L I S W A - Y o u r G u i d e t o K n o w le d g e A new multimedia cultural experience is now available through LISWAs website. Memories of Picnics provides a brief look at the picnic experience in Western Australia in the first half of this century and serves to introduce clients to the wide range of cultural materials available in the JS Battye Library. The Battye Library contains a wealth of material which illuminates our knowledge of how our forbears relaxed and celebrated. Memories of the humble picnic - as an important meeting place for family and friends - abound in the Pictorial Collection, in the oral history recordings and elsewhere. This new addition to our website provides an opportunity to browse through some of these elements. It is a vehicle for delight and for learning as well as for introducing people to the collections. Picnic" is a strange word that sounds French but perhaps is not. It is a word that evokes a wide range of memories - of lazy Sunday afternoons, of trips to the bush or to the river foreshore, of sandwiches, cold meats and lemonade, of special hampers and rugs, and then of flies and ants, of hide-and-seek in the bush, of scratched legs and bruises, and finally of exhaustion and a sleep in the car on the way home. The origin of the word is clouded in mystery. It first appears in France in the late 16th century as pique-nique but was not adopted in England until after 1800. Memories of Picnics - the new LISWA multimedia experience At first, the idea of a picnic meant a social event for which each guest provided a share of the food. Later this became an outdoor excursion to a place in the country where again friends could meet and provisions be shared. Memories of Picnics includes items from five different areas in the collections - photographs, food labels and advertisements, oral history, recipes and childrens books. From the photographs we can see how the dress changes. In the earliest photographs, around the turn of the century, to go on a picnic meant an occasion for dressing up in your Sunday best. Yes - even the children ! As we get to the 1920s and 1930s we see the mood slowly relaxing. Ties come off, collars are loosened and the children look a little less restrained. The selection of food labels from the Battye Library Ephemera Collection may well stir a few memories for you. Do you remember these brands? Whatever happened to all these Western Australian companies ? Amongst the thousands of Oral History recordings in the Battye Library are many tapes on which people reminisce about the picnic experiences of their childhood. In the selection included here these memories are always treasured fondly and spoken about with real warmth and clarity. ...CONT. ON PAGE 5 Images from LISWA’s new multimedia experience, Memories of Picnics Right: Advertisement from The Housewife’s Cookery Book and Shopping Guide Below: Prospectors on the way from Norseman to Daydawn, c.1910 (Battye Library 25049P) Official newsletter of the Library and Informatiion Service of Western Australia November-December 1998 no. 238
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1KNOWIT NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1998L I S W A - Y o u r G u i d e t o K n o w le d g e
A new multimedia cultural experience
is now available through LISWA�s
website. Memories of Picnics provides a
brief look at the picnic experience in
Western Australia in the first half of this
century and serves to introduce clients
to the wide range of cultural materials
available in the JS Battye Library.
The Battye Library contains a wealth of
material which illuminates our knowledge
of how our forbears relaxed and
celebrated. Memories of the humble
picnic - as an important meeting place for
family and friends - abound in the Pictorial
Collection, in the oral history recordings
and elsewhere. This new addition to our
website provides an opportunity to browse
through some of these elements. It is a
vehicle for delight and for learning as well
as for introducing people to the
collections.
�Picnic" is a strange word that sounds
French but perhaps is not. It is a word
that evokes a wide range of memories -
of lazy Sunday afternoons, of trips to the
bush or to the river foreshore, of
sandwiches, cold meats and lemonade,
of special hampers and rugs, and then of
flies and ants, of hide-and-seek in the
bush, of scratched legs and bruises, and
finally of exhaustion and a sleep in the
car on the way home.
The origin of the word is clouded in
mystery. It first appears in France in the
late 16th century as �pique-nique� but was
not adopted in England until after 1800.
Memories of Picnics - the newLISWA multimedia experience
At first, the idea of a picnic meant a social
event for which each guest provided a
share of the food. Later this became an
outdoor excursion to a place in the country
where again friends could meet and
provisions be shared.
Memories of Picnics includes items from
five different areas in the collections -
photographs, food labels and
advertisements, oral history, recipes and
children�s books.
From the photographs we can see how
the dress changes. In the earliest
photographs, around the turn of the
century, �to go on a picnic� meant an
occasion for dressing up in your Sunday
best. Yes - even the children ! As we get
to the 1920s and 1930s we see the mood
slowly relaxing. Ties come off, collars are
loosened and the children look a little less
restrained.
The selection of food labels from the
Battye Library Ephemera Collection may
well stir a few memories for you. Do you
remember these brands? Whatever
happened to all these Western Australian
companies ?
Amongst the thousands of Oral History
recordings in the Battye Library are many
tapes on which people reminisce about
the picnic experiences of their childhood.
In the selection included here these
memories are always treasured fondly
and spoken about with real warmth and
clarity.
...CONT. ON PAGE 5
Images from LISWA's new multimediaexperience, Memories of Picnics
Right: Advertisement from The Housewife'sCookery Book and Shopping Guide
Below: Prospectors on the way from Norsemanto Daydawn, c.1910 (Battye Library 25049P)
Official newsletter of the Library and Informatiion Service of Western Australia November-December 1998 no. 238
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Dana Tonelloknowit editor
A line from Lynn
Why should the grandchildren have all the fun? As a follow up to Seniors� Week,we�ve located sites that would be of interest to net surfers over 50!
The logical start is in our own backyard - the Office of Seniors� Interests has a WAHome page at http://www.osi.wa.go.au. The site includes information about policyand programs for seniors, community information, Senior�s Card, and provides linksto other relevant sites for seniors.
SeniorsSearch (http://www.seniorssearch.com/ssaus/homedirectory.htm)is asearch directory exclusively for the over 50s, and includes sites relating to arts &antiques, leisure, hobbies, real estate, online shopping etc.
The WA Council on the Ageing (COTAWA) is online with heaps of information forseniors including volunteering, elder protection, low-cost insurance, computing coursesavailable to seniors, and activities in WA for Senior�s Week and 1999�s Year of OlderPersons. The address is http://www.cotawa.asn.au.
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/jpost/australia.html provides internet and e-mail resourcesfor seniors, including information on age-related disorders, education etc, while theYahoo! Seniors Guide at http://seniors.yahoo.com is an excellent search engine forseniors - news, community information, health, travel, even chat to seniors worldwide!And for the travel bug of any age, try http://www.atn.com.au (the Australian TouristNetwork) for comprehensive Australian travel information, including maps.
Happy surfing!
In October, we had a very special lunch inthe Alexander Library Board room. Wecelebrated the �official� launch of the WAState Library Custodians. This is a groupof high profile Western Australian businessand community leaders who have agreedto lend their support to LISWA.
We are privileged to have as our PresidentMr Ron Sheen, a distinguished scientist andbusinessman who has a deep appreciationof the value of libraries and books. Ron was a young reader in the HackettHall and remembers the history of the State Library with great accuracy andaffection.
On 20th November we will welcome more than fifty people to dinner to launcha fund raising campaign. The next edition of knowit will be devoted to thiscampaign. We will tell you about the Custodians in more detail, the fundraisingcampaign and some of the businesses that have agreed to be our partnersand sponsors.
I am sure this will be a most exciting venture for us and I look forward tosharing it with you. Watch this space!!
3KNOWIT NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1998
LISWA News
1998 Premier�s Book Awards Update
LISWA farewells DirectorWhen all the components of that plan are achieved, we willhave good cause to remember Janine�s pro-active part in
setting them in a context that shows bothvision and reality.
I could go on about Janine�s otherachievements, but there isn�t time to mentionall of them - for example Janine�s involvementin academia and professional associations.Her activities in those areas have broughtgreat credit to LISWA�s reputation forprofessionalism.
There is one final thing, though. I think I�veillustrated Janine�s flair for original thinking.That for me is the key to her ability. She is agreat ideas person. Whenever and whereverI�ve worked with her I�ve been struck by herability to come up with original and new ideas.In her new job at AgWest I know that she willbe given the opportunity to run with all thoseideas. We will see great achievements there,and we wish her all good luck in carrying themout. But right now, we thank Janine for all her
achievements here, and will remember her with affection.
Janine Douglas joined LISWA in 1990. In the PublicRecords Office we were about to set up the first everState function of providingGovernment agencies with advice andtraining about records management,and Janine was the person we choseto undertake that critical role. In fiveyears she had developed policies andprocedures across both State andlocal government, and set up anetwork that continues to provide thebasis for our operations today. Themodel represented in the StateRecords Bill, on the verge of going toParliament, reflects much of Janine�sinput from those days.
From 1993 to 1995 Janine acted asConsultant in Fee Based Services.She developed the strategic businessplan that was a good springboard fora range of services that have assistedLISWA in positioning itself for the 21stcentury in the area of value-addedservices. From 1995 she has, of course, been the Directorof the State Reference Library, in which capacity she hasoverseen its transition to team-based ways of workingand coordinated the development of SRL�s business plan.
Chris CogginDirector: Public Records Office
This article is reproduced from Chris' farewell speech for Janine on10 September 1998.
Entries for the 1998 Western Australian Premier�s Book
Awards have now closed and the books sent to the judges.
This year�s judges are Ms Lesley Reece who is the director
of the Fremantle Children�s Literature Centre and chairperson
of the judging panel; Ms Penelope Hetherington, an historian
and poet; Mr Andre Malan, a journalist with The West
Australian newspaper; and Ms Terri-ann White, who is a
lecturer in the English Department at the University of Western
Australia.
There has been an excellent response to the call for entries
with 120 books entered in this year�s awards. The Historical
and Critical Studies, Special Award and Children�s and Young
Adults categories were the most popular with over 30 entries
in each category, although there is some overlap between
those categories. As we announced in the last issue of knowit,
the Children�s and Young Adults category has been split in
two with a new award for writing for young adults being
sponsored by the Dymocks City Store.
Once again the presentation dinner will be held in the
Alexander Library Building, and planning for the event is well
under way. The date for the dinner is Friday 19 February 1999,
which is one week before the Perth Writers� Festival. We
hope that the timing of the dinner will provide the winners with
suitable recognition from their peers.
Julie HamConsultant: Policy and Evaluation
LISWA
4 KNOWIT NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1998
LISWA News
A r t l o o k Discover the treasures of LISWA's artwork col lect ion
Howard Taylor 1918 -'Howard Taylor is a man of the forest. For nearly fifty years he has providedhis audience with a commentary on his examination of the extraordinaryforms and patterns discovered in the local bush.' (Ted Snell,1995)
Working from his Northcliffe studio since 1967, Taylor has become one ofthe few artists who has lived and worked in Western Australia for over fivedecades. Forest Figure (left) is a well known 'piece' within his 'Forest Figure'series.
The recent retrospective of his work at the Art Gallery of Western Australiawas an acknowledgement of the calibre of work that Taylor has producedover the years.
His work is widely represented throughout Australia, Europe and the USA.
Title: Forest Figure (1978) 213.5 x 213.5 cmOil on composition board, panel and zinc coated steel. Currently sited in the AlexanderLibrary Building in the Centre for the Book on the ground floor.
Organised by the Japan Foundation andThe Library & Information Service of Western Australia,
in co-operation with the Consulate-General of Japan
Further Information:The Consulate-General of Japan
(08) 9321 7816The State Film and Video Library
(08) 9427 3159
Screening 7.00pm(doors open 6.30pm)
Alexander Library Building TheatrePerth Cultural Centre, Perth(enter from Francis Street)
ADMISSION FREE
English Subtitles
6 - 28 November 1998
Friday 20 NovemberGamera, the Guardian of the Universe -Gamera Daikaiju KuchusenDirected by Shusuke Kaneko(1995, 95 min, PG, Science Fiction, Adventure)Along with Godzilla, Gamera has been the most popularmonster series in Japan since the 1950s. One of Japan�smost innovative directors directs this episode, and shows usthat size does matter as Gamera saves the world from flyingmonsters.
Saturday 21 NovemberNowhere Man - Muno no HitoDirected by Naoto Takenaka (1991, 107 min, PG, Drama, Life)This film is a parable about the perils and pressures exertedon those who resist the competitive atmosphere of modernJapan. It won a film critics� award at the 1991 Venice FilmFestival.
Thursday 26 NovemberA Class to Remember 2 - Gakko 2Directed by Yoji Yamada (1996, 113 min, PG, Drama, Society)While having his own problems with a daughter uninterestedin going to college, Aoyama-sensei must deal with the factthat two of his students at a school for the learning impairedhave disappeared.
Friday 27 NovemberMemories - MemoriesDirected by Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Otomo(1995, 113 min, PG, Animation, Science Fiction)�Magnetic Rose�, �Stink Bomb� and �Cannon Fodder� are threeseparate movies created by Japan�s top modern animators.The first animation is a horror story, the second is a satiricallook at the military, and the final is about a family living in acity heavily equipped with cannons.
Saturday 28 NovemberThe Things We Liked - Watashitachi gaSukidatta KotoDirected by Joji Matsuoka (1997, 109 min, M, Drama, Youth)Two girls decide to move in with two boys in an apartment incrowded Tokyo. As much as they all like each other initially,they cannot prevent a domestic disaster from occurring.
Friday 6 NovemberMoving - OhikkoshiDirected by Shinji Somai(1993, 124 min, PG, Drama, Family)11-year-old Renko is at first happy when her parentsdecide to separate in preparation for divorce. The ideaof having two homes initially excites her. Soon, however,she becomes troubled and tries to bring them backtogether, but things are not so simple.
Saturday 7 NovemberTora-san to the Rescue - Otoko waTsuraiyo - Torajiro Beni no HanaDirected by Yoji Yamada(1995, 110 min, PG, Comedy, Life)In this last of the series, Tora-san goes to Kobe after theearthquake and volunteers as a rescue worker. Anotherkind of rescue operation awaits him when he tries to bringhis nephew and his nephew�s girlfriend together after sheannounces her engagement to someone else.
Friday 13 NovemberThe Glass Cape - Kaze no Mata SaburoDirected by Toshiya Ito(1989, 107 min, G, Drama, Literature)Based on the novel by Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan�smost popular writers, this story follows the mysteriousencounter of Karin and Mata Saburo, a young boy whowears a glassy cape and has special powers which helpto protect the local community.
Saturday 14 NovemberBig Joys, Small Sorrows - Shin Yorokobimo Kanashimi mo IkutoshitsukiDirected by Keisuke Kinoshita(1987, 129 min, G, Drama, Family)The story of Yoshiaki, a lighthouse keeper, and his family.Yoshiaki receives news that he is to be transferred fromhis lighthouse at Tango in Wakasa Bay to one at Izu.While on the road, the family meets a broken-hearted girlwho they take under their wing.
JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL
5KNOWIT NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1998
LISWA News
Left:David Legge,visitingillustrator, withIsabel Allen, a"Make your ownStorybook"winner
The picnic has been mentioned with great regularity in Australianchildren�s books for many years. A small sample of books whichdealt specifically with the picnic have been included. All thesetitles are found in The Research Collection of Children�s Literature.
Recipes for foods and drinks which were popular fare for picnicshave been taken from The Housewife�s Cookery Book andShopping Guide which was first published in December 1924 andwas an important aid to Western Australia�s cooks for many yearsafterwards. If you want to know how to make lemonade at homethis section is for you.
All these different elements are combined in Memories of Picnicsto tell a story and provide insight on the lives of our parents andgrandparents. Want to find out more? Well just �click� and comeon a picnic.
Patrick MooreProject Leader: Western Stories
...FROM PAGE 1
Memories of Picnics...
Putting themselves in the picture!Children�s Book Week - 22 to 28 August 1998Children�s Book Week was officially opened by RickyBurges, newly appointed Director General of the Ministryfor Culture & the Arts, on Monday 24 August at theAlexander Library Building. A capacity audience of invitedguests, including winners of the Make Your Own Storybookcompetition and their guests, were entertained by arecorder consort from Hollywood Senior High School anda Readers Theatre performance of Bob Graham�s Queeniethe Bantam by students from Churchlands Primary School.The winning and commended entries from the Make YourOwn Storybook Competition were on display in theAlexander Library Building for two weeks.
Other events held in the Alexander LibraryBuilding during Children�s Book Weekincluded a half-day seminar and a lunchfor children. The seminar was attendedby 40 teachers and librarians and featuredguest author, Christine Harris, guestillustrator David Legge, WA Judge JillMidolo and Associate Professor BarbaraKiefer from Columbia University.
On Sunday over eighty-five children fromPinjarra to Joondalup attended a BW Club lunch, ate partyfood with Christine Harris and David Legge, wormed theirway through quiz sheets and juggled and uni-cycled withAndy Brown the Clown.
Twenty two official regional centres based in public librariesthroughout metropolitan and country WA brought Children�s BookWeek to thousands of children. Metropolitan areas includedArmadale, Cockburn, Gosnells and Wanneroo, while countryregions spanned from Albany to Broome and Carnarvon toKalgoorlie. Authors, illustrators, storytellers and public librariansread to, entertained and enthused children and, in so doing,promoted story, books and reading and the value of public libraries.
Children�s Book Week is generously supported by LISWA.
Nola AllenConsultant: Young People's Services
Public Library Services, LISWA
Above: Andy Brown the Clown and Chloe Gherghinisamaze BW Club members at the annual BW Club
Children's Book Week function, August 1998
There were three happy little bookworms as Directorof Public Library Services, Debrah Lewis, presentedthe prizes in the �West Coast Kids� competition. AleinaHumphreys (4) of Booragoon, Roxie Taylor (11) ofWoodvale, and Emily Revell (15) of Nedlands won theprize for their age group, a book package kindly donatedby Fremantle Arts Centre Press.
WINNERS!!"West Coast Kids" Competition
6 KNOWIT NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1998
Public Library News
Celebrating 10 years of young writers in GeraldtonTen years ago the Geraldton Library, strongly supportedby the Geraldton-Mid West Regional Group of ALIA, organisedthe first Randolph Stow Young Writers Awards based on thesuccessful Mary Durack Awards in the metropolitan area.Since then, the awards have gained considerable prestige inthe region and entries are received from schools throughoutthe mid-west.
On Friday 11 September, almost two hundred people - youngwriters and their family and friends - crowded into the GeraldtonLibrary for the presentation of this year's awards. Over 650entries were submitted by 20 schools from Carnarvon toCervantes. The fifty awards were spread across 12 schools,covering ten categories of poetry and prose from lower primaryto upper secondary levels.
Elaine Forrestal, former Geraldton resident and winner of the1998 Children's Book of the Year for younger readers, wasinvited to attend the celebration for the tenth anniversary of
the awards, and gave a short but interesting address toencourage young writers to develop their skills. Two of RandolphStow's poems and two students' poems were read as part ofthe presentation.
A display of recently acquired Stow memorabilia, from his timein New Guinea, attracted much interest, as did the display ofbooklets of the last nine years' winning entries. The 1998 winningentries will be compiled into a booklet which will be available byDecember.
Randolph Stow and his family continue to give support andencouragement for the event, which was originally intended torecognise Stow's literary achievements and his links withGeraldton. The awards now attract excellent sponsorship fromlocal organisations and individuals, and the total prize money isnow $810.
Having had a number of customersasking for book reviews and informationabout authors, Joondalup staff thought weneeded to create an index of articles inmagazines which were held at Joondalup.We also thought, since the demise of theGuidelines Index several years ago, thatwe needed an index to car road tests.
Putting the indexes on the council webpage allows other libraries to have thesame information. The indexes arelocated at the City of Joondalup homepage: http://www.joondalup.wa.gov.auFrom the home page click onDirectorates, listed on the left hand sideof the page. Next, click on CommunityDevelopment followed by Libraries.
Clicking on either Book Review Index orRoadtest Car Review Index will get youinto the respective search screens. Theyboth index articles in magazines andnewspapers received by JoondalupLibrary, however, your library may alsoreceive the magazines.
If you don�t receive the magazines/newspapers at least you havebibliographical details for obtaining anInter-Library Loan from the StateReference Library or even Joondalup.You can even tell your readers whichpublications to look in if they still need tovisit SRL.
Ian Christophersen,Joondalup Public Library
The City of Joondalup and the Shire ofWanneroo Library and InformationServices Strategic Plan 1998 -2000 wasrecently adopted by the Commissioners.
The plan emphasises the need to formstrategic partnerships to establish anetwork of information services,interlinking the Council�s library andinformation services, LISWA,universities, TAFE and school libraries,government and other agencies, in orderto develop shared direction for servicedelivery and maximise limited resources.
In line with the objectives of the StrategicPlan and, as a direct result of informalnetworking at the launch of theJoondalup Library Language LearningCentre earlier this year, a workshop washeld at the Joondalup Library on 10September to explore potential Englishlanguage learning joint projects.
The workshop was attended byparticipants from the Council�s Libraryand Community Services businessunits, Tuart College (Adult Education),Adult Migrant Education, the PolishAssociation, Northern Suburbs MigrantResources Centre and LISWA. Therewere also two observers from the Shireof Swan and City of Cockburn. Variousother agencies had been invited andindicated an interest in participating but
Joint Multicultural Library Program
Patricia GallagherGeraldton City Librarian
Joondalup Libraryon the Webwere unable to attend due to service
commitments.
The first part of the workshop compriseda service audit to identify client groups,outline the scope of each service andconsider the strengths and weaknessesof the services which might indicatepotential joint project opportunities. Thesecond part investigated potential jointprojects.
Participants at the first session found theopportunity to network invaluable, as itprovided the forum to discuss difficultieswhich clients face in accessing servicesand programs, and share information onovercoming these difficulties. Thepotential for joint marketing and theintegration of education programs intolibrary venues were identified forimmediate action.
Participants considered other futureprojects may be identified as knowledgeof respective services developed. It wasresolved to repeat this session in threemonths time, inviting an agency notinitially represented to address the groupon their services. Invitations will againbe forwarded to a wide range of agencies,and it was agreed that student observersand additional staff would benefit from theinformation exchanged and wouldtherefore be welcome to attend.
7KNOWIT NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1998
LISWA News
Extensive refurbishment is currently being
made to the former Department for the
Arts� offices on the ground and mezzanine
floors of the Alexander Library Building
to accommodate the relocation of the
Public Records Office of WA (PRO).
Once the site fitout has been completed,
the PRO Search Room and office space
will be moved to this area, although the
archives collection itself will remain on the
fourth floor of the Alexander Library
Building and at our Dianella annexe.
This move is an exciting development for
the Public Records Office. A notable
advantage will be a clearer identity for
Western Australia�s State archival
institution. This issue is particularly timely
in the light of new public records
legislation which was presented before
Parliament in October.
Considerable time and effort has gone
into the planning of the new space. The
needs of our clients are always
uppermost in our minds, and the new
Search Room promises to be bigger and
better in all respects.
The official opening for the Public
Records Office�s new area is planned for
early 1999.
Damien HassanArchivist
Public Records Office of WA
Steve HowellBattye Library
Public Records Office to berelocated
BATTYE
ELECTORAL
COLLECTION
WINS
ACADEMIC�S
VOTE
Professor Dean Jaensch from the
Department of Politics at Flinders
University in South Australia made two
visits to the Battye Library to fossick
through the collection of electoral
ephemera for his book, A plague on both
your houses, which is about minor
political parties in Australia from 1910.
Recently Professor Jaensch was
overheard on ABC radio talking to Peter
Holland about the book. At the end of
the interview he stated that Battye�s
collection of electoral ephemera was a
veritable treasure trove and that it was
so vastly superior to any other State as
to be incredible and that it should be
enshrined in gold.
The electoral ephemera collection was
begun by Mollie Lukis and Margaret
Medcalf who showed remarkable
foresight in acquiring this often neglected
aspect of Westraliana. Over the years
since then Battye staff have diligently
brought in material each time they have
voted at an election and the collection has
grown remarkably. Battye by a landslide,
maybe!Damien Hassan, ArchivistPublic Records Office of WA
The second of the Public RecordsOffice�s community seminarsis scheduled for Saturday 28 November 1998, 10am-1pm. Thisseminar will serve as an excellent introduction to using thePRO for novice researchers. Participants will be presentedwith a general overview of reference services, and they willtake part in specialist workshops on i) maps and plans, and ii)court records, held at the PRO.
The seminar is open to members of the general public at acost of $10. Readers who are interested in finding out moreinformation, or who would like to book a place, can contactMartin Fordham on ph. 9427 3363. Places for the previouscommunity seminar (held in June) were filled very quickly, soit pays to book early.
COMMUNITY SEMINAR
8 KNOWIT NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 1998
The Trees that Went to SeaMike Lefroy, illustrated by Rick Martin
The Trees that Went to Sea is the story of Australia�s first ship, the Duyfken. Spanning its originaljourney of discovery to its reincarnation as a full size replica which will recreate the original historicvoyage of 1606, the book is tri-lingual (English, Indonesian and Dutch) to commemorate the threecountries the Duyfken came in contact with.Duyfken 1606 Replica Foundation, 1998
A Place in the Hills: Darlington�s first fifty yearsTrea Wiltshire, illustrated by Maureen de la Harpe
A Place in the Hills is the story of Darlington�s first half century. It traces the growth of the village,from its 1890s beginnings as a vineyard to its establishment as a picturesque residential village inthe Darling Range. Over the years it has lured many visitors including the novelist D.H. Lawrence,who spent time at Leithdale, one of Darlington�s many historic homes.Trea Wiltshire, 1997
Battye about books
LISWA Book News
All of these books can be found in the J S Battye Library
Goomalling: a Backward Glance: A History of the DistrictBarbara Sewell
Situated in the central wheatbelt, the district of Goomalling is distinguished as a reliable rainfall areanoted for sheep raising and for producing high-yield grain, chiefly wheat. The township of Goomallinglies 130 kilometres north east of Perth on the Northam-Pithara Road.
Barbara Sewell traces the history of the Shire from the days when it was the home of the Balardongpeople to the 1990s period of well-established businesses and farmers advancing with the technologicalage.Goomalling Shire Council, 1998
A Life on the Ocean Wave: Voyages to Australia, India andthe Pacific from the journals of Captain George Bayly, 1824 -1844
Introduced and edited by Pamela Statham and Rica Erickson
A Life on the Ocean Wave is rich in accounts of typhoons, rescues, storms, shipwrecks and shipboarddisputes. Details of life at sea vary from amusing anecdotes about passengers to ship customs andsailing directions.
George Bayly�s lively and entertaining journal will interest mariners, historians and sedentary travellersalike. Enhanced by his own watercolour illustrations, it is notable for its literary qualities, its uniquespan of time and place, its insight into life under sail and Bayly�s eye for a good story.The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Press, 1998
Dive and Snorkel Sites in Western AustraliaDepartment of Conservation and Land Management
Dive and Snorkel Sites in Western Australia is packed with fascinating shore dives and boat dives toless than 18 metres. The 47 sites range from easy snorkelling sites suitable for the whole family tomore challenging boat dives that would appeal to experienced scuba divers. Colourful corals, gorgonians,sponges and anemones, fish in striking shapes and colours, and underwater caves, ledges and grottosawait your discovery.Department of Conservation and Land Management, 1997
