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Hand-drawn plans for two types of homemade caravan.
Front Side:
Drawing of caravan with detailed measurements. Caravan dimensions; 6 foot 2 inches from ground to top, approx. 5 yards from end to end. Detailed measurements of construction framing, detailed measurements of two beds on wire mattresses.
Back Side:
Drawing of a caravan. Few details.
Drawn with blue pen and grey lead on paper.
Book by Polly Wheen about Gretchen's farm
DVD - cover has the title, a small photo of the sisters & some burning candles. On the back is a blurb about the DVD - Duration - 56 minutes
Soft cover book slightly taller than A5. Greyish to white cover with black writing & a spilling honey jar on the front. On the back is a blurb about the book & author. 255 pages
To Peter Molan An immigrant scientist and non-beekeeper who has had the greatest impact on New Zealand beekeeping since Mary Brumby arrived with the first two skeps of honey bees in 1839
A4 size soft cover book, blue sky cover with a photo of well kept hives on the edge of the bush, white & black writing Back cover photo of hives at the almonds & trees photos & flower photos Inside cover front photos of bees, hives & a swarm Inside back cover photos of Edward Moylan 75 pages plus index
Hard cover book, only slightly larger than A5. Dark Maroon colour with gold embossed writing & embossed gold bee. Inside covers is a photo of bees in purple and white 703 pages plus index
soft paper covered book slightly longer than A5, light brown cover with a picture of a beehive in brown & brown writing 165 pages
Soft cover book, slightly longer than A5. Cream front paper cover only with staples through, black writing 169 pages
Soft cover book slightly larger than A5, A cream cover with green writing 136 pages
Soft cover book slightly shorter than A4, Mustard colour cover with a photo of a eucalypt on the front cover, on the back cover is a blurb. On the inside front cover is a map of South Australia & on the inside back cover is a photo of the Author & a blurb about him
Soft cover slightly larger than A7, Photograph of Gimlet woodland on the front & back, white & black writing
Soft Cover book, slightly shorter than A4. Orange cover with a photo of eucalypts covering nearly all of the front, pale orange, orange & white writing on the back is a blurb about the book in black & a blurb about the author in white 355 pages
Soft Cover book A5 size, black & gold cover with photo of Claude Stratford, white & gold wrtiting. On the back is another photo & a blurb about the book Founder of Comvita On the inside back cover is a post script of his death in 2013 178 pages
Hard Cover Book larger than A4 size, Cream colour honeycomb pattern with a single photo of a bee carrying pollen, Gold title & black writing. On the back is a blurb about the book 352 pages
Hard Cover book, sightly smaller than A5 size, Maroon cover with gold writing. On the inside back & front covers are photos of L L Langstroth, Charles Dadant & C P Dadant. 1057 pages 2 copies of
Soft Cover, slightly larger than A4,White & olive cover with photos of native bees & hive on front & back Complied by Danielle Lloyd-Pritchard 174 pages
Soft Cover Slightly larger than A7 size, Picture on cover is Karri Forest with a flowering understorey 72 pages
A4 Article, no cover 6 pages
Victorian Collections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
