RECENT ADDITIONS FEB 2015 Welcome to the new PMI library! INSIDE This is the fi rst ‘Recent Additions’ since the library moved and you will see that even though our book ordering was on hold Dec-Feb, donations have still Australian Literature ......2 been coming in, and we’re gradually processing these. Over the break we’ve also Victorian History ........... 4 continued to receive many periodicals from Victorian historical groups - too many to Other States ................... 5 list, though a catalogue search for your favourite ones will show the indexed content Biography & Family of the latest issues. History .........................8 We have now moved to a new catalogue system, so if you have the old Civica Miscellaneous ................ 11 catalogue bookmarked or favourited on your computer, please change this link as Periodicals ...................... 11 the old catalogue is no longer being updated and will soon be closed. Some work is still being carried out on our new catalogue and we appreciate your patience as this work progresses. In the meantime, if you experience any ABOUT THE PMI hiccups we would be pleased to assist - [email protected] or 9510 3393. 39 St Edmonds Road Prahran VIC 3181 + donated by Steve Stefanopoulos ABN 1316 4635 256 * donated by Bayside Library Service Sec. Lib.: Tim McKenna # donated by Sir Ninian Stephen Pres: Cr John Chandler OAM ^ donated by Jennifer Elder ~ donated by Jim Badger CONTACT Other donors are listed below with the titles P 03 9510 3393 E [email protected] Australian Literature W www.pmi.net.au A murder unmentioned / Sulari Gentill 2014 OPEN: M-F 9.30am-4.30pm Amnesia / Peter Carey 2014 Sat 9.30am-1.00pm Merciless gods / Christos Tsiolkas 2014 excluding public holidays. What days are for / Robert Dessaix 2014 Membership: Victorian History $15 individual (1 yr) $50 individual (5 yrs) Ararat Ararat cemetery walk Saturday 18th OCT 2014 2014 [donated by Ararat $100 life (over 60s) Genealogical Society] $30 institutional Cranbourne Cranbourne Cemetery tour / Narre Warren & District Family History Group 2012 Creswick Portraits of Creswick and district through the years Crossley Saving St Brigid’s / Regina Lane 2014 Dandenong A snapshot of Dandenong in 2001 / inspired, designed & collected by Dandenong & District Historical Society 2002? [donated by Di Christensen] View the full catalogue at Daylesford The Convent : a brief history of the Presentation Sisters and the Holy http://library.pmi.net.au/ Cross Convent / written and compiled by Brenda Stevens-Chambers Eltham School photo : Eltham College 1973-1983 + To reserve items online, log into Geelong Mercy girls : the story of Sacred Heart College Geelong 1860-2010 / John the catalogue using your email Watts, Glen Turnbull, Kathleen Walsh 2010 + address and your password. Hamilton Hamilton : a western district history / Don Garden. 1984 # Heidelberg Annual report of the Heidelberg Regional Library Service (1st) 1977 Alternatively you can reserve [donated by Yarra Plenty Regional Library] items by contacting 9510 3393 or Keysborough Crossing the road : 50 years at Southern Golf Club 1999 [donated by [email protected] Ursula Zamecnik] Lang Lang Lang Lang Cemetery tour / Narre Warren & District Family History Group 2013 Maldon The essential Maldon / text: Miles Lewis, illustrations: G. H. (Mick) Morton 1983 * Maryborough Articles by “Scribe” from the Maryborough Advertiser 1948 / compiled by Robin Parker 2014 Articles by “Scribe” from the Maryborough Advertiser 1949 / compiled by Robin Parker 2014 Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ RECENT ADDITIONS ▪ February 2015 Page 1 of 8 RECENT ADDITIONS.indd 1 17/03/2015 12:46:39 PM RECENT ADDITIONS Articles by “Scribe” from the Maryborough Advertiser 1950 / compiled by Robin Parker 2014 Merton Merton : a history 2013 Mordialloc By The Creek : A Mordialloc History / Graham J. Whitehead & Leo Gamble 2014 Mount Waverley Teresa’s women : Avila College : a memorable journey over 40 years 2005? + North Melbourne Loco Hall 1914-2014 : the story of a North Melbourne icon 2014 [donated by Cathy Alexopoulos] Otways The Otways through the magic lantern : an illustrated lecture fi rst delivered by George Francis Sydenham in 1896 / George Sydenham 2013 Pakenham Pakenham Cemetery tour / Narre Warren & District Family History Group 2011 Port Melbourne Historic Port Melbourne : wheels 2015 [calendar] 2014 [donated by Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society] Port Melbourne Postcards from Port : an audiovisual retrospective of Port Melbourne [DVD] 2014 [donated by Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society] South Gippsland Wednesdays closest to the full moon : a history of South Gippsland / Barry Collett. 1994 * Swan Hill A History of the Shire of Swan Hill : public land, private profi t and settlement. 1989 # Traralgon Traralgon Historical Society calendar 2011-2015 Welshpool Welshpool : the story of a Gippsland port and town / Donald John Linforth 2014 [donated by Donald Linforth] Other States Australian Capital Territory Canberra St Edmund’s College : the story 1954-2004 : fi rst Catholic Boys’ College in Canberra / M. Moloney 2004 + Deakin A light in the bush : the Canberra Church of England Girls’ Grammar School and the capital city of Australia, 1926-1977 / [by] Jill Waterhouse 1978 + Deakin West The First 50 Years: Australian College of Educators, 1959-2009 / [editor Neil Dempster] + New South Wales Armidale So great a heritage [New England Girls’ School] / Kelvin Grose and Jean Newall 1990 + Armidale Under the friendly walls 1895 - 1995 : New England Girls School / Jean Newall, Margaret Wright 1995 + Bathurst The history of All Saints’ College, Bathurst, 1873-1963 / by the late Watson A. Steel, and James M. Antill ; in collaboration with the late Charles W. Sloman, B.A., and Albert A. W. Emms 1964 + Burwood Walk in the light : MLC School Burwood, a centenary history / Sheena and Robert Coupe 1986 + Cremorne Redlands in retrospect : the story of Redlands from its founding in 1884 to the retirement of Miss Roseby in 1945 / edited for S.C.E.C.G.S. Redlands by Myrtle Gillham and Ronald Dunlop 1983 + Croydon The golden hope : Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney, 1888-1988 / John McFarlane 1988 + Dundas From cradle to canonisation : a short history of St Patrick’s Marist College; The Rocks 1872-1961; Dundas 1962- / John Braniff 2001 + Edgecliff Ascham remembered, 1886-1986 / edited by Caroline Fairfax Simpson, Annette Fielding-Jones Dupree and Betty Winn Ferguson 1986 + Gordon Ravenswood : educating girls 1901-2001 / Marjorie Binns 2001 + Hornsby Barker Girls : coeducation at Barker College 1975-2005 / Marjorie Binns 2006 + Hurstville Danebank celebrates 75 years / by Jane Rees and Dian Rickards 2008 + Illawarra Tigs 50 years : from strength to strength / by Jan Hales 2009 + Manning River Valley Town and country : a history of the Manning Valley / Max Solling 2014 North Sydney A delicate balance : pictures refl ecting the living and working of the Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney, 1865-1990 / compiled by Catherine M. Doherty & Nola A. Thompson 1991 + North Sydney The history of Monte Sant’ Angelo College, North Sydney / [by] Sister M. Baptista Rankin 1975 + Parramatta Mercy from generation to generation [Our Lady of Mercy College] / Patricia Wilks 1989 + Parramatta The King’s School, 1831-1981 : an account / Lloyd Waddy 1981 + Pymble This is Pymble College 1916-1991 : the fi rst seventy fi ve years / Margaret Coleman 1991 + Riverina The homestead : a Riverina anthology / Peter Freeman. 1981 # Rose Bay Kambala, the fi rst hundred years, 1887-1987 / by Alanna Nobbs 1987 + St Ives Gathering strength : Brigidine College St Ives 1954-2004 / compiled and edited by John Bowie & Patricia Egan 2004 + Strathfi eld All our yesteryears : birth of a school [St Patrick’s College] / James Athanasius McGlade 1999 + Summer Hill Trinity, the daring of your name : a history of Trinity Grammar School, Sydney / Phillip J. Heath. 1990 + Sydney Serving a great cause, a pictorial review : covering the history of a unique school with excerpts from the headmaster’s diary [St Andrew’s Cathedral School] / by Melville C. Newth 1980 + Sydney Sydney : biography of a city / Lucy Hughes Turnbull 1999 * Tamworth Calrossy, 1919-1994 : a vision unfolding / Warren Newman 1994 + Waverley The future in their hands : a book written by the students of St Catherine’ School / edited by Ann Nadge 2006 + Victorian History Library PRAHRAN MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE ▪ Recent Additions ▪ February 2015 Page 2 of 8 RECENT ADDITIONS.indd 2 17/03/2015 12:48:42 PM RECENT ADDITIONS Northern Territory Far country : a short history of the Northern Territory / Alan Powell. 1982 # Darwin Warning : the story of Cyclone Tracy / Sophie Cunningham 2014 Queensland Queensland 150 years of achievement / written by Kay Saunders 2009 * The Queensland house : history and conservation / Ian Evans & The National Trust of Queensland 2001 + Alpha Crossing the divide : a history of Alpha and Jericho districts / Janice Cooper ; maps drawn by Derek Cooper 2013 Ascot Per volar sunata : 101 years at St. Margaret’s School, 1895-1996 1997 + Ashgrove Canvas of dreams : a history of Marist College Ashgrove to 1990 / Mark Farrelly 1990 + Cairns Every reason to be proud : the history of St. Monica’s, Cairns, 1890-2000 / Mary Cath Togolo 2000 + Cape York Peninsula Cape York Peninsula : a history of unlauded heroes 1845-2003 / Lennie Wallace 2012 Clayfi eld Acorn to oak [St Rita’s College] / author, Anna Barbaro 2006 + Crows Nest Crows Nest : 1890-1915 / by Joan Broome