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INSIDEAustralian Literature ..................................... 2

Australian History ......................................... 2

Victoria .......................................................... 3

Other States ...................................................8

Art and Artists ...............................................8

Biographies ....................................................9

Company Histories ......................................10

Family History ..............................................10

Indigenous Australians ................................10

Military Histories ..........................................11

Musuems and Libraries ................................11

Natural History ............................................ 12

Religion ......................................................... 12

Railways and Transport ............................... 12

Sport ............................................................. 13

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AUSTRALIAN LITERATUREWomen of Letters: Reviving the lost art of correspondence / curated by Marieke Hardy and Michaela

McGuire (2011) [donated by Dr Katie Moss]

Tales of the Bush: Stories in prose and verse / Neil Hulm (1989) [donated by Brian Hunt]

MysteriesPeace / Gary Disher (2019)

PeriodicalsAdam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee: The wayfarer P 820 GOR

No.51 SEPTEMBER 2019: Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (1867-1943) p1. Patricia Convery: A friend of the Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee [Vale] / Frances Bader p2. Dingley Dell Cottage: Near Port Macdonnell South Australia south of Mount Gambier p4.

AUSTRALIAN HISTORYBooksAustralian Voices: Glimpses of our pioneering past through diaries, letters and recollections from the

First Fleet to the Great War / Ariana Klepac and John Thompson (2010) [donated by Bayside Library Service]

The Australasian Boy’s Annual (1916) [donated by Helen, Hazel and Rosalie Blakeley]

Best Australian Political Cartoons 2014 / Rus Radcliffe (2014) [donated by Colin Davis]

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PeriodicalsAustraliana Society: Australiana P 994 AUS

Vol.41 No.4 NOVEMBER 2019: The Tattersall’s Clubs cups: Queensland racing history in gold and silver, 1884-1888 / Dianne Byrne p4. Australia’s first art potters [Graham and William Ferry] / Gregory Hill p12. Forty years of collecting: A love affair with Australiana [David Bedford and Jennifer Stuerzl] / David Bedford and Jennifer Stuerzl p18. An unrecorded miniature by Ludwig Becker / Gary Morgan p24. Captain Molloy’s table / Dorothy Erickson p33.

Collaborative Research Centre in Australian History: Before Now 994 BEF Vol.1 No.1 2019: How to make an entrance: Piranesi comes to Ballarat / Edward Coleridge p5. 1968: Victorian anti-war movement gets an injection [Monash Labor Club, Baby Boomers, and Vietnam War] / Nicholas Butler p11. Links in the chain: British slavery, Victoria and South Australia / C.J Coventry p27. The gaol on the hill: The prelude to and construction of Bendigo’s sandstone gaol / Leigh Edmonds p47. The Port Phillip lime economy / Peter Taylor p59.

Journal of Australasian Mining History P 622 JOU Vol.17 OCTOBER 2019: Shared history forgotten: The neglected stories of Aboriginal miners, prospectors and the ancillary workers in the north Queensland mining industry / Galina Ellwood and Janice Wegner p1. An intriguing story: Poona and the Aga Emerald mine / Jim Enever p20. Rivers, relocation and ruin: The history and legacy of mining river diversions in Victoria / Alissa Flatley and Ian Rutherfurd p37. Frontiersmen five: The Gaffney borthers, building, supplying and hosting Tasmania’s west coast mining fields / Nic Haygarth p59. Chinese mining on the Turon: From beginning to end / Juanita Kwok p75. Cangai copper: History of a ‘good little earner’ [Cangai copper mine] / Ken McQueen p96. Archibald Laurence Wilson (1852-1935): Uncrowned king of Ravenswood / Lyndon Megarrity p119. John and Rudolph Agnew and their contribution to the Australian mining sector / Robert Porter p142. Mines and wartime: Molybdenum at Black Range, New South Wales / Matthew Higgins p163. Mine disasters and rescues: Some Australian examples [Marvel Loch, Eastern Extension mine Bonnievale, Emu mine Agnew, Bronzewing, Beaconsfield] / Brian Hill p171.

VICTORIABooksA Place To Stay: In house compilation for the 2009 Victorian Bushfire disaster /

National Film and Sound Archive [electronic resource] (2010) [donated by Wendy Eldridge]

Historic Conservation Area Study / Meldrum, Burrows & Partners (1979) [donated by the Department of Environment, Water, Land and Planning]

Balaclava Tulum: Modern Turkish cuisine / Coskun Uysal (2019)

Ballarat The Astonishing History of Ballarat: 1851-1855. Volume 1 /by Doug Bradby (2018) [donated by Katherine Davis]

Ballarat Narrow Ways: Lanes in the CBD of Ballarat / Elizabeth A Wood (2019) [donated by Katherine Davis]

Beechworth Beechworth Gold Mining Leases 1868-1882 Part 1 / Teapot Genealogy [electronic resource] (2019)

Beechworth Beechworth Gold Mining Leases 1868-1882 Part 2/ Teapot Genealogy [electronic resource] (2019)

Beechworth Beechworth Gold Mining Leases 1868-1882 Part 3 / Teapot Genealogy [electronic resource] (2019)

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Beechworth Beechworth Gold Mining Leases 1868-1882 Part 4 / Teapot Genealogy [electronic resource] (2019)

Benalla 2020 Calendar: Old Benalla and district / Benalla Family Research Group (2019) [donated by Benalla Family Research Group]

Bendigo A Different View of Bendigo / Dorothy Owen (1985) [donated by Gippsland and Regional Studies Collection]

Castlemaine Castlemaine Goldfields Map / Castlemaine Historical Society (2019)

Daylesford A Correction in History: Lost children of Daylesford: Albert Herbet Burman part one: Samuel Edward Boldner part 2 / Yvonne L. Fix (2016) [donated anon]

Echuca Magpie Memories: A random collection of memories of the Moama Football Club / Moama Football Club (1977)

Euroa Euroa Townscape and Conservation Study / D.V Bick (1985) [donated by the Department of Environment, Water, Land and Planning]

Geelong Geelong’s Changing Landscape: Ecology, development and conservation / edited by David S. Jones and Phillip B. Roos (2019)

Hawthorn The Ruskin All-About Hawthorn / Ruskin Press (1953)

Maldon Maldon: Our stories- the early years / Tony Kane (2019)

Mallee The Victorian Mallee: The outback on your doorstep / Mallee Tourism Association (?) [donated by Gippsland and Regional Studies Collection]

Melbourne Look up and Laugh: 13 years at the mike! / Ida Coffey (1946) [donated by Gippsland and Regional Studies Collection]

Melbourne Melbourne I Love You / Chris Cincotta (2019)

Melbourne Roots: How Melbourne became the live music capital of the world / Craig Horne (2019)

Monash Monash Conservation and Environment Strategy: A framework for achieving sustainable development / City of Monash [199?] [donated by City of Monash Local History Collection]

Mount Macedon Tourist’s Map of Mount Macedon and Woodend District / Minister of Lands (1922)

Port Melbourne Historic Port Melbourne: 2020: A then and now calendar / Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society (2019) [donated by Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society]

Rainbow 65 Years On: Rainbow High School (?) [donated by Margaret Williamson]

Southern Grampians Place Names of Hamilton and The Southern Grampians Shire of Victoria / Bernard Wallace (2019)

Surf Coast Surf Coast Shire: Surf Coast Heritage Study: Report on Stage 1; Volume 1 Methods and results / Context P/L (1998) [donated by the Department of Environment, Water, Land and Planning]

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Wellington Shire Wellington Shire Heritage Study: Stage 1. Volume 1: Study methods and results / Context Pty Ltd and the Centre for Gippsland Studies (2002) [donated by the Department of Environment, Water, Land and Planning]

Werribee Werribee Shire / Shire of Werribee (1979) [donated by Gippsland and Regional Studies Collection]

Yarra Bend The History of the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum, Melbourne: Masters research thesis / Richard Bonwick [electronic resource] (1996)

Yarra Ranges Autumn Leaves 2017, A collection of writings, drawings and colourful imaginings by members of U3A Yarra Ranges / U3A Yarra Ranges (2017) [donated by Yarra Ranges Regional Museum]

PeriodicalsBendigo Bendigo branch of the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies: Bendigo genealogist

P 994.54 BEND GEN No.127 SEPTEMBER 2019: George Eric Mackay / Jean Douglas p3. The Bendigo rescue home / Rita Hull p4. A death sentence [TB on the goldfields in Bendigo] p5. Sheepshead p6.

Box Hill Box Hill Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 BOXH BOX Vol.25 No.5 OCTOBER 2019: Anglican Parish of Box Hill celebrates 130 years p3. Recent speakers [Broadhead Family in Box Hill, history of emergency medicine in Box Hill] / William R. Orange p4.

Cheltenham Friends of Cheltenham and Regional Cemeteries: Raves from the graves P 994.51 CHEM CEM Vol.2 No.12 SEPTEMBER 2019: Private Michael Ward’s ‘suitcase of memories’: Part one p4. Cheltenham Station level crossing removal: An update p10. Catherine Childerhouse / Sue Beazley p12. Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, Cheltenham p15.

Dimboola Dimboola Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.58 DIMB DIM No.261 JUNE 2019: Rededication Dimboola war memorial Avenue of Honour p1. 50 years ago according to the Dimboola Banner June 1969 p2. 75 years ago according to the Dimboola Banner June 1944 p3. 75 years ago according to the Dimboola Banner July 1944 p4. 100 years ago according to the Dimboola Banner June 1919 p5. 100 years ago according to the Dimboola Banner July 1919 p5. 125 years ago according to the Dimboola Banner June 1894 p6. 125 years ago according to the Dimboola Banner July 1894 p7. A history of the creation of “Horseshoe Bend” as told by Rotarian Alister Hinchley p8. How my life was spent: The autobiography of Nathan Spielvogle p9.

Echuca Echuca Historical Society: In touch P 994.54 ECHU INT Vol.12 No.3 SEPTEMBER 2019: Vale Don Fraser p2.

Eltham Eltham District Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 ELTH ELT No.248 OCTOBER 2019: November excursion: A meander in Montmorency p2. Glen Park Railway Station / Richard Pinn p3. Eltham Reminiscences / R.D Taylor p4. The end of an era [Justus Jorgensen, Montsalvat and his son Sigmund Jorgensen’s death in 2019] p6. Sigmund Jorgensen / Ann Constable p7. Eltham cemetery stories [Peter Paul Lawlor, Myles Archibald Lyons] / Richard Pinn p8. Eltham Community and Reception Centre p9.

Geelong Geelong Family History Group: The pivot tree P 994.52 GEEL PIV No.143 OCTOBER 2019: It’s a very small world [Williams family. Edward Wiliams and Jane Johnston] p7. “E.J” Edward John Fairnie 1885-1967: A biography part 2 / E. John Fairnie p12. Joseph Gubby / Hazel Spence p24. Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary School / Susie Zada p27. 3YYR summary- Kevin Kirby [radio interview recorded 18 June 1990. Interviewer Gwlad McLachlan] p30.

Hastings and Western Port Hastings Western Port Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.52 HAST HAS No.99 SEPTEMBER 2019: Cowra breakout- 75 year ago p2. Vale-Val Kleinig p2. Shirley Alice Davies: Medal of the Order of Australia in the general division p4.

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Healesville Healesville and District Historical Society: History news P 994.52 HEAL HEA OCTOBER 2019: View of Mt Riddell p1. Enquiries [Newman, Bancell, Goold, Preston, Boon families] p6. A treasure found in the mud of the Grace Burn [F.J Becker lemonade bottle] p7. History of shops 252-254 Nicholson Street (Maroondah Highway Healsville) p8. Snippets from one hundred years ago [arrest of Gerald Thomas Sullivan, building on Nicholson Street owned by J. Cornish, tennis and croquet club] (Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian 1919) p9.

Kangaroo Ground Andrew Ross Museum: Kangaroo Ground chronicle P 994.51 KANG AND Vol.26 SPRING 2019: The final tenant: Some memories of living in the Kangaroo Ground Primary School residence / Alan Bluhm p3. Looking forward looking back: Summer fun in Yarra Plenty p12.

Kyneton Kyneton Historical Society: The chronicle P 994.53 KYNE NEW Vol.21 No.5 OCTOBER 2019: Former bluestone hospital p2. What we want and other stuff [Kyneton’s historic bluestone gutters, shelter shed in the botanic gardens] p3. Feature story-the pub takes on a new like in 2019 [The Alexander Family Hotel 82-84 Piper Street] p4. Kyneton Fire Brigade 1884-2019: Celebrating 125 years of service p5. Looking back at an old hotel [Kyneton Hotel] p7. A look at Kyneton streetscape in 1964 p8.

Malvern Malvern Historical Society: Local history news P 994.51 MALV LOC No.81 SEPTEMBER 2019: Welcome to the City of Stonnington’s new CEO [Jacqui Weatherill] p2. More Weeties [Weeties cereal and Bob Creaser] p2. 19 October Malvern appreciation day p5. Samuel Keith’s memories p5. Presentation Convent Windsor p5. Pattenbringan 7 Gawith Court Toorak p6. Scotchman’s Creek bridge p6. Giuliano’s Fruiterers p7.

Mansfield Mansfield Historical Society: Local history newsletter P 994.55 MANS MAN OCTOBER 2019: Memories of school buses in Mansfield Shire p1.

Merbein Merbein District Historical Society: Merbein historian P 994.59 MERB MER No.77 SEPTEMBER 2019: The 80th anniversary of the Merbein Country Women’s Association / Bernadette Wells p3. The Baby Health Centre and Women’s Club p5. Vale Bert Curtis 31/08/1925-25/06/2019 p6. The establishment of the Merbein Lawn Cemetery- part 2 / Richard Wells p7. William Edward Smythe / Shirley Sylvia p13. Newspaper snippets: Mildura Telegraph and Darling and Lower Murray Advocate [welcome home to Sergeant Smythe] p15.

Mildura Mildura and District Genealogical Society: The grapeline P 994.59 MILD GRA Vol.19 No.5b SEPTEMBER 2019: The Jacobsen palm / Tom Heard p4. William Thomas Smith (known as Tom) 1829-1921 / Graham Smith p5. The Elisha Hocking family from Illogen, Cornwall-miners-part 2 / Liz Wallace p6. Finding the farm [Gotthelf Christian Petschel and a farm in Ouyen] / Chris Cook and Helen Petschel p9. William Bennetta 1849-1901 / Sue Andrews p11.

Minyip Minyip and District Historical Society: The guardian P 994.58 MINY GUA Vol.28 No.2 SEPTEMBER 2019: Influenza Pandemic- Australia p1.

Richmond Richmond and Burnley Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 RICH RIC Vol.36 No.3 OCTOBER 2019: Richmond Town Hall precinct p1. The ARP and the Jack Dyer Pavilion p4. Melbourne Girls’ College [25th anniversary] p6. Officeworks Richmond [25th anniversary] p6. Harding’s Healesville sauce p6.

Rye Rye Historical Society: White cliffs journal P 994.52 RYE WHI OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2019: Rye Primary School: Mural on wall at “the old school house” p3. Vale Lesley Martin p3. General meeting, 22nd July @ 2pm, St Andrews Church hall [Eddie Matt of Hillock Downs speaking on peri-urban farming in the Green Wedge] p4. General meeting 23rd September [Danny Jennings on his early years in Rye] p7. Horse trough at Rye post office, post WW1 [Annis and George Bills trough] p8. Anders and Martha Anderson- the Rye General Store p10. The “colonial wine licence” in early Victoria p13. The Licences Reduction Board 1907-1916 p14. Rye 100 years ago p15.

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Smythesdale Woady Yaloak Historical Society: Historic happenings P 994.57 SMYT HIS No.415 OCTOBER 2019: Matthew Veal / Elaine Cocking p3. Rose cottage, Scarsdale p4. Woman burnt to death near Piggoreet [Catherine Dobbs] (Ballarat Star 29 April 1878) p5. Drovers on Three Chain Road-Stock Route-Cherry Tree / Alwyn Searle p6.

Stawell Stawell Biarri Group for Genealogy: Reefs rumblings P 994.58 STAW REE No.117 MAY 2018: To the men and woment [women] of the Boer war: Central Park gates p3. Mother and I / Estelle Hirst p6.

Stawell Stawell Biarri Group for Genealogy: Reefs rumblings P 994.58 STAW REE No.118 AUGUST 2018: Finding mum [Dinah and William Currie and Kathleen Marjorie Currie who was adopted and became Eileen Margaret Richardson] / Lynn Jones p2. Stawell street names continued [Allen Crescent and Allen St] p5.

Stawell Stawell Biarri Group for Genealogy: Reefs rumblings P 994.58 STAW REE No.119 NOVEMBER 2019: Part 2 of Noreen’s DNA story from the August newsletter: Finding mum [Dinah and Wiliam Currie and Kathleen Marjorie Currie who was adopted and became Eileen Margaret Richardson] / Ann McWilliam p2. The Dr. Goff Letts story…90 years: And still going with his memories of the Northern Territory p5.

Stawell Stawell Biarri Group for Genealogy: Reefs rumblings P 994.58 STAW REE No.120 FEBRUARY 2019: The street signs of Stawell [Childe Street] p3.

Stawell Stawell Biarri Group for Genealogy: Reefs rumblings P 994.58 STAW REE No.121 MAY 2019: The trio doll story: The wharries of Stawell p3.

Terang Terang and District Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.57 TERA TER JUNE 2019: A local connection: Roy Howard p2. Reverend George “Ross” Williams p3. Late Mr. CH Mackinnon p4. Two ‘locals’ inducted into Hampden Football League’s Hall of Fame [Dick Wearmouth and Ian Blackburn] p4. Local car rediscovered [Itala car once owned by Ian Steuart Black of Noorat] p5. Railway crossing fatality: At the Terang Station: Mr Samuel Forsyth killed (Terang Express 25th February 1913] p6. Glenormiston South people interested in education [Glenormiston South State School] (Terang Express September 18th 1956) p6. Ternage Band Hall (Terang Express, June 4th 1981) p8. Health shop reopens (Terang Express June 11th 1981) p8. Romney Studios (Terang Express 1923) p8. Terang residents farewelled [T.W Murfett] (Terang Express 1956) p9. Aged couple died on same day [Mr and Mrs W. Justin of Terang] p9.

Trafalgar Trafalgar and District Historical Society: Gazette P 994.56 TRAF TRA No. 93 AUGUST 2019: A visitor to Trafalgar wrote… [letter in 1920] p4. Early Christians in Trafalgar: The Christadelphians / J. Huffer p6.1933 Trafalgar land prices p8. Big Trafalgar shoot [gun club] p8. Memories from a pioner: Part 1. Mr Elijah J. Stranger p9. Vale Marie Gridley / Jean Huffer p13. Vale Sylvia Hill / Jean Huffer p14. The power of the press: From Trafalgar to Minnesota 1936-7 / Jean Huffer p16. Death of district pioneer [John William O’Connell] p19. Dramatic tanker crash in Trafalgar [Trafalgar News, September 4 1974] p20. Making the new highway, Main Street 1978 p22. Trafalgar state school, grade 3 students 1966 p22. Making guttering in Kitchener Street, 1962 p23. Main street, Trafalgar 1920s p24.

Warragul Warragul and District Historical Society: Monthly bulletin P 994.56 WARR WAR No.520 OCTOBER 2019: Last meeting [Heather Buntine talks about her family’s life in Gippsland] p1.

Warrnambool Warrnambool Family History Group: South-west genealogist P 994.57 WARR SOU No.299 OCTOBER 2019: Warrnambool and district historicals October 108 years ago-1911 (as recorded in the Warrnambool Standard) p2.

Whitehorse Whitehorse Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 WHIT WHI Series 27 No.5 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2019: The boy bushranger [William Parsons] (Australian News for Home Readers Wednesday 20 March 1867) p4.

Wonthaggi Wonthaggi Historical Society: The plod P 994.52 WONT WON OCTOBER 2019: Plod essay: Book of dreams: Post war reconstruction plans p3.

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QUEENSLAND OTHER STATESBooksQueensland Architects of the 19th Century / Donald Watson and Judith McKay (1994) [donated by Colin

Jones]

PeriodicalsRoyal Historical Society of Queensland: RHSQ Bulletin P 994.3 BUL

No.845 OCTOBER 2019: Vale Jeffrey Lyle O’Mara p2. Queensland news [Brooweena, Dalby, Gympie, Rainbow Beach, Stanthorpe] p2.

WESTERN AUSTRALIAPeriodicalsRoyal Western Australian Historical Society: History West P 994.1 HIS

OCTOBER 2019: Excursion to the World War II tunnels under Buckland Hill / Ian Abbott p2. Auxiliary morning tea: China painting: Angels in the house / Dorothy Erickson p3.

ART AND ARTISTSBooksHans Heysen Centenary Retrospective 1877-1977 (1977) [donated by Yarra Plenty Libraries]

Great Australian Folk Songs / John Lahey (1979) [donated by Gippsland and Regional Studies Collection]

The Stanleys: Tenth annual Australian Black and White Artist’ Awards / Australian Black and White Artists Club (1994) [donated by Colin Davis]

Society of Artists book, 1945-46 / Society of Artists (1946)

New South Wales Art Gallery Pictures / Art Gallery of New South Wales (1931) [donated by Colin Davis]

Tell Me Why: The story of my life and my music / Archie Roach (2019)

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PeriodicalsCinema and Theatre Historical Society: Cinema record P 792 CIN

No.104 2019: The theatres of Glen Innes / Les Tod and Mike Trickett p6. The memoira of an assistant projectionist: The Rialto Theatre Kew, Vic / Greg Lynch p12. Movies on wheels: Filming the mobile cinema / Daniel Eisenberg p14. A giant in the suburbs [the movie Giant screening in Melbourne cinemas] / Ross King, Ian Smith and Eric White p15. The Mount Vic flicks [Mount Victoria] / Les Tod p18. A Bundaberg evolution [117 Bourbong Street Bundaberg] / Mike Trickett p20. David Wayside and the Mayfair Cinema, Melbourne / Greg Lynch p23. The travelling picture show man at Yongala, SA / Dennis Parker p24. The Minerva Theatre, Kings Cross (Part 1) / John Stephen Clark p26. The theatres of Devonport, Tas. / Earl Martell p30. Hoyts Albury- another look at an old favourite / Richard Twentyman p32. “P” is for picture bus: A snapshot of picture and theatre bus, tram and train services / Steven Haby p36. CATHS visits the Capitol / Cameron Hall p39.

National Gallery of Victoria: NGV Magazine P 708 NGV Vol.19 NOVEMBER 2019: Tammy Kanat / Paola Di Trocchio p16. Camille Henrot / Jane Devery p20. Collection: Spring, from the four seasons p23. One suggestive moment [Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic and Olympia: Photographs by Polixeni Papapetrou] / Isobel Crombie p30. Life is but a dream [Olympia: Photographs by Polixeni Papapetrou and Alice in Wonderland] / Olympia Nelson p34. Polixeni Papapetrou / Susan Van Wyk p36. From the NGV to the Tate: The misunderstood William Blake / Martin Myrone p40. William Blake’s Virgil Wood engravings / Louise Wilson p42. Me and my muse / Kim Devereux p52. Pieta p58. The archer [Mortimer Menpes, The Archer c.1897] / Petra Kayser p62. Framing Archer / Holly McGowan-Jackson p65. The intricate designs of Lisa Waup / Hannah Presley p72. Josh Muir animated / Kayla Clinch p76. Marking time: Indigenous art from the NGV / Judith Ryan p78. Transcript [Nora Heysen official war artist] p80.

Art Deco and Modernism Society: Spirit of progress P 720 SPI No.79 SPRING 2019: Sculptors in Art Deco Melbourne [Bill Bowles, Stanley Hammond and George Allen] / Robin Grow p5. Minerva (Metro) Theatre / John S Clark p8. Make mine jungle red: Nail polish in the deco era / Julie Lord p12. Decoration and glass magazine: A slight shudder in favour of modernism / Barry Clare p21. Adelaide Art Deco: The Capri Theatre / Adrian White p25. Australian made pyrex glassware / Stan Savellis p28.

BIOGRAPHIESBooksA Certain Light: A memoir of family, loss and hope / Cynthia Bantham (2018)

[donated by Dr Katie Moss]

Mary Kathleen Woodburn: Born Marrickville, Sydney NSW 6/10/1883 died Black Rock Victoria / JLF Woodburn ?

Not a Dream: An autobiography / Ray Stibbard (1980) [donated by Gippsland and Regional Studies Collection]

Convicted: A fascinating history of colonial Australia retold through three generations of one family / Peter Bradley (2018)

Banjo / Paul Terry (2014) [donated anon]

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PeriodicalsC.J. La Trobe Society: La Trobeana P 351.6 LAT

Vol.18 No.3 NOVEMBER 2019: Bishop James Grant AM 1931-2019: A tribute / Dianne Reilly p6. Books and readers in La Trobe’s Melbourne / Professor Wallace Kirsop p7. Garryowen: The voice of early Melbourne / Dr Liz Rushen p18. The life of William Henry Foster in Victoria / Tim Gatehouse p27. The La Trobe Candelabrum centrepiece / Susan Priestly p36. John Dickson: ‘a possessor of numerous flocks’ in La Trobe’s Port Phillip District p43.

COMPANY HISTORIESBooksR.M.C: Harnessing Australia’s Greatest River: The work of the River Murray

/ A.F Ronalds (1950)

IBM@70: Blue beneath the Southern Cross: Celebrating 70 years of IBM in Australia (2002) [donated by Colin Davis]

Silver Jubilee 1910-1935: Twenty-five years with the Victorian Printers Operatives’ Union / Victorian Printers Operatives Union (1935)

FAMILY HISTORYBooksAlbert Edward Mitchell, A short family history / Larissa Hubbard, Christine

Hubbard and Judith D’Aloisio (2000) [donated by Yarra Ranges Regional Museum]

PeriodicalsGenealogical Society of Victoria: Ancestor P 929.1 ANC

Vol.34 No.8 DECEMBER 2019: Masters of the road [Philip Boulton: Coachmaster] / Louise Wilson p4. Gunner GR Merrifield: Return from the middle east / Sue Reid p9. A lost solider found: The story of Private Walter Allen Clarke / Natalie Lonsdale p12. The defence of home and family: Carl Gottlieb Keirnall and Louisa Phillips] / John Barry p16. A guide to researching Western Australian records / Martin J Playne p26.

INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANSBooksYikwani: Contemporary Tiwi ceramics / Judith Ryan (2002) [donated by Liz

Souter]

Victorian Aboriginal Life and Customs: Through early European eyes / David Frankel and Janine Major (2017) [donated anon]

Cockatoo: My life in Cape York / Roy McIvor (2010) [donated anon]

No Dying Race / Charles Duguid (1978) [donated anon]

Born Under The Paperbark Tree / Yidumduma Bill Harney (1996) [donated anon]

Aborigines and Diamond Mining: The politics of resource development in the East Kimberey Western Australia / RA Dixon (1990) [donated anon]

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MILITARY HISTORIESBooksWe Too, Were There: Stories recalled by the nursing sisters of World War II, 1939-45

/ Fedora Gould Fisher (1995) [donated by Colin Davis]

The Royal Australian Navy / edited by David Stevens (2001) [donated by Colin Jones]

War records: Yackandandah State School 1914-18 (2015)

HMAS Bendigo: Corvette / by members of her ship’s company (1995) [donated by Colin Jones]

Fairmile Ships of the Royal Australian Navy. Volume 1 / edited by Peter Evans (2002) [donated by Colin Jones]

The Men Who Persevered: The AATTV: The most highly decorated Australian unit of the Viet Nam war / Bruce Davie and Gary McKay (2005) [donated by Bayside Library Service]

Shadows Of War / Ryoko Adachi and Andrew McKay (2005) [donated by Bayside Library Service]

HMAS Barcoo: The story of a ship & her ship’s company / by Robert McAuslan (1995) [donated by Colin Jones]

Navy in Vietnam: A record of the Royal Australian Navy in the Vietnam War 1965-1972 / Denis Fairfax (1980) [donated by Colin Jones]

MUSUEMS AND LIBRARIESPeriodicalsMechanics’ Institutes of Victoria: Useful knowledge P 374 MIV

No.50 SPRING 2019: It’s happening at the hall this November p1. Mechanics’ Institutes Annual p4. 5th annual Wesson lecture [Associate Professor Alan Duffy presented his Case for Space] p5. Warrandyte Mechanics’ Institute and Arts association starts its own repair café p6. PMI Press celebrates launch [Judith Buckrich’s book The World Is One Kilometre] p7. History and architectural drawing prizes [prize for architectural drawings of mechanics’ institutes and histories of institutes] p8. International co-operative research project on mechanics’ institutes p9. 2027- Australia’s bicentennial celebration of mechanics’ institutes p10. MIV’s Historical Plaque program [recent plaques: Tatura Mechanics’ Institute, Neerim Junction Hall, Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, Mr Egerton Mechanics’ Institute] p10. MIV’s Mechanics’ Institutes Resource Centre p11. Around Victoria’s institutes [Acheron Hall, Apollo Bay Mechanics’ Institute, Arthurs Creek Mechanics’ Institute, Ballan Mechanics’ Institute, Briagolong Mechanics’ Institute, Brunswick Mechanics’ Institute, Footscray Mechanics’ Institute, Hallston Mechanics’ Institute, Kilmore Mechanics’ Institute, Maldon Athenaeum, Meeniyan Mechanics’ Institute, Mt Best Hall, Ngambie Mechanics’ Institute, Newham Mechanics’ Institute, Rainbow Community Library, Stanley Athenaeum and Public Room, Tallarook Mechanics’ Institute, Taradale Mechanics’ Institute, Toongabbie Mechanics’ Institute, Warrandyte Mechanics’ Institute] p12. The wonderful world of Mechanics’ Institutes [Molong School of Arts, Helidon School of Arts Hall, Burra Institute, Gunns Plains Hall, Lefroy Mechanics’ Institute, Boddington Agricultural Hall] p18. Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts p23. Ex libris: From the shelves of a mechanics’ library [History of Chemistry: Volume 1: From the earliest times to the middle of the nineteenth century by Sir Edward Thorpe- from the Perth Literary Institute] p30. Where they stood [Childers Mechanics’ Institute p32. Our people [Stewart Hill, Terry Lloyd, Colin Jackson, Don Garden, Richard Broome, Ken Nicholls, Jenny Haymes and David Haymes, Russ Haines, Emeli Sande, Kimberley Scrafano, Erika Torri, Zandra Rhodes, Ashleigh Giffney, Victoria Cooper, Russell Owen, Judy Owen] p34. Vale [Ella Ivy Ebury nee Robinson, Nicholas John Murphy, Clive Brooks] p36.

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NATURAL HISTORYBooksThe Archaeology of Australia’s Deserts / Mike Smith (2013) [donated by Bayside Library Service]

Along the Dingo Fence / Philip Holden (1991) [donated by Brian Hunt]

Forests of Victoria / Forests Commission of Victoria (1972) [donated by William Barlow]

Abalone Pioneers: The untold stories of the Victorian Western Zone Divers / Rhonda Whitton and Liz Doran (2019)

RELIGIONBooksBishop Moorhouse of Melbourne and Manchester / Edith C. Rickards (1920)

PeriodicalsUniting Church Historical Society Synod of Victoria and Tasmania: Proceedings P 288 PRO

Vol.26 No.2 DECEMBER 2019: Missionary letters from Korea / Dick and Thais Kenyon p6. The Rev. John Waterhouse / Rowland Ward p25. A conversation with the Frys [Ian and Lyn Fry] / Robert Renton p67. Pettit forebears, French Huguenots and early Methodism / Barry Brown p90. A reflection on two of John Scarborough’s churches [St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Box Hill, Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, Scotch College, Hawthorn] / Alan K Chuck p97. Tarilta Wesleyan Church: 1860-1902 / Ken James and Ray Pattle p108. A conversation with John Preston / Robert Renton p129.

RAILWAYS AND TRANSPORTBooksTurning Japanese: 50 years of Japanese motoring in Oz / James Cockington (2015)

Gone But Not Forgotten: New South Wales regional buses. A pictorial history in colour / Tony Finneran (2019) [donated by Steven Haby]

Lamps and Lighting. Volume 1: Station platforms, buildings and yards, solid and liquid fuelled lamps and lighting / Arthur Brook (2019)

Australian Coastal Passenger Ships / Ronald Parsons (1981) [donated by Colin Jones]

Steam in Victoria [DVD]: Then and now (2000)

Decades of Change [DVD]: Victorian Railways 1950s & 1960s (2019)

A Story of Stations: The architecture of Victoria’s railways in the nineteenth century / Andrew Ward (2019)

Wool on the Water. Captain Theisz - Murray Darling pioneer / Maureen Jones (2016) [donated by Colin Jones]

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

Vol.47 No.11 NOVEMBER 2019: North Melbourne Locomotive Depot / Mark Cauchi p334. Geoff Oliver Recalls: The loco shed demolition [North Melbourne Loco Depot loco shed] p342. Childhood memories of the North Melbourne Loco Shed / John Anderson p344. North Melbourne Locomotive Depot in photos p352.

Australian Railway Historical Society: Australian railway history P 385 AUS Vol.70 No.985 NOVEMBER 2019: C38s on the Newcastle Flyer: An iconic pairing / Thomas Glastonbury p4. Going on a big day out: Wagga Wagga show ground trains / Neville Pollard p8. A brief survey of the Broad and Standard Gauge Passenger Bogies of the South Australian railways / David Parsons p20. Dr Howard Garling Quinlan 27 January 1931 - 4 June 2019 p30.

Australian Bus P 388.342 AUS Vol. 16 No. 96 NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2019: NSW Government announces demise of State Transit p4. State Transit’s new approach to train replacement services / Gus Wagemans p5. SeaLink to acquire Transit Systems Group p6. New [temporary] Brisbane coach terminal opens / John Hoyle p9. Brisbane’s south east busway to be extended to Springwood / John Hoyle p10. Vale: Kenneth Percival Bowman p11. Bunney Brothers’ bus services: Trials and tribulations of a small Adelaide bus company / Ian Hammond p12. X81: The ghost bus route in Sydney / Richard Peck p18. ‘P’ is for picture bus / Steven Haby p20. Greyhound around the nation p25. PTC 1182 comes home / Steve Fitton p26. Where is the photographer standing [uncovering the mystery of a well known Sydney bus photograph] / David Griffiths p30. Farnham Roadlines / Roy Platt p31. B-Line replacement buses at Warringah Mall, Brookvale / Norbert Genci p16. Yass operators: 2003-2019 / Ben Ogle p39. I’m married to a couple of double decker buses p43. A look at Coles Coaches / Roy Platt p47. Changes at Kempsey NSW / Norm Chambers p48.

Australian Bus Panorama P 388.322 AUS Vol. 35 No. 3 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2019: BUSVIC 2019 Bus Expo and Conference / Geoff Foster p4. End of an era #1 - Stonestreet’s Coaches / Geoff Foster p9. End of an era #2 - Ventura’s ethanols p15. The Kangaroo Valley run / Allan Ofak and Ben Ogle p17. Volvo hybrids for Tasmania’s Cradle mountain p19.

The Times: A journal of transport timetable history and analysis P 388.041 TIM Vol. 36 No. 11 NOVEMBER 2019: Tasmanian rail PTTs / Victor Isaacs p3.

Nautical Association of Australia: The Log P 387.205 NAU Vol.52 No.3 Issue 217 2019: Sailors of old- Frank T. Bullen / P. Burger p124. Interesting ships of the Australasian coasts No.67 ships with Maori names that worked on the Australian coast in the Tasmania-Mainland trade. The wartime reparations ships allocated to Australia and New Zealand / Captain I.G Steverson p128. Forty years ago [notable shipping events from 1979] / J. Mathieson p139. Correspondence: Moorara, Reliance and Decoy / L.D Rex p147. Obituary: Tom Steven (1929-2019) p148. Maritime news p152.

SPORTBooksMelbourne’s Lost Races / Barry Collier (2016)

[donated by Barry Collier]

The Totem Poles of Ouyen United: Travels in country footy / Paul Daffey (2019) [donated anon]

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Parking Parking 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 Road) – 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. There are 500 undercover paid car parking space at Prahran Square, located on Izette Street.

TrainsThe Institute is one block from Prahran Station (Sandringham Line), turn right into Greville Street and then right again into St Edmonds Road.

TramsThere is the #6 tram running along High Street, the #72 tram along Commercial 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.