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Australian Literature Wild Island / Jennifer Livett 2016 INSIDE Bushman and Bookworm: Letters of Joseph Furphy / edited by John Barnes and Lois Hoffman 1995 Australian Literature...1 Australian History...... 1 Mysteries Victoria...... 1 The Serpent’s Sting / Robert Gott 2016 Other States...... 7 Art and Artists...... 9 Australian History Biography...... 10 Family History...... 11 in the Antarctic / R.A Swan 1961 [donated by David Harmer] Aboriginal Australians.11 What Happened to the Car Industry? / Ian Porter 2016 Military History...... 11 Railways...... 12 City Dreamers: The urban imagination in Australia / Graeme Davison 2016 General Periodicals... 12 Parkland: When caravan is home / Janice Newton 2014 The Aviators: True adventures of Australian Airmen / William Joy 1978 [donated by David Harmer] The History of Australian Exploration: From 1788-1888 / Ernest Favenc 1983 ABOUT THE PMI [donated by Eltham Historical Society] 39 St Edmonds Road Prahran VIC 3181 Australia’s Secular Foundations / Malcolm Wood 2016 ABN 1316 4635 256 Waiting for the Revolution: A history of Australian nationalism / Noel Sec. Lib.: Tim McKenna McLachlan 1989 Pres: Mr Steve Stefanopoulos CONTACT The Poles in Australia: A bibliographical record 1775-1980 / Stanley Robe p 03 9510 3393 1986 E [email protected] The Australian Motor Industry: A study in protection and growth / Peter W www.pmi.net.au Stubbs 1972 OPEN: Planting the Nation [garden history] / edited by Georgina Whitehead 2001 Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 9:30am - 4:30pm The Victory: The inside story of the takeover of Australia [politics] / Pamela Thu Williams 1997 9:30am - 7pm excluding public holidays and “Our Principle of Sex Equality”: The ordination of women in the the Christmas/New Year period. Congregational Church in Australia 1927-1977 / Julia Pitman 2016 The 3AW Overnighters Book 6: Down memory lane / Elizabeth Rule 2005 [donated by Ursula Zamecnik] Voice of the Bush: Country Australia on ABC radio / Edited John Ross 2001 [donated by Ursula Zamecnik] Victoria Books Engineering Challenges in 19th Century Victoria / Brian C S Harper 2016 [donated by Brian C S Harper] The Squatters Directory 1849-revisited / transcribed by Ian Itter 2014 The Squatters Directory 1859-revisited / transcribed by Ian Itter 2014 The Squatters Directory 1874-revisited / transcribed by Ian Itter 2014

Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ OCTOBER 2016 1 RECENT ADDITIONS Victoria Celebrates [the centenary of federation] / Barry Whalen 2001 [donated by Eltham Historical Society] Axedale Axedale and Goornong Cemeteries [electronic resource] / compiled by Ian Belmont 2015 [donated by Ian Belmont] Bendigo Eclectic treasures: Bendigo’s private collections / Bendigo Art Gallery 2016 [donated by Bendigo Art Gallery] Canterbury From Names to Lives: Remembering our ANZACS [Canterbury Baptist Church WWI honour roll] / Janine Wood 2016 Canterbury Names to Lives: From World War II [Canterbury Baptist Church WWII honour roll] / Janine Wood 2016 Donald A Brief History of the Methodist Church, Donald 1878-1970 / Leila A Pearse 1970 [donated by the estate of Arthur Goldsworthy] Elsternwick Our First 100 years: The Anglican Church of Saint Clement Elsternwick-Victoria/ Joan Covey 1986 [donated by David Harmer] Emu Station A Boy and his Dog: On Emu Station / Frank Hanrahan 2016 Bendigo Burra to Bendigo Trek [electronic resource] / compiled by Ian Belmont 2006 Hawthorn Kawarau / Jennifer F. O’Donnell 2016 Indigo Shire Pupil Registers [electronic resource]: Some schools in the Indigo Shire and nearby 2014 Kiewa Kiewa Cemetery [electronic resource]: An introduction to the cemetery, a plan of the cemetery and burial sites: Transcriptions of the burial register 1908-2015. Lilydale 50 Years of Service Above Self to the Community: 1965-2015 / Rotary Club of Lilydale Inc. 2016 Manningham Manningham Centre: A history of the first 25 years / Barry Mernagh and William Larkin 2016 Marong Marong and Lockwood Cemeteries [electronic resource] / compiled by Ian Belmont 2015 [donated by Ian Belmont] Marong Marong: from shire to rural city 1864-1994 / Bev Hanson 2014 Melbourne Australian Shipowners and their Fleets Books 21 and 22: Ships registered at Melbourne 1860-1875 (2 vols) 2004 Melbourne TeeVee at sixty: Celebrating 60 years of Melbourne television 1956-2016 (2 copies) / Derham Groves 2016 [donated by Melbourne University] Melbourne For God, King and Country: The Anglican Church and community in Melbourne during the Great War / Bradly S. Billings 2016 Melbourne Laughter and the Love of Friends: A centenary history of the Melbourne Savage Club 1894- 1994 and a history of the Yorick Club 1868-1966 / Joseph Johnson 1994 Metung Small Ships and Adze Chips /​ by J.C. Bull 1978 Mornington The Wolfdene story: The families and functions of a Mornington house / Joy Cullen 2016 Mornington Peninsula The Southern Peninsula Cricket Association 1922-1965 / Bryce Phillips 1965 Morwell The Morwell Historical Society news / I.T Maddern 1968 [donated by the estate of Arthur Goldsworthy] Mount Alexander Mt Alexander Goldfields Southern Cemeteries [electronic resource] / compiled by Ian Belmont 2006

Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ OCTOBER 2016 2 RECENT ADDITIONS North East Victoria Courts of Petty Sessions [electronic resource]: Transcriptions of original records for convictions in the North East. [Bright 1890-1967; Milawa 1910-1915; Mitta Mitta 1928-1964; Rutherglen 1895-1948; Tallangatta 1892-1965; Walwa 1922-1965] 2015 North East Victoria They Were at School [electronic resource] in 1861, 1863, 1864, and 1865, when Inspector G. W. Brown visited North East Victorian schools 2015 Ovens Who is she? the lives and trials of the women and children who shared their lives with the Chinese men on the Upper Ovens Goldfields / Diann Talbot 2016 Port Albert Port Albert: 175 years 1841-2016 / John O’Callaghan and Lynda Paterson 2016 Portarlington Portarlington Remembers: 1914-1918 / Susan Cook 2016 Portland The Whaling Era at Portland Bay 1833-1868: An outline of the nature and significance of the whaling industry at Portland Bay, Victoria, Australia / Bernard Wallace 2015 Portland Mary MacKillop’s Portland years 1862-1866: 2nd edition / Bernard Wallace 2016 Prahran Prahran and the World of Books [2 copies] / Prof. Wallace Kirsop 2016 [donated by Prof. Wallace Kirsop] Queenscliff History of Fort Queenscliff and the Australian Staff College / C.A Cunningham 1971 [donated by the estate of Arthur Goldsworthy] Raywood Raywood Cemetery [electronic resource] / compiled by Ian Belmont 2016 Redesdale A History of Redesdale / Ken James and Noel Davis 2016 Rowville First rails to Rowville 2016 Serpentine John Ettershank: The Red Brick Woolshed / Ian Itter 2013 Shepparton Shepparton and District Sporting Champions from the Past / Marlene Turner-Kuhn 2016 Shepparton 50 Years On: The history of the Shepparton RSL Club 1966-2016 / Peter Matthews and Noel Hussey 2016 Sidonia These Distant Stations: A history of Sidonia / F.J White 2016 Surrey Hills Surrey Hills Uniting: A history of the Surrey Hills Uniting Church, Melbourne from the earliest days of the Wyclif Congregational, Wesleyan and Methodist Churches / Graham H. Beanland 2016 Talgarno Talgarno Cemetery [electronic resource] includes headstone transcriptions, transcriptions of the Register of Burials, and photographs of the cemetery and headstones 2015 Taradale Taradale’s Schools 1855-2016 / Ken James 2016 Tawonga Inscriptions of Tawonga Cemetery headstones 2007 [electronic resource] 2016 Towaninnie Towaninnie Cemetery [electronic resource] / compiled by Ian Belmont 2006 Warrnambool Warrnambool Art Gallery 1886-2016 / Vanessa Gerrans 2016 [donated by Warrnambool Art Gallery] Whipstick Life, Death and Gold in the Whipstick / compiled by Ian Belmont 2016 Whitehorse Australia Calls: 100 years of ANZAC the spirit lives 2014-2018: Commemorating the centenary of the Gallipoli landing and the impact of World War I on the Whitehorse community 2016 [donated by Whitehorse City Council] Yackandandah Yackandandah Shire Rates: 1875-1878 & 1884-1891 [electronic resource] 2010 Yarra Ranges The Big Culvert: In the Cumberland Reserve on the Yarra Track / Ann Thomas 1992 [donated by Eltham Historical Society

Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ OCTOBER 2016 3 RECENT ADDITIONS Periodicals (Victoria) Avoca Avoca and District Historical Society: Pyrenees pioneers P 994.54 AVOC PYR No. 283 OCTOBER 2016: History Week-16th-23rd October 2016 [140th anniversary of the opening of the Maryborough to Avoca rail line] p1. Charles and Dr. Walter Williamson of De Cameron Station / Jane Williamson p5. Ballinvoher, Cabramatta N.S. Wales 16 September 1907 p7. Ballan Ballan Shire Historical Society: The settler P 994.52 BALL BAL Vol.12 No.5 SEPTEMBER 2016: Fromelles: “Don’t forget me cobber” [Battle of Fromelles] p3. Ballan Shire soldiers at Fromelles 19th July 1916 p11. Ballarat Ballarat Historical Society: The lamplight P 994.57 BALL LAM Vol.6 No.5 SEPTEMBER 2016: Eye opening stroll along a grand boulevard [Sturt Street] / Lloyd Jenkins p3. Remembering Private Michael William Aylward / Michael Cuttle p8. My early years on Doveton Street south Ballarat / Marjorie Hanson p9. Bendigo Bendigo Historical Society: Marunari P 994.54 BEND MAR Vol. 42 No.10 NOVEMBER 2016: Bendigo South East Secondary College celebrates 100 years [BSE founded in 1916 as Bendigo School of Domestic Arts] p2. Bite-sized BRAC [infrastructure in 1870s Sandhurst] p3. Box Hill Box Hill Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 BOXH BOX Vol.22 No.5 OCTOBER 2016: Restoration of the garden and trees at Boroondara Cemetery [talk by Helen Page] p4. George Coppin [talk by Graham O’Rourke] p4. From The Argus, 12 September 1927 p7. Brighton Brighton Historical Society: Journal P 994.51 BRIG BRI No. 177 SPRING 2016: A visit to Chatsworth Nursery 1897 p6. Brighton historical society in eight lessons / Di Reidie p10. Vivian Kenney, clockmaker extraordinaire p12. Who came calling on the ladies of Brighton / Gwenneth Secomb p13. Bungaree Bungaree Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.52 BUNG BUN No. 79 OCTOBER 2016: Balliere’s Victorian Gazetteer and Road Guide 1865 [Beale’s Swamp, Black Hill, Bullarook, Bungaree, Buninyong Station, Dunn’s Town, Lal-Lal Station, Lal-Lal West, Leigh Creek, Perrewerrh Station, Wallace, Warrenheip Mount, Warrenheip Station] p4. Central Highlands Central Highlands Historical Association: CHHA news P 994.57 CENT CHH No. 106 OCTOBER 2016: From gaol to Educational institution [Ballarat School of Mines] p1. Chelsea ChelseaHistorical Society: The Strand P 994.51 CHEL CHE OCTOBER 2016: Past features of Chelsea district [Blind Creek and toll bridge, Aspendale House] / Margaret Jacobs p3. Dandenong Dandenong Historical Society: Gipps-Land gate P 994.51 DAND GIP Vol.43 No.2 OCTOBER 2016: Dandenong market celebrates 150 years of continuous trading p0. Who can I ring now [vale Jack Edward Johnson] / Carmen Powell p1. Rawdon Hill racing stables / Jessie Ayres, Carmen Powell and Ray Carter p3. Rawdon Hill chronological property timeline p8. Before Dr A.E Syme purchased Orleigh Park p31. Harking back 73 years [extracts from the Dandenong Journal with grammar and spelling preserved] p37. Echuca Echuca Historical Society: In touch P 994.54 ECHU INT Vol.8 No.3 SEPTEMBER 2016: Happy birthday PS Adelaide p1.

Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ OCTOBER 2016 4 RECENT ADDITIONS Eltham Eltham District Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 ELTH ELT No. 230 OCTOBER 2016: Our history [history of the Eltham historical society and 50th anniversary] / Jim Connor p1. Heritage excursion: Killeavey walk and talk [history of Killeavey] p2. The festive reason [Eltham festival the Apex years] / Mal Harrop p3. History of Maroondah Aqueduct pipe bridge over the Plenty River at Greensborough / Anne Paul p8. One hundred years ago: Eltham and district July-December 1916 / Liz Pidgeon p9. From the Hurstbridge Advertiser 2 March 1923 p10. Refurbishment of our local history centre p10. Geelong Geelong Family History Group: The pivot tree P 994.52 GEEL PIV No. 131 OCTOBER: The Rainbow connection / Jenice Coots p4. Grace Agnes Caldwell / Pam McGrath p12. Clover Hill p17. Geelong Artillery re-union p20. Irregular marriages in Scotland p24. Greensborough Greensborough Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 GREE NEW No. 23 SEPTEMBER 2016: Earlier days in Greensborough / Jean Luxford and John Gibson p3. A Latvian family in Greensborough / Atis Legins p7. Thomas Mill Dig, Mernda p7. Inverloch Inverloch Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.56 INVE INV No. 218 OCTOBER 2016: Inverloch Historical Society’s 21st birthday p1. Vale Joan Horder p2. Kew Friends of the Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery: Newsletter P 994.51 KEW CEM No.43 WINTER 2016: Deepdene U3A explores marvellous Melbourne [Semmens family grave] p1. We’re on The Block [John Ambrose Kitchen] p2. Celestina Sagazio’s guide to the cleaning and restoration of gravestones p4. Koo-Wee-Rup Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.52 KOOW KOO No. 385 OCTOBER 2016: A short history of Tooradin / Heather Arnold p2. Leongatha Leongatha and District Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.56 LEON LEO Vol.13 No.3 AUGUST 2016: William Kelley / Lyn Skillern p1. Our Olympians [ Kevin Brislin, Drew Ginn, George Jelbart, Cameron McKenzie-McHarg, Kaila McKnight, Belinda Snell] / Olivia Skillern p3. Michael Norton OAM, our golden boy of the snow / Lyn Skillern p6. Malmsbury Malmsbury Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.53 MALM MAL OCTOBER 2016: Save Malmsbury railway station update p3. Merbein Merbein District Historical Society: Merbein historian P 994.59 MERB MER No.65 SEPTEMBER 2016: Merbein irrigation pump retired to pump hill / Malcom Bennett p3. Major General Andrew Mathewson / Bill Bennett p5. Newspaper snippets [A.W.A elects officers: Sunraysia Daily 21/11/1939. Merbein C.W.A: Sunraysia Daily 21/11/1939. White Cliffs pumping plant: Mildura Cultivator 25/09/1909] p6. MDHS images collection [Merbein shops in Commercial Street 1911-1940] p7. Early Merbein butcher shops p8. Bert Hoyle p9. Mr Symond’s initiative: Marquee replaces Royal Theatre with success [from the Murray Pioneer 31 May 1929]. p10. Fire at Theatre Royal, Merbein [Sunraysia Daily 14/1/1939] p10. Fire destroys picture theatre [Ozone Theatre the Age Saturday 8/12/1951] p11. Austral House Merbein [Mildura Cultivator 24/09/1919] p12. Merbein buses p12. Connections with Chateau Mildura Part 2/ Richard Wells p13. Cotton growing at Merbein / Hazel McKay p15. Moe Moe and District Historical Society: Coach news P 994.56 MOE COA Vol.44 No.1 SEPTEMBER 2016: Older Moe and district families [The Donelly family] p3. An Australian icon: A Moe legend: Memories of Bill Collins’ early days / Arthur Pearce p7. 100th anniversary of death [Arthur Charles George Horley Horsnell] / Arthur Horsnell p14.

Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ OCTOBER 2016 5 RECENT ADDITIONS Newstead Newstead and District Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.53 NEWS NEW Vol.2 SPRING 2016: The tragic death of Thomas Cameron / Rosalie Jacobs p3. Nhill Nhill and District Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.58 NHIL NHI No. 59 JULY/AUGUST 2016: Industry in Nhill [the post office, telephones] p1. Nhill free press May 17th 1907 p3. The McMillan Brothers missing sheep search p4. Plenty Plenty Historical Society: Plenty news and views P 994.51 PLEN PLE Vol. 2 No.2 OCTOBER 2016: Plenty [from the Advertiser, Hustbridge, Friday 31st July, 1925, page 4] p3. The Diamond Creek horticultural show / Vera F Rudd p4. Port Phillip Port Phillip Pioneers Group: Newsletter P 929.2 POR No.196 OCTOBER 2016: Address at general meeting on 10 September 2016 [Summary of Dr. Madonna Grehan’s talk on Charles Joseph La Trobe and the regulations of everyday life- implementation of the Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriage Act of 1853] / Jan Hanslow p3. La Trobe’s Cottage / Alexander Romanov-Hughes p4. Bishop Charles Perry and wife Frances (Fanny) Perry p5. St James Old Cathedral p6. Rye Rye Historical Society: White cliffs journal P 994.52 RYE WHI OCTOBER 2016: Part of “Gracefield Hotel”, then owned by Mrs Hunt, being demolished ca 1926/27 p1. Rabbits / John Bertacco p6. A reminder of times past: Mr. Samuel Sherlock p9. Pre 1931 road names, postcode 3941: Part 4 of 5 [Bimble, Elgan, Maori and Weir streets] p10. Smythesdale Woady Yaloak Historical Society: Historic happenings P 994.57 SMYT HIS No. 377 AUGUST 2016: Glaud Pender p4. Health and doctors on the Springdallah Goldfield / Joan E. Hunt p5. James Brown’s writing desk/slope [writing desk of James Brown a teacher at Park Street Academy 1839] / James Brown p6. Shop and dwelling burnt [shop and dwelling owned by Mrs. T. Wallish burnt in 1915] (Pitfield Banner and Hollybush Times 9th September 1915) p7. Fruit Culture [visit of Mr. H Chalmers Inspector of Orchards to Smythesdale] (Pitfiled and Hollybush Times 23rd September 1916) p7. Fire Brigade [monthly meeting of fire brigade] (Pitfiled and Hollybush Times 23rd September 1916) p7. No. 378 SEPTEMBER: Tree planting at Scarsdale [forest planting at Scarsdale in 1917 (from the Grenville Standard 24 February 1917)] p4. The blacksmith p5. The farrier p5. The wheelwright p5. Ballarat Courier Monday 27 July 1914, page 7 [obituary of Christopher Tudor] p6. Berringa Herald Saturday 5 January 1918, page 2 [Piggoreet grass fire, obituary for Mr. Thomas Evans] p6. Ballarat Star, Tuesday 27 October 1896, page 4. [death of Mr. James Martin of Scarsdale and the Smythesdale Quadrille Club gathering in the Mechanics’ Hall] p6. No. 379 OCTOBER 2016: Ballarat Starr, March 3 1868 [drowning of the son of Mr. John Henwood] p3. Haddon State School No. 1076 honour board / Margaret Roberts p4. Ballarat Star 28th October 1916 [letter home from Colonel W. Brazenor] p6. Somerville – Tyabb Somerville - Tyabb and District Heritage Society Inc: Newsletter P 994. 52 SOME SOM SEPTEMBER 2016: Newspapers past [Mornington Standard Sunday 15th September 1913: George Keast and his new Ford. Weekly Times Saturday 12th August 1911: A victory for Somerville in girls rounders] p5. The Omega Band p6. Obituaries [William Rennie Rae, Mrs. Gloria Taylor (nee, Perriam) p12.

Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ OCTOBER 2016 6 RECENT ADDITIONS Stawell Stawell Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.58 STAW STA APRIL 2016. Miniature of Stawell’s historic buildings p2. Bakers tank factory p3. 150 years ago- 1885 [Oliver Goldsmith Armstrong photos of Stawell] p4. 100 years ago-1916 [Railway carnival, great naval battle in WWI, Stawell and district soldiers WWI] p5. 50 years ago 1966 [Amateur athletic club formed in Stawell, S.E.C power in Fyans Creek, Police patrol van arrived in Stawell, water now being stored at Lake Bellfield] p6. Warrandyte Warrandyte Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 WARR WAR No. 183 OCTOBER 2016: Tales of Koornang School with Cleo Macmillan / Val Polley p1. Warrandyte’s war memorial history / Val Polley p4. Warrnambool Warrnambool Family History Group: South-west genealogist P 994.57 WARR SOU No. 269 OCTOBER 2016: Extracts from the Warrnambool Standard October 1890 p3. Bicentenary St Matthews Anglican Church p8. Waverley Waverley Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 WAVE WAV No. 217 OCTOBER 2016: The House [Baxter house] p1. Walkin Birrarung [walking tour explaining Melbourne from the perspective of the Kulin nation] / MarJo Angelico p2. Memories of Arthur John Rhodes part 2 / Bevel Yeoman p3. Vale Alison Jean Walkerden 26.6.1928-09.09.2016 p6. Vale Ron Cooper 11.7.1921-7.10.2016 p6. Burwood historical walk / Virginia Barnett p7. New scarred tree signage p8. Vale Lois Maysel Irving 25.11.1921-26.7.2016 p8. Whitehorse Whitehorse Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.51 WHIT WHI Series 24 No.5 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2016: A Mitcham childhood [Joyce Williams nee Burton] p4. From the Blackburn and Mitcham Reporter Friday 7th October 1932 p5. Whittlesea Whittlesea Historical Society: Newsletter P 994.52 WHIT NEW No. 24 OCTOBER 2016: Mernda development / Wendy Lowry p1. Life behind the gravestone [Thomas and Bridget Ahern] / John Waghorn p3. Odd spot [Whittlesea branch of the Victorian Agricultural Society annual ploughing match 1859] (The Argus Wednesday 25 May 1859) / Gwen Hawke p4. A place to visit: George Sherwin bandstand p5. What’s in a name? [Masons Road] / Gwen Hawke p5. Wonthaggi Wonthaggi Historical Society: The plod P 994.52 WONT WON OCTOBER 2016: Plod essay: The copper and the donkey [personal memories of having a bath before hot running water] / Kit Sleeman Other States Books William and Mary Windeyer: Law, politics and society in colonial New South Wales / L. Ritter and J.B. Windeyer 2016 New South Wales Spanners, Easels and Microchips: A history of technical and further education in New South Wales 1883-1983 Albury-Wodonga Small cemeteries around the Albury and Wodonga area [electronic resource] [cemeteries included are: Alma Park, Bungowannah, Burrumbuttock, Gerogery, Goombargama, Hopefield, Howlong, Jindera, Moorwatha, and Pleasant Hills in NSW; and Burramine, Glen Wills and Granite Flat in Victoria] 2016 Bogan Gate Gateway to the Bogan: The story of Bogan Gate and​ Burrawang Station /​ compiled and edited by C. R. Judson c1973 Gerringong Gerringong School of Arts / Gerringong and District Historical Society 2016

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Gundagai Gundagai, a track winding back /​ Cliff Butcher 2002 Gundagai Gabriel of Gundagai: Dr Charles Louis Gabriel (1857-1927) / Cliff Butcher 1993 Jindabyne Memories of old Jindabyne: A collection of old newspaper articles / Judy Young 1994 Narooma Narooma’s past: Steamers, sawmills and salmon /​ by Laurelle Pacey 2001 Palm Beach Palm Beach, 1788-1988 /​ edited by Joan Steege 1984 Port Macquarie For the moral and intellectual good: Port Macquarie School of Arts 1840-1951 / Tony Dawson 2016 Snowy Mountains The Snowy: The people behind the power /​ Siobhan McHugh 1989 Wagonga Inlet The story of Wagonga Inlet /​ Laurelle Pacey 1990 Queensland political portraits 1859-1952 / edited by D.J. Murphy and R.B. Joyce 1978 Stars of Tagai: The Torres Strait Islanders / Nonie Sharp 1993 Amity Point Amity - North Stradbroke Island / Bob Gregory 1999 Beerburrum The Beerburrum experiment: a history of Australia’s first World War One soldier settlement / Murray Johnson 2016 Cairns Cairns: City of the South Pacific: A history 1770-1995 / Timothy Bottoms 2015 Fraser Coast Fraser Coast heritage: People and places / edited by George Seymour 2016 Fraser Coast Tangible links – a history of the Fraser Coast in 50 objects and places / George Seymour 2015 Hervey Bay Things I remember about Hervey Bay, told by me, a Kauri Pine tree [fiction] / Kenneth Hall 2015 Miara Memories of Miara / Desmond Bailey 2015 Moreton Bay Brisbane’s Moreton Bay: Our heritage in focus / Carolyn Nolan and Robert Longhurst 1996 Rosedale Slab Hut and Split Rail Fence: A local history of Rosevale, Mt Walker, Lower Mount Walker and the first Irish families / Kevin Ahearn 2016 Surat The Wealth of Warroo: A history of Surat and surrounds /​ Judith A. Nissen 2016 Periodicals (QLD) Queensland Royal Historical Society of Queensland: RHSQ Bulletin P 994.3 BUL No. 812 OCTOBER 2016: Lest we forget: First conscription referendum 28 October 1916 p5 South Australia Books Lock Lock and districts centenary 2014: Lock, Warrachie, Murdinga, Toolgie and Toolgie Hill. 2013 [donated by Leon Hurrell Maralinga Atomic thunder: The Maralinga story / Elizabeth Tynan 2016 McLaren Vale The story behind the stripe: A 100 year history of d’Arenberg 2012 [donated by Ursula Zamecnik]

Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ OCTOBER 2016 8 RECENT ADDITIONS Periodicals (SA) South Australia Historical Society of South Australia: History SA P 994.23 HIS No.237 SEPTEMBER 2016: Discovering SA’s history [Conan Doyle in South Australia, F.G Fantin a legacy retrieved] p2. Tasmania Books A Century of responsible government in Tasmania 1856-1956 / edited by F.C. Green 1956 Hydro construction villages volume 1: Waddamana - Shannon - Tarraleah / Sarah Rackham, edited by Joan Woodberry 1981 Glenorchy Glenorchy 1804 - 1964 / Alison Alexander 1986 Pontville Pontville, Kempton, Jericho, Colebrook and​ Richmond excursion /​ Irene Schaffer 1993 Ross A history of the Parish of Ross: 1833-1969 / Harry Stancombe 1969? [donated by the estate of Arthur Goldsworthy] Books Depression and recovery in Western Australia 1928/29 - 1938/39: A study in cyclical and structural change / G.D. Snooks 1974 Toodyay Old Toodyay and Newcastle / Rica Erickson 1974 Periodicals (WA) Royal Western Australian Historical Society: History West P 994.1 HIS OCTOBER 2016: History in the city [government housing in WA] / Lorraine Tholet p2. Remembered with gratitude [Jenny Marshall, Margaret Love, Claire Macklin] p2. Library and museum news [1929 celebration of the centenary of the establishment of the Swan River Colony] p5. Spotlight on members’ research: An untruthful officer of the AIF [Capt. R.Hugh Kynvett] / Dr Mike Galvin p6. Art and Artists Tiepolo’s Cleopatra / Jaynie Anderson 2003 [Donated by the Estate of Elizabeth Coleman] The art of John Peter Russell / Ann Galbally 1977 [donated by Ursula Zamecnik] Fred Williams: A souvenir book of the artist’s work in the Australian National Gallery / James Millison 1987 [donated by Ursula Zamecnik] Michael Johnson: Paintings 1968-1988 / Art Gallery of New South Wales 1989 [donated by Ursula Zamecnik] The art of Pro Hart / Eugene Lumbers 1981 The third metropolis: Imagining Brisbane through art and literature 1940-1970 / William Hatherell 2007 A quiet revolution: The rise of Australian art 1946-1968 / Christopher Heathcote 1995 The drawings of Jim Minogue / Michael Jorgensen 1989 Australian National Gallery: An introduction / edited by James Mollison and Laura Murray 1982 The great decades of Australian art / National Gallery of Victoria 1984 A century of Australian landscape: Mood and moment / Barry Pearce 1983

Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ OCTOBER 2016 9 RECENT ADDITIONS The Australian artist Douglas Pratt O.B.E. (1900-1972) / Douglas Pratt and Sir William Dargie 1975 Lloyd Rees: A tribute to light / Lloyd Rees 1988 The oil paintings of Tom Roberts / Mary Eagle 1997 100 years of Australian drawing / Andrew Sayers 1985 Not quite straight: A memoir / Jeffrey Smart 1996 John Williams: Photographs / John Williams 1989 Bruce Armstrong: An anthology of strange creatures / David Hurlston and Ted Gott 2016 Making the Australian quilt 1800-1950 / Annette Gero and Katie Somerville 2016 The You Beaut Country / John Olsen 2016 Luminous: Australian watercolours 1900-2000 / Cathy Leahy and Petra Kayser 2016 Lurid beauty: Australian surrealism and its echoes / edited by Simon Maidment and Elena Taylor 2015 National Gallery of Victoria: Gallery P 708 NGV JULY 2016: Vale Inge King (26/11/1915-23/04/2016) / Jane Eckett p14. How to make an Australian quilt [exhibition Making the Australian Quilt: 1800-1950] / Mem Capp p17. Architecture of faith [design by Glenn Murcutt of the new Australian Islamic Centre and the NGV exhibition about the design and the architect] / Nur Shkembi p50. Bruce Armstrong: An anthology of strange creatures / David Hurlston p62. 200 years of Australian fashion: Writing competition / Yuzuha Oka p87. OCTOBER 2016: James Wyatt’s Neoclassical commission for a grand estate [Henham Park Suffolk 18th century furniture gifted to the NGV] p15. Artists in conversation: John Olsen and Ben Quilty p29. Spring at the NGV [redesign of the Grollo Equiset Garden] p32. Australian botanical trail [botanical art in the NGV collections] p54. M@ STUDIO architects [2016 NGV summer architecture commission] p72. Biography Albert Francis Hurren (1915-2012): A tribute and a sketch / Laurie McLean 2016 [donated by Laurie Mclean] The Murray Valley: A three thousand mile run / Fletcher C. Brunsdon 1926 Frederick S. Cox / Beverley Wendelken 2015 Working Class Boy / Jimmy Barnes 2016 Evatt: A Life / John Murphy 2016 A Peculiar Gentleman: George Rusden, a life / John O’Leary 2016 The Incomparable Captain Cadell / John Nicholson 2004 [donated by Ian Matthews] The True Story of Jimmy Governor / Laurie Moore and Stephan Williams 2001 [donated by Ursula Zamecnik] Supreme Federalist: The political life of Sir John Downer / J.C. Bannon 2009 The Edge of Time [biography based on the diary of Maude Richardson from 1888-1910 and the letters of Reginald Smee written between 1890-1898] / Dorothy Hulme-Moir 1988 Rabbi Jacob Danglow: ‘The uncrowned monarch of Australian Jews’ / John S. Levi 1995 Dr Bernie [Bernadino Longano] / Linda Longano 2010 Recollections of Members of the Women of the University Fund 1939-2016 / Lady April Hamer and Valerie Wills 2016 Reminiscences of Australian Early Life-Revisited / John Phillips 2014 [donated by Ian Itter]

Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ OCTOBER 2016 10 RECENT ADDITIONS After Many Years [autobiography of a life in early pastoral Australia] / Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh transcribed by Ian Itter 2010 Family History The descendants of Robert Kelly and Mary Ann Delamere / Trevor Kelly, Neville Kelly and Shirley Stone 2015 [donated by Trevor Kelly] One hundred Years with the Farmers Family: Pioneers of Tarranginnie / Joan Pickering 1979 Yorkshire to Ballarat Goldfields Part I: History and family tree of John Beanland (1811-1890) his forebears and family in Yorkshire and descendants in Australasia / Graham H Beanland 2015 [donated by Graham Beanland] A Link Through Time: The Silke family, Somerset to Murphy’s Flat: A sketch of the early settlement / John Howe and Dorothy Silke 2016 [donated by John Howe and Dorothy Silke] At the Toss of a Coin he came to Australia: A family history and the story of George Robertson Pirie 2016 The Kings in Australia 1834-1981 / Joan Bull 1981 Saxon Sheep [biographical fiction] / Nancy Adams 1965 Aboriginal Australians Fighting hard: The Victorian Aborigines Advancement League / Richard Broome 2015 The Passing of the Aborigines: A lifetime spent among the natives of Australia / Daisy Bates 1966 [donated by Eltham Historical Society] Military History Welcoming the Wounded Anzacs / Terry Keenan 2014 Unnecessary Wars / Henry Reynolds 2016 The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War volume 1: Australia and the war in the air / Michael Molkentin 2014 The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War volume 2: The war with the Ottoman Empire / Jeffrey Grey 2015 The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War volume 3: The war with Germany / Robert Stevenson 2015 The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War volume 4: The war at home / Peter Stanley, Peter Yule and John Connor 2015 The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War volume 5: The Australian Imperial Force / Jean Bou, Peter Dennis and Jeffrey Grey 2016 Fighting Monsters: An Intimate History of the Sandakan tragedy / Richard Wallace Braithwaite 2016 To Sandakan: The diaries of Charlie Johnstone prisoner of war 1942-45 / Christopher Dawson 1995 From the Law to War: The life of Brigadier-General Lachlan Wilson of the Light Horse (with biographical roll of the 5th Light Horse Regiment) / Robert Likeman 2004

Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ OCTOBER 2016 11 RECENT ADDITIONS Railways Country branch lines Victoria part 10, western region: Patchewollock-Yaapeet- Yanac- Bolangum / a photographic profile compiled by Neville Gee 2016 Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division): Newsrail P 385 NEW Vol. 44 No.10 OCTOBER 2016: The day before the grand final [Melbourne’s metro rail network the day before the 2014 AFL grand final] / Peter Foote p294. Driving the first Z class trams / Greg King p298. My story as a volunteer with the South Gippsland Tourist Railway / Aaron McKinnon p300. Then and now: Cressy p303. The grain trains p304. Australian Railway Historical Society: Australian railway history: P 385 AUS Vol.67 No.948 OCTOBER 2016: Parcels and small consignments on the NSW railways: Part 2 Public Transport Commission 1972-1980 / Ken Williams p4. Thoughts on metro goods line signalling / Graham Harper p12. Sleeping in concrete: NSW pre-cast concrete railway accommodation / Jim Longworth p23. General Periodicals Australian Garden History Society Journal P 712 AGH Vol.28 No.2 OCTOBER 2016: Warrnambool: 150 years on the spot [Warrnambool Botanic Gardens has been in the same position for 150 years] p2. Truth and beauty: The purpose and reception of (botanical) gardens / Stephen Forbes p4. Ann Jacob’s Barossa garden / Julie Holbrook Tolley p7. Offington: A vanished St Kilda Road mansion and its garden / Tim Gatehouse p10. The story of a tree [Lakeside house in Queens Road South Melbourne] / Max Nankervis p14. Pioneering tropical horticulture [Patrick Cahill and Oenpelli] / John Mulvaney p16. The historians, the polymath, the impresario and their system garden [systematic botanic teaching garden at the University of Melbourne] / Trevor Pitkin p24. Bendigo East avenue of honour / Gemma Starr p27. Profile: Elizabeth Teed p31. C.J. La Trobe Society: La Trobeana P 351.6 LAT Vol.14 No.3 NOVEMBER 2015: Charles Joseph La Trobe’s adventure in Mexico in 1843 / Dr Sylvia Whitmore p5. Medicine in Melbourne in the time of La Trobe / Dr Jonathon Burdon p14. Registration of medical practitioners in the Port Phillip district / Dr Walter Heale p24. James Wentworth Davis, pioneer of Alberton, Gippsland: A research report / Sandra Pullman p31. Arthur O’Mullane MD: Pioneer physician Port Phillip district / Dr Walter Heale p36. The virtuoso and the count: La Trobe and pourtales with Washington Irving 1832 / Susan Priestly p46. La Trobe’s Cottage report p56. Vol.15 NO.2 JULY 2016: Lieutenant-Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe… back to stay [bust of La Trobe in Queenscliffe] / Linda Dessau p6. A family legacy: Charles Albert La Trobe and his descendants / Dr Dianne Reilly p8. La Trobe’s gold nugget / John Barnes p19. Charles Joseph La Trobe in Neuchatel: Montmirail to Jolimont / Daryl Ross p22. Edward Jones Brewster: La Trobe’s ‘bungling lawyer’ / Robert Christie p29. The La Trobe dairy farms / Susan Priestly p36. Villa La Trobe: A rural residence-research report / Helen Armstrong p43. The letters of Charles Joseph La Trobe: A review / Loreen Chambers p47. Celebrating La Trobe the artist at Ightham Mote / Helen Botham p50. La Trobe’s cottage report / Lorraine Finlay p52. Vol.15 No.1 MARCH 2016: La Trobe’s Melbourne: City of man, city of God / Murray Thompson p6. Educating Agnes: Agnes La Trobe and two of her teachers / Dr Margaret Bowman p14. La Chapelle de l’Ermitage Neuchatel / Daryl Ross p20. Litlington pleasure gardens and Frederick Russell in the time of Charles Joseph La Trobe / Loreen Chambers p28. Melbourne’s famous pet dog: Larry La Trobe / James Lesh p37.

Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ OCTOBER 2016 12 RECENT ADDITIONS Professional Historians Association (Vic.): Circa journal P 907 CIR No. 5 2016: Writing a history of a professional service firm: The Australian architectural practice HASSELL / Caroline Cosgrove p3. Anzac-mania / Jack Ford p11. Suburban activist [Darebin Progress Association and Marion Harper] / Karin Derkley p19. A medical familiy: The Prestons and the University of Melbourne / Juliet Flesch p25. Not afraid to ask questions: Dissident students at University High School 1957-71 / Carolyn Rasmussen p33. Sui generis? The Australian air pilots union / Mary Sheehan p39. Donald McRae and the ride of his life / Fay Woodhouse p47. Stand and sing God Save the King: Conservatism at the University of Melbourne in 1932 / Fay Woodhouse p55. Beyond fabric and makers’ stamps: Investigating the significance of industrial heritage using different methodologies / Samantha Leah p63

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