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RECENT ADDITIONS AUGUST 2017

Australian Literature All Fall Down / Cassandra Austin (2017)

On the Java Ridge / Jock Serong (2017)

Kirkham’s Find / Mary Gaunt (1988) [donated by Charles Lewis]

Australia Day [short stories] / Melanie Cheng (2017)

The Choke / Sofie Laguna (2017)

Becoming Kirrali Lewis / Jane Harrison (2015)

Terra Nullius / Claire G. Coleman (2017)

Taboo / Kim Scott (2017)

Mysteries Wimmera / Mark Brandi (2017)

Periodicals Australian Book Review: ABR P 028.1 ABR No. 393 AUGUST 2017:

Mapping history [Hidden in plain view: the aboriginal people of coastal Sydney by Paul Irish] / Alan Atkinson p13. ‘Give it a go’: the many faces of a public intellectual [Donald Horne: selected writings] / Ryan Cropp p14. ‘Quotidian lives’: intimate histories of fifty Australians [Australian lives: an intimate history by Anisa Puri and Alistair Thompson] / Agnes Nieuwenhuizen p16. Mr history: the prolific Geoffrey Bolton [a historian for all seasons: essays for Geoffrey Bolton] / Wilfrid Press p18. The leaching layer [Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize] / Dominic Amerena p27. Park/plaque [taboo by Kim Scott] / Tony Hughes-d’Aeth p35. Safe harbour [on the Java ridge by Jock Serong] / Miriam Cosic p36. Butter [ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize] / Lauren Aimee Curtis p39. Pheidippides [ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize] / Eliza Robertson p44. To speak of sorrow [Calibre Essay Prize] / Darius Sepehri p53. Publisher of the month with Louise Adler p65.

Australian Literature .. 1Australian History ..........2Victoria ...........................3Other States .................. 12Aboriginal Australians . 14Art and Artists .............. 15Biographies ................... 16Company Histories ...... 16Military Histories ......... 17Railways / Transport .... 17Politics and Government 18Natural History ............ 18

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RECENT ADDITIONSAustralian Book Review: ABR P 028.1 ABR No. 394 SEPTEMBER 2017: The forgotten leader:

rediscovering Alfred Deakin [The Enigmatic Mr Deakin by Judith Brett] / John Rickard p8. Nullabri [The Choke by Sofie Laguna] / James Ley p12. Connections [Common People by Tony Birch] / Fiona Wright p14. Showtime [The Show: Another side of the Santamaria’s movement by Mark Aarons and John Grenville] / Lyndon Megarrity p17. Beyond songlines [thirtieth anniversary of Bruce Chatwin’s The Songlines] / Philip Jones p21. Myths and lies [The Vandemonian War: The secret history of Britain’s Tasmanian invasion by Nick Brodie] / Billy Griffiths p32. Shifting sand [Reboot: A democracy makeover to empower Australia’s voters by Richard Walsh] / Shaun Crowe p33. Not quite the book he wanted: Portrait of a colonising and ruthless father [A Fuhrer For A Father: The domestic face of colonialism by Jim Davidson] / Brian Matthews p34. A missing fraction: Loneliness and disenchantment [The Town by Shaun Prescott] / Shannon Burns p36. The A-plus team [Radio Astronomer: John Bolton and a new window on the universe by Peter Robinson] / Robyn Williams p43. War stories [The Shadow Men: The leaders who shaped the Australian Army from The Veldt to Vietnam edited by Craig Stockings and John Connor] / Seumas Spark p48. Justice [Jewish ANZACS: Jews in the Australian military by Mark Dapin] / Elisabeth Holdsworth p49. Ink [the play Ink about Rupert Murdoch by James Graham] / Jane Sullivan p64. Publisher of the month with Richard Walsh p68.

Australian History Books More to the Story: Conversations with refugees / Rosemary Sayer (2015)

66 years of the Sun news-pictorial: A selection of notable events featured in The Sun news-pictorial 1922-1988 / compiled by John S. McFarland (c1988) [donated by Charles Lewis]

We find Australia / by Charles H. Holmes (1932) [donated by Andrew Turner]

Sand in Our Souls: The beach in Australian history / Leone Huntsman (2001)

Great Explorations: An Australian anthology / Jan Bassett (1996)

Place: A lost Australia brought to vivid life / Peter Eve (2014)

Oil and Kerosene Lamps in Australia / Peter Cuffley (1982) [donated by anon]

1000 Famous Australians (1978) [donated by Charles Lewis]

Australian Book Collectors: Second series volume III / Charles Stitz (2013) [donated by Charles Stitz]

Sources of Australian immigration history Volume 1, 1901-1945 / edited by John Lack and Jacqueline Templeton (1988) [donated by Charles Lewis]

Anglicans in Australia / Tom Frame (2007) [donated by anon]

Intimacy Violence and Activism: Gay and lesbian perspectives on Australian History / Graham Willett (2013)















RECENT ADDITIONSLiving Out Loud: A history of gay and lesbian activism in Australia / Graham Willett (2000) [donated by

Judith Buckrich]

We and the Baby: Revisited / Hector Macquarie (2012)

Colonial Duchesses: The migration of Irish women to New South Wales before the Great Famine / Elizabeth Rushden (2014)

The Lowest Rung: Voices of Australian poverty / Mark Peel (2003) [donated by David Pool]

Single & Free: Female migration to Australia, 1833-1837 / Elizabeth Rushden (2003) [donated by Charles Lewis]

Look at Me! Behind the scenes of Australian TV with the women who made it: 50 years / Christine Hogan (2006) [donated by David Pool]

Australian Film 1978-1992: A survey of theatrical features / compiled and edited by Scott Murray (1993) [donated by Ursula Zamecnik]

Geebung: The story of Australian polo / Chris Ashton (1993)

Periodicals Salvation Army: Heritage newsletter P 289 SAL

No.56 AUGUST 2017: Ensign Ethel Bill p3. Captain Mary Pearson p3. Captain Hannah Pettiford p3. Important acquisition: Magic lantern slides p4. Soldiers of the cross lobby cards p5. Salvation Army Citadel: Old Tailem Town p6. General’s guard medal p7.

Cinema and Theatre Historical Society: Cinema record P 792 CIN No. 95 2017: Tasmania’s cinema ones [Tasmania single screen cinemas in the 1970s] / Earl Martell p6. Recollections of a movie buff / Don Flowers p8. The Palace Theatre Hobart / Phil Corby p10. The cinemas of Narrandera, NSW / Gerry Kennedy p14. The brightest years of cinema advertising / William Gray p20. Her Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat / Earl Martell p22. Athenaeum Theatre / Richard Twentyman p25. Lawrence (Laurie) Ernest Rossister (1905-1985) and the Surrey Hills Theatre, Surrey Hills, Vic. / Paul Rossister p28. The Newmarket Theatre / Mike Trickett p30. Fay’s twin cinema, Taree NSW / Gerry Kennedy p33. Canterbury Picture Theatre: Films move eastwards / Ian Smith p34.

Victoria Books 50 Years and More: A history of Surf Life Saving Victoria / Alleyn Best (2002)

Victoria’s Ships’ Graveyard / Mark Ryan (2009)

Arthurs Seat Shire of Flinders: Planning scheme 1962: Amendment No.20, 1970 [scenic area]: A report on the scenic area (1971) ? [donated by Oakleigh and District Historical Society]

Bacchus Marsh Bacchus Marsh: By Bacchus Marsh: An anecdotal history / compiled by Geoffrey Camm (1986) ? [donated by Oakleigh and District Historical Society]








Geebung: the story of Australian polo




RECENT ADDITIONS

Ballarat Walking Ballarat: Lydiard Street, Sturt Street, Camp Street precincts / National Trust (1991)

Bendigo Gold, Blood, Sweat and Fear: Bendigo’s Diamond Hill and its Gullies / James Lerk (2016)

Box Hill Box Hill Sketchbook / drawings by Julia Morant ; text by O. S. Green. (1978) [donated by Steven Haby]

Clunes The Best Show Ever: A history of the Clunes and district Agricultural Society: 150 years of shows (2010)

Clunes All That Gilstens…: John Anderson and the Smeaton Reserve Gold Mine 1881-1890 / Cheryl and Alan Just (2015)

Coburg Coburg: From settlement to city [DVD] [donated by anon]

Echuca Our Mediterranean Settlers: Stories of families who made their home in Echuca / Echuca Historical Society (2017) [donated by Ecchuca and District Historical Society]

Frankston Frankston: An outline of the district’s early history / Gwenyth Steel (1977) [donated by anon]

Gaffneys Creek Gold at Gaffneys Creek / Brian Lloyd (1981) [donated by anon]

Gembrook The Story of Gilwell in Victoria / by W. D. Kennedy (1963) [donated by David Pool]

Gippsland More Colourful Tales of Old Gippsland / John Wells (1980) [donated by David Pool]

Ivanhoe Walking With The Gods: A history of the Ivanhoe Reading Circle 1920-2000 / Stephanie Berry (2000)

Lilydale Lilydale Icon: A history of Lilydale’s Athenaeum building / A. J. McAleer. 3 volumes (2005) [donated by Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service]

Malvern Greetings From Malvern / Jane Nigro and Di Foster (1994) [donated by Oakleigh and District Historical Society]

Mansfield Colonial Doctor and His Town / Joan Gillison (1974) [donated by David Pool]

Mansfield Beautiful Mansfield / issued by the Mansfield and District Progress Association [Facsimile of original edition published 1910?] (1983)

Melbourne Melboure, the Water’s Edge / W. A. D. Brodie (1978)

Melbourne Parliament House Victoria / Parliament of Victoria (2001) [donated by Charles Lewis]

Melbourne Melbourne Markets: 1841-1979. The story of the fruit and vegetable markets in the City of Melbourne / edited by Colin E. Cole (1980) [donated by Steven Haby]

Melbourne Little Big Town: A photographic journey through Melbourne’s little streets and laneways / Jaime Murcia (2014) [donated by Steven Haby]

Melbourne My Life in the Ragtrade / Fred Wilkinson (2014)

Melbourne Handbook Of Melbourne / W. Baldwin Spencer (1890)

Melbourne Promise Fulfilled: The history of the accounting discipline at the University of Melbourne 1925-2004 / Geoff Burrows (2006)



RECENT ADDITIONSMelbourne Melbourne and Suburbs Street Directory 1936 (Collins) [electronic resource] (2011)

Melbourne Melbourne and Suburbs Street Directory 1937 (Collins) [electronic resource] (2011)

Melbourne Melbourne and Suburbs Street Directory 1949 [electronic resource] (2014)

Melbourne Melbourne Street Directory (Robinson) 1st Edition c.1942 [electronic resource] (2011)

Melbourne Melbourne Street Directory 1942 (Morgan) [electronic resource] (2011)

Melbourne Melbourne Street Directory 1956 (Morgan) [electronic resource] (2010)

Melbourne Appliances and Vehicles of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Melbourne 1891 to 1920 / Fire Services Museum of Victoria (2017)

Oakleigh Oakleigh Corps Centenary: 1893-1993 [Salvation Army] / Oakleigh Corps (1993) [donated by Oakleigh and District Historical Society]

Orbost In Times Gone by: Orbost on the Snowy River: A photographic record / Deborah Hall (2002) [donated by Whitehorse Manningham Regional Library]

Port Phillip Ballast Sites Operations and Craft of Port Phillip / Bob Leek (2007)

Sea Spray On The Prospect [Sea Spray history] / Sue Kennedy (2016)

Tottenham “Going to the Dogs”: A history of the greyhound racing stadium at White City, Tottenham, Victoria and the involvement of Victorian Railways, 1927-1955 / Tom Rigg. (1997)

Wandong Wandong: Timber mills and tramlines / Wandong History Group (2016)

Wandong Wandong Buildings / Wandong History Group (2016)

Wandong Wandong Seasoning Works 1893 / Wandong History Group (2016)

Wandong Wandong in Business / Wandong History Group (2016)

Warrgul Doing Well: 100 years at Warragul Primary School / Ronald Neilson 1978? [donated by Oakleigh and District Historical Society]

Woodend Beyond the Black Forest: Early settlement of Woodend and the surrouding district 1824-1900 / Sylvia Boxshall (2017)

Yallourn When Acorns Grow: A history of the Yallourn Medical and Hospital Society / Lyn Smith (1981) [donated by David Pool]

Periodicals Avoca Avoca and District Historical Society: Pyrenees pioneers P 994.54 AVOC PYR

No. 285 JULY 2017: History room at the Avoca railway station p1. The new Avoca Cemetery rose garden is in full bloom p2. World War 1 commemorations draw to a close in 2018 p3. Arbor day- celebration at Avoca (Saturday 22 June 1918-Avoca Free Press and Farmers’ and Miners’ Journal Vic) p4. The golden jubilee of Queen Victoria p5.




RECENT ADDITIONSBacchus Marsh Bacchus Marsh Historical Society: Clarke’s Marsh newsletter P 994.52 BACC CLA

DECEMBER 2016: Blacksmith Cottage and Forge competition report 2016 p5. 19th December 1914 [Boxing Day sports match Bacchus Marsh] p8. 21st December 1901 [Christmas eating] p8. 3rd June 1899 [Christmas pudding] p8. 12th December 1908 [bargains for xmas] p8.

Bacchus Marsh Bacchus Marsh Historical Society: Clarke’s Marsh newsletter P 994.52 BACC CLA MAY 2017: From around the web….. [quarrying in Victoria] p4. Darley Quarry p5. Times were tough- we knew little about the dangers of water, electricity and poo [obituaries of James Hannah, Owen Jones, Jules Favre, Mr Jay, Henry Hink] p8.

Ballan Ballan Shire Historical Society: The settler P 994.52 BALL BAL Vol.12 No.8 JUNE 2017: Ballan ambulance station p1. Ambulance service in Ballan p3.

Bendigo Bendigo Historical Society: Marunari P 994.54 BEND MAR Vol. 43 No.6 JULY 2017: Rev J H Gregory, first Anglican minister at Sandhurst p2. Bite-sized BRAC [tender register (1898-1913), contract ledgers (1925-1965)] / Michele Matthews p3. A Specimen Cottage conundrum p4. Women on the goldfields / Rob Upson p5.

Bendigo Bendigo Regional Genealogical Society: Golden links P 994.54 BEND GOL No. 116 APRIL 2017: BRGS 35th anniversary 27th April 2017 p3. Old photographs 2 [Wedderburn Manse, John Frederick Wright, William Clayton, Robert Douglas Kerr, Jean Isobel Oats, farmers conference Benalla 1924, Ruby Cresswell, photo of ‘Elsie’ taken by Yeoman’s Bourke Street, Caldwell family, Echo Vale Moama, “Polly” taken by Bartlett Studios Bendigo] p5. Rules for teachers 1872 p7.

Bright Bright and District Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.55 BRIG BRI Vol.17 No. 5&6 MAY-JUNE 2017: The Carlise family p1. The Carlile family of Mount Buffalo / Diann Talbot p3. Family history [Leonard family] p7.

Broadford Broadford Historical Society: Broadford times P 994.53 BROA BRO WINTER 2017: What’s in a name: Davidson Street [Alexander Davidson] p1.

Camberwell Camberwell Historical Society: Camberwell history P 994.51 CAMB CAM No. 29 JUNE 2017: Camberwell’s connection with Ned Kelly / Tim Gatehouse p2. Keith Landell Kent [Kent Removals] p4.

Castlemaine Castlemaine Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.53 CAST CAS Vol.32 No.5 MAY 2017: Richard Colles, second sheriff of Castlemaine p2. After ANZAc: Rehabilitation embroidery, mending lives p4.

Castlemaine Castlemaine Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.53 CAST CAS Vol.32 No.6 JUNE 2017: What took so many young men to the Great War p1. May guest speaker: Lorraine Callister’s search for her unknown soldier [William Rhodes Hair] p3.

Castlemaine Castlemaine Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.53 CAST CAS Vol.32 No.7 JULY 2017: John Edward Newell Bull p2.

Chelsea Chelsea Historical Society: The Strand P 994.51 CHEL CHE JUNE 2017: Photographing buildings that are about to disappear p1.

Cheltenham Friends of Cheltenham and Regional Cemeteries: Raves from the graves P 994.51 CHEM CEM Vol.2 No.6 WINTER 2017: Vale Len Le Page p2. Walks around Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery 2017 [the first year 1865- March 2017, the great war-May 2017] p3. Research articles [William Calder] / Rosemary Reddick p4. Research article [Maria Millard] p7.

Daylesford Daylesford Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.53 DAYL DAY MAY 2017: A bright light goes out [death of Joan Endacott] / Ian Marshall p1. Vale Danny Spooner / Barry Files p4. Elsie Miller story / Jan Smith p6. Wayne Ruehland / Anne Dobbs p8.


RECENT ADDITIONSEast Gippsland East Gippsland Family History Group and East Gippsland Historical Society: The black

sheep P 994.56 GIPP BLA No. 93 JUNE 2017: How a block of land became Chesterville then Sunnybrink and consequently Agra: Notes on the house at 9 Williams Parade, Bairnsdale / Neil Cox p8. William Langdon: Church furniture and fitments p11.

Eltham Eltham District Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 ELTH ELT No.235 AUGUST 2017: 9th August meeting-the Shallards of Montmorency p2. Montmorency guiding memories / Jean Ryan p3. Percy Leason an artist’s life / Russell Yeoman p4. Russell Yeoman / Jim Connor p5. 40 years of environmental living [Bend of Islands and Neil Douglas] / Janet Mattiske p6. Wellers Hotel of Kangaroo Ground-part 1 / Jim Allen p8.

Essendon Essendon Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 ESSE ESS No.241 JUNE 2017: Courthouse recovery update p4. Walking over water (a pedestrian bridge in Strathmore) / Peter Willoughby p6. On the road to the goldfields / Brian Watson p7. Centenary of the maternal and child health service p8. The bird-life of Queen’s Park p9.

Fitzroy Fitzroy History Society: Newsletter P 994.51 FITZ FIT JUNE 2017: Plan of subdivision of Melbourne suburban section No.50 property of G.W Cole p1. Remembering Fitzroy-a walk along the lost streets of the Atherton Precinct p2. Opening of a new Fitzroy library [Bargoonga Mganjin] p3.

Geelong Geelong Historical Society: Investigator magazine P 994.52 GEEL INV No. 206 MARCH 2017: Chronology 1917: 1st quarter: January-March from the Geelong Advertiser / Freda Craddock and Pauline Fairfoot p3. Clarice Salmon auditor-one of our first female accountants / Ellen Hope p14. ‘Keyham’ Pakington Street Newtown and the Newtown tram line / Barry Hill p16. A biography of a Victorian Street: Parkington Street Geelong West / Simon and David Wetherell p20. Pine Villa-residence of William Timms / Daryl Wight p31. Some temperance ephemera from 1860s Geelong / Robert Burn p36.

Geelong Geelong Family History Group: The pivot tree P 994.52 GEEL PIV No. 134 JULY 2017: The planting of the Rice Family in Australia / David R.J Wilson p2. Ernest Leslie Francis (1875-1961): A man of many parts / Carollyn Williams p7. Feehan and Finn families p16. Portarlington State School p20. Geelong Times p29.

Gisborne and Mount Macedon Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.52 GISB GIS No. 92 JUNE 2017: From the Bacchus Marsh Express, 2nd August 1890 [churches in Gisborne] p2. Leader Melbourne 1862-1918 7 November 1868 [the farms and crops of the Gisborne district] p3.

Hawthorn Hawthorn Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 HAWT HAW AUGUST 2017: Only hard work brings success: A reminiscence of Mr Jones at Auburn South Primary School / Frank Pagram p3.

Healesville Healesville and District Historical Society: History news P 994.52 HEAL HEA JUNE 2017: The Badger Creek Methodist Church p1. Badger Creek community celebrations p2. The 90th anniversary of the completion of the Maroondah Dam p. The Les Harsant Collection p5.

Heidelberg Heidelberg Historical Society: Heidelberg historian P 994.51 HEID HEI No.301 AUGUST 2017: Discovering Madge Freeman and her links to Ivanhoe, Darebin and Alphington p4. The early European settles in the Heidelberg [Mollison and Robson] p7. One hundred years ago July-August 1917 [the churches, Austin Hospital, patriotic activity, silences, railway bridge over Burgundy Street] / Janine Rizetti p9.


RECENT ADDITIONSHorsham Horsham Historical Society: Horsham historian P 994.58 HORS HOR

No.256 FEBRUARY 2017: Taken from the Horsham Historical Society booklet: Our first 40 years 1957-1997 p2. News from The Horsham Times: During the last 100 years [Marjory Isabelle Towner birth, property Wilson Street. Harlington House demolished, Jones and McCann, Australasian Temperance and General Mutual Life Insurance Society building] p3. Saddelry bussiness-AAArnott and Co. (circa 1882-1947) [Archibal Arnott) p6. The Wimmera Base Hospital Day Centre p10. Horsham Historical Society assists with new war memorial p11.

Horsham Horsham Historical Society: Horsham historian P 994.58 HORS HOR No.258 AUGUST-OCTOBER 2017: News from the Horsham Times during the last 100 (and over) years [Jos Plus and new shops, picture theatre, 1947 Horsham Show, petrol and car supplies and sheep supplies in 1947, famous horse bazaar demolished in 1940] p1. The saga of May and Millar Wagon p8. The Caltax Roadhouse [Haven] p9.

Inverloch Inverloch Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.56 INVE INV No.224 JUNE 2017: Excursion [Outtrim] p2.

Inverloch Inverloch Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.56 INVE INV No.225 JULY 2017: Our June Inverloch exhibit p1.

Kew Friends of the Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery: Newsletter P 994.51 KEW CEM No.46 AUTUMN 2017: Significant trees of Boroondara Cemetery p1. Mayor Jago- famous ‘resident’ of the Boroondara Cemetery [Charles J. Jago] / Tony Michael p5.

Kew Friends of the Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery: Newsletter P 994.51 KEW CEM No.44 SPRING 2016: A night of celebration: FOBKC celebrates 10 years p1.

Kew Friends of the Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery: Newsletter P 994.51 KEW CEM No.45 SUMMER 2016: Postcard from Antarctica [cemetery at Deception Island] p2. The extraordinary story of Florence Cox p7. Basil Watson-100th anniversary p10.

Koo-Wee-Rup Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.52 KOOW KOO No.393 JULY 2017: Draining a swamp-a talk by Mr Grantley [account from 1969] p2. Five Mile School honor roll [ Backhouse, Bjurstrom, Burns, Chippindall, Denham, Emmott, Garbellini, Gray, Jenkins, Johnson, Killeen, Marshall, M’Gregor, Scanlan, Watson] / Heather Arnold p3.

Kyneton Kyneton Historical Society: The chronicle P 994.53 KYNE NEW Vol.19 No.4 JULY 2017: Kyneton Primary School p2. The churches of Kyneton [St Paul’s Anglican Church] p4. Cathy’s tales of woe [the Baynton mystery] p5. Random reminiscences [writings of Henry J. Armstong] p6. Kyneton Football grand final [BFL under 18s 1997] p8.

Malmsbury Malmsbury Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.53 MALM MAL JUNE 2017: Local voice-buggy stories p1. Malmsbury area and World War I p2. Malmsbury tunnel and Lauriston wall tour p3. Annie and Muriel Coiles outside Chequer Hall [photo] p4.

Merbein Merbein District Historical Society: Merbein historian P 994.59 MERB MER No.68 JUNE 2017: Vale: Wyn Treadwell p2. Vale: Eleanor ‘Nell’ Simpson p2. Celebrating twenty years of the Merbein District Historical Society 1997-2017 p3. A service of thanksgiving and closure at St. John’s Church Merbein p8. The centenary of the Birdwood soldier settlement 1917-2017 / Bernadette Wells p11. Anne Woods-community health nurse 12/9/1936-20/3/1992 / Glenys Smith p13. Merbein mosaic project p15.

Moorabbin City of Moorabbin Historical Society: Moorabbin mirror P 994.51 MOOR MIR No.11 JULY 2017: Vale Leonard (Len) Albert Le Page, 1928-2017 p4. 160th anniversary Church of Christ Cheltenham, p6. Local heritage [Pennydale post office, Cheltenham, sandbelt street names, Ross Street and Smith Street, Tucker Road] p7.


RECENT ADDITIONSNhill Nhill and District Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.58 NHIL NHI

No.63 MARCH/APRIL 2017: Thursday January 5th 1888 [no enough beds in the hospital] p1. Thursday January 12th 1888 [foundations of the new Shire Offices commenced] p1. Thursday Jaunary 19th 1888 [Balrook Union Church being sold, hospital being connected to the water supply] p2. 2nd February 1888 [Nhill Flour Mill flour was deemed high quality] p2. 9th February 1888 [Mr Mackay broke his collarbone whilst employed at Tarranginnie railway station] p2. 16th February 1888 [33 building allotments for sale at Salisbury] p2. Thursday 1st March 1888 [The Nhill Brass Band kept on playing at the Nhill Race Meeting even after the drummer’s drum caved in] p2. Friday the 30th March 1888 [Consideration of forming a brickmaking company in Nhill] p3. 10th April 1888 [Post office to be opened] p4. Tuesday 17th April 1888 [Mr Oldfield of Winiam Station grey a 96.5 pound pumpkin] p4. Friday 20th April 1888 [plans for new court house] p4. Friday 27th April 1888 [Nhill Volunteer Fire Brigade founded] p4. Friday 11th May 1888 [not enough toasts to the ladies at the baquest to celebrate the successful completion of the Shire Offices] p5. Tuesday 17th July 1888 [applying to the Post Master General for an illuminated clock for the post office] p5. Tuesday 7th August 1888 [bad stink in Nhill] p5. Friday August 24th 1888 [Brewery] p5. Tuesday 11th September 1888 [starting a skating rink] p5.

North Melbourne Hotham History Project: Hotham history news P 994.51 NMEL HOT WINTER 2017: Vale Hugh Anderson (1927-2017) p2.

Paynesville Paynesville Maritime Museum: The PMM Journal P 994.56 PAYN PMM No.5 JULY 2017: 175th anniversary of Reeve voyage of discovery / Rob Cook p3. SS Lady Harriett and her barge / Chris James p6. Lady Harriett’s barge and other barges / Chris James p10. Capt. Charles Bisson-a life on the lakes / Jacque Hocking p13. Lock Crowther, multihull designer from Paynesville / Garv Maskiell p15. Alan Evans- child of the silt jetties, fisherman, bait supplier p19. The Hartley Lloyd Trophy 1934 / Rob Cook p28. PS Enterprise: The first steamer of the lakes / Rob Cook with Peter Synan and Linda Barraclough p29. Eagle Bay compass piles / Rob Cook p31. The “iced-t-van”- keeping fish fresher / Rob Cook p35. The “C C Neill” a tribute / Tom Slater and Ray (Tiger) Neill p36. Faces and places-dredges and bridges [priestman dredge, Swan Reach lift bridge] / Rob Cook p40.

Port Fairy Port Fairy Historical Society: Port Fairy post P 994.57 PFAI POR Vol.6 No.3 JULY-AUGUST 2017: Vale Victor Gillatt p1. The F.I.S Endeavour p2. When the war came to Port Fairy / Richard Patterson p4. The Gazette Port Fairy [15 May to 31 August 1967] p7. The Gazette: Port Fairy news on page 2 July and August 1917] p9. July 1867: Country news reported in the Melbourne Argus on 7,16 and 31 July 1867] p12.

Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society: Newsletter P 994.51 PMEL POR JULY 2017: Passages exhibition p1. Planning [81 Bridge Street, 1-7 Waterfront Place, 92 Beach Street/former London Hotel, 26 Stokes Street] p2. Skillful architects bring new life to significant Victorian heritage buildings [Sandridge Post Office and Naval Drill Hall] p3.

Port Phillip Port Phillip Pioneers Group: Newsletter P 929.2 POR No. 199 JUNE 2017: An early Elizabeth Street flood p1. An extract from Ancestor. Port Phillip Pioneers issue: September 1970. Vol.8 No.4 p3. Old Melbourne cemetery RIP p4. A pioneers story: By Goulburnian (The Argus, Saturday march 25 1905) p6.

Queenscliff Queenscliffe Historical Museum: Newsletter P 994.52 QUEE QUE Vol.17 no 2. JUNE 2017: Celebrating history: A showcase of memorabilia [memorabilia of Queenscliffe history: Letter from George Francis Baillieu to Mr Lingford, handmade toys, All Australia memorial, Geelong-Queenscliffe scooter races, patchwork quilt, portrait of Nancy Golightly by William Dargie] p1. Reports on monthly talks [The La Trobe dairy farms, Fort Queenscliffe Army museum, 50 most significant items in the Queenscliffe Historical Museum, history along the beach of Queenscliffe, ] p4. Life in our static displays [the ship Glaneuse] p11. Volunteer profile [Jim and Katherine Thyer] p12. Museum memories [vale Joan Maddocks] p14.

Rye Rye Historical Society: White cliffs journal P 994.52 RYE WHI JULY 2017: The stereoscope p7. Water supply and sanitation on the peninsula (part 1) p8.


RECENT ADDITIONSSandringham Sandringham and District Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 SAND SAN

JULY 2017: Black Rock House / John Merry p2. Excerpt from the 1937 Sandringham News [history of Sandringham] p3.

Smythesdale Woady Yaloak Historical Society: Historic happenings P 994.57 SMYT HIS No.387 JUNE 2017: Stoneman’s steam thresher working at Ross Creek [picture] p1. Pitfield p4.

Smythesdale Woady Yaloak Historical Society: Historic happenings P 994.57 SMYT HIS No.388 JULY 2017: Murder of George Sims 31st May 1863 Smythesdale p1. The execution of Alexander Davis p5.

Sorrento Nepean Historical Society: The Nepean P 994.52 SORR NEP Vol.12 No.1 MARCH 2017: Vale Dorothy Houghton MBE Janurary 1st 1920-January 2nd 2017 p5. Heritage watch [Hotel Continental and 7 story appartment blobk in the grounds, 2.6 metre fence along the Eastern Sister headland boundary, Point Nepean and Quarantine Station, limestone painting] p6. Saving an historic site in Sorrento [Collins Settlement] p8. John Alexander 1 May 1924-5 February 2017 p11.

Sorrento Nepean Historical Society: The Nepean P 994.52 SORR NEP Vol.12 No.2 JUNE 2017: Heritage watch [Sorrento ferry terminal, Collins Settlement site, planning scheme amendment for Ocean Beach road] / Frank Hindley p4. Museum news: New plaque for electric ball at Sorrento Museum p10.

South Australia Historical Society of South Australia: History SA P 994.23 HIS No.241 JULY 2017: Discovering SA’s history [Bernard Whimpress and sports writing, Italian market gardeners 1920s-1970s] p2. Contributing to SA’s history [South Australian History Festival] p4.

St Kilda Friends of the St Kilda Cemetery: Cemetery conversations P 994.51 SKIL CEM JULY 2017: Vale (Daphne) Pearl Donald 1927-2017 p2. Featured article: Thomas Moubray p3.

Stratford Stratford and District Historical Society bulletin P 994.56 STRA STR No.29 JULY 2017: Wemyss Struss p1. The Shakespeare Festival Faire day p7. Kerosene tin measure p8. Historical society bulletin articles [The Penglaze Notes] p5.

Surrey Hills Surrey Hills Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 SURR SUR JANUARY 2016: News and forthcoming speakers-February-April 2016 [ink wells and their history, WW1 memorial windows] p1.

Surrey Hills Surrey Hills Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 SURR SUR MARCH 2016: News and forthcoming speakers: May-July 2016 [John Butler Maling, Canterbury Scouts, Surrey Hills Architects,

Surrey Hills Surrey Hills Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 SURR SUR MARCH 2017: Forthcoming meetings and events [William Victori Baily Wyatt, Graeme Davison] p1. 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day [Martha Baily, Edith Sarah Billing, Charlotte Bulstrode, Ada Elizaqbeth Doery, Elizabeth Ann Jeffries, Marion Noad Jeffries, Amelia, Emily and Maria Stone] p3. John Hanlon Knipe (1828-1895) Auctioneer and real estate agent p5.

Terang Terang and District Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.57 TERA TER DECEMBER 2016: What has changed around Terang [Infant welfare centre to Little Acorn Café, Terang Kindergarten to Buckle My Shoe day care centre] p1. A generous donation-furniture returns [chairs originally from the Glenormiston North Presbyterian Church] p4. An interesting visitor [Tom Sutherland son of Rev. William Fraser Sutherland] p5. Athletics in Terang p6. Terang swimming pool: Celebrated 60 years since its opening, on the 15th December 2016. p7. Noorat Pipe Band p8. Terang families p9. Our WWI soldiers p10.


RECENT ADDITIONSTerang Terang and District Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.57 TERA TER

MARCH 2017: Some Terang businessmen and their businesses [John Hoggart: Blacksmith, George Atkins: Carrier and merchant, J.T Joughin: Cash drapery, James G. Jeffers: Painter] p2. More Terang businessmen and their businesses [John G. McIlwaine: Chemist, Anthony Starkie: Builder, W.A Parramore: Dentist, James Fraser Sutherland 1933-1952] p3. A rather sad tale [Bridget Crean nee O’Callaghan] p6. Two unfortunate deaths [Clement Josiah Griffin, Charles Westlake Jnr] p7. What has changed around Terang [Lush Events, Davies Moloney, Dr. Ross McIlveen, MacBeth’s Cafe, BP garage] p8.

Traralgon Traralgon and District Historical Society: Bulletin P 994.56 TRAR TRA Vol.48 No.2 JULY 2017: Agnes (Davidson) Buntine-pioneer woman of Gippsland / Virginia Dye p7. The coal rush: Notes on a talk by David Langmore / Jenny Hammett p8. Housing the workers: A photographic journey through the collections of the Traralgon and District Historical Society, with assistance from the Maffra and Distrct Historical Society [Australian Paper Manufactures Limited Wood Pulp Mill worker’s housing] / Linda Barraclough p10. A glimpse of Eva [Eva West] / Jenny Hammett p13. Wolf Becker: A post war immigration story / Jani Whitwam p16. The beginning of APM at Maryvale / Jack Davidson p18.

Trentham Trentham Historical Society: Recorder P 994.53 TREN REC Vol.18 No.3 AUGUST 2017: The story of Blue Mountain Road / Tony van Rensburg p1. Farewell to Bickley’s cottage p10. Norgate’s Plants at Barry’s Reef p11.

Walhalla Walhalla Heritage and Development League: Walhalla chronicle P 994.56 WALH CHR AUGUST 2017: League updates [LVA funding secured for museum extension, old houses: Grand Junction Hotel Walhalla, Stone Cottage] p6. Wally’s email [Woods Point Road, cricket, Patrick and Margaret Doyle, Olive Hoskin, Howell’s Hut] p10. Vale Neil Alexander 1940-2017 p17.

Wangaratta Wangaratta Family History Society: Wangaratta threads P 994.55 WANG WAN No.110 MAY 2017: Carnival wood day: A huge success (The Wangaratta Chroicle, Saturday 4 July 1914 page 3) p1. The “lost diggers” of Vignacourt p3. “Who Is She” by Diann Talbot [non Chinese women married to Chinese men in th Buckland Valley area in the 1800s] p5. Archaeological dig at Harrietville [Harrietville Chinese Mining Camp] p6. The great flood of 1917 p7.

Warracknabeal Warracknabeal and District Historical Society: Warunda review P 994.58 WARR WAR Vol.51 No.4 JULY 2017: Warracknabeal celebrates 150 years p1.

Warragul Warragul and District Historical Society: Monthly bulletin P 994.56 WARR WAR No.497 JULY 2017: Last meeting [refugees from the Baltic states who settled in Australia] p1. Post war Warragul p7. The Mason and Hamlin cabinet pedal organ / John Dodds p11.

Warrandyte Warrandyte Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 WARR WAR No.188 AUGUST 2017: Andersons Creek cemetery signage p1. Scoreboard news p3.

Warrnambool Warrnambool Family History Group: South-west genealogist P 994.57 WARR SOU No.276 JULY 2017: Warrnambool and District historical July 126 years ago-1891 (as recorded in the Warrnambool Standard) p3.

Waverley Waverley Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 WAVE WAV No.220 JULY 2017: The house [1967 butterfly wing roof rooms of Dr A.B Bentleigh] p1. June meeting-Ian Bock [history of photography] p2. O&DHS renaming [now History Monash Inc] / Philip Johnstone p3. Church marks 130 years [High Street Road Uniting Church] p3. Building in Rob Roy Street / the family of Rex and Pat Norrish p4. Statues around Monash p6. Recollections of Amber Grove / Virginia Barnett p7. Vale Irene Marriott p8.

Whitehorse Whitehorse Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 WHIT WHI Series 25 No.4 JULY-AUGUST 2017: Vale Bill Gray / Valda Arrowsmith p1. Launching an amazing life [The Amazing life of Mary Schwerkolt] /Chris Gray p3. From the Blackburn and Mitcham Reporter: Volume 48 number 31 Friday 2 August 1935 p5.


RECENT ADDITIONSWilliamstown Williamstown Historical Society: Timeball times P 994.51 WILL TIM

No.281 JULY 2017: Vale Bruce Tait p3. Roads, gutters and garbage [garbage collection in Williamstown across the years] / Ian D. Rae p4. Silent sentinels-our baby healthcare centre / Brian Haynes p6. Our latest donation-mechanics institute minute book [Williamstown Mechanics’ Institute] / Ada Ackerly p7.

Wonthaggi Wonthaggi Historical Society: The plod P 994.52 WONT WON JULY 2017: Plod essay: Memories from a country school [Daylston School] p3.

Yackandandah Yackandandah Historical Society: Yackandandah times P 994.55 YACK TIM JUNE 2017: Shire map p3. Joey Scouts cemetery walk p5.

Australian capital territory Books Canberra Canberra / W. Davis Wright (1977)

new south Wales other states Books Parkes Outback Elvis: The story of a festival, its fans and a town called Parkes / Chris Gibson and John

Connell (2017)

Sydney Sydney Street Directory c1943 (Gregory) [electronic resource] (2008)

Sydney 1788, the people of the First Fleet / Don Chapman (1981) [donated by Charles Lewis]

Sydney Servant & master: Building and running the grand houses of Sydney 1788-1850 / Barrie Dyster (1989) [donated by Charles Lewis]

Sydney Sydney Street Directory 1924 (Wilson) [electronic resource] (2008)

Sydney Sydney Street Directory c1941 (Gregory) [electronic resource] (2008)

Sydney Sydney Street Directory c1947 (Robinson) [electronic resource] (2008)

northern territory Books Broken Dreams and Broken Promise: The cane conspiracy: Plantation agriculture in the Northern Territory

1878-1889 / Ian Mackintosh Hilloch (2000)

To Hell and Gone: Revisited version / Penryn Goldman (2016)

Darwin Whose City is it? A thinking guide to Darwin / Dean Carson (2010)

Alice Springs Alice Springs As it Was in Old Photographs / Henk Guth (1985) [donated by Colin Davis]



RECENT ADDITIONS

Queensland Books Railway Hotels of Australia: Part 3. Queensland / Scott Whitaker (2017)

Boonah Working the Land: An historical overview of Boonah and its northern district / Murray Johnson and Kay Saunders (2007) [donated by Colin Davis]

Brisbane Greater Brisbane Area Atlas and Directory of Residents and Streets c1938 [electronic resource] (2009)

Brisbane Refidex Directory Maps: Greater Brisbane Area 1926 [electronic resource] (2011)

Brisbane Refidex Guide to Brisbane 1950 [electronic resource] (2011)



Brisbane Lost Brisbane 2: And surrounding areas: The later years / Margaret Kowald, Val Donovan, Ruth Kerr, Kay Cowan, Lyndsay Smith, Jean Stewart (2016) [donated by anon]

Bundaleer Plains Atlas of Bundaleer Plains and Tatala / by F.M. Rothery ; introduction by N.G. Butlin and J.N. Jennings (1970) [donated by Charles Lewis]

Normanton Normanton Centenary 1868-1968 / Normanton Centenary Committee (1968)

Periodicals Royal Historical Society of Queensland: RHSQ Bulletin P 994.3 BUL

No. 819 JUNE 2017: The pearl lugger Antonia A99 p2. Aerial photo of Barnwell farm p3. Toowoomba Railway Station p3. The Leslie Park Centenary Memorial Gates p4. The Chermside Garden Settlement: 80 years of retirement living p5.

Royal Historical Society of Queensland: RHSQ Bulletin P 994.3 BUL No. 820 JULY 2017: The Savannahlander railway car p1. Queensland news [Atherton Tableland, Charleville, Dimbulah, Kairi and Kairi maize silos, Tewantin and Royal Mail Hotel, Tolga, Warwick] p2. Your speaker for July [Stephen Sheaffe talking about The Right Honourable Sir Alfred Stephens] p5.

Royal Historical Society of Queensland: RHSQ Bulletin P 994.3 BUL No. 821 AUGUST 2017: Mephisto returns to Queensland [WWI tank Mephisto] p1. Queensland news [Cunningham, Croyden, Mackay, Quinkan Country, Tewantin, Tolga, Cooroy, Coorparoo and Bundaberg State High School] p2.

Royal Historical Society of Queensland: Queensland history journal P 994.3 QUE Vol.23 No.6 AUGUST 2017: Enduring bonds: Lebanese immigrants in Queensland / Anne Monsour p359. A Lebanses-Australian family story / Yvonne Ashkar-Matta p378. Queensland Day speech; Hon. Ian David Francis Callinan p385. History of daylight saving time in Queensland / Chris Pearce p389. The Amity and the foundation of European settlement in Queensland / John Pearn and Danny Tangney p404. Our American Civil War veterans: Queensland cemeteries’ rare grave find / Jonathan Ford p425.



RECENT ADDITIONS

south Australia Books Some South Australian Experimenters, their activities and legacies / Lower Murray Amateur Radio Club

(2017) [donated by anon]

Adelaide From Sand and Swamp to Seaside City: Henley and Grange in South Australia 1836-1986 / Henley and Grange Historical Society (1986)

Adelaide Adelaide Street Directory 1939 (Gregory) [electronic resource] (2015)

tasmania Books Tasmania: The postal history and postal markings / H.M Campbelll (1962) [donated by Oakleigh and

District Historical Society]

People, Places and Plants: The influence of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens on Tasmania’s cultural landscape / Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (2007) ?

Bell Bay Potlines and People: A history of the Bell Bay aluminium smelter / Brian Carroll (1980)

Burnie A Vision Accomplished: Port of Burnie, 1970-1995 / Kerry Pink (1995) [donated by Steven Haby]

Richmond St. John’s Church and Cemetery: Richmond, Tasmania 1980? [donated by anon]

Periodicals Tasmanian Historical Research Association: Papers and proceedings P 994.6 THR

Vol.64 No.2 AUGUST 2017: Tasmania’s aeroplane, Morton Allport and his legacy / Tony Marshall and Marian Jameson p4. The social editress in the 1930s / H. Zoe Crawford p19. The myth of the dedicated thylacine hunter: Stockman-hunter culture and the decline of the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) in Tasmania during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / Nic Haygarth p28. Bridging the Scamander-a most treacherous river / Liese Fearman p44. Messages in a bottle: Bruny island, 1793 and 1810 / Terry Newman p58.

Western Australia Periodicals Royal Western Australian Historical Society: History West P 994.1 HIS

JULY 2017: History in the city [Western Australia’s numismatic history] p1. The 63rd annual pioneers memorial service p3. Stirling’s grave: Good news p3. A tale of plants, vines and ingenuity told bby John Viska [Woodbridge nursery] p4. Western land-50,000 years of aboriginal life p6. Library news [conserving early photographic types] / Jill Maughan and Hilare Natt p7.

Aboriginal Australians Talking To My Country / Stan Grant (2016)



RECENT ADDITIONS

Art and Artists Books National Portrait Gallery: The companion / Joanna Gilmour (2014)

Ray Crooke / Rosemary Dobson (1971) [donated by Oakleigh and District Historical Society]

Waltzing Matilda: The secret history of Australia’s favourite song / Dennis O’Keeffe (2012) [donated by Felix Meagher]

People of the Sixties: Images from 1966-1969 / Douglas Wilke (2009)

AC/DC: The story of the original monsters of rock / Jerry Ewing (2015)

Discovering Dobbell / Christopher Heathcote (2017)

Michael Shannon: Australian romantic realist / Gordon Morrison (2011)

Dupain’s Beaches / Jill White (2000)

Dupain’s Australians / Jill White (2003)

It’s a long way: The photography of Phillip Morris: From Acca-Dacca to Zappa, 1969-1979 / Phillip Morris

Jeffrey Smart Retrospective / Edmund Capon (1999) [donated by Rob Parnall]

Agents of Empire: How E.L Mitchell’s photographs shaped Australia (2017) [donated by anon]

Periodicals Art Deco and Modernism Society: Spirit of progress P 720 SPI

No.70 WINTER 2017: Brave new world: National Gallery of Victoria / Robin Grow p17. Circular Quay railway station: A piece of Sydney modernism / Ian Willis p20. Corowa: Art deco on the Murray / Kerry Lee p26.

National Gallery of Victoria: NGV Magazine P 708 NGV SEPTEMBER 2017: Making news [winner 2017 NGV Architecture commission announced: The Garden Wall by Retallack Thompson] p10. Museum life [Dr Isobel Crombie] p14. Brave new world [Australia in the 1930s] p16. The sketchers [Emma Ashmere responds to Grace Cossington Smith’s work The Bridge in-curve] p21. Svetlana [Svetlana Lloyd] p30. Australia 1948 [Dior’s new look collection in Sydney 1948] / Danielle Whitfield p32. Gareth Sansom / Sebastian Smee p34. Women in design [Harriet Frishmuth] / Ted Gott p46. Photography in focus / Zara Stanhope p50. My NGV [John Brack’s Collins St, 5pm] / Greta Voller p68. Colour story [cornflower blue in the NGV collection] / Sophie Matthiesson, Amanda Dunsmore and Carol Cains p72. Collection insider [NGV textiles collection and the Dior exhibit] p74.














RECENT ADDITIONS

Biographies Books Memoirs of Honorable E.J. Hogan: Premier of Victoria 1927-28, 1930-32, Minister of Agriculture and

Mines, 1935-1943 / E.J. Hogan (1964)

Letters of Charles Joseph La Trobe / edited by L.J Blake (2nd copy). (1975)

Hugh Mahon: Patriot, pressman and politician / Jeff Kildea (2017)

Sarah’s Search: A silk odyssey [Sarah Neill] / Ian Braybrook and Merilyn Bennet (2017)

Periodicals La Trobeana: Journal of the C.J. La Trobe Society Inc. P 351.6 LAT

Vol. 16 No. 1 MARCH 2017: The Kulin People and the failure of the Aboriginal Protectorate during the superintendency of C. J. La Trobe / Gary Presland p5. A Moravian ‘among the heathen’: La Trobe and the Aboriginal People / John Barnes p14. Aboriginal People and frontier violence: The letters of Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his father, 1841-1847 / Ian D. Clark p25. ‘Unless a person be given to the idle’: The Kulin and New Poor Law at Port Phillip / Marguerita Stephens p41.

La Trobeana: Journal of the C.J. La Trobe Society Inc. P 351.6 LAT Vol. 15 No. 3 NOVEMBER 2016: Victoria’s Parliament / Dianne Riley p5. Charles Joseph La Trobe and contemporary scientific issues: Mastadons, extinctions and the age of the earth / Sylvia Whitmore p10. The Govenor, the Captain and the needlewoman: How my great-great grandmother arrived in Port Phillip / Graeme Davison p17. John ‘Howqua’ Hunter and the China connection / Judy Macdonald p24. Colonial orderly rooms in Victoria / Willys Keeble p32. Elizabeth Douglass’s scrapbook / Margaret Bowman p40. Whitbourne Court cross links: Research report / Susan Priestly p46. Remembering the Litlington Commemoration 1951 / Helen Botham p49.

La Trobeana: Journal of the C.J. La Trobe Society Inc. P 351.6 LAT Vol. 14 No. 2 JULY 2015: Charles Joseph La Trobe and the regulation of everyday life: Implementing the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act in Victoria, 1852-1858 / Madonna Grehan p6. La Trobe and Georgiana McCrae: Fact and fiction / John Barnes p16. Edward Hulme: A lost Victorian artist / Tim Gatehouse p22. ‘The good old Rajah’: And those that sailed in her / John Botham p31. The Harington Family crested dinner plate: A research report / Tim Gatehouse p43.

company Histories Books By Appointment: The history of Hardy Brothers 1780-1980 / Gail Franzman (1980)

Ansett: The collapse / Geoff Easdown and Peter Wilms









RECENT ADDITIONS

Military Histories Books Australian Women War Reporters: Boer War to Vietnam / Jeannine Baker (2015)

Railways / transport Books Bendigo Tramways’ 1972 SEC Fleet / Shane Butcher (2010)

Victorian Railways: Photographs from the 1980s. A pictorial reflection. Volume 1 / Tony Lamplough (2010)

Railways Victoria: 1965-1987: A photographic collection of an era long gone / Daryl Dedman (2009)

Ryle’wy: How the horse bus transformed Sydney / Duncan MacAuslan (2016)

Sail Traders of Port Phillip and Victoria Vol. II / Bob Leek (2009)

Sail Traders of Port Phillip and Victoria Vol. I / Bob Leek (2008)

Commercial Vehicles, 1905-1931 / compiled by the Sporting Car Club of South Australia (1980)

Periodicals Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division): Newsrail P 385 NEW

Vol.45 No.8 AUGUST 2017: Melbourne Metro / Ken Date p231. 93M Returns to Melbourne / Peter Donald p236. Then and now… Miram p241. Wangaratta: Bulk fertilizer wagon bodies / Daryl M Gregory p244. 6/2/2017

Australian Railway Historical Society: Australian railway history P 385 AUS Vol.68 No.958 AUGUST 2017: Country vs City: Richard Thomas Ball, NSW Minister for Railways / Neville Pollard p4. From steam to diesel and electric:changing motive power on Australian Government Railways: Part 1 / David Matheson p14. Dispelling myths and legends postscript [Newcastle Flyer] / Alex Wardrop p23.

Australian Bus P 388.342 AUS Vol. 12 No. 68 MARCH/APRIL 2015: The end of an era… Forest Coach Lines / John Birchmeier p12. Adelaide’s newest double-decker / Tim Williams p18. Changing of the guard: New NSW TrainLink rural coach service contracts / Ben Ogle p20. Toowoomba region sustainable transport strategy / Steven Haby and John Hoyle p22.Toowoomba in 1977 / Geoff Mann p24. NSW government buses: A personal tribute / Ken Flew p26. Launceston, Tasmania: Private and MTT buses in the late 1960s and early 1970s / Ian Cooper p48.










RECENT ADDITIONSAustralian Bus P 388.342 AUS

Vol. 12 No. 69 MAY/JUNE 2015: Metro / MTT [Tasmania] 60th anniversary / Ian Cooper p11. Green’s Northern Coaches [Wollongong] / Ben Ogle p12. MTT Adelaide bus routes in 1967 / Steven Haby p20. Pioneer Express and Tours / John Ward p24. Exploring Rottnest Island / Greg Travers p26. Buses to Bundeena / Greg Travers p28. The colours of Redcliffe Peninsula (Hornibrook Bus Lines) / Geoff Mann p48.

The Times: A journal of transport timetable history and analysis P 388.041 TIM Vol. 34 No. 8 AUGUST 2017: Twenty four hours on a train [NSW’s North Coast line] / James T. Wells p4. Routes 67 and 68 Gosford to Terrigal / Hilaire Fraser p10. The Goulburn - Canberra mixed trains (part 3) / Jim Stokes p13. Yesterday upon the stair [trip times of train number V953 Hamilton - Dungog] / Geoff Lambert p16.

Politics and Government Books Double Dissolution: Heartbreak and chaos on the campaign trail / Lee Zachariah (2016)

Nest of Traitors: The Petrov affair / Nicholas Witlam and John Stubbs (1974) [donated by David Pool]

The Show: Another side of Santamaria’s movement / Mark Aarons with John Grenville (2017)

Women of Influence: The first fifty years of women in the Liberal Party / Diane Sydenham (1996) [donated by David Pool]

natural History Books Birds of Paradox: Birdlife in Australia and New Zealand / Jack Pollard (1967) [donated by anon]

Wildlife in the Suburbs / Densey Clyne (1982) [donated by anon]

The Garden Jungle / Densey Clyne (1979) [donated by anon]

More Wildlife in the Suburbs / Densey Clyne (1984) [donated by anon]

Australia’s Open Garden Scheme 2004-2005 (2004) [donated by anon]

















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