COBAR LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION (BY SUBJECT) AGRICULTURE/FARMING ART (including MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY & POETRY) BIOGRAPHY CHURCHES DICTIONARIES & DIRECTORIES FAMILY HISTORY GEOLOGY/MINERALOGY INDIGENOUS MILITARY HISTORY MINING HISTORY MINING PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL NEWSPAPERS NYMAGEE PLANTS & ANIMALS REPORTS/STUDIES ROADS & INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOLS & EDUCATION SPORT STATISTICS TOURISM TOWN/SOCIAL HISTORY TRAINS & RAILWAYS REFERENCE # TITLE YEAR FORMAT LOCATION AUTHOR # contains information referencing Cobar Shire AGRICULTURE/FARMING # contains information referencing Cobar Shire 264634 Forests, fleece & prickly pears # 1997 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/508.94/KRU Karl Kruszelnicki 242345 Atlas of New South Wales pastoral stations : a guide to the property names of the larger holdings in NSW and the ACT LOCAL HISTORY/630.0994/ALI Terrance Alick 2004 Paperback 264675 100 years : celebrating 100 years of natural resource progress in the Western Division of NSW # LOCAL HISTORY/994.49/BAR Maree Barnes & Geoff Wise 2003 Paperback Originally published by West 2000 Plus : Western people looking after the Western Division and NSW Department of Sustainable Natural Resouces Reprinted in 2010 by the Western Cathment Management Authority A collection of images, history and stories from the Western Division of New South Wales 237005 Gunderbooka : a 'stone country' story # 2000 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/994.49/MAI George Main A story of how the landscape of far-western NSW imposed itself upon people and shaped them Starting with the first Aborigines the cycle moves through the pastoralists and back to indigenous ownership 264724 Western lands # 1990 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/994.49/WES Published by the Western Lands Commission, Department of Lands A booklet providing information on land administration in the Western Division, including facts on the region's history, economy and natural resources ART (including MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY & POETRY) # contains information referencing Cobar Shire 264682 Annual report 2016 # 2016 A5 booklet LOCAL HISTORY/709/OUT Outback Arts 264683 Artbark. Autumn 2014 # 2014 Newsletter LOCAL HISTORY/709/OUT Outback Arts # contains information referencing Cobar Shire 223310 Out the back : Cobar, N.S.W, 2002 : photographs by Cobar students in year 6 & 7 for Year of the Outback LOCAL HISTORY/771.9449/MCD Cobar Arts Council 2002 Hard cover Pinhole camera images of photographic portraits of their families "out the back" of their home 015022 Poetry out west # Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/808.81/POE Contains poems written by Cobar school students after a Writer in Residence programme with Komninos Zervos. 255674 Dream big : poems and stories selected from the Poetry and short story competition of 2013 # LOCAL HISTORY/A820.8/DRE 2013 Hard cover Poems and stories written Australian children. Entry by Cobar High School student Julieanna Barrett on page 311 210970 Santa letters : poems 1997 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/821.3/HUN Pauline Hunter 264726 Lilliane Brady Village poetry book : featuring local artists Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/821.3/LIL Liliane Brady Village 264764 The pepper tree 1988 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/821.3/PRE Pauline Prendergast Poetry 244515 "Some true-blue stories of 'mine', mate - with pictures and the bush and beyond!!" 1991 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/821.7/MAL Vic Maloney A collection of poems and line drawings by Cobar artist Vic Maloney 264234 Cobar's copper 1871 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/823.92/COB Published by C.A.P. Western Readers. Easy to read books were created by children in the area encompassed by the Disadvantaged Country Area Programme Year 5-6 of Cobar Public School wrote this chapter book which tells the story of a family's move from S.A. to Cobar in N.S.W. # contains information referencing Cobar Shire 203784 Cobar's enormouse mouse 1981 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/823.92/TUR Published by the Western Readers Committee of the Disadvantaged Country Area Programme Easy to read books were created by children in the area encompassed by the Disadvantaged Country Area Programme Year 6 Cobar Public School student Suzie Turnbull made this picture book for the Infants Classes at Cobar Public School 210182 From "a-b-c-o-r" to Cobar... 1994 Hard cover LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/CHA Douglas S.Y. Cham Artistic photographs of Cobar town and surrounding area 219622 Inside the outback : mapping the West # 2001 48 square looseleaf pages in a cardboard box LOCAL HISTORY/994.49/INS New South Wales Ministry for the Arts Published product of writing workshops held in six centres across the Western Division: Lightning Ridge, Bourke, Cobar, Tibooburra, Broken Hill and Wentworth BIOGRAPHY # contains information referencing Cobar Shire 253230 Yamakarra! Liza Kennedy and the Keewong mob 2013 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/305.89915/YAM Western Heritage Group (Wilcannia) 259461 From the Far West to the Western Front : Cobar and the Great War 2015 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/940.394/STI Kay Stingemore Published by the Great Cobar Heritage Centre Individual stories and an overview of the region from its pre-war high to the post-war crash 264739 Doug Bellchambers autobiography CD-ROM + USB LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/BEL Doug Bellchambers 015659 Kidman : the forgotten king # 1987 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/BOW Jill Bowen Sir Sidney Kidman was a significant figure in the history of Cobar Information in the book regarding his butchering business and copper mining in Cobar 251075 Hard times : the unforgettable Pop Burgess 2013 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/COL John Collins # contains information referencing Cobar Shire 240514 Daring to dream : stories from inspirational rural women : share their passions & follow their dreams # LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/DAR NSW Department of Primary Industries' Rural Women's Network 2006 Paperback Stories compiled and written by Sonia Muir 251532 George : a biography of Geo. F Grill 1862-1912 : outcast, entrepreneur, photographer # 2013 Hard cover LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/EDW John Edwards 264233 Australian midwives : moving real-life stories of that everyday miracle - birth # 2016 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/HEE Paula Heelan 264760 My primitive roots : from the cradle to the cave : the modern primitive artist 2003 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/MAL Vic Maloney The life story of Victor William Maloney 245924 Echoes. Book 3. Australia, China, Indonesia. # 2005 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/MAR Charlotte Clayton Maramis The story of Fred Wong (1906-48), humanitarian, activist and businessman 264719 Road to the outback # 2002 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/MCB Yvonne McBurney The story of the Pratten family from the 1870s to 2002 225241 Living out back : people of Western New South Wales # 2002 Hard cover LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/MUI Writers: Sonia Muir, Sylvia Porss and Trudy Glasgow. Produced by NSW Agriculture's Rural Women's Network 211166 From Jolly Jack's to Nyngan : the memories of Nellie Pertzel # 1996 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/PER Nellie Pertzel Edited and published by Rhonda Rusell (Narromine). The story of Nellie Pertzel and her family 264723 We are here : stories of Cobar's inspiring women 2014 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/STI Kay Stingemore Published by the Great Cobar Heritage Centre and Inspiration House # contains information referencing Cobar Shire CHURCHES 240079 The centenary of St. Laurence O'Toole Catholic Church, Cobar, 1907-2007 2007 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/994.03/CEN Published by The Centenary Committee DICTIONARIES & DIRECTORIES # contains information referencing Cobar Shire 016755 The Cambridge dictionary of Australian places # 1992 Hard cover LOCAL HISTORY/919.4/CAM Compiled and written by Richard and Barbara Appleton National gazetteer which lists all Australia's cities and the country's thousands of suburbs, towns and Local Government Areas 210386 Australian place names # 1988 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/919.4/KEN Brian and Barbara Kennedy A guide to the origin and meaning of thousands of urban and rural place names in Australia 201163 Australian place names # 1992 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/919.4/KEN Brian and Barbara Kennedy A guide to the meanings and origins of thousands of Australia's most common place names 263141 Australian place names # 2006 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/919.4/KEN Brian and Barbara Kennedy A guide to the meanings and origins of more than 2000 of Australia's best-known place names 264716 Place-names of New South Wales : their origins and meanings # 1969 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/919.44/REE A.W. Reed The meaning or origin of about 2,000 NSW place-names 263149 The Cobar directory Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/919.449/COB Outback Business Enterprise Centre A listing of Cobar private, community group and business names, addresses and phone numbers 263150 The Cobar community directory Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/919.449/COB Cobar Business Enterprise Centre A listing of Cobar private, community group and business names, addresses and phone numbers # contains information referencing Cobar Shire 264743 Local business directory 2010 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/919.449/LOC Published by Cobar Shire Council in partnership with the Cobar Business Association A listing of Cobar business names, addresses and phone numbers 204771 Exploring Australia's mining heritage : a visitor's guide # 1993 Paperback LOCAL HISTORY/994.49/SHA W.G. Shackleton and M.N. Binnie. Directory of Australian mine and mining history museums FAMILY HISTORY # contains information referencing Cobar Shire 220040 Copper city connections. 1993 1993 Newsletter LOCAL HISTORY/929.2/COP Cobar Genealogy Group A newsletter of the Cobar Genealogy Group providing genealogy and family history on various Cobar residents 264742 Knight family history # A4 pages LOCAL HISTORY/929.2/KNI Dawn Elder An unpublished family history prepared by Dawn Elder, Nyngan. Members of this family lived and worked in Cobar Shire area 247088 A pioneering family : Ireland and British Isles : the Christy and Jones family # Paperback 247089 LOCAL HISTORY/929.2/SUL Lyn Sullivan 2 volumes Also titled: British Isles to Australia A family history of five generations from John Frazer Jones and Eliza Christy. Members of this family lived and worked in Cobar Shire area 200437 Cobar Shire cemetery and burial records. Volume 9.