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REVISED 2020 REPRINTED Brisbane: The Aboriginal Brisbane: Moreton Bay Matters, Presence 1824 – 1860, edited by edited by Dr Murray Johnson, 148 Barry Shaw, 184 pages 2020 pages, 2002, ($30 / $20 BHG Members) ($25 / $20 BHG members) This is a second edition of Papers Examines early Moreton Bay #11 which was originally lighthouses, indigenous residents, published in 1992. Extra material early farming, fishing and other is included in this edition. industries, as well as institutions Papers 11 such as a leper colony and prison. Papers 19 NEW 2019 NEW 2017 Brisbane: Commerce, Brisbane at War: 1899 – 1918, Construction and Controversy edited by Dr Barry Shaw, 242 pages, 1840 – 2018, edited by Barry 2017 Shaw, 254 pages, 2019 ($28 / $23 BHG Members) ($25 / $20 BHG Members) 11 chapters on a diverse range of Contains 11 chapters looking at topics including military medicine in topics such as Roma Street the Boer war, the role of the Port of Precinct, Spring Hill Baths, Brisbane in WW1, patriotic theatre, railways from 1859 to 1925 etc. underage enlistees, WW1 nurses & Papers 28 doctors.

NEW 2018 Brisbane Diseased: Brisbane: Training, Teaching and Contagions, Cures and Turmoil, Tertiary Education 1825 – Controversy, edited by Dr 2018, ed by Dr Bill Metcalf, 207 pp Alana Piper, 349 pages, 2016, ($30 / $25 BHG Members) ($10) Chapters ranging from 13 chapters looking at higher Plague, Spanish flu, Polio, education in various fields (eg Alcoholism and VD, to medical medicine, education) before the fraud, quackery and hysteria.. advent of formal colleges and Papers 25 classes, and how it evolved into the multi-billion dollar university sector of today. Papers 27

Brisbane and World War II, The Best of Colonial Brisbane, by edited by Dr Barry Shaw, 280 Dr Rod Fisher, 396 pages, 2012, ($10) pages, 2015, ($15) Organised into sections entitled Looks at a range of WW2 ‘Occupation’, ‘Alienation’, activities in Brisbane including ‘Separation’, ‘Personation’ and secret uses of the river, ‘Torpedo ‘Location’. A broad selection of papers Hill’, secrets at Eagle Farm, about Brisbane’s rich history.. Women in the military, anti- Studies 8 submarine defence, etc. Papers 24

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Brisbane: People and Bygone Brisbane: Its History, Places of Ashgrove, edited Your Heritage, by Dr Rod Fisher, by Dr Barry Shaw, 348 403 pages, 2016. pages, 2010 ($10) Traces ($25 / $20 BHG members) Ashgrove from pre- Contains chapters on Brisbane’s settlement through farming Aboriginal history, Yeronga and and rural suburb to modern Lang Parks, Heritage buildings and inner city living. It explores much more. some of the key families, Studies 9 Harding of St Johns Wood, Little, etc.. Papers 21

Tom Hurstbourne or a Squatter’s Life, by John Claverling Wood, (edited by G Benjamin and G Grant) 305 pages, 2010 ($10) This is the first novel to have been written in in 1865, although not published until 2010. Sources 13

Diggles Down Under: Brisbane via from Merseyside 1855-80, by Dr Rod Fisher, 2003 ($10) This boxed set includes a CD, 106 page ‘Manual of CD and book’, 330 page ‘History book of the CD’ and 254 page ‘Library Book of the CD’. “Birds and butterflies, art and science, music and religion – this man did it all. He was born at the port of Liverpool in 1817. In his thirties he brought family and skills to Sydney and then Brisbane in 1855. In colonial outpost he made his mark but died in 1880 a disappointed man. This is the Triumph and Tragedy of Silvester Diggles.” Studies 3 3 COPIES LEFT

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Brisbane: Schemes and Robin Dods Brisbane Heritage Dreams, Nineteenth Century Tour, by Paul Sayer, 28 pages, 2013 Arrivals, edited by Dr Jennifer ($5) Examines the architectural Harrison and Dr Barry Shaw, 202 legacy of Robin Dods, one of pages, 2014 ($5) Examines Brisbane’s best-known and admired schemes to select ‘proper’ architects, offering both walking and immigrants, dreams of what driving tours of the city and the Brisbane might become, suburbs. Tour 27 missionaries, bounty hunters and rogues. Papers 23

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Surveying Success: The Fernvale or the Queensland Hume family in Colonial Qld, Squatter, by Colin Munro (abridged by Dr Hilary Davies, 246 pages, by Dr Rod Fisher) 345 pages, 1862 & 2011, ($5) The remarkable 2011, ($5) This is the first novel set story of Walter & Katie Hume in and about Queensland, originally who really set the stage for the published in London in 1862. It affords development of a prosperous colourful and dramatic insights into life middle class in Brisbane. Great in Brisbane, and Queensland, in the biography which tells a much 1860s. Sources 14 wider social story. Studies 7

Brisbane: Houses, Gardens, Boosting Brisbane: Imprinting the Suburbs and Congregations, Colonial Capital of Queensland, by edited by Dr Rod Fisher, 324 Dr Rod Fisher, 298 pages, 2009 ($5) pages, 2011 ($5) “Being a gauche little outpost of Covers houses, churches and empire, Brisbane needed all the help”. gardens across suburbs ranging This book shows examples of people from Annerley to Stafford, from ‘Boosting’ Brisbane into a respectable New Farm to Grange.. state capital. Sources 12 Papers 22

The Making of a Metropolis: Brisbane: Water, Power and Brisbane 1823-1925, by Dr John Industry, edited by Carolyn Fitz- Laverty, 245 pages, 2009 ($5) Gerald, 174 pages, 2008 Explores how a convict settlement ($5) grew into a small town, then a city Examines the technology and politics competing with other cities such of the development of water as South Brisbane, and triumphed resources, steam power, electricity, by amalgamating with all gas and public transport.. Papers 20 competition as the largest (in area) city in Australia. Studies 6

The Scottish Presence at Bardon Heritage Tour, by Dr Barry Moreton Bay 1837-59, by Dr Shaw, 28 pages, 2005 ($5) John Mackenzie-Smith, 206 pages, A walking and driving tour of this 2005, ($5) Describes the early fascinating inner Brisbane suburb. Scottish settlers such as Mackenzie, Tour 24 Petrie and Lang, development of suburbs such as Kangaroo Point, and the infamous ‘Kilcoy poisonings’. Studies 5

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The Dutch Houses of Coopers Brisbane’s Commercial Heritage 1900- Plains: A Postwar Housing 1940, by Dr Helen Bennett et al, 72 pages, debacle at Brisbane, by Alfons 2002, ($5) Vernooy, 120 pages, 2004 ($5) Three separate tours of Brisbane’s CBD, Examines a little-known, post-war ‘Retail’, ‘Warehouse/Light industry’ and public housing scheme which had ‘Financial/Office’, with specific street unintended consequences. directions. Illustrated with detailed maps. Studies 4 Tour 23

Our Federation: Brisbane Our Federation 1901: Brisbane Through the News 1901, Heritage Trail, edited by Dr Rod edited by Dr Katherine Fisher et al, 107 pages, 2001 ($5) McConnel, 246 pages, 2002 ($5) A detailed walking tour of central Examines how others saw the Brisbane with all the sites significant small city of Brisbane - and how to Federation, as well as a drive Brisbanites saw their own through older suburbs. Illustrated thriving city in 1901. A detailed with detailed maps. examination of Brisbane when Tour 22 Australia became a nation. Sources 10

Our Federation: Brisbane: Brisbane: Relaxation, Patriotism, Passion and Recreation and Rock ‘n’ Roll – Protest, edited by Dr Barry Shaw, Popular Culture 1890-1990, 109 pages, 2001 ($5) edited by Dr Barry Shaw, 154 pages, Examines how Federation came 2001, ($5) about in Brisbane, key players Articles about sport, dancing, art, and events, and the nightlife, literature, travel, drinking repercussions. and carousing – and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Papers 18 Papers 17

Moreton Bay in the News Brisbane: Butterflies and 1841-1860: A Select Subject Beetles: The Work of Amelie Index, by Dr Rod Fisher and John Dietrich, Millais Culpin and Schiavo, 180 pages, 2000 ($5) An Alfred Jefferis Turner, by Dr Ray exhaustive listing of news items Summer and Dr John Thearle, 1989, about early Brisbane indexed 157 pages ($5) Looks at the three under ‘place’, ‘subject’ and naturalists, examines through their ‘persons’. records how they lived and worked, A wonderful aid to people and offers insights into science in interested in early Brisbane. 19th century Brisbane. Sources 4 Sources 9

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Eastern Suburbs Placenames Stombuco Heritage Tour, by Drive, by Dr Rod Fisher and Dr Caroline Smith and Dr Rod Fisher, Jennifer Harrison, 20 pages, 44 pages, 1999 ($5) 1990 ($5) This tour explores Andrea Stombuco (1820-1907) was and explains how places came to one of the most creative architects be named in inner southeast in 19th century Brisbane and has Brisbane. Tour 7 left a rich legacy ranging from iconic Petrie Terrace houses and St Joseph Christian College to St Patrick’s Church and All Hallows School.. Tour 21

St Lucia campus Heritage Brisbane: People, Places and Tour, by Sylvia Bannah, 32 pages, Progress, edited by Drs Rod Fisher 1998 ($5) and Barry Shaw, 174 pages, 1995 A walking tour of Brisbane’s ($5) oldest university. Chapters about suburbs including Tour 20 Woolloongabba, Coorparoo, Kedron, Bulimba, Norman Park and about key political families such as Nicklin, Lutwyche and King. Papers 14

Brisbane: Cemeteries as Brisbane: The Ethnic Presence Sources, edited by Dr Rod Fisher since the 1850s, edited by Dr Rod and Dr Barry Shaw, 141 pages, Fisher and Dr Barry Shaw, 132 pages, 1994, ($5) 1993 ($5) Examines Italian, Welsh, Examines Brisbane older Jewish, German and Greek migrants, cemeteries and associated as well as alien presences such as monumental works and Nazis.. morticians. Papers 12 Papers 13

Brisbane River Valley 1841-50: Colonial George and William Pioneer Observations and Street Heritage Tour, by Dr Rod Reminiscences, 95 pages, 1991, Fisher, 22 pages, 1991 ($5) ($5) Walking tour of inner Brisbane taking This anthology, mostly based on in George and William Streets from original texts, helps us understand Queen Street to the Botanic Gardens. the opening up of the Brisbane Tour 11 River Valley and the key actors. Sources 5

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