A copy of The Weekly Times 125th Year Edition Supplement - The Backbone Of The Country Machinery And Equipment Supplementthe weekly times

A copy of the The Weekly Times - The History Of The Sheep And Wool Industry Supplement including significant dates of the wool industry and a calendar of past major shearing eventsthe weekly times

Copy of the The Weekly Times 120th Anniversary 1869 - 1989 Newspaper Supplement including a copy of the the first publication of The Weekly Times No 1 Edition 11th September 1868h.v. mckays

Edition of The Weekly Times 20th December 1989 featuring the Christmas Annual 1989 Supplementthe weekly times

Coloured photograph on front.|Many black and white historic photographs with notes in the periodical.the weekly times

The Weekly Times was first published on September 11, 1869. After absorbing two other rural publications and expanding its publications, in 1902 The Herald and Standard Newspaper Company Ltd became the Herald and weekly Times, now Australia's oldest rural newspaper (more information on Weekly Times website). The article on Orbost was part of a series written by Steve Cooper with photographer, Mark Griffin. It explored communities which were struggling to survive. At that time the timber industry in the area was in decline and there was much discontent about flows to the Snowy River,This newspaper is a useful research tool.A newspaper, titled The Weekly Times, dated October 23, 1996. It contains articles about Orbost - Towns Against The Tide. The paper has an orange cover with the title in blue print and coloured photographs throughout. orbost-history-1996 weekly-times-newspaper

A weekly supplement to the Weekly Times newspaper, these plates each depict a bird or animal. There is a brief written description of each accompanied by a reproduction of a watercolour painting.A complete set of supplements, in original binding. 90 plates. Colour. Cardboard cover.Written inside front cover: 'Lindsay McKellar Black 1932-1934'weekly times, weekly times wild nature series, birds, animals

The Weekly Times newspaper is a light cream in color, has printed black text along with black,white and color photographic and drawn illustrations.the weekly times

Recipes contributed as part of a Weekly Times pioneer recipe competition96 p., paperback, black and white illustrations. 2 copies.recipes, weekly times, cookbooks

The Weekly Times ten part series. Part 6 is missingweekly times

A green cloth hardcover book with the title printed in black text: The Weekly Times Farmers' Handbook on the front cover. Compiled from the Farmers' Information Bureau with Practical Information from the Rural Section of The Weekly Times. Third Revised Edition is printed in a black rectangular shape at the bottom with the price - 2/6. Three black lines decorate both sides and across the cover information. White stains on the back cover. The spine has the faded title. The title page has publishing details too. Inside there is a Forward, Index, some advertisements and Acknowledgments at the back. 264 Pp. Tanning on the edges of the pages is visible. Pp. 264. non-fictionA handbook for farmers compiled from articles from practical information from the Rural Section of the Weekly Times in Australia. It has informed generations of farmers on the way of the land, with useful tips and invaluable advice. Few farms would have been without a well-thumbed copy.farming australia, the weekly times, farmers

A brown hardcover book with the title printed in black text, The Weekly Times Farmers' Handbook on the front cover. Compiled from the Farmers' Information Bureau with Practical Information from the Rural Section of The Weekly Times. Second Edition is printed in a black rectangular shape at the bottom with the price - 2/6. Three black lines decorate both sides and across the cover information. Ink stains on the front. The spine has the faded title written. The title page is missing, but there remains A Forward and Preface. An index is at the back, along with advertising for farming products and equipment. Diagrams, illustrations are included. 286Pp. Stains and foxing on the edges of the pages are visible. Some damage to the spine top and bottom.non-fictionA handbook for farmers compiled from articles from practical information from the Rural Section of the Weekly Times in Australia. It has informed generations of farmers on the way of the land, with useful tips and invaluable advice. Few farms would have been without a well-thumbed copy.farming australia, the weekly times, farmers

John Henry Lockett OAM (22 January 1891 – 25 May 2002) was the oldest man ever in Australia when he died aged 111 years, 123 days. As one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, he was acclaimed as a national hero during the last decade of his life. Lockett was born in the small Victorian town of Waanyarra, near Bendigo. He left school aged nine to work on a local farm. Later, he worked for his uncles in the Mallee. On 24 March 1916, he travelled to Mildura to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. He served in France with the 38th Battalion, earning promotion to sergeant and was discharged on 20 September 1919. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lockett After the war, Jack returned to The Mallee and selected a 640 acres (260 ha) block of land in Linga, Victoria, deciding to make his living as a farmer. In 1923, he married Maybell Ingwerson and they had four children together. In 1963, the couple retired to Bendigo, leaving the farmland (which now covered more than 130,000 acres (53,000 ha), in the care of their children and grandchildren . People with the name Burstall are in Lockett Family photo (item number 11170.6) Two pages of the Weekly Times, September 8, 1999. Pages 4and 5 headline across both pages - A celebration of the country spirit. An article by Xavier Duff covers both pages with black and white photos of early 20th century farming and a contemporary photo of Jack Lockett. There is a description of Jack's pioneer life at age 19 and quotes from Jack when he worked with his uncles Alf and Dick on their farm at Linga near Underbool in Northwest Victoria. The article promotes a series of ten magazines in the Weekly, each one covering a decade of the 20th century jack lockett, mabel ingwersen, the weekly times our land our century, mallee farming

This is the Weekly Times Annual of 1929. The Weekly Times newspaper was established in 1869 and was taken over by the Herald Newspaper group in 1892. It is a paper dedicated to rural affairs and is now the oldest rural newspaper in Australia. It has long been known as the ‘Bible of the Bush’. This annual contains many advertisements and photographs and sketches of places in rural Australia. It also has many articles, short stories and illustrations. Notable people that have contributed to this annual include Will Dyson (sketches), C.J.Dennis (poem), Vance Palmer (short story) and Norman Lindsay (reproduction of an art work). It also has a short story by Gertrude Hart, a novelist and short story writer. Her parents lived in Warrnambool in the 1850s (her father was the local Wesleyan minister) and her father retired to a place near to Warrnambool – Kirkstall. This attractive booklet is retained as an excellent example of Weekly Times Annuals in the past. It is also important because it has a short story by Gertrude Hart, a writer with connections to Warrnambool. This is a newspaper annual booklet of 68 pages. The cover has a buff-coloured background with a colour illustration of a stately building on the front with red printing and five colour photographs on the back page with black printing. The booklet has many advertisements, articles, short stories and photographs. Some pages are missing and a couple of pages are torn. the weekly times, gertrude hart, history of warrnambool

A brown hardcover book with the title printed in black text, The Weekly Times Farmer's Handbook. Compiled from the Farmers' Information Bureau with the publisher The Herald Press in a square underneath. Price - 2/6 at the bottom. Three black lines decorate both sides and across the Publisher section. Ink stains on the front. The spine has the faded title written. An index is at the back, along with advertising for farming products and equipment. 240p. Stains and foxing on the edges of the pages are visible. Some damage to the spine top and bottom.non-fictionA handbook for farmers compiled from articles from practical information from the Rural Section of the Weekly Times in Australia. It has informed generations of farmers on the way of the land, with useful tips and invaluable advice. Few farms would have been without a well-thumbed copy.farming australia, farming, the weekly times newspaper

The Weekly Times was first published on September 11, 1869, by a group of Melbourne businessmenA collection of Weekly Times articles and frontpages from 1960 to 2009.Twenty-eight pages .dorothy comer, weekly times

The Weekly Times was first published on September 11, 1869, by a group of Melbourne businessmen who owned the now-defunct Daily Telegraph, with the stated aim to be a “journal of literature, sport, agriculture, science and politics”. It is Australia’s oldest rural newspaper, and is known far and wide as the Bible of the Bush. (ref Weekly Times web-site)This magazine is a useful reference tool on the history of the Royal Melbourne Show as well as The Weekly Times.A souvenir edition of The Weekly Times dated Wed. Sept 7 1994. Price $1.10. It marks the anniversary of the first Weekly Times, Sept 11 1869. Inside is a special preview of the Royal Melbourne Show, a history of the show and a history of The Weekly Times. It also contains a brief history of 125 years of rural news. On the front cover is a colourful picture of an older man sitting on a tree stump outside a bark hut. He is reading an early edition of The Weekly Times.weekly-times souvenir-newspaper magazine royal-melbourne-show rural-history

The first Weekly Times Annual was published on November 4, 1911 and was produced until the Depression forced its demise in 1934. It was reintroduced in 2009.This magazine was the final edition published before a long gap of more than 70 years. The publication was an annual snapshot of Victoria - both rural and metropolitan.A magazine with full page colouedr photographs - Weekly Times Annual 24th Year.magazine weekly-times-annual media news

This piece of newspaper had been used as wallpaper lining. The Weekly Times was first published on September 11, 1869, by a group of Melbourne businessmen who owned the now-defunct Daily Telegraph, with the stated aim to be a “journal of literature, sport, agriculture, science and politics”. It is Australia’s oldest rural newspaper, and is known far and wide as the Bible of the Bush. (ref Weekly Times web-site)This is a useful research tool.A section of newspaper from the Weekly Times of 1884. there is also a photocopy of the item.newspaper weekly-times

The Weekly Times was produced for farmers and country people with local and farming news. At the time glossy colored pages were a keepsake.Farmers in the Kiewa Valley would have subscribed to the Weekly Times.Approximately 90 pages of colored photos of wild life each with factual text about the wildlife. Printed one side only. Each page was a supplement with the Weekly Times from December 3, 1932 through to August 18, 1934weekly times, wild life, kiewa valley farmers

Cover of the Weekly Times Annual - 1923newspaper, weekly times, 1923

The Weekly times Annual - October 2, 1926S Brown written in pennewspaper, weekly times, 1926

The Weekly Times Annual - October 10, 1932newspaper, weekly times, 1932