2018 December / 2019 January RECENT ADDITIONS Australian Literature Give Us The Tools / Dulcie M. Stone (2016) [donated by Judith INSIDE Buckrich] Australian Literature ............. 1 Golconda / Vance Palmer (1972) [donated by Mary Louise Phillips] Australian History .................3 Ironbark / Jay Charmichael (2018) Victoria ..................................4 Boy Swallows Universe / Trent Dalton (2018) Other States ..........................15 Pink Mountain on Locust Island / Jamie Marina Lau (2018) Art and Artists ..................... 16 Half Wild / Pip Smith (2018) Biographies ...........................17 Company Histories ............. 18 Australian Legendary Tales / Mrs K. Langlough (1978) [donated by Family History ..................... 19 Berwick Mechanics’ Institute] Indigenous Australians ....... 19 Brigalow / R.S Porteous (1960) [donated by Ian and Audrey Ferguson] Military Histories ................ 19 Trapeze Act / Libby Angel (2018) Natural History ...................20 Too Much Lip / Melissa Lucashenko (2018) Natural History ...................20 The Fragments / Toni Jordan (2018) Railways and Transport ......20 Cedar Valley / Holly Throsby (2018) The Helpline / Katherine Collette (2018) ABOUT THE PMI 39 St Edmonds Road Prahran VIC 3181 ABN 1316 4635 256 Sec. Lib.: Steven Haby Pres: Dr. Judith Buckrich OPEN: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 9:30am - 4:30pm Thu 9:30am - 7pm excluding public holidays and the Christmas/New Year period. CONTACT T 03 9510 3393 E [email protected] W www.pmi.net.au Prahran Mechanic’s Institute Victorian History Library | RECENT ADDITIONS | 2018 December / 2019 January 1 RECENT ADDITIONS The Lost Flowers of Alice Heart / Holly Ringland (2018) The Lucky Galah / Tracy Sorensen (2018) The Nowhere Child / Christian White (2018) The Shape of Water: Imagined fragments from an elusive life: Sophia Degraves of Van Diemen’s Land / Anne Blythe-Cooper (?) Mysteries Kill Shot / Gary Disher (2018) All The Tears in China / Sulari Gentill (2019) Periodicals Australian Book Review: ABR P 028.1 ABR No.407 DECEMBER 2018: I know my country now’ David Marr reflects of Australia [My Country by David Marr] / Glyn Davis p9. Unfinished business: The lives of two influential feminists [Unfettered and alive: A memoir by Anne Summers and Germaine: The life of Germaine Greer by Elizabeth Kleinhenz] / Zora Simic p12. Protecting the national interest: A covert attack on independent scholarly research / Joy Damousi p19. The heart of our culture [humanities in Australia] /ABR p20. Philosopher of fairness: A genius and prodigy whose time has come [Hugh Streton: Selected writings] / Tom Griffiths p25. Books on the year p29. Caddie and Inga [The Fragments by Toni Jordan] / Suzanne Falkiner p38. Survival [Preservation by Jock Serong] / James Bradley p39. ‘A rare ear, our aery Yahweh: Les Murray as one-off fluke and maverick angel [collected poems by Les Murray] / Peter Goldsworthy p44. A door ajar to the future: Doubling and divideness in David Malouf’s poetry [an open book by David Malouf] / Judith Bishop p47. Poet of the month: Kevin Brophy p54. Endless wonder [the best Australian science writing 2018 editied by John Pickrell] / Paul Humphries p57. No longer a place apart: A new history of the University of Melbourne [shifting boundaries: The University of Melbourne 1975-2015 by Carolyn Rasmussen] / Kate Murphy p61. Open page with Anne Summers p66. Opera and idenity: A study of eighteen Australian operas [national identity in contemporary Australian Opera: Myths reconsidered by Michael Halliwell] / Peter Tregear p74. Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee: The wayfarer P 820 GOR No.48 DECEMBER 2018: Christmas picnic [Adam Lindsay and a group of other writers] p1. Fauconshawe (a ballad) p5. A short history of Dingley Dell p7. Prahran Mechanic’s Institute Victorian History Library | RECENT ADDITIONS | 2018 December / 2019 January 2 RECENT ADDITIONS Australian History Books More Than A Hat and Glove Brigade: The story of the Union of Australian Women / Barbara Curthoys and Audrey McDonald (1996) [donated by Shane O’Neil] Something In The Air: A history of radio in Australia / Colin Jones (1995) [donated by Mimi Colligan] The Australian Collectors’ Guide / Antony Davies (1998) [donated by Rotary Albert Park] Young Australia: An illustrated annual for boys throughout the English speaking world / FL Morgan (1921) [donated by Helen, Hazel and Rosalie Blakeley] Strength of Mind: 125 years of women in medicine / Jacquline Healy (2013) [donated by Jill Genoe] The Turks in Australia: Celebrating twenty-five years down under / Hatice Hurmuz (1993) [donated by Melbourne Museum] White Rag Burning: Irish women / Dianne Snowden (?) Going Postal: More than yes or no / Quinn Eades (2018) The Business Who’s Who of Australia / J.W Hoskins (1960s) [donated by Ian and Audrey Ferguson] What’s Wrong With Australia? / E.J Hogan (1953) [donated by Ian and Audrey Ferguson] The Land Before Avocado / Richard Glover (2018) Teacher: One woman’s struggle to keep the heart in teaching / Gabbi Stroud (2018) Any Ordinary Day / Leigh Sales (2018) Periodicals Uniting Church Historical Society Synod of Victoria and Tasmania: Proceedings P 288 PRO Vol.25 No.2 DECEMBER 2018: MYF memories [Methodist Youth Fellowship] / Wendy Hebbard p8. The reformation of the 16th century: How is it relevant today / Rowland S. Ward p47. A eulogy for Robin Boyd / Julia Pitman p93. A conversation with Siupeli Taliai / Robert Renton p97. Centenary of Coonooer Bridge Methodist Church / Brian Giddings p119. James Huston Edgar and the Coniston massacre-90 years on / Travil McHarg p129. Eastern Hill places of worship tour 2018 / Geoffrey Paterson p143. Prahran Mechanic’s Institute Victorian History Library | RECENT ADDITIONS | 2018 December / 2019 January 3 RECENT ADDITIONS Australian Catholic Historical Society: Journal P 282 CAT Vol.38 2017: An early Catholic household at Pyrmont: The family of Sydney’s first town clerk [Charles Henry Chambers] / Colin Fowler p6. Henry Curran, bushrangers, and a Boorowa dream / James McDonald p20. Saigon, cholon and Julian Tenison Woods / Roderick O’Brien p34. NSW Catholic clergy and the Boer War: For and against / Colin Fowler p43. The sister of St Joseph: Recent historical publications [The Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart] / David Hilliard p59. BA Santamaria: His contribution to Australian politics / Bernadette (Santamaria) Tobin p68. The parallel careers of Arthur Calwell and Archbishop Simonds / Patrick Morgan p74. Warrane College. The difficult beginnings of an Opus Dei university residence in Sydney / Jose Manuel Cerda p84. A pathway into the tradition of Christian misogyny / Chris Geraghty p104. Australian Gay and Lesbian Archive: Newsletter P 306.766 ALG DECEMBER 2018: ALGA 40th anniversary p1. Midsumma p2. Journal of Australasian Mining History P 622 JOU Vol.16 OCTOBER 2018: Phillip Davies, Californian sluicing and Kiandra / Robert Ashley p1. Borgfeld to Billabong: Johannes Leberecht Noltenius: Enterprise on Australian mining fields, 1855-1884 / Ross A. Both and Elizabeth M. Dunlop p17. Nicholas Boutakoff: A geologist’s life revisited / Mike Butcher, Yolande M.J Collins and Peter Purcell p39. The environmental history of bucket dredging in Victoria / Peter Davies, Susan Lawrence, Jodi Turnbull, Ian Rutherford, James Frove, Ewen Sylvester p59. The Aboriginal miners and prospector of Cape York Peninsula 1870 to ca. 1950s / Galiina Ellwood p75. Mining Van Dieman’s Land Company holdings 1851-1899: A case of bad luck and clever adaption / Nic Haygarth p93. Ernie Bond: Market gardener for a mining town / Nic Haygarth p111. Copper under the start: The history of discovery and mining at Girilambone, northwest New South Wales / Ken McQueen p127. Underground mining of alluvial tin leads in Tasmania: A desperate measure / Keith Preston p148. Victoria Books The Arsonist / Chloe Hooper (2018) Collection of Papers from the law firm WE Pearcey and Ivey 1800s-early 1900s [donated by Patricia Corthorne] Strzelecki South of the Strzelecki Ranges: An environmental history of Corner Inlet / Cheryl Glowrey (2018) Ballarat Rails around Ballarat: Buildings and infrastructure / Steve McNichol (2018) Ballarat Rails around Ballarat: Locomotives and rollingstock / Steve McNichol (2018) Baxter Baxter Hall 1923: Through the eyes of a child / Joan Grace Roycroft (?) [donated anon] Brighton The Community Cookbook / St Leonard’s College (?) [donated by Rotary Albert Park] Castlemaine Castlemaine Cemetery: A walk with glimpses of the past / Ian Hockley (2017) Colac Peas in the Pod: A history of pea growing in Colac and district / Norman Houghton (2017) Colac God’s House: A history of churches in Colac and District / Norman Houghton (2016) Colac Choppers and Chippers: A history of the timber industry in the West Otway Ranges 1850-2018 / Norman Houghton (2018) Echuca Echuca-Moama: Murray River neighbours / Helen Coulson (2009) [donated by Echuca Historical Society] Prahran Mechanic’s Institute Victorian History Library | RECENT ADDITIONS | 2018 December / 2019 January 4 RECENT ADDITIONS Eltham Bessie Wingrove and Early Eltham / Maureen Jones (2016) [donated anon] Fitzroy Conservatory Fitzroy Gardens: History and displays / Robert W Strugnell (2018) Frankston Dust From Unmade Roads-Frankston / Alfonso Folle (2018) Fulton’s Creek Boom and Bust at Fulton’s Creek / Steve Dingwell (2018) Gippsland Images of Gippsland / Gippsland International (2001?) [donated by Colin Davis] High Country Benambra Neighbourhood House Inc.: Hotels of the high country