joseph Waterhouse Publisher: Wesleyan Conference Office Date: 1866 non-fictionThe King and People of Fiji (1866) centres on the biography of Thakombau (Cakobau), Fiji's chief from 1817-1883, blending it with ethnographic details of Fijian society before the 1854 Christian reformation. It covers pre Christian manners, customs, superstitions, court politics, mythology, community structures, inter-island warfare, cannibalism rituals (like consuming war captives and widows), and hospitality toward missionaries and visitors. Chapters open dramatically, such as "First Blood" depicting young Thakombau's initiation in revenge killings. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool public library, the king and people of fiji, rev joseph waterhouse

Book is part of a 25 volume set with red cloth bindings and gold filigree design to rib.non-fictionThe 1908 edition of The Historians' History of the World is a monumental work of Edwardian scholarship, representing a specific era of "universal history" where the goal was to synthesise all human knowledge into a single narrative. Volume 2 of The Historians' History of the World focuses on "Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor Nations of Western Asia."flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the historians history of the world vol 2 set 1