Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ JANUARY 2017 1 RECENT ADDITIONS JANUARY 2017 ABOUT THE PMI 39 St Edmonds Road Prahran VIC 3181 ABN 1316 4635 256 Sec. Lib.: Steven Haby Pres: Mr Steve Stefanopoulos CONTACT T 03 9510 3393 E [email protected]W www.pmi.net.au OPEN: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 9:30am - 4:30pm Thu 9:30am - 7pm excluding public holidays and the Christmas/New Year period. INSIDE Australian Literature The Birdman’s Wife (novel about Mrs Gould) / Melissa Ashley 2016 Mysteries Slaughter Park (Belltree 3) / Barry Maitland 2016 Signal Loss (Peninsula Crimes 7) / Garry Disher 2016 Australian History Books The Dust of the Mindye: The use of biological warfare in the conquest of Australia / Jim Poulter 2016 The Indian Diaspora: Hindus and Sikhs in Australia / Purushottama Bilimoria, Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat and Philip Hughes 2015 Town and Bush: Stray notes on Australia / Nat Gould 1974 The Masonic Grand Masters of Australia / Kent Henderson 1988 The Dutch Down Under 1606-2006 / Nonja Peters 2006 The Shearers’ War: The story of the 1891 shearers’ strike / Stuart Svensen 2008 Tales of the Overland: Queensland to Kimberley in 1885 / G.H. Lamond 2013 Public Expenditures and Social Policy in Australia. Vol.2: The first Fraser years 1976-78 / edited by R.B. Scotton and Helen Ferber 1980 Money Made Us [how economic values shaped Australia] / Donald Horne 1977 The Way We Were: Australian popular magazines 1856-1969 / Vane Lindesay 1983 From the Edge: Australia’s lost histories / Mark McKenna 2016 Gangland Robbers / James Morton and Susanna Lobez 2016 Surf-o-Rama: Treasures of Australian surfing (New edition) / Murray Walding 2016 Only in Australia: The history, politics, and economics of Australian exceptionalism / edited by William O. Coleman 2016 The Australian National Dictionary: Australian words and their origins (2 volumes) / Bruce Moore, Amanda Laugesen, Mark Gwynn and others 2nd ed. (not for loan) 2016 A Single Tree: Voices from the bush / Don Watson 2016 Under Full Sail / Rob Mundle 2016 The Story of Australia’s people: The rise and rise of ancient Australia / Geoffrey Blainey 2015 Australian Literature .1 Australian History ..... 1 Victoria ..................... 3 Other States.............. 12 Aboriginal Australians 15 Art and Artists ......... 16 Biographies .............. 16 Family History ......... 17 Military Histories .... 18 Railways ................... 18 Politics & Government 18
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Australian Literature The Birdman’s Wife (novel about Mrs Gould) / Melissa
Ashley 2016
Mysteries Slaughter Park (Belltree 3) / Barry Maitland 2016
Signal Loss (Peninsula Crimes 7) / Garry Disher 2016
Australian History Books The Dust of the Mindye: The use of biological warfare in the conquest of
Australia / Jim Poulter 2016
The Indian Diaspora: Hindus and Sikhs in Australia / Purushottama Bilimoria, Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat and Philip Hughes 2015
Town and Bush: Stray notes on Australia / Nat Gould 1974
The Masonic Grand Masters of Australia / Kent Henderson 1988
The Dutch Down Under 1606-2006 / Nonja Peters 2006
The Shearers’ War: The story of the 1891 shearers’ strike / Stuart Svensen 2008
Tales of the Overland: Queensland to Kimberley in 1885 / G.H. Lamond 2013
Public Expenditures and Social Policy in Australia. Vol.2: The first Fraser years 1976-78 / edited by R.B. Scotton and Helen Ferber 1980
Money Made Us [how economic values shaped Australia] / Donald Horne 1977
The Way We Were: Australian popular magazines 1856-1969 / Vane Lindesay 1983
From the Edge: Australia’s lost histories / Mark McKenna 2016
Gangland Robbers / James Morton and Susanna Lobez 2016
Surf-o-Rama: Treasures of Australian surfing (New edition) / Murray Walding 2016
Only in Australia: The history, politics, and economics of Australian exceptionalism / edited by William O. Coleman 2016
The Australian National Dictionary: Australian words and their origins (2 volumes) / Bruce Moore, Amanda Laugesen, Mark Gwynn and others 2nd ed. (not for loan) 2016
A Single Tree: Voices from the bush / Don Watson 2016
Under Full Sail / Rob Mundle 2016
The Story of Australia’s people: The rise and rise of ancient Australia / Geoffrey Blainey 2015
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RECENT ADDITIONS1787: The lost chapters of Australia’s beginnings / Nick Brodie 2016
Little Fish are Sweet [Queensland police corruption] / Matthew Condon 2016
All Fall Down [Queensland police corruption] / Matthew Condon 2016
Periodicals Cinema and Theatre Historical Society: cinema record P 792 CIN
No. 92 2016: Richmond National Theatre / Les Tod p6. Stanley-a brief history of the town hall p9. Blackett and Forster: Architects of the Barkley Theatre Footscray p10. $mall change [admission prices, Melbourne Regent Theatre 1929] p11. The Stargazer Drive-In, Thurgoona, NSW / David Scott p12. Who would want to work at the pictures (part 4) [Cremorne Orpheum, Dendy Cinema] / Steve Maggs p16. The Comedy Theatre Melbourne / Fred Page p19. My story: At the Darwin Drive-In / Patti Izod p23. Now showing [Barkly Theatre Footscray, Waverley Theatre East Malvern, Circle Theatre Essendon, Broadway Theatre Elwood, Lyric Theatre Brunswick, Dux Theatre Albert Park] / Royce Harris p26. My 50 years at 191 Collins Street [Regent Theatre] / Ian Williams p30. Ballarat’s Civic Hall / Earl Martell p32. Municpal Theatre, Charleville / Gerry Kennedy p34. Recollections of the Victory Picture Theatre Taringa, Queensland / Eric Marggraf p36. A snapshot in time [drive-in theatres] p39.
Australian National Dictionary Centre: Oz Words P 427 DIC
Vol. 25 No.2 OCTOBER 2016: Mailbag [Gnarly, at sparrow fart, metallician, enough to drive a body beresk, fang it fangio] p4. The Australian Comic Dictionary / Mark Gwynn p6. Spanner crabs, platform 27, and a one-duck duck farm [various family and local idioms] / Julia Robinson p7.
Australian National Placenames Survey: placenames Australia P 910.3 PLA
DECEMBER 2016: Who names our places [Permanent Committee on Placenames] / David Blair p1. Turramurra-another furphy from the naming books? [origins of the name Turramurra] Jeremy Steele p3. Esoteric placenames on Norfolk Island / Joshua Nash p7. Toponymy 101 D: The geographical and economic significance of toponyms [Garden Island, Sunshine coast, Gold Coast, Pacific Paradise, Sunshine Beach, Copacabana Beach NSW, Barangaroo (The Hungry Mile), Bennelong Point, Toorak, Snowtown SA] / Jan Tent p8.
Uniting Church Historical Society Synod of Victoria and Tasmania: Proceedings P 288 PRO
Vol.23 No.2 DECEMBER 2016: The Rev. Graeme Bucknall in ministry: 1965-1970 / E. Anne Amos p32. A conversation with John Vander Reest / Robert Renton p45. Horton College / E.R Pretyman p69. The Rev. Michael Clarke / Graham Beanland p89. Meeting Jesus at the centre [memories of Peter Autmen and his work in the Uniting Church] / Peter Autmen p102. Mutual Improvement Societies [Congregational: Ballarat, Bendigo, Camberwell, Castlemaine, Prahran, West Melbourne, Windsor. Methodist: Ballarat, Bamawm, Canterbury and Balwyn, Chilwell, Colac, Eaglehawk, Footscray, Horsham, Ivanhoe, Newtown, North Melbourne, Northcote, Port Melbourne, Prahran, Queenscliffe, Sale, South Yarra, Toorak. Presbyterian: Bendigo, Boort, Echuca, Footscray, Geelong (St Luke’s, St Andrews), Murchison, North Carlton, Port Melbourne, Thornbury, Toolamba, Wodonga / Ken James p111.
Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee: the wayfarer P 820 GOR
No. 40 DECEMBER 2016: Commemorative plaque [Gordon’s house between Penzance Street and Brighton Road] p2. Extract from An Unsentimental Journey part thee (The Australasian Saturday 3 April 1869, pages 11, 12) p4.
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RECENT ADDITIONSNational Trusts of Australia: Trust P 363.69 TRU AUS
No. 1 SUMMER 2016: The good fight [working to save Windsor’s (NSW) historic bridge and town square] / Steve Dow p11. Modern times [Parramatta’s Old Government House] / Joanne Gambale p17. A beautiful past [art of Milingimbi community] / Cara Pinchbeck p20. On the road [Old Hume Highway] / Kara Rosenlund p31. Lyon’s share [Home Hill, home of Joseph Lyons] / Hilary Burden p34. Paradise lost? [Martindale Hall (SA)] / Darren Peacock p42. Labassa restored / Jennifer Stackhouse p50. Secret signs [hexafoil markings at Wolston Farmhouse near Brisbane] / Ian Evans p59. Tales of old [Alice Springs’ old jail and schoolhouse] / Claire Mactaggart p64. Making music [Gallop House composer in residence: Andrew Batt-Rawden] / Steve Dow p75. Scott’s journey [Scott McAlister] / Leah Twomey p78. People power [Snowy River Scheme added to Australian National Heritage List] / Alex Speed p80. Votes for women [women’s suffrage] p85. The James Cook Museum / Jennifer Stackhouse p90. News and events [Retford Park gifted to NSW National Trust by James Fairfax] / Angela le Sueur p92.
Salvation Army: heritage newsletter P 289 SAL
No. 55 DECEMBER 2016: Mrs Staff-Captain Gibbs’ bible p3. Salvation army memorial plaque at original site of the Hostel 462 Little Lonsdale Street p4. Limelight Studio p5. Fat Bob’s Hamburger Restaurant in Moorabin p5. Miniature bandsmen [1947 miniature Salvation Army bandsmen] p7. Sunday school medal-1950 [Patricia Walton] p7. Magic lantern slides and the Limelight Department p8.
Victoria Books Batman’s Treaty: The true story / Jim Poulter 2016
Judging For The People: A social history of the Supreme Court in Victoria 1841-2016 / edited by Simon Smith 2016
Just Like Family: A history of Victoria’s Rural Finance Corporation / Adam McNicol and Andrew Chapman 2015
A History of Organ Buses, Kyneton, Victoria: 78 years of road transport, trucks 1929-1946, buses and coaches 1945-2007 / compiled by Ken James for the Organ family 2016 [donated by Ken James]
50 Years of Weather: Victoria 1908-1957 / Commonwelath Bureau of Meteorology 1958
Ash Wednesday…Wednesday, February 16 1983 / The Age and The Advertiser 1983
Melbourne Studies in Education 1972 / edited by R.J.W. Selleck 1972
Miegunyah: The bequests of Russell and Mab Grimwade / John Poynter and Ben Thomas 2015
A 150 Year Cricket Journey in South West Victoria / Graeme Allen Fischer 2016 [donated by Graeme Allen Fischer]
Directory of Stations / Victorian Railways 1962 [donated by Steven Haby]
Index to Victorian Goldfields Hospitals’ Admissions at Amherst, Ballarat, Castlemaine, Creswick, Dunolly, Kyneton, Maldon and Maryborough [electronic resource] 2003
Ballarat Haymes: Paint flowing through the veins / Phil Roberts 2016
Bendigo Victoria Hill and its Historical Associations [Victoria Hill Mine Bendigo] / George A Ellis 2016
Footscray Footscray Cemetery Register and Memorial Transcriptions 2008 [electronic resource)
Geelong Comeback: The fall and rise of Geelong / James Button 2016
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RECENT ADDITIONSGirgarre Girgarre / compiled by Athol McDonald and Jenny Wadelton 2016
Harkaway Ordinary People, Interesting Lives: A walk in the historic Harkaway Cemetery 30 October 2016 / Narre Warren and District Family History Group 2016
Koo-Wee-Rup Our Boys From The Bush: Koo-Wee-Rup and District soldiers at W.W.1 a brief synopsis 1914-1918 / Annette O’Donohue 2016
Melbourne Remembering Melbourne 1850-1960 / Richard Broome 2016 [donated by Judith Buckrich]
Millewa North Rails to Millewa North: A history of the Red Cliff to Morkalla railway and lineside guide / Bruce McLean 1975 [donated by Steven Haby]
Mornington Peninsula The Cement Works at Fossil Beach / Rev. George Cox 1941
Mount Eliza Ranelagh: A special place / M Breidahl, D Dick and V Grounds 2016
Surf Coast Schools of the Surf Coast 2005 [electronic resource]
Walhalla Walhalla Calendar 2017 / Walhalla Historical Society 2016
Warragul The Catholic Church in Warragul / Catholic Education Office Melbourne
Periodicals Anglesea Anglesea Historical Society: coastal current P 994.52 ANGL COA
No. 113 SUMMER 2017: Anglesea was Carji’s favourite holiday resort [Edward Goderich “Carji” Greeves] / June Ford p4. Memories of Mr. Jack Burgess / Barbara Palmer-Fatchen p5. Save the last bathing box / Jan Morris p6.
Anglesea Surf Coast Family History Group: Inverlochy log P 994.52 ANGL INV
Vol. 62 DECEMBER 2016: Early Anglesea families- John and Mary Kate Evans p3.
Ballan Ballan Shire Historical Society: the settler P 994.52 BALL BAL
Vol.12 No.6 DECEMBER 2016: The Caledonian Park Reserve p3.
Ballarat Ballarat Historical Society: the lamplight P 994.57 BALL LAM
Vol.6 No.6 DECEMBER 2016: A dimension of beauty: Yuille’s Swamp [the origins and development of Lake Wendouree] / Peter Butters p3. Show days: Our partnership with the Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society [the Ballarat Show] p5. The splendour of our Lake Wendouree p6. My early years on Doveton Street South Ballarat / Marjorie Hanson p9. Trip to Trades Hall Ballarat p11.
Benalla Benalla Family History Group: roses and thorns P 994.55 BENA ROS
No. 3 DECEMBER 2016: Winton Cemetery update p4. A story from Winton Cemetery [Joseph William Ashmead] p7. Members memories [Beryl Ilsley, Town-Hopkinson-Musgrove family tree] p9.
Bendigo Bendigo Historical Society: marunari P 994.54 BEND MAR
Vol. 42 No.10 DECEMBER 2016: Who was Richard Hartley Smith p2. Bite-sized BRAC [Emu Valley Irrigation and Water Supply Trust] p3. Joseph Davies p4.
Bendigo Bendigo Regional Genealogical Society: golden links P 994.54 BEND GOL
No. 114 OCTOBER 2016: The Davidson Family [Charles Ralph Davidson] p3. The Cook Family [John Coke or Cook] p4. Mrs Jane Vahland (nee Barrow) p5. News of Soldiers “Fritz’s Last Report’: No doubt as to the issue [Christmas box sent by Mr. J.H Giles and received by Private Robert S. Tuckerman] (Bendigo Advertiser 21 February 1918) p6. Christmas in Shrewsbury 1944-45 [a family in Shrewsbury relying on fruit from their family in Swan Hill during rationing in World War II] / Jenny Pata p7.
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RECENT ADDITIONSBendigo Bendigo branch of the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies: Bendigo genealogist P
994.54 BEND GEN
No. 117 DECEMBER 2016: The real thing [Vahland Fountain] / Rita Hull p2. Lone graves of Bendigo [Kangaroo Gully Road pioneer graves] / Rita Hull p4. Statistics World War I p6.
Box Hill Box Hill Historical Society: newsletter P 994.51 BOXH BOX
Vol.22 No.6 DECEMBER 2016: Recent speakers [History of Melbourne’s water supply and Surrey Hills water tower] / William R Orange p4. Recent speakers [foundation of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission during World War I] / Gary Presland p4. Report of a Box Hill Cemetery tour [Ferdinand Gustav Kiessling, Ellingworth family, John Michael Higgins, Harold Crofton Sleigh, Sir George Tallis, Constance E R Dickens, John Grainger, Schwerkolt] / Philip Widmer p7.
Bright Bright and District Historical Society: newsletter P 994.55 BRIG BRI
Vol.16 No.9&10 OCTOBER 2016: Stan and Doris Gribble’s wedding day 1919 p1. Extract from the Wandiligong Preservation Society newsletter No.5 1977 [lives of Stan and Dorris Gribble] p1. Rail Ways Magazine June 1980 p6. A reminder of a special man [10 Railway Avenue: The Bright and District Historical Society and museum the brainchild of Wal Larson] p7.
Bright Bright and District Historical Society: newsletter P 994.55 BRIG BRI
Vol. 16 No.11&12 NOVEMBER 2016: Men who owned the Alpine Observer [TC Kaighin, Briner and Shoebridge, OV Briner, WH Goldsworthy, Johnson and Stuart Stephens, Elliott Provincial Newspapers] p2. Embroidered postcards p5.
Brighton Brighton Historical Society: journal P 994.51 BRIG BRI
No. 178 SUMMER 2016: Brighton’s earliest settlers in the beginning: Following in Dendy’s footsteps [Henry Dendy] / Sandra Lanteri p4. About local people: Charlotte Hewittt p6. A boy’s own adventure [Andrew Keith Jack and Lionel George Hook] / Jane Mayo Carolan] p9. Jacqui Cooper, aerial skier and motivational speaker / Elizabeth Paine p11. From the Brighton General Cemetery: Joseph Ostler, alias C. Frusher Howard (1827-1905) / Elizabeth Pine p12. Mrs Diane Fisher / Jo Jenkinson p13.
Camberwell Camberwell Historical Society: Camberwell history P 994.51 CAMB CAM
No. 27 DECEMBER 2016: Prahran Mechanics’ Institute short history prize 2016 won by Neville Lee p2. Crendon-24 Prospect Hill Road Camberwell / James Goding p2. The original Napier Waller stained-glass windows in St John’s Anglican Church, Camberwell / Marnie Rawlinson p6. 137 Burke Road, Camberwell / Claire Dunlop p9.
Carisbrook Carisbrook Historical Society: the logs P 994.54 CARI LOG
Vol.7 No.9 JANUARY 2017: Local World War One honour boards [St James Church, Majorca. Personnel: John James Scarffe, George William Wise, Francis John Wise, Leslie Tysoe, Reginald Gibbs, Horace Selwyn Gibbs, Joseph Cree, Archibald Williams, Michael Hare, Frederick Charles Gordon, Bertrand Denham Gordon, Sydney Lewis Gordon, Walter Blyth, Walter Gardiner, Thoma Henry Edmonds, Henry Charles Reynolds, Royce Fawcett, Harold Raymond Strange, Guy Bucknall, Harold John Annand, Robert Nicholls, Clarence Semmens, George Stent] / Alex Stoneman p3. A mining dynasty [Edwin, William and Almond Body] / Alex Stoneman p9. Town hall building refurbishment project p10.
Coburg Coburg Historical Society: Search P 994.51 COBU SEA
No. 108 SEPTEMBER: What’s in a (place) name? [Porepunkah and Reynard Street Coburg] / Cheryl Griffin p2. Coburg High School centenary 1916-2016 p3. Brunswick and Coburg boys (and girls) club p4. World War II / Malcom Mcllvena
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RECENT ADDITIONSCoburg Coburg Historical Society: Search P 994.51 COBU SEA
No. 109 DECEMBER 2016: Recent meetings [memories of Coburg High School] / Marilyn Moore p1. 19 October [Dr Val Noone. Conscription 1916: The northern suburbs and Archbishop Mannix] / Marilyn Moore p2. Harold Nicholls: Returned servicemen and Labor Party member / Cheryl Griffin p3. Speaking of politics... [Coburg City Council 1941] p5. Roosevelt Street, almost known as Mannix Street / Cheryl Griffin p5. Mercy College Coburg, Part I: Establishment / Margaret Kelleher p7.
Daylesford Daylesford Historical Society: newsletter P 994.53 DAYL DAY
NOVEMBER 2016: General meeting Sunday 4 December 2:00pm: Daylesford embroidered banners [Daylesford Embroidered Banner Group] / Gary Lawrence p5. Hepburn Shire bridges with a Monash connection [Sir John Monash’s engineering firm’s involvement with the building of several bridges in Hepburn Shire including Excelsior Bridge and Coomora Bridge] / Anne Dobbs p6. Local artists series 1-J Stormer Green / Jan Smith p9. Local artists series 2- Winsome Moffat / Jan Smith p10.
Dimboola Dimboola Historical Society: newsletter P 994.58 DIMB DIM
No. 234 NOVEMBER 2016: 125 years ago according to the Dimboola Banner November 1891 p2. 100 years ago according to the Dimboola Banner November 1916 p2. 75 years ago according to the Dimboola Banner November 1941 p3. 50 years ago according to the Dimboola Banner November 1915 p4. Mr James Hugh Currie p6. Jottings in the Wimmera District. 1882 (Horsham Times October 31st 1882] p6. November 1916: The war to end all wars: Through Dimboola eyes p8. Dimboola Bicycle Club in 1897 / Nathan Spielvogel p11.
Doncaster and Templestowe Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society: newsletter P 994.51 DONC DON
DECEMBER 2016: SS Glenelg p1. Guest Speakers [topics: John Pascoe Fawkner, John Batman, Women at War and Between the Dances and Racing the Boys books by Jacqueline Dinan, thimbles] / Barbara Hetherington, Ken Smith, Greg Hamilton p4. The Pines Sopping Centre 30th anniversary p6.
Echuca Echuca Historical Society: in touch P 994.54 ECHU INT
Vol.8 No.4 DECEMBER 2016: Re-vamp of Eberle Hut p1.
Eltham Eltham District Historical Society: newsletter P 994.51 ELTH ELT
No. 231 DECEMBER 2016: Our past, present and future [history and future of the Eltham Historical Society] / Jim Connor p1. A Peal of Bells [memories of Mal Harrop about Eltham and Jazz] / Mal Harrop p2. Eltham’s first policeman [Peter Paul Lawlor] / Jim Allen p4. Eltham NSW-Railway cottage / Richard Prim p7.
Geelong Geelong Historical Society: investigator magazine P 994.52 GEEL INV
No. 204 SEPTEMBER 2016: Chronology 1916: 3rd quarter: July-September from The Geelong Advertiser / Freda Craddock and Pauline Fairfoot p103. Two gentlemen of Melbourne Town: La Trobe and Barry: Part I- Charles Joseph La Trobe / Dianne Reilly p115. Gala parade-centenary (1916-2016) / Lana Capon p126. A history of Geelong Repertory Society (theatre company) [Gama Theatre, The Cultural Institute, The Woodbin Theatre] / Richard Critchlow p129. Richard Critchlow: Rep Theatre- his second home / Scott Popovic p139.
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RECENT ADDITIONSGlen Eira Glen Eira Historical Society: newsletter P 994.51 GLEN NEW
No. 10 JULY 2016: Then and now: Camden Cinema South Caulfield p1. Save Ripponlea: The 1960s fight to preserve Rippon Lea house and gardens [talk by Rosalind Mearns] / Claire Barton p3. Heritage watch [Caulfield Repatriation Hospital’s possible inclusion on the Victorian Heritage Register] / Barbara Hoard p3. Indigenous life [the Ngaruk-Willam people of the Bunurong] / Carol Stals p3. Box cottage museum / Fran Bader p4. Carnegie Walkers / Tony Wissenden p5. The Argosy/Capri Theatre, Murrumbeena / Jan Arrmstrong p6. To the movies... in Carnegie and Glen Huntly / Maggie Armstrong p6. Glen Eira cinemas [Bentleigh: Hoyts Bentleigh. Carnegie: Memorial, Rosstown, Carnegie. Caufield: Crystal Palace. Caufield South: Outdoor, Camden. Elsternwick: Phoebe, Renown, Classic / Esquire. Glen Huntly: Apollo Glenhuntly / Hoyts 1st, Hoyts Glenhuntly. Murrumbeena: Argosy Murrumbeena Talkies, Argosy / Capri Rex. Ormond: Plaza Ormond Theatre.]. p6. Caulfield Arts Centre, Inkerman road / Carol Stals p7. Glen Eira Artists Society / Heather Walsh p7. The Glen Huntly Community Singers / Carol Stals p8. St Stephen’s Players / Andrea Casey p9. Frank’s Bakery 291 Glen Huntly Road Elsternwick p10. Wong’s Cafe 404 Glen Huntly Road Elsternwick p10. Gabriella Pizza 146 Koornang Road Carnegie p10. Ormond Church of Christ / Alisa Hunt p10. Girls’ Friendly Society / Andrea Casey p11. Heritage in photos [Murrumbeena State School] p11.
Glen Eira Glen Eira Historical Society: newsletter P 994.51 GLEN NEW
No. 11 NOVEMBER 2016: Then and now St John’s Elsternwick p1. History of the Salvation Army in Australia [talk by Yasmin Van Gaalen-Prentice] / Claire Barton p2. The Village of Ripponlea [talk by Judith Buckrich] / Alice McInnes p3. Glenfern visit / Barbara Hoad p4. Caulfield Grammar School Archive Centre visit 29 September / Barbara Hoad p5. GEHS research inquiry Linlithgow School / Barbara Hoad p5. Lost or missing sculptures of Glen Eira [missing sculptures: Kore, Isabella, Kneeling Child] p5. Joseph Sayce- a brief profile / Trevor Pitkin p6. Sagamore / Frank Tisher p7. Murrumbeena Station kiosk / John Attwood p7. People of Glen Eira [Wil Alma 1904-1933, Alma Blair 1918-2015, Hugh Percival Hall 1899-1967, Trevor Hart 1942-2014, Ross Hannaford 1950-2016, Sir Albert Victor Jennings 1897-1993, Marion Lau 1943-, Henry Ernest Melbourne 1912-2007, Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov, Mark Trevorrow 1959-. David Warren OAM 1925-2010] / Anne Kilpatrick p8. Shelford Girls’ Grammar Archive / Francis Danesi p8. From the archives: Municipal bands [Caulfield and Elsternwick Town Band] p9. Rotary Club of Caulfield Inc / Heather Walsh p9. Bonfire or cracker night / Richard Darke p10. More fireworks memories p11. Fireworks reflections / Carol Stals p11. Story of Whitmuir Hall / Claie Barton p11. Elsternwick Mechanics’ Institute and Free Library / Ken James p12.
Hastings and Western Port Hastings Western Port Historical Society: newsletter P 994.52 HAST HAS
No. 88 DECEMBER 2016: Fate of historic houses in Salmon Street Hastings [95 Salmon Street and 118 Salmon Street] p3.
Healesville Healesville and District Historical Society: history news P 994.52 HEAL HEA
DECEMBER 2016: Charles Stanley’s grocer shop Nicholson Street, Healesville [photo] p1. The grocers [grocers of Healesville] / Les Harsant p3.
Heidelberg Heidelberg Historical Society: Heidelberg historian P 994.51 HEID HEI
No. 297 DECEMBER 2016: Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin in Heidelberg p1. One hundred years ago October-December 1916 [the call to colours, conscription debate, the referendum, back to normality, passing parade] /Janine Rizzetti p8.
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RECENT ADDITIONSKerang Kerang and District Family History Group: ibis heritage P 994.54 KERA IBI
No. 74 OCTOBER 2016: Memorial unveiled [World War I memorial] p2. The World’s War anniversary [4th anniversary of World War I] (Kerang Observer Sat 3rd AUG 1918) p3. Research report [John Galbraith Brownie and Annie Jasper McKinley, Ralph Fuller, Alfred Tuck and Martha Sefton, John Patrick Murray and Mary Ann Ryan, James William Christopher, Joseph Bradshaw Best and Matilda Elizabeth Kenny, Michael Roach Clancy] p4. Obituary: Arthur Edward Barrett-Barrett’s Bakery] (Kerang Observer Wed 11th April 1917) p5. Lake Boga State School p6. Honour board at Kerang State School No. 1410, Victoria St Kerang p8. Kerang Scouts’ centenary celebration 2016 p9.
Kew Kew Historical Society: newsletter P 994.51 KEW KEW
No. 116 SEPTEMBER: Back to Kew 1875 p1. Wrecking ball flattens history [Forres house] / Brad Miles p3. Not a ragbag Wagga: The Kew patchwork quilt / Suzanne McWha p5. The Great War in Kew: 1916 part 3: Those who went / Andrew Frost p7. The Kew Festival Gazette, 5 October 1895 p8. The skilled artisan: Bertie Robert Edgar Greenwood / Robert Baker, John Torpey and Judith Vimpani p9. More examples of lost Kew [Cluth 55 Studley Park Road Kew (1865-1939), Fernhurst, 13 Fernhurst Grove Kew (1866-1979), Blackhall, 26 Sackville Street Kew (1890-), Kew railway station Denmark Street Kew (1887-1959)] p10.
Kew Kew Historical Society: newsletter P 994.51 KEW KEW
No. 117 DECEMBER: Mayors of Kew p1. Vale- Jill O’Brien p3. Ratting of the Yarra / Suzanne McWha p4. Saving the river parklands / Valerie Bourke p5. Mayors of Kew [Robert Morgan Young, Henry Francis Phipps, Job Smith, Henry Francis Mogg] p9. The Great War in Kew: Part 4: Those who stayed / Andrew Frost p10.
Kilmore Kilmore Historical Society: Kilmore connections P 994.53 KILM KIL
No. 70 DECEMBER 2016: A corner of Scotland [Wallan cemetery and Scottish settlers] / Barbara Wilson p4. Kilmore’s colourful politician [Sir John O’Shannassy] p6. My memories of Kilmore / Ralph McLean p9.
Koo-Wee-Rup Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp Historical Society: newsletter P 994.52 KOOW KOO
No. 387 DECEMBER 2016: An acrostic history of Koo-Wee-Rup [Mickle family, Yallock School, Cranbourne Road Board, Cricket Club, football team, Royal Hotel, Masonic Lodge, Wattle Picture Theatre, Koo-Wee-Rup Electric Light and Power Company, Koo-Wee-Rup Scout troop, water tower, fire brigade, Yallock, Carlo Catani, Koo-Wee-Rup historical society, Wesleyan Church, Presbyterian Church, Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Uniting Church, Methodist Church, floods, swamp, trains, Koo-Wee-Rup railway station, bush nursing hospital, potato farming, John O’Riordan] p3.
Kyneton Kyneton Historical Society: the chronicle P 994.53 KYNE NEW
Vol.19. No.1 JANUARY 2017: The churches of Kyneton [The Wesleyan Church] p4. Early gas in Kyneton p5. Random reminiscences- continues [from the files of HJ Armstrong] p6. Mishaps and accidents [March 1897, February 1897, January 1897] p8.
Lakes Entrance Lakes Entrance Family History Resource Centre: fiche-ing around P 994.56 LAKE FIC
No. 91 AUGUST 2016: The streets of Lakes Entrance: Whiters Street p5. Lost family? Maybe they were in a institution p7
Maldon Maldon Museum and Archives Association: Maldon muse P 994.53 MALD MUS
Vol.17 No.4 DECEMBER 2016: Tarrangower Times…past: Robert Aitken: At the centre of Maldon / Carol Woolman p2. Isaac Daniel: A Maldon pioneer / Susan Waldron p4. Blast from the past: Sergeant Rupert Green / Tony Kane p7.
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RECENT ADDITIONSMalvern Malvern Historical Society: local history news P 994.51 MALV LOC
No.63 SEPTEMBER 2016: Remembering the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne 1956 p2. Punt Road South Yarra [Punt Road in the 1860s and its status as a clearway in 2016] p3. Heritage protection for individual interwar homes p3. Malvern Congregational Church p4. Indigenous history of Stonnington for schools p4. St Paul’s Anglican Church, Dandenong Road, Cauldfield North p5. Malvern Presbyterian Church Hall p5. Lower Malvern Road Glen Iris 1929 p6. Glyn 224 Kooyong Road, Toorak p6. Former Congregational Church, 66 to 72 Peel Street, Windsor p7.
Malvern Malvern Historical Society: local history news P 994.51 MALV LOC
No.64 NOVEMBER 2016: Duldig Studio-winner of the Historical Interpretation award p2. 241 Toorak Road South Yarra p2. Robert Henry Keir p2. Malvern centenary 1956 p3. Malvern centenary hymn p3. St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Gardiner p4. Uniting Church Archives-Synod of Victoria p4. Hymettus, Amberite, Bobadil and Wait-A-Bit, 227-233 Wattletree Road Malvern [race horses] p5. Walter Brooks Building 33 Glenferrie Road Malvern p5. 39 Chadstone Road Malvern East p6. The suburb of Chadstone p6. Cherished memories of my boyhood days [memories of John Pockett] p7. Como House p7.
Malvern Malvern Historical Society: local history news P 994.51 MALV LOC
No. 65 JANUARY 2017: Stonnington indigenous marker No. 1: The hunting grounds of Chapel Street p2. Chadstone Shopping Centre in the 1960s p3. Miss Emily Meredith, surgeon dentist p4. Malvern Baths p4. Gordon Grove Malvern p5. Malvern Mayor Alexander McKinley’s carriage blanket p5. Andrew Loughrey p5. 25 Arthur Street Malvern p6. Asolandau, 1325 Dandenong Road Chadstone p6. All Saints Anglican Church East Malvern p6. Coughlan’s diary [Christopher Coughlan] p7.
Maryborough Midlands Historical Society, Maryborough: diggings P 994.53 MARY DIG
Vol. 28 No.4 NOVEMBER 2016: Tilly Aston’s memoirs p3. Maryborough one hundred years ago: November 1916 [mainly World War I] (Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser) p5.
Merbein Merbein District Historical Society: Merbein historian P 994.59 MERB MER
No.66 DECEMBER 2016: Growing up in Merbein [Ian Hinks and the Hinks family in Merbein] / Ian Hinks p3. Newspaper snippets: Minister to open high school-first headmaster to attend big day [opening of Merbein High School] (Sunraysia Daily June 1965) p7. MDHS images collection [Merbein shops in commercial street 1911-1940 part 3: The Bank of Victoria Commercial Street 1922, Walter Pavey’s Bakery and Cafe in Commercial Street, Bowring’s Store in art deco style, the State Savings Bank of Victoria. Merbein service stations: McDonnell’s Service Station Birdwoodton, Jack Bildstien’s Unique Service Station, Quinsey’s East End Service Station] p8. More newspaper snippets: Sunraysia Store pioneer’s death [Mrs Elizabeth Fisher] (Sunraysia Daily 27/7/1966) p12. Mildura Day 31st May 2016: Connections with Chateau Mildura / Richard Wells p12.
Mirboo Mirboo and District Historical Society: newsletter P 994.56 MIRB MIR
No. 62 DECEMBER 2016: Letters from soldiers taken from Gippslander & Mirboo Times- 2 November 1916 [Private F.E Emmett, Private William Devereaux] p2. Red Cross Society p3. Who is buried in our cemetery [Isabella Ann Smith] p7.
Moe Moe and District Historical Society: coach news P 994.56 MOE COA
Vol.44 No.2 DECEMBER 2016: Moe and district family histories: The Beck Family [William Beck and descendants] p3. The history of older Moe and district residents [Max Donnelly] p12. Gippsland The Argus Wed 26th October 1859 [description of the diggings near Moe] p14. Memories of Moe people [Bob Moore] p16. The Naracan Shire Advocate July 14, 1955 to the editior [a history of Moe] p16. Mailbag [The Ace High Service station, The Epex-Foster coin operated petrol pump] p18. Moe cars [Roll Royce in Moe] p19.
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RECENT ADDITIONSPaynesville Paynesville Maritime Museum: the PMM Journal P 994.56 PAYN PMM
No.4 DECEMBER 2016: The Swan Reach lift bridge / Chris James p4. “It’s just fly fishing against net fishing”: Commercial fishing, angling and the Gippsland Lakes 1870s-1880s / David Harris p11. Boomerang, a different yacht [Willie Hamilton’s yacht Boomerang] / Rob Cook p20. A visit to Paynesville-October 1888 [from the Bairnsdale Advertiser and Tambo and Omeo Chronicle of Saturday 6th October 1888] p28. Faces and places- fish and clay [Poddy Bay, Priestman’s Dredge post WW2] p39.
Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society: newsletter P 994.51 PMEL POR
JANUARY 2017: Safe [26 Stokes Street heritage protection successful] p3. Former Rootes/Chrysler site p4. Corner hotels p4.
Prahran Prahran Mechanics’ Institute: newsletter P 994.51 PRAH MEC
No. 94 DECEMBER 2016: Staff updates [Tim McKenna retiring as secretary librarian, Steven Haby starting as secretary librarian] p1. 2016 short history prize [won by Neville Lee] p2. PMI open day [Cinema and Theatre Historical Society talk] p2. 2016 Victorian Community History Awards [Pam Baragwanath, Ken James and Judith Buckrich all recipients of award] p3. 2017 Prahran Tech reunion p3.
Queenscliff Queenscliffe Historical Museum: newsletter P 994.52 QUEE QUE
Vol. 16 No.3 NOVEMBER 2016: An overview of Queenscliffe…History Week 2016 [early history of Queenscliffe] / Eva Millie p1. Reports on monthly talks [Antarctic exploration in the 1960s, history of St. Georges and St.James in Borough, the significance of Fisherman’s Flat, history of Santa Casa, Police Commissioner in Canberra and Hobart] p5. The coat behind the door [the Crouch family] / Virginia DeFriest p11. Volunteer profile [Rosemary Brown] p14.
Romsey and Lancefield Romsey and Lancefield Districts Historical Society: Romsey and Lancefield record P 994.52 ROMS ROM
DECEMBER 2016: Mega fauna festival p2. Lancefield to Kilmore railway / Kylie McKay and Bob Tomkins p3.
Sandringham Sandringham and District Historical Society: newsletter P 994.51 SAND SAN
NOVEMBER 2016: Semco exhibition p2.
Shepparton Shepparton Family History Group and Shepparton Heritage Centre: Furphy murmurs P 994.54 SHEP FUR
No. 52 NOVEMBER 2016: Vale: Lorraine Phillips p2. Vale: Pearl Collins p2. Ancestor’s forenames p3. Abstract of the “Passenger Act, 1852” p3. Old occupations and trade names p3. A good old country pub [The Victoria Hotel Tallygaroopna opened by F.T Humphries in 1887] (Shepparton News August 27 2003) p4. 50 years ago [Goulburn Valley prisoners of war] (Shepparton News January 12 1995) p5. The Shepparton News May 16 1957 [earliest extant reference to Shepparton, Ovens Diggings 1853] p5. Tallygaroopna pioneer passes: Death of Mr. George H. Close p6.
Smythesdale Woady Yaloak Historical Society: historic happenings P 994.57 SMYT HIS
No. 381 DECEMBER 2016: James (Jim) Baddeley p2.
Smythesdale Woady Yaloak Historical Society: historic happenings P 994.57 SMYT HIS
No. 382 JANUARY 2017: Smythesdale Rifle Club [photo John Lynch Jnr and Matthew Helme] p1. Members enquiry [Joseph Huston] p4. Novel highway robbery [highway robbery on the main road between Smythesdale and Brown’s 1865] (Gippsland Times 14 October 1865) p4. Smythesdale Rifle Club / Alice Helme p5. Mindai County of Grenville [map] p6.
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RECENT ADDITIONSSnake Valley Snake Valley and District Historical Society: district diggings P 994.57 SNAK DIS
No. 108 DECEMBER 2016: Carngham Uniting Church stained glass windows p1. Pat’s Page(s) [Robert Howlett, William Howlett, Noel Howlett and Edwin Howlett WWII service] p5. Women’s footy in Snake Valley p6. Joan’s Jazz [how Snake Valley got its name] p7. The Ballarat Star Friday April 26 1878 [Carngham] p8.
Somerville - Tyabb Somerville - Tyabb and District Heritage Society Inc: newsletter P 994. 52 SOME SOM
DECEMBER 2016: Advertising from a Somerville cook book from 1911 [S.S Gault, George Keast, R. Philbrick] p6. Australia 1916-December 100 years ago [miners get their eight hours, boxer Les Darcy, Britain buys entirety of Australian 1916-17 wool clip] p9. Christmas [July 20th 1945, Joe Dobson’s blacksmith shop Station Street Somerville] / Len Heywood p11. Somerville Scouts celebrate 100 years p12.
Sorrento Nepean Historical Society: the Nepean P 994.52 SORR NEP
Vol.11 No.4 DECEMBER 2016: Eastern Sister p4. Continental Hotel Sorrento [proposed 7 storey development] p4. Point Nepean [proposed development] / Frank Hindley p5. Flinders Shire Caledonian Pipe Band Donation to NHS / Joy Kitch p6. Collection and display co-ordinator’s report: Our figurehead is finally home again [return of the restored figured head probably from the Sea a Peruvian ship lost in the heads in 1853] / Joy Kitch p10. Vale Peter Holloway p13.
St Kilda Friends of the St Kilda Cemetery: cemetery conversations P 994.51 SKIL CEM
JANUARY 2017: Featured article [William Mountford Kinsey Vale 1833-1895] p3.
Stawell Stawell Biarri Group for Genealogy: reefs rumblings P 994.58 STAW REE
No. 111 NOVEMBER 2016: The gold escort route: Castlemaine to Adelaide p2.
Stawell Stawell Historical Society: newsletter P 994.58 STAW STA
DECEMBER 2016: Naming of historic precinct [pleasant Creek Historic Precinct] p1. Typhoid fever p3. Lake Fyans 100-year centenary p3. Charcoal burner p4. World War 1 memorial plaques p4. 1866: Items from Ararat and Pleasant Creek News p5. 1916-100 years ago [call to the colors] p7. 1966-fifty years ago [Shepherds Gold book launched, Pleasant Creek School, HMAS Stawell ‘Bell’, Lake Bellfield] p7.
Stawell Stawell Biarri Group for Genealogy: reefs rumblings P 994.58 STAW REE
No. 110 AUGUST 2016: Neil Stanley Bennett OAM 13.02.1924-22.07.2016 p4.
Sunbury Sunbury Family History Society: traceback P 994.52 SUNB TRA
NOVEMBER 2016: From times of yore [extract from The Emigrants Guide to Australia in the Eighteen Fifties] p5.
Sunshine Sunshine and District Historical Society: the Sunshine recorder P 994.51 SUNS REC
No. 40 DECEMBER 2016: The tradition of the gold whip [winning jockey of the Melbourne Cup receiving a gold whip] / John Willaton p1. Raymond Gibson Carlton: 28-02-1922 to 22-11-2016 p2. Kenny’s Dad-In the beginning [Ron Jacobson] / John Willaton p3. Douglas Leonard Caddick 20/06/1928-29/11/2016 p4. Memories of Deer Park Carols / Anne Best p6. A champion recognised [Shaun Crosbie best and fairest 1964] / John Willaton p6. Albion Primary School turns 90 p7.
Traralgon Traralgon and District Historical Society: bulletin P 994.56 TRAR TRA
Vol.47 No.3 OCTOBER 2016: Traralgon and district hospital: A timeline / Jenny Hammett p6. Traralgon Fire Brigade early years: A talk by Frank Eenjes May 2016 / Jeni Whitwam p7. The Fitzgibbons: Pioneers of Tyres / Ian Hyndman p11. The Gippsland Plains Rail Trail: Annual dinner address / Jeni Whitwam p15. Around the world trip April-October 1907 [William J. Grubb and William C. Angliss includes information about Farnham] (Traralgon Journal and Record) p17.
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RECENT ADDITIONSTrentham Trentham Historical Society: recorder P 994.53 TREN REC
Vol.17 No.4 NOVEMBER 2016: Stories from the old police station: Camp Street, Trentham p1. 150 years of policing in Trentham p5. Honouring Gael Elliott’s work as a Trentham historian / Ina Bertrand p6. History and heritage [definitions of history and heritage] / Ina Bertrand p7. Trentham 2000-2016: A personal overview some corrections and additions / Charles Sherlock p10. More memories from Trentham State School p11. Lelant Street / Peta Sherlock p13.
Warracknabeal Warracknabeal and District Historical Society: Warunda review P 994.58 WARR WAR
Vol.51 No.1 JANUARY 2017: New foyer nearly completed [foyer in Warracknabeal museum] p1. Our 50th rally preparations [Wheatlands Warracknabeal Agricultural Machinery Museum 50th annual vintage machinery rally] p2.
Warrandyte Warrandyte Historical Society: newsletter P 994.51 WARR WAR
No. 184 DECEMBER 2016: More on the war memorial p3.
Whitehorse Whitehorse Historical Society: newsletter P 994.51 WHIT WHI
Series 24 No.6 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2016: The Eastbridge story p1. Your fine lady doesn’t do here any more [1850s needlework in Victoria] / Chris Gray p3. From the Blackburn and Mitcham Reporter: Volume 25 number 49 Friday, 9 December 1932 p5. Ladies advice regarding sea travel, (1881) an excerpt / Lynn Coleman p7.
New South Wales Other StatesBooks Fractured Families: Life on the margins in colonial New South Wales / Tanya Evans
2015
Bega A Brief History of Bega 1970 [donated by the Carrisbrook Historical Society]
Blue Mountains Pictorial Memories: Blue Mountains / John Low 1991
Canada Bay Pictorial History: City of Canada Bay, Drummoyne to Concord / Gregory Blaxell 2010
Castle Hill Castle Hill Show: 1886-1970 1970 [donated by the Carrisbrook Historical Society]
Fairfield Fairfield: A pictorial history / Brenda Pittard 1990
Gunnedah Welcome to Gunnedah N.S.W / North West Tourist Association 1960s? [donated by the Carrisbrook Historical Society]
Hawkesbury Region Placenames of the Greater Hawkesbury Region / John P. Powell 1994
Hills District The Hills District Historical Society Tour 21st March 1970: Parramatta-Castle Hill Tramway-Railway 1902-1932 / Robert C. Forsyth and John S. Dease 1970 [donated by the Carrisbrook Historical Society]
Hornsby Shire The Shaping of Hornsby Shire / Claire Schofield 1988
Lavender Bay Pictorial History: Lavender Bay to The Spit / Joan Lawrence 1999
Newcastle From Convict Era to Modern Times: Newcastle East School 1816-1966 / Edwin J. Braggett 1966 [donated by the Carisbrook Historical Society]
Summer Hill Summer Hill / edited by Chris Pratten 1999
Sydney QVB: The Queen Victoria Building 1898-1986 / John Shaw 1987
Temora The German Pioneers in the Temora District: 1880-1914 / John B. Koch 1969 [donated by the Carrisbrook Historical Society]
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RECENT ADDITIONSThe Entrance An Historical Tour of The Entrance and District / F.C Bennett 1968 [donated by the
Carrisbrook Historical Society]
Wollongong Pioneer Park: The old Church of England Cemetery at Kembla and Bank Streets Wollongong 1848-1940 (with list of known burials) / A.P Fleming 1968 [donated by the Carrisbrook Historical Society]
Periodicals Royal Australian Historical Society: History P 994 HIS
No. 130 DECEMBER 2016: The Australasian orphanage / Christine Wright p2. Community banking in rural New South Wales / Owen Moorhouse p5. My father’s war: The Dutch in Australia in World War II [Josephus van den Haak] / Linda Emery p7. Incendiarism in Macquarie Street / Christine Yeats p10.
Royal Australian Historical Society: Journal P 994 RAH
Vol.102 Part 2 DECEMBER 2016: James Stephen’s doctrine of a white Australia / Tony Ohlsson p131. A community, a council and a flood risk: The case of Maitland, New South Wales, and some ramifications / Chas Keys p152. The curious case of Sammy Cox / Katrina Gulliver p173. A short note on Long Cove / Sue Castrique p189. Richard Guise: Englishman or French Duke / Roslyn Cartwright p203. Winged victory and Marrickville’s memory of war: Defining personal and communal loss in Sydney’s inner west / Clinton Johnston p217.
Northern Territory Books Alice Springs The History of Alice Springs Through Street Names / Jose Petrick 1989
Queensland Books Place Names in Queensland New Zealand and the Pacific / A.E Martin 1944
[donated by the Carisbrook Historical Society]
Queensland Heritage: Volume I / Library Board of Queensland 1964 [donated by the Carrisbrook Historical Society]
Queensland Heritage: Volume II / Library Board of Queensland 1969 [donated by the Carrisbrook Historical Society]
Queensland Heritage: Volume III / Library Board of Queensland 1974 [donated by the Carrisbrook Historical Society]
Darling Downs Darling Downs Studies: Papers in the history and geography of the Darling Downs / Maurice French 1978 [donated by the Carisbrook Historical Society]
Douglas Shire Early days of the Douglas Shire / compiled by Keith and Valda Prince 1977
Karalee Our Karalee and Barellan Point / Ken Grubb 2015 [donated by Karalee Community Association
Kuranda Welcome to Kuranda: The village in the rainforest 1888-1988 / Shep Humston 1988
Laidley Shire A Story of the Laidley Shire: From 1829 onwards to all this ... / W.R.E. Blake 1991
Thursday Island Timeless isle: An illustrated history of Thursday Island / Captain John C.H. Foley 2003
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RECENT ADDITIONSPeriodicals Royal Historical Society of Queensland: RHSQ Bulletin P 994.3 BUL
No. 814 DECEMBER 2016: The Merryweather Chemical Fire Engine, Brisbane, 1905 / Simon Miller QSL p1. Queensland news [Gympie, Herberton, Kin Kin, Nindigully] p2. The Nindigully pub p3. Tenterfield Railway Station p3. Urandangi p3. Warrill View p4. Warwick p4. Obituary: Dr. Geoffrey Swan OAm / Dr. Keith Moore p5.
South Australia Books Back Valley The Echoing Valley: A tribute to the pioneers of Back Valley / Eric
Richardson 1979?
Inman Valley The Inman Valley Story / compiled by Adrian H. Lush 1971
Parilla Well Parilla Well: A short history of a South Australian country community / D.A. Wurfel 1978
Periodicals Historical Society of South Australia: journal P 994.23 JOU
No. 44 2016: The Kangaroo Island China Stone and Clay Company and its Forerunners / Bridget Jolly p5. Kent Town Church and its significance in South Australian Methodism / David Hilliard p21. The South Australian village settlements / Alan Jones p39. Rober Elsasser/ Ellis: Refugee and teacher / Peter Monteath p51. History of the Dry Creek Saltfields / Peter Bell p65. FG Fantin: A historical legacy retrieved / David Faber p77. Chinese immigration restriction and the pursuit of nationalist ideals in colonial South Australia / Carmel Pascale p89. How Joyce Steele and Jessie Cooper became South Australia’s first women MP’s / Jenny Tilby Stock p103. Dr Duncan revisited [Dr George Ian Ogilvie Duncan] / Tim Reeves p117. A letter by William Giles / David Hilliard p127.
Tasmania Books The Story of the Pioneer Church in Van Diemen’s Land / K.R. von Stieglitz 1954
Van Diemen’s Land / James Boyce 2008 [donated by Tom Clapp]
Periodicals Tasmanian Historical Research Association: Papers and proceedings P 994.6 THR
Vol.63 No.3 DECEMBER 2016: Birchalls Bookshop: A history of survival / Michael Hess p4. Discrimination against Germans in Tasmania in the First World War / Alison Alexander p19. Trials in Ireland of female convicts transported to Van Dieman’s Land / Stephen K. Lucas p50. The scandal at Montford Farm: The Sarah Bromley-George Steel affair / Don Bradmore and Judith Carter p71.
Western Australia Books West Australian Gold Towns and Settlements (2 volumes) / Ian Murray et.al. 2011
Pastoral Pioneers of W.A. 1884-1889 / E.T. Hooley, collected and edited by P.J. Bridge 2008
The Golden Rule: The discovery of Australia’s Telfer Gold Mine / Bob Sheppard 2002
Champion Bay Region Memories of Champion Bay or old Geraldton / Constance Norris 1989
Dandaragan Plateau, Plain and Coast: A history of Dandaragan / Margaret McConnell et.al. 1993
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RECENT ADDITIONSDowerin Tin Dog Creek: The Dowerin story 1897-1997 / Stan Gervas 1997
Esperance Old Esperance: Pictorial history 1894-1947 / Don Voight 1996
Kulin Shire The Kulin Shire: Chronicles of the twentieth century / Stan Gervas 1999
Kwolyin My Own Dear Jo: Old letters tell the tale of early Kwolyin / Iris King 1991
Moora Some Commemorated Pioneers of the Moora District 1847-1917 1980
Moora Moora 1907-1992: A record of community service / Roger Tonkin 1992
Morawa The History of Morawa / F.H. Goldsmith 1961
Narembeen Seedtime and Harvest: A history of the Narembeen district / Iris Bristow 1988
Perth Memories Eternal: The first 100 years of Karrakatta [Cemetery, Perth] / Leonie B. Liveris 1999
Perth Perth / David Whish-Wilson 2013
Pilbara The West Pilbara: Sail and teams to bulk carriers and bitumen / D.L. Gordon 2008
Ravensthorpe Pioneering at Ravensthorpe: The Chambers story - 1900-1993 / Win Chambers 1994?
Roebourne The Saga of the North West, Yeera-Muk-A-Doo: An authentic history of the first settlement of North West Australia told through the Withnell and Hancock families 1861 to 1890 / Nancy E. Withnell Taylor 1987
Rottnest Island Rottnest Voume One: Ghosts of Wadjemup: A history of the discovery, settlement, Aboriginal Penal Colony, Boy’s Reformatory, the development of Rottnest as a holiday isle / Kevin Moran 2009
Serpentine The Serpentine: A history of the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale / Neil J. Coy 1984
Subiaco Tales of A Singular city: Subiaco since the 1970s / Ken Spillman 2006
Taradale Sun Over Taradale [Cunderdin and pioneering in the wheatbelt] / Joseph Placid Stokes 1984
Victoria Plains The Victoria Plains / Rica Erickson 1971
Wellington Mills Wellington Mills: A history / Janice Calcei 2004
Westonia Westonia: The wheels of change, a history of the district / Jocelyn Maddock 1998
Yilgarn South of Nulla Nulla: A story of Yilgarn / Henry Sherar 1983
Yoongarilup The Spanish Settlers of Yoongarilup / Andrew Torrent 1993
Periodicals Royal Western Australian Historical Society: History West P 994.1 HIS
DECEMBER 2016: Western Land exhibition-community talk: A history of VOC and Voyager Estate [VOC: United East India Company] p4. A pioneer’s wedding gown [wedding dresses in early Western Australia including those of: Mrs Wiles, Euphemia Drummond, Catherine MacKay, Mable Urch, Catherine Cusack. Also information about Bon Marche and Highams, wedding dress suppliers] / Jo Pearson p5. Noongar camps in the shared history of our suburbs / Dr Denise Cook p6.
Aboriginal Australians Dreamings: The art of Aboriginal Australia / Peter Sutton 1989 [donated Mimi
Colligan]
Murder at Myall Creek / Mark Tedeschi 2016
Boodgery: First contact in the Mid Murray, 1820-1860 / John Lay
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RECENT ADDITIONSArt and Artists Books The Duldig Ceramics: A retrospective / Caulfield Art Complex 1988 [donated by
Judith Buckrich]
Art Behind Wire: The untold story of refugee families interned in Australia during the second world war / Duldig Studios 2014 [donated by Judith Buckrich]
Margaret Preston: Recipes for food and art / Lesley Harding 2016
Place, Taste and Tradition: A study of Australian art since 1788 / Bernard Smith 1979
Kiffy Rubbo: Curating the 1970s / edited by Janine Burke and Helen Hughes 2016
The Making of Us: Rusden drama, media and dance 1966-2002 / Judith Buckrich 2015 [donated by Judith Buckrich]
Periodicals Art Deco and Modernism Society: spirit of progress P 720 SPI
No. 67 SPRING 2016: The Block, Port Melbourne [TV show The Block and its renovation of J Kitchen and Sons factory] p4. Circa 1936 [Cowra branch of The Rural Bank on Sanger Street] / Robin Grow p5. The High Court of Australia [High Court building 45 Little Bourke Street Melbourne] / Joanne Boyd p8. Griffin houses open day [enclave of houses designed by Walter Burley Griffin in Castlecrag Sydney] / Carole Dent p22. All the T&G Buildings [Distinctive buildings of the Temperance and General Mutual Provident Society] / Rohan Storey p25.
National Gallery of Victoria: NGV Magazine P 708 NGV
JANUARY 2017: Summer with Aimee Fairman p14. Tools of the trade [Sienna Thompson, NGV Product Development Coordinator] p16. Time- Piece [Viktor and Rolf’s fashion dolls at the NGV] / Miranda Wallace p27. Portrait provocations [NGV’s Australian portrait collection] p24. Steaphan Paton / Ender Baskan p44. Partizia Moroso [chair designer featured in the NGV’s Culture of the Contemporary Chair] p53. New to the collection [Picasso ceramics] p60. The year ahead at NGV [winter masterpieces Van Gogh and the seasons, Lawrence Weiner, Festival of Photography, Hokusai, Dior, art book fair] p70. The year in acquisitions [Jess Johnson Ixia Gate 2015, Francois Marie Poncet Venus 1782, bedding cover or hanging, Louis Majorelle Display Cabinet c. 1900, Patricia Urquiola Fjord Armchair 2002, Patju Presley Markurapiti 2015, John Wolseley After Fire- Spiny Cheeked Honeyeaters at Lake Monibeong 2009-11, Albert Tucker, John Batman Meets Eliza Callaghan 1971, Bill Henson Untitled 2008/09, Japanese Kimono and Accessories c. 1930s, The Dominique Sirop Collection, Jim Dine Bill Clinton 1992 p74. Tegan Higginbotham and William Quiller Orchardson’s The First Cloud 1887 p80. Creative Sparks [Cherrie Miriklis-Pavlou] p84. Books [Uro] p93. Last word [Simon Hall from Tripod] p94.
Biographies Books The Hoskins Saga / Sir Cecil Hoskins 1969
Amy Stella Dolphin: Her life and heritage / Jennifer Acopian 2012
Cultured Colonists: George Alexander Gilbert and His Family, Settlers in Port Phillip / Margaret Bowman 2014
City Kid [autobiography] / Lola Russell 2016
On We Go: The Wittenoom way: The legacy of a colonial chaplain [Frederick Winternoom] / Jacqueline O’Brien and Pamela Statham-Drew 2009
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RECENT ADDITIONSPhillip Schuler: The remarkable life of one of Australia’s greatest war correspondents /
Mark Baker 2016 [donated by Tom Clapp]
Guy Gaunt: The boy from Ballarat who talked America into the Great War / Anthony Delano 2016
Robert Forrester: First Fleeter / Louise Wilson 2009 [donated by Pam Baragwanath]
Ned Kelly: A lawless life / Doug Morrissey ; introduction by John Hirst 2015
Winter-Irving [Jock Winter and Janet Irving] / Warwick Finlay 2016
Henry White: The self-styled golden king / Ross Thorne 2016 [donated by Ross Thorne]
Thicker Than Water [memoir of Flyn’s search for the history of Angus McMillan] / Cal Flyn 2016
Denny Day: The life and times of Australia’s greatest lawman – the forgotten hero of the Myall Creek Massacre / Terry Smyth 2016
Family History Books The Ramsdens: A history of a family / edited by Sally Graham 1999
The Winding Track: History of the Stephen Hall Jacob family and their descendants 1815-1996 / edited by Frank Jacob 1996?
The Waldeck Story [Waldeck family of Greenough] / Norma King 1990
The Outcome is Unknown: A Watts family history / Margaret Adamson and Geoffrey Watts 1990
The Gosses: An Anglo-Australian family / Fayette Gosse 1981
The Enduring Years [Kershaw family] / Bert Kershaw 1998
The Helliwell Family: A part of North Fremantle history / Jean McDonald 2002
Shotts to Yeppoon and Beyond: Family history of George Kerr / edited by Eric Meacock 197-?
The Odgers Chronicle: The story of an Australian gold mining family / George Odgers 1996
The Pastoral Pattersons: The history of Myles Patterson and his descendants 1822 to 1976 / J.O. Randell 1977
Nothing is Ever All Up Hill: A biography on the life in Nannup of the Wyss family / V. Horn 1987
Male Family History from Somerset, England to Port Phillip, Australia / Barbara Male 2010
John and Elizabeth Videon and their Descendants 1849-1989 / compiled by Barry and Kaye Videon 1988
Periodicals Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies: the genealogist P 929.1 GEN
Vol.15 no 4 DECEMBER 2016: Vale [Betty Inwood, Sidney Colin Holt] p3. A rather small family skeleton [Nowak family] / Ian Nowak p5. Alf’s crib board: Trench art from WWI / Des Lambley p8. The alphabet postcard [Sir Henry Irving, Marie Illington, Isabelle Irving] / Carolann Thomson p11. Boots, shoes and seeds: The life of Peter Field / John Field p14. A problem to solve [life of William Todd] / David Cotton p18. Daniel McLaurin / Barbara Wilson p19. Seafaring disaster... further episodes in the life of Capt S Unthank / Eric Unthank p25. Pioneers and old colonists. A roll of honour (The Register Adelaide, Wednesday 7 December 1910) / collected from TROVE by Anne Major p28. Bendigo diggings [Waters/Watters/Walters family, John Hansard, James Taylor and Sarah Thomas, Emma Rann, William Maes, Roderick Forrester, Peter Webster Mason, Richard Manser, Ernest Joseph Vercoe, James Heeps, Herbert Stanley Heeps, Arthur and Margaret Heeps, Charles John Nargle] / David Cotton p32. Follow up those clues [Frederick Puckle] / Truda Olson p36.
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RECENT ADDITIONSMilitary Histories Books Kokoda (illustrated edition) / Peter FitzSimons 2008 [donated by Tom Clapp]
Flying Backwards: Memoirs of a rear-gunner 1943-1944 / Geoffrey Williams 2001
Dust, Sand and Jungle: A history of Australian armour 1927-1948 / Handel 2003
My War on Bougainville / Tod Schacht 1999
Blood Brothers: Sabah and Australia 1942-1945 / Silver 2010
Victory at Villers-Bretonneux / Peter FitzSimons 2016
A Copper in Jungle Greens: Service with the NSW police and the Australian Army / Elder 2011
The Fight Leaders: A study of Australian battlefield leadership: Green, Ferguson and Hassett / D.M Butler, A. Argent and J.J Shelton 2002
Not a Conquering Hero: The seige of Tobruk and battles of Milne Bay, Buna Shaggy Ridge / Frank Rolleston 1995
Madness and the Military: Australia’s experience of the Great War / Tyquin 2006
Voices From A Lost World: Australian women and children in Papua New Guinea before the Japanese invasion / Jan Roberts 1996 [donated by Tom Clapp]
Railways Periodicals Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division): newsrail P 385 NEW
Vol. 44 No.12 DECEMBER 2016: A train controller’s memories of the Ararat marshalling yard / Alan Butt p358. The proposed East Preston branch line and Alphington substation / Ian Cook p362. Level crossing removal: St Albans Station p376.
Australian Railway Historical Society: Australian railway history P 385 AUS
Vol.68 No.950 DECEMBER 2016: Narrandera: Rail hub of the South West / Peter Hancock p4. Central to St James: 90th anniversary of Sydney’s first underground railway / Frank Johnson p10. Parcels and small consignments on the NSW railway: Part 3: The SRA trackfast era, 1980-2003 / Ken Williams p22.
Australian Railway Historical Society: Australian railway history P 385 AUS
Vol.69 No.951 JANUARY 2017: Three ways to Gulburn / Austin Mooney p4. Richard G Watkins: Railway contractor and municipal engineer / Bob McKillop p9. Red Hill Mayday [landslide No. 3 tunnel Red Hill-Coffs Harbour 11 May 1974] / Garry Hayes p19.
Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division): newsrail P 385 NEW
Vol. 45 No.1 JANUARY 2017: Memories of puffing billy in the 1950s / Andrew Blair p7. VR turntables addendum / Philip Dunn p10. x class diesel engine-electric 50th birthday tour / Peter Foote p12. Then and now: Allansford p23.
Politics and Government Books What A Time To Be Alive [the 2016 federal election] / Mark Di Stefano 2016
Paul Keating: The big-picture leader / Troy Bramston 2016
Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian democracy / Peter Cochrane 2006 [donated by Ursula Zamecnik]
Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ JANUARY 2017 19
GovernanceThe PMI is incorporated under the Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Act No 1617 (1899) and operates under the Rules of the Prahran Mechanics’ Institute and Circulating Library, gazetted in the Victorian Parliament on 24 July 2007.
Members are provided with copies of the PMI legislation and Library Policy on request, and can join our mailing list to receive committee meeting minutes.
CommitteeThe PMI is administered by a committee of seven people. Six Committee members are elected by the members of the PMI at the annual general meeting for a four year term of office and one person appointed by the City of Stonnington.
The current PMI Committee Members are:
f Cr Steve Stefanopoulos (President)
f Dr Judith Buckrich (Vice President)
f Mr Ben Quin, CPA (Treasurer)
f Cr John Chandler OAM
f Mr Chris Michalopoulos
f Mr Peter Wolfenden
f Cr Melina Sehr (City of Stonnington representative)
The PMI Library Staff f Steven Haby, (BASocSci Librarianship) (Secretary Librarian)
f Ellen Coates (BA (Hons); MA (Info. Stud.)) (Collections Librarian)
f Christine Moysey-Barker (AssocDegInfoStud) (Marketing and Communications Officer)
f Ursula Zamecnik (DipLib&InfSt) (Library Technician)
The Prahran Mechanics’ Institute is an institutional member of the Australian Library & Information Association and is a member society of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
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ParkingParking is available at the institute on a first-come-first-serve basis.
There are 3 spaces at the front of the building and a further 7 spaces in the garage (accessed from the front of the building on St Edmonds Rd) – please park in the numbered spaces to avoid blocking cars in. If all spaces are taken, there is 1 hour parking in St Edmonds Road and Greville Street, and there is also parking (ticketed) at the Izett Street carpark (on the other side of Greville Street).
TrainsThe Institute is one block from Prahran Station (Sandringham Line), turn right into Greville Street and then right again into St Edmonds Rd.
Trams There is also the #6 tram running along High Street, the #72 tram along Com-mercial Road and the #78 tram along Chapel Street.
BusesBuses #216, #219 and #220 run along Commercial Road. You can alight at the Prahran Market stop.
