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1 2018 FEBRUARY Australian Literature Archipelago of Souls / Gregory Day (2017) From the Wreck / Jane Rawson (2017) So Bad A Death / June Wright (2015) The Gentleman s Garden / Catherine Jinks (2002) [donated by the Estate of Deirdre Farfor] Barbed Wire and Roses / Peter Yeldham (2007) [donated by the Estate of Deirdre Farfor] A Bitter Harvest / Peter Yeldham (2007) [donated by the Estate of Deirdre Farfor] Grace / Robert Drewe (2005) [donated by the Estate of Deirdre Farfor] The Murrumbidgee Kid / Peter Yeldham (1997) [donated by the Estate of Deirdre Farfor] North and West of Melrose Street: An Australian story / T.R Edmonds (1993) [donated by Brian Hunt] Song of the Pen: A.B Paterson Complete Works / Rosamund Campbell (1984) [donated by Liz Souter] Singer of the Bush: A.B Banjo Paterson complete works / Rosamund Campbell (1983) [donated by Liz Souter] The Starlings / Vivienne Kelly (2017) Losing It / Moira Burke (1998) My Country: A poem by Dorethea Mackellar with decorations and illustrations by J.J Hilder / Dorethea Mackellar (1971) [donated by Liz Souter] Banned in Australia / Stephanie Jaehrling and Pam Pryde (2011) [donated by Steven Haby] Australian History Historic Public Buildings of Australia / Australian Council of National Trusts (1971) [donated by the Estate of Deirdre Farfor] INSIDE Australian Literature... 1 Australian History... 1 Victoria...3 Other States Art and Artists Biographies Company Histories Family History Indigenous Australians Military Histories Railways/Transport Sport...23 ABOUT THE PMI 39 St Edmonds Road Prahran VIC 3181 ABN Sec. Lib.: Steven Haby Pres: Cr. Steve Stefanopoulos OPEN: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 9:30am - 4:30pm Thu 9:30am - 7pm excluding public holidays and the Christmas/New Year period. CONTACT T E library@pmi.net.au W Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 1

2 The History Wars / Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark (2003) The Australian Snow Pictorial / Stan Flattely (1952) [donated by the Berwick Mechanics Institute] Reader s Digest Guide to the Australian Coast / Readers Digest (1983) [donated by David Poole] The Prince and the Assassin: Australia s first royal tour and portent of world terror / Steve Harris (2017) Recovering The Tracks: The story of Australian Archaeology / David Horton (1991) [donated by Melbourne Museum] History of the Catholic Church in Australasia / Parrick Francis (1890s) [donated by Loreto Mandeville Hall] The Battle of Vinegar Hill: Australia s Irish Rebellion 1804 / Lynette Ramsay Silver (1989) [donated by Brian Hunt] The Man from Oodnadatta / R.B Plowman (1933) [donated by Liz Souter] Table Looms and Some Australian Dyes and Homecrafts / E.H Butchart (1930s) [donated by Liz Souter] Gold: The romance of its discovery in Australia / Charles Barrett (1944) [donated by Liz Souter] Bowyangs and Boomerangs / M.J O Reilly (1944) [donated by Liz Souter] Ports of Sunset / Ernestine Hill (1946) [donated by Liz Souter] The Geographical Basis of Keyline / J.Macdonald Holmes (1976) [donated by Liz Souter] Rural Australian Gardens / Myles Baldwin ; photography by Simon Griffiths (2013) [donated by Liz Souter] Suburban Icons: A celebration of the everday / Steve Bedwell (1992) [donated by Steven Haby] Australia s Early Whalemen / Margaret and Colin Kerr (1980) [donated by Ian Matthews] Australia s Fan Heritage / Audrey North (1985) [donated by Colin Davis] The Australian Roll of Honour: Honoured by the Queen including recipents of national honours 1997 & 1998 / Alister Taylor (1999) [donated by David Poole] Woman of Australia: Their lives and times: A photographic gallery / Ingrid Ohlsson and Helen Duffy (1999) [donated by Carol Stals] The White Roof of Australia / Bill Beatty (1958) [donated by the Estate of Deirdre Farfor] Historic Australia / National Trust of Australia (1978) [donated by Carol Stals] Australian Wildflowers / John Brownlie (1982) [donated by the Estate of Deirdre Farfor] Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 2

3 Periodicals Australian Garden History Society journal P 712 AGH Vol.29 No.3 JANUARY 2017: Tasmanian gardens turn 200 [Royal Tasmanian Botanic Gardens turn 200] p2. More than garden walls [stone walls in Kalamunda National Park and Sir Paul Hasluck] / Stephen O Brien and Patsy Vizents p4. Burnley s first feminist gardener [Ina Higgins] / Sandra Pullman p6. Oaks, olives and oranges [Charnwood and Palmerville] / Anne Claoue-Long p9. Wattle: symbol of this nation s heart] / Kerrie Handasyde p12. Garden history in the making: The gallery of gardens [National Arboretum] / Anna Howe p15. A fungal foray through Ard Choille heritage garden / Alison Pouliot p18. A volunteer in a scientific research garden [Chelsea Physic Garden] / Anne Krelle p22. AGHS annual conference report / Stuart Read and Jessica Hood p26. He planted twenty gum trees when I was born... [Jean Walker and Betty Maloney] p29. Organ Historical Trust of Australia: OHTA News P 780 ORG OHT Vol. 42 No.3 JULY 2017: Obituaries: [the Revd Father Bruce Naylor, Audrey Cummins] p4. News from organ builders [New South Wales: St David s Cathedral Hobart organ is being repaired by Jewkes of Sydney. Victoria: Australian Pipe Organ Pty Ltd new organ for Camberwell Grammar, Hargraves Pipe Organs Pty Ltd continuing restoration of the JW Wolff organ at St Aloysius] p6. Of hollow frogs and transplanted organs [Hill & Son organ at Christ Church St Lawrence Sydney] / Peter Jewkes p14. The Bevington Organ of the South Australian National Trust / David Shield p17. The first two organs at St. Mark s Anglican Church Fitzroy / Geoffrey Cox p24. Organ Historical Trust of Australia: OHTA News P 780 ORG OHT Vol. 42 No.4 OCTOBER 2017: 2017 OHTA conference p1. The Australian Pipe Organ Centre p4. The OHTA Foundation p4. Obituaries [Herbert Alexander (Alan) Glover, Herbert [Bert] W. Jarrott, Frederick John Larner] p Whitehouse organ saved [St Andrew s Presbyterian Church, Chatswood NSW] p10. Hill & Son recording completed [organ in Tanunda SA used for recording] p11. Restorations: St Aloysius Catholic Church, Caulfield, Vic p12. OHTA at 40- I - the beginnings / John Henwood and Robert Symons p14. James Chapman Bishop, organbuilder - an appreciation from 1854 p23. Some wandering (and lost) Melbourne pipe organs: Organists and their masonic link: Part one / W. Bro. Dennis Middendorp p25. Melbourne s first masonic hall p26. Ephemera Society Australia Inc.: Newsletter P 027 EPH NEW No.6 DECEMBER 2017: Australia Day 30 July p1. Read all about it: Rare book week 2018 p2. Jazzers [collection of Australian Jazz ephemera] p3. Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho: Gary chrismas [Garry James and his father chrismas ephemera collection] p4. Victoria Discover Victoria / Robert Wilson (1987) [donated by Charles Lewis] Historical Records of Port Phillip: The first annals of the Colony of Victoria, from papers presented to Parliament...14th August 1878 / ed. with an intro. and notes by C.E. Sayers. (1972) [donated by Carol Stals] Boundary Gully Road / C.C Culvenor (2017) [donated by David Endacott] Volcanoes in Victoria / William D. Birch (1998) [donated by Melbourne Museum] Victoria Police Dog Squad: 40th anniversary celebration / Dog Squad (2017) [donated by Victorian Police Dog Squad] Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 3

4 Birds of Victora Urban Areas / Gould League Victoria (1973) [donated by Liz Souter] Historic Places: Special investigation South-Western Victoria: Proposed recommendations / Land Conservation Council (1996) [donated by City of Monash Local History Collection] The Swaggie Trek / Drew Kettle (1983) Ballarat Scots Under the Southern-Cross / Fred Cahir, Alison Inglis, Anne Beggs Sunter (2014) Ballarat Always Striving: The Ballarat Harriers first 100 years / Kevin Ruddick (1991) Barnawartha Historic Barnawartha / History Book Committee (1992) Beeac Scrapers and Boilers: Beeac s lake salt trade / Norm Houghton (2016) Bendigo Jewish Worship in Bendigo: An overview of religious observation / Bendigo Historical Society (2017) Bendigo By Birney to Golden Square: The last years of Bendigo tramways / Brian Andrews (1973) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Bendigo Beautiful Buildings of Bendigo / Golden Dragon Museum (1993) [donated by Steve Stefanopoulos] Berwick 150 Years of Worship: Berwick Anglican Church / Berwick Anglican Church (2016) [donated by Berwick Mechanics Institute] Birchip A Century of Rail: History of rail services in Birchip and district / George Gould (1993) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Bulleen A Small Corner of the Veneto: A history of the Veneto Club, Bulleen / Jenny Mountstephen (2014) [donated anon] Buxton Xavier by the Mountains: A history of the Buxton Outdoor Education Centre / Peter G. Hawkins (2013) [donated by Peter G. Hawkins] Camberwell Central Garbage Transfer Station / City of Camberwell (1980) [donated by R & R.O. Connell] Canterbury Cricket at Canterbury: A centenary history of the Canterbury Cricket Club / Simon Gardiner (1987) [donated by the Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre] Coburg The History of the Coburg Methodist Church / John R Beckwith (1966) [donated by City of Monash Local History Collection] Colac Down Through The Years- The story of the Colac and District Historical Society / Colac and District Historical Society Colac Against Big Odds The Story of the Colac Baptist Church / E.M Angel (2008) Colac 50 Years of Colac and District Pipes and Drums etc. (1998) Croydon The Spirit of Luther: Celebrating 50 years / Luther College (2014) [donated by Luther College] Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 4

5 Dandenong Ranges Lesser Known Tramways of the Dandenong Ranges / Arthur Winzenried (1985) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Dandenong Ranges Puffing Billy / Brian Carroll and Kenneth Stepnell (1977) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Diamond Valley The First Fifty Years: Diamond Valley Gem Club Inc. / Leigh Carbines (2017) [Donated by Yarra Plenty Libraries] Essendon Essendon Rifles and World War I / Judy Maddigan (2016) [donated by Melbourne Library Service] Gardiner St Andrews Gardiner Cricket Club: 100 years and still appealing ( ) / W. D. Birch (2016) [donated by Bill Brich] Gembrook Russell s Gembrook Tramway / Arthur Winzenried (1983) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Glenferrie Glenferrie Primary School: Centenary / Glenferrie Primary School (1975?) [donated by R & R.O Cameron] Goldfields Goldfields of Victoria / Kornelia Freeman and Ulo Pukk (2017) Goulburn Valley Something Quite Noble: Goulburn Valley Grammar School: The first 25 years / Stella M. Barber (2009) [donated by Goulburn Valley Grammar School] Goulburn Valley Something Quite Noble: Goulburn Valley Grammar School: The first 25 years / Stella M. Barber (2009) [donated by Stella Barber] Hamilton Exploring Hamilton volume 7 / Hamilton History Centre (2007) Hamilton Exploring Hamilton volume 8 / Hamilton History Centre (2007) Hamilton Hamilton Drives volume 1 / Hamilton History Centre (2007) Hamilton Hamilton Drives volume 2 / Hamilton History Centre (2007) Hamilton Hamilton Drives volume 3 / Hamilton History Centre (2007) Hastings When Footy Came to the Peninsula / Lance Hodgis (2017) Heywood It Happened in Heywood / Len Kenna (2001) [donated by Yarra Plenty Libraries] Horsham Historical Record of the Horsham Presbyterian Church / Horsham Presbyterian Church (1918) Kew Twelve Came First: The FCJ Mission to Australia / Aileen Ryan FCJ (2010) [donated by Genazzano FCJ College] Kew William Wardell and Genazzano FCJ College / Ursula M de Jong (2009) [donated by Genazzano FCJ College] Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 5

6 Kew 30 Years of Rowing At Genazzano FCJ College / Anthony Jackson (2015) [donated by Genazzano FCJ College] Kew Cook, Eat, Share: A collection of recipes from the Genazzano FCJ College community to celebrate the centenary of the Alumnae Association / Genazzano FCJ College (2011) [donated by Genazzano FCJ College] Kew And the Spirit Lingers Genazzano-one hundred years index / Essie Marendy and Julianne Barlow (2003) [donated by Genazzano FCJ College] Kew William Wardell and Genazzano FCJ College [DVD] / Ursula M de Jong (2009) [donated by Genazzano FCJ College] Lal Lal Picnics at The Falls: A history of the Lal Lal Racecourse and its railway / Mark Cauchi and Michael Guiney (2017) Lilydale Early History of the Lilydale Fire Brigade / Bethell Robert (2011) Little Desert Defending the Little Desert: The rise of ecological consciousness in Australia / Libby Robin (1994) Long Gully Long Gully Primary School Centenary Celebrations / Centenary Committee (1979) Macedon Macedon Ranges Heritage Strategy [electronic resource] (2018) Macedon Gisborne and Kyneton Heritage Study 2017 [electronic resource] (2017) Malvern Conservation Analysis and Design: St. Joseph s Church, Presbytery and surrounding gardens Stanhope Street Malvern, Victoria / St Joseph s Church [donated anon] Manningham Manningham City Council- Heritage Garden and Significant Tree Study-stage 2 report garden and tree assessment-2006 [electronic resource] (2006) Manningham Warrandyte Township-heritage guidelines-parts 1-7-part 6- infill development in residential areas [electronic resource] Manningham Warrandyte Township-heritage guidelines-parts 1-7-part 4- alterations and additions to noncontributory properties in residential areas[electronic resource] Manningham Warrandyte Township-heritage guidelines-parts 1-7-part 5- infill development in commercial areas [electronic resource] Manningham Warrandyte Township-heritage guidelines-parts 1-7-part 3- alterations and additions to noncontributory properties in commercial areas [electronic resource] Manningham Warrandyte Township-heritage guidelines-parts 1-7-part 2- alterations and additions to contributory properties in residential areas [electronic resource] Manningham Warrandyte Township-heritage guidelines-parts 1-7-part 1- alterations and additions to contributory properties in commercial areas [electronic resource] Mansfield Mansfield Shire-Council plan adopted 2016 [electronic resources] (2016) Mansfield Mansfield-Mt Buller-The High Country- Arts, Culture and Heritage Plan [electronic resources] (2012) Melbourne The Ballroom: The Melbourne punk and post punk scene / Dolores San Miguel (2011) Melbourne RMYS:140 Years on Port Phillip Bay / JH Ferris (2017) Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 6

7 Melbourne Melbourne s Pedestrian Heart: The Arcades / City of Melbourne (1989) [donated by R & R.O Cameron] Melbourne Happy 150th Birthday Melbourne / City of Melbourne (1992) [donated by R & R.O Cameron] Melbourne Swanston Walk / City of Melbourne (1990s) [donated by R & R.O Cameron] Melbourne City of Melbourne 1986 Annual Review / City of Melbourne (1986) [donated by R & R.O Cameron] Melbourne The Old School Tie: The Old Treasury Museum Spring Street, Melbourne / Old Treasury Building (1999) [donated by Steve Stefanopoulos] Melbourne City of Melbourne Heritage Strategy 2013 [electronic resource] (2013) Mentone Mentone Girls Grammar School 1998 / Mentone Girls Grammar (1998) [donated anon] Mentone Mentone Girls Grammar School Celebrating 115 years / Mentone Girls Grammar (2014) [donated anon] Mildura Mildura (former Shire of Walpeup) Heritage Study Stage 2 Volume 4 mapping 2013 [electronic resource] (2013) Mildura Mildura (former Shire of Walpeup) Heritage Study Stage 2 Volume 3 HERMES citations 2013 [electronic resource] (2013) Mildura Mallee Area Review Study of Historic Sites 1986 (1986) Mitchell Monument Hill Reserve, Kilmore Management Plan-June 2014 [electronic resource] (2014) Moonambel Moonambel: Then and now / Noreen McAdam (2010) [donated by Ken James] Moreland City of Moreland: Thematic history / Michele Summerton (2010) [donated by Melbourne Museum] Munro Court The Munro Court Story: An Australian housing development of energy-smart houses in water-wise gardens / Sue Turner and Sally Berridge (2013) [donated by Liz Souter] North Melbourne North Melbourne Free Library and Mechanics Institute / Margaret A. Dean (1983) [donated by City of Monash Local History Collection] Ovens Valley Chinese Joss House in the Ovens Valley / Dr Kok Hu Jin (2007) Red Hill Celebrating 20 Years: Probus Club of Red Hill / Red Hill Probus Club (2016) [donated by the Probus Club of Red Hill] Scoresby Scoresby Tramways / Arthur Winzenried (1983) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Silvan The Silvan Reservoir Construction Tramway / Arthur Winzenried (1985) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Skipton Tales From Skipton and the Settlement Districts of Mannibadar, Willowvale, Mt Bute, Bradvale, Mingay and Vite Vite / Skipton and District Historical Society (2003) [donated by Liz Souter] Warburton Herman s Warburton Tramway / Arthur Winzenried (1982) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Warburton W. Richard & Sons Warburton Tramway / Arthur Winzenried (1983) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Yarra Big River: Soundings of the lower Yarra / Jenny Lee (1990s) [donated by Melbourne Museum] Yarra Bend Report From The Select Committee on The Lunatic Asylum Together With The Proceedings Of The Committee, The Minutes Of Evidence And Appendices / Legislative Assembly (1862) [donated by R & R.O Cameron] Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 7

8 Periodicals Royal Historical Society of Victoria: History news P HIS No. 334: FEBRUARY 2018: The very model of a modern-day historian: Donald Menzies Gibb / Carole Woods p3. From Melbourne to Cape Town and on to Cairo in 1922 [Jessie Webb and Georgina Sweet] / Margaret O Callaghan p4. Hall of fame going the distance [Olympic games 1956, West Essendon Progress Association Hall and the rubbish tip] p5. Margaret Anderson: Service and creative leadership p6. David Thompson: A creative yet grounded volunteer p6. Polish museum in Footscray p9. Royal Historical Society of Victoria: Victorian historical journal P VHJ No.288 NOVEMBER 2017: Ballarat s Betsy Buckley: victim of circumstance or habitual criminal / Douglas Wilkie p146. James Denham Pinnock: A gentleman in society / Liz Rushden p170. Capital punishment in colonial Victoria: The role of the executive council / John Waugh p188. The legend of Lalor s arm: Eureka myths and colonial surgery / Nicola Cousen p212. The political economy of Victoria brushtail possums / Chris McConville p235. Mixed fortunes: The postwar lives of East Melbourne s Great War nurses / Janet Scarfe p256. Ladies and libraries in nineteenth century Melbourne / Margaret Bowman p281. The Victorian letter sheets from the 1840s to about 1865 / John Lancaster p292. Mechanics Institutes of Victoria: Useful knowledge P 374 MIV No. 45 SUMMER 2018: Minister Hutchins signs off on grants p1. Digitising Victoria s mechanics institute records p5. Mechanics institutes in the frame [exhibition of the images used for cards and calendars held at the Castlemaine Market Building] p6. Moonambel celebrates hall s 80th anniversary p10. Costerfield celebrates centenary p12. Adopt a (anything you can think of!)... [fundraising programs at MIs] p13. Mechanics Institutes Australia - Ballarat November 2018 conference countdown p16. Around Victoria s institutes [Arthurs Creek Mechanics Institute, Balaarat Mechanics Institute, Beaufort Mechanics Institute, Bonnie Doon Mechanics Institute, Briagolong Mechanics Institute, Brunswick Mechanics Institute, Castlemaine Mechanics Institute, Chiltern Mechanics Institute, Christmas Hill Mechanics Institute, Darlington Mechanics Institute, Dingee Mechanics Institute, Emerald Mechanics Institute, Fryerstown Burke and Wills Mechanics Institute, Jindivick Mechanics Institute, Johnsonville Mechanics Institute, Little River Mechanics Institute, Mansfield Mechanics Institute, Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Murtoa Mechanics Institute, Olinda Mechanics Hall, Prahran Mechanics Institute, Purnim Mechanics Hall, Tyers Mechanics Hall, Wandong Mechanics Hall] p17. The Wonderful world of mechanics institutes [Urana Soldiers Memorial Hall, Cairns School of Arts] p24. Where they stood [Kernot Hall Yallourn] p27. Ex-libris-from the shelves of a mechanics library [Wonthaggi Workmen s Club s copy of Dog Star: A novel by Donald Windham] p28. Curtain call [Glengarry Mechanics Institute] p31. Our people [Marlene Kairouz, David C Munson Jr, Pat Cubeta, Jill Hunter, Robert McMaster, Elsie Howard, Inez Lynn, Philip Marshall, Lisa Norman] p35. Vale [Weston Arthur Bate, Marjorie Jean Beecham, William Edward Parker] p37. Brighton Brighton Cemetorians: The cemetorian P BRIG CEM No. 49 SEPTEMBER 2017: Henry Tate p1. George Henry Stevens Harry Trott p2. John Francis O Hagan MBE p4. Eveline Winifred Syme p5. Sir Bernard Thomas Heinze AC p6. William (Billy) Trainor c p8. Frank Jonas Laver p9. George William Lewis Marshall-Hall p10. Ambrose Arthur Dyson p11. David Black [vale] p12. Brighton Brighton Cemetorians: The cemetorian P BRIG CEM No.50 DECEMBER 2017: Helen Elizabeth Ogilvie p1. William Alfred Gibson OBE p2. Francine Valerie Mcniff p3. Thomas James Coverdale p4. Robert William Horsfall OAM p5. Charles Walter Sandford p6. Eric Wolfe p7. Allen Martin Blackburn p8. Margaret Johnston c p9. Richard Knight PM p9. Sir Raymond Connelly p10. Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 8

9 Ballarat Ballarat Historical Society: The lamplight P BALL LAM Vol.8 No.1 JANUARY 2018: Lloyd Jenkins Ballarat p3. When the boat came in [Golden City boat] p8. When the local press went to town on brass bands / JS p10. Balnarring Balnarring Historical Society: Snippets from our collection P BALN SNI FEBRUARY 2018: What might have been [growing up in Somers in the 1940s] / Leslie Lewis p1. The Utopian Balnarring [Argus 1888] p3. A cemetery for Balnarring [1884 gazetting of land for a Balnarring cemetery] p3. Under army occupation / Phyllis Cole p5. Thomas Armstrong at Coolart p6. The missing street [the Esplanade] p7. Broadford Broadford Historical Society: Broadford times P BROA BRO SPRING 2017: School girls tell all [Joan, Jan, Mary and Edna on Broadford in the 1930s and 1940s] / Ruth Davern p1. Broadford Broadford Historical Society: Broadford times P BROA BRO SUMMER 2017: School girls tell all [Joan, Jan, Mary and Edna on Broadford in the 1930s and 1940s] / Ruth Davern p1. Brunswick Brunswick Community History Group: Fusion P BRUN FUS Vol.31 No.4 NOVEMBER 2017: Remembering a cinema pioneer: Allan Windley / Ross King p2. Remembrance day remembered / Marilyn Ranichi p6. The Johnson Bros. story p9. Camperdown Camperdown Historical Society: Newsletter P CAMP CAM Vol.28 No.1 JANUARY 2018: Western Press 1866 to 1871 p5. American fleet visits Camperdown 31st July 1925 p5. Carrisbrook Carisbrook Historical Society: The logs P CARI LOG Vol.8 No.3 JANUARY 2018: The WWI honour board at Carisbrook Town Hall: Part V of the local WWI honour boards and memorials [Conrad Clyde Herd, George Richard Maas, Frank Hasier Maas, John Lewis Maas, Peter DeLima, Percy Charles Samuel Bland, John Herbert White, Frederick Morrow, Andrew James Morrow, William George Clover, James Henry Herd, Robert Bruce Botten, William Alfred Botten, Edgar Gordon Botten, John Stanley Howlett, Herman August Kuring, Charles Stewart Neyland, Charles Armstrong, William Malcolm McIntyre, John William Holliday, Arthur Henry Lancaster, Charles Lancaster, Albert Edward Botten, George Shebler, Sydney James Colbert, Edward John Colbert, Alexander Wadsworth, Gustav Herman Johnson, Andrew James Morrow, James Reuben Howlett, Alexander McRae, Thomas Henry Wenmouth, Thomas Alfred Emerson, John Richard Hughes] / Alex Stoneman p3. Arnold s bridge p14. Castlemaine Castlemaine Historical Society: Newsletter P CAST CAS Vol.33 No.1 JANUARY 2018: December court house clean up Castlemaine Castlemaine Historical Society: Newsletter P CAST CAS Vol.33 No.2 FEBRUARY 2018: Glass s Almanac and directory of Castlemaine 1861 p2. A visit to Doug Hansford s carriages in Strangeways p3. Chelsea Chelsea Historical Society: The Strand P CHEL CHE FEBRUARY 2018: Court house restoration p1. Congratuations [Dr Graham Whitehead] p1. Cheltenham Friends of Cheltenham and Regional Cemeteries: Raves from the graves P CHEM CEM Vol.2 No.7 DECEMBER 2017: Walks around Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery [convict tour] p3. Cleveland Cole / Rosemary Reddick p4. Mary Ann Molly Hill / Travis Sellers and Sue Beazley p8. Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 9

10 Colac Colac Historical Society: CDHS newsletter P COLA COL Vol.46 No.2 MAY 2016: What has been in the news? Colac Herald 2016: [February 3rd: Sewing machines at Colac Heritage Festival, February 26th: Story wall painting at Youth Health Club, March 7th: Anchor of the Dorothy found on lake shore, March 9th: History of the Dorothy, March 19th: Salt turns lake orange, April 1st: Lake empty and cancer centre receives first clients, April 8th: Woods Jewellers celebrate 60th anniversary, April 13th: St Brendan s Heritage Day, April 14th: Vale Keith Trode, April 15th: Indigenous support pledge, April 18th: Cancer centre honours supporters, April 18th: Tribute to region s fallen soldiers, April 22nd: 825 flags placed on graves of servicemen and women in Colac cemetery, April 29th: Wands History, April 29th: Colac Yacht Club 135th anniversary] p2. The first Kanyana Festival / Dawn Peel p4. The big anchor and the drying lake adventure: 5th March 2016 [Anchor of SS Dorothy] / Craig Pink p7. The Victree waste burner p9. Colac Colac Historical Society: CDHS newsletter P COLA COL Vol.46 No.3 AUGUST 2016: What has been in the news? Colac Herald 2016: [June 6th: Coragulac House, June 15th: Colac and District Historical Society receives grant, June 20th: Jenny Mikakos Victorian Families and Children Minister visits Men s Shed, July 6th: Merv Brunt s vintage truck museum, July 8th: Centenary event for war memorial, July 18th: Lachlan Gaylard and his great grandfather (Albert Thomas Gaylard) medals, July 25th: Red Cross roses in front of Colac Memorial Square, July 29th: New ten year deal between Colac s Australian Lamb Company and Coles, July 29th: Consider renaming the reserve, August 28th: Kawarren, August 12th: Demolition approved for Colac High School, August 12th: Cliffy the pelican] p2. Richard Bassett- from Fromelle to Colac / Dawn Peel p4. The life of VR steam locomotives-j536 / Craig Pink p7. Colac Colac Historical Society: CDHS newsletter P COLA COL Vol.46 No.4 NOVEMBER 2016: What has been in the news? Colac Herald [September 19th: Ocean Road towns on landslide watch, Colac log cabin scout hall flooded, October 3rd: Demolition of Colac High School begins, October 12th: Otway Four Wheel Drive Club celebrates 40th anniversary, October 14th: Iconic oak tree in Colac West Primary School to go, October 21st: Death of Merv Brunt and uncertainty over his truck collection, George Glover s pie van, Laver s Hill Community Fire Refuge, October 28th: Riordan Fuels has taken over Dillon s Colac, November 7th: Mt Gellibrand wind farm, October 31st: New councillors elected, rabbit virus trials, November 11th: Chris Potter new mayor] p2. Colac windmill-maker-ernest Jones / Craig Pink p4. Everard Browne-the Cororooke squire / Norman Houghton p7. Colac Colac Historical Society: CDHS newsletter P COLA COL Vol.47 No.1 FEBRUARY 2017: Vale: Jen McDonald p1. What has been in the news? Colac Herald [November 11th 2016: Specialist school may be going on old Colac High site, November 18th: Allan Willingham and the Western District s bluestone buildings, November 21st: Colac and District s churches, November 25th: John Jellie and the date palms that used to stand where Cole is now, December 7th: SS Dorothy anchor, Jason Schram s collection of Colac history] p2. The memorial square-a brief history / Dawn Peel p3. Colac P&A society Heritage Festival / Craig Pink p5. Vanished wetland / Norman Houghton p7. Colac Colac Historical Society: CDHS newsletter P COLA COL Vol.47 No.2 MAY 2017: What has been in the news? The Colac Herald [December 16th 2016: Colac Herald celebrating 150 years, February 10th 2017: Charles Stewart Real Estate and Livestock 100 years, March 6th: Pea industry in Colac, March 10th: New owner of Colac Herald, March 31st: Public to get a share of Colac High site, April 10th: New men s shed, April 17th: Tarndwarncoort, April 21st: Construction begins of Mt Gellibrand wind farm, May 1st: Central Reserve, May 3rd: Hay family, May 5th: Colac pharmacists] p2. William Frederick Marks: Colac windmill manufacturer from May 1898 til July 1900 / Alan Doyle p3. South Dreeite: A brief history of settlement of the South Dreeite community / Craig Pink p7. Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 10

11 Colac Colac Historical Society: CDHS newsletter P COLA COL Vol.47 No.3 AUGUST 2017: What has been in the news? The Colac Herald [May 15th 2017: Red Rock, May 19th: Remarkable women of Colac, May 29th: Diana Cowan, June 19th: Rhys Evans, June 26th: Gathering Place, June 30th: Colac Historical Society needs purpose built centre, July 3rd: AKD Softwoods sawmill upgrades, July 14th: Merv s Brunt s vintage trucks sold to private collector, July 14th: Mount Gellibrand windfarm, July 21st: Alex and Rosie Genua, July 26th: Colac train service reaches 140th anniversary] p3. Indian hawkers p3. Gordon Colbrook Chapman: P5. The Box factory / Craig Pink p8. Colac Colac Historical Society: CDHS newsletter P COLA COL Vol.47 No.4 NOVEMBER 2017: What has been in the news? The Colac Herald 2017 [August 14th: Robert Wuchatsch and his book on John Muston, August 16th: Trinity College time capsule dug up, Elaine and Daryl Langdon, August 18th: Polwarth Country Women s Association, September 4th: New roundabout, agriculture qualifications at Glennormiston, September 6th: Peter Jacobs artist and his book on the Separation Creek bushfires, September 20th: Colac Plaza, Colac Truck Museum, September 25th: Colac Laurel Club 50th anniversary, Charles Stewart Real Estate centenary, September 27th: New Coles, October 18th: Colac Kindergarten 50th anniversary, Eventide buildings demolished, October 20th: Derrinook, October 30th: Trinity College Colac marks 50th anniversary, November 15th: Chris, Josh and Tim Smith and their grandfather Clarence Walter Smith] p2. Memories of Nerah, Dreeite, / Dawn Peel p4. Train dash to safety in 1919 fire p5. A look at the rates / Norman Houghton p6. Daylesford Daylesford Historical Society: Newsletter P DAYL DAY FEBRUARY 2018: Fabric threads stories: A social history exhibition p1. Harry Bromley / Micahel Bromley p4. Daylesford s first U3A / Judy Files p8. Dimboola Dimboola Historical Society: Newsletter P DIMB DIM No JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018: 125 years ago according to the Dimboola Banner January 1883 p years ago according to the Dimboola Banner February 1883 p years ago according to the Dimboola Banner January 1918 p years ago according to the Dimboola Banner February 1918 p5. The war to end all wars through Dimboola eyes January-February 1918 p6. Shearing in the Wimmera in the late 1860s p11. Railway history from the pages of the Banner p12. East Gippsland East Gippsland Family History Group and East Gippsland Historical Society: The black sheep P GIPP BLA No.95. DECEMBER 2017: Where along a land are we, John?: The answer [Metung and the Tangil] p4. Bairnsdale Cricket Association: The early years / Ian Forbes p5. Have another thing about not bothering to buy that certificate [Thomas Albert Hayes] p8. Local treasures: Lake Tyers boomerang, 1950 p9. Would you have spent this much on a new fad? [portraits in the early 1800s] p10. Preserving memories [preserving wartime memorabilia in Bairnsdale: Edward Henry and Hugo James Cullen] p11. No. 95 SEPTEMBER 2014: Tracing our ANZACs part 2 p5. The Echuca cemetery p8. Obituary Mrs Otway Falkiner p10. The Moama cemetery p11. Pine Grove, as it was p11. Herbert Cubbin / Wendy Hicks p12. Sydney Mackie p13. Life at ANZAC Cover p14. No.96 DECEMBER 2014: In and around Moama p4. Ian Jenkin- 150th anniversary Echuca railway p5. Petition for a municipality of Moama p6. Edward Dillon and Mary Aughney p8. Obituary: Late James Shanahan p9. The Mills of Millbank Farm p10. John Watts and Reginald Roy Cash / Joan Packer p11. Not just a name on a plaque [Ballendella Hall plaque: W.J Stirling, J.Taylor, C.J.T Bunbury] p13. John Thomas Kelly / Kath Schilling p14. Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 11

12 No.97 MARCH 2015: The Wilks family p5. Our family and WW1: A story behind the medal: George Grasby / Kaye McFarlane p9. Hnery Leon Simpkins / Helen Hastie p10. James Joachim Rank: Lieutenant Colonel p11. Colbinabbin / Shirely Durrant p12. No.98 JUNE 2015: A visit to Rochester p5. A Eureka moment [Ann and George Duke / Lesley Smith p6. William George Broomhead / Catherine Murname p8/ Private Oswald James Tankard / Anita Bartlett p9. Altcar and Pericoota Mascottes / Shirley Durrant p13. Lawless Moama p14. No.99 SEPTEMBER 2015: Opening of the church hall at Mathoura / Verna Berryman p6. Hulyrick in the band in World War 1 / Jean McPhee p12. Henry William Bulled / Catherine Murname p13. Forgoteen cemeteries / Shirley Durrant p14. Madowla Park p15. No.100 DECEMBER 2015: Bridges & Branchyes a brief history / Shirely Durrant p5. Soldier settlement p6. Rottnest Island cemeteries-a tale of shame and hardship p7. Unveiling the plaque at an early Moira shepher s hut p10. Daft village p11. Joseph Francis Augustine Barberis-AIF 5/53rd p13. Gordon Victor Kingshott, service number: 2859 p15. No.101 MARCH 2016: A walking tour of the Port of Echuca / Shirley p5. Death of Mr James Maiden p6. Trial trip of the Hero p10. The Moama Cemetery p12. The Upfill boys p13. World War 1 stories p14. No.102 JUNE 2016: Clare Stiles (Horsfall): Growing up on a farm at Deniliquin-memories p5. William Charles Wentworth / Wilma Gamble p10. The late Sir Charles Gordon: Early colonist and old North Sydney resident p11. The Gordon and Price connection / Shirley Durrant p12. Albert Walter Lemke p13. No.103 SEPTEMBER 2016: Obituary Clifford Mumme p8. Bundalong cemetery / Shirley Durrant p11. No.104 DECEMBER 2016: The Thermopylae p4. Celebrating the life of Pearl [Florence Pearl Collins] p5. William and Lucy Featherstone (Mumme) Allan / Judy McCartney p Private George Henry Hawkins p10. The Peace loan plaque p11. No.105 MARCH 2017: Moama cemetery project / Shirely Durrant p4. Death by poison [John McCleary] p5. A letter from Susan Brooks p8. Private Robert Beckham 5301 p11.yerilla cemetery / Moya Sharp p12. No.106 JUNE 2017: A story of Three Robert Sabestons p5. A man missing [Walter Charles Forman] p6. A childhood experience [Phyllis Hosking] p7. Great Grandfather Charles Eberle p8. Religious inclinations at Roslynmead / Ken Nicholson p10. The story of the Loch Ard box / Catherine Murnane p11. Lieutenant Malcom John Cochrane / Sue Shaw p12. Caroline Louise Becker p14. No.107 SEPTEMBER 2017: Two forgotten children [children of Mr Caddy] p5. School days by Mary Ryan Sissons p7. War came to Werneth p9. Elseth Katherine Jack p10. Albert Chalmers Borella VC MM p12. A letter from the front [Lieutenant A. Borella] p13. No.108 DECEMBER 2017: Norman Gordon Rae military cross p7. Old Moama p9. Olive Catherine Emma Campbell / Shirley Durrant p Private William Hardie Smith p15. Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 12

13 Eltham Eltham District Historical Society: Newsletter P ELTH ELT No.236 OCTOBER 2017: The Easter rooster lunch / Ann Constable p3. Vale- Don Kinsey AM / Jim Connor p4. Eltham and District Historical Society [50th anniversary and Peter and Diana Bassett / Jim Connor p5. Commemorative service at St Margaret s Church Eltham / Kathleen Toal p6. Eltham in Victorian Railways weekly notices / Richard Pinn p7. Wellers Hotel of Kangaroo Ground-Part 2 / Jim Allen p8. Monash Bridge at Hurstbridge-100 years old in 2017 / Pam Lawson p10. Our Eltham-artistic recollection / Jim Connor p11. Eltham Eltham District Historical Society: Newsletter P ELTH ELT No.237 DECEMBER 2017: 50 years ago 1967 / Liz Pidgeon p3. Eltham 1950-childhood reminiscences-part 1 / Ann Constable p5. A squatters life on the Plenty River at Wanstead the 1837 diary of James Louis Willis / Anne Paul p6. Essendon Essendon Historical Society: Newsletter P ESSE ESS No.244 FEBRUARY 2018: Restoration works [courthouse recovery] / Mary Cahill p4. Dr Sam Merrifield / Virginia Noonan p5. Our giant neighbour: The gasholder in Moreland Road, Pascoe Vale South / Peter Willoughby p8. Footscray Footscray Historical Society: Newsletter P FOOT FOO No. 191 FEBRUARY 2018: Fifty years ago [first AGM of the society] p967. Heritage listing of the Stony Creek slipway p railway workers strike at Footscray p971. Lost shops of Footscray [Footscray Bowl] p974. Famous visitor IX: Adela Pankhurst ( ) p years ago [the naming of Footscray] p977. Frankston Frankston Historical Society: Newsletter P FRAN FRA FEBRUARY 2018: Chinese New Year in Australia-Friday 16th February 2018 p3. Geelong Geelong Family History Group: The pivot tree P GEEL PIV No. 136 JANUARY 2018: 1880: Geelong Advertiser 27 November 1880: The disease in the vines [phylloxera vastairix in local vineyards] p5. William Arabin Smith / Mar Frewin p17. Convict health / Sue Wood p25. Hawthorn Friends of the the Auburn Tower: Newsletter P HAWT FRI Vol.12 No.1 WINTER 2017: The Friends achieve charity status p1. Hawthorn Friends of the the Auburn Tower: Newsletter P HAWT FRI Vol.12 No.2 SUMMER 2017: Anniversary organ recital / Daphne Arthur p2. Ligh Horse commemorative service / Alan Chuck p2. Tower panorama launch p3. Hawthorn Hawthorn Historical Society: Newsletter P HAWT HAW NOVEMBER 2017: Vale Prof. Weston Bate p1. Flight Lieutenant John Colin McIntosh Rose p2. Hawthorn Hawthorn Historical Society: Newsletter P HAWT HAW FEBRUARY 2018: The Dalleys of Hawthorn / Rupert M. Dalley p4. Hawthorn Town Hall celebrates 130 years / Libby Love p10. Cycling Libby Love p11. Heidelberg Heidelberg Historical Society: Heidelberg historian P HEID HEI No.304 FEBRUARY 2018: Arresting women: Celebrating 100 years of women in the Victorian Police / Coleen Wooley AM p1. The World War I conscription plebiscites: Heidelberg / Janine Rizetti p4. One hundred years ago January-February 1918 [conscription, development and progress, Queen of the Busy Bee Fete, state war council appeal, German street names] / Janine Rizetti p8. Passing parade (Heidelberg Leader November, December 2017) [North East Link, Hurstbridge Line upgrades, Murundaka, Heidelberg Artists Trail signs vandalised, Viewbank silos, garbage trucks, Lower Plenty Hotel, burglary hot spots, christmas activities, development] p10. Horsham Horsham Historical Society: Horsham historian P HORS HOR No.259 NOVEMBER 2017: News from the Horsham Times during the last 100 years [an echo of the early days 1935, Robert Queale, World War I, advertising] p4. Development of fencing / Jim Heard p9. Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 13

14 Horsham Horsham Historical Society: Horsham historian P HORS HOR No.260 FEBRUARY 2018: New from the Horsham Times during the last 100 (and over) years [steam on the Wimmera 1893: The Britannia steam ship owned by N Farnsworth, pedestrian bridge over the Wimmera, Robert Queale] p5. Kew Kew Historical Society: Newsletter P KEW KEW No.120 SEPTEMBER 2017: Performing arts p2. Once upon a tea time: The Griffiths of Kew / Suzanne McWha p4. East Kew Women s Club / Desley Reid p6. Spinster who defeats parliament [Miss Jamieson against the widening of High Street Kew] p8. Kew Kew Historical Society: Newsletter P KEW KEW No.121 DECEMBER 2017: Heritage gap study: City of Boroondara / Don Garden p4. 31 Miller Grove: Evaluating its heritage significance / Robert Baker p5. Kew Fire Brigade / David White p6. Houses hitting the dust: The changing streetscape and social structure of Gladstone Street Suzanne McWah p8. Koo-Wee-Rup Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp Historical Society: Newsletter P KOOW KOO No.399 FEBRUARY 2018: Cranbourne Shire Historical Society p2. What happened in Koo-Wee-Rup in 1918 / Heather Arnold p3. Kyneton Kyneton Historical Society: The chronicle P KYNE NEW Vol.20 No.1 JANUARY 2018: Postal service p2. Saw dust kiln p3. What s in a name [origin of names] p4. Thomas Clowe s diary p6. Early history of Carlsruhe p7. The National Bank Kyneton p8. Lilydale Lilydale and District Historical Society: Now and then P LILY NOW OCTOBER 2017: Christmas in the Lilydale district in 1950 p3. Refurbishment of Lilydale landmark [war memorial] p3. Lilydale Lilydale and District Historical Society: Now and then P LILY NOW FEBRUARY 2018: Jo Pritchard our quiet achiever p1. Linton Linton and District Historical Society: Society notes P LINT LIN No.298 FEBRUARY 2018: Pitfield: The village at the Wardy Yallock River crossing p1. Anzac day in Linton: A subdued beginning to the commemoration p8. Maryborough Midlands Historical Society, Maryborough: Diggings P MARY DIG Vol.30 No.1 FEBRUARY 2018: New Maryborough street names [Argyle Road] p3. The Wigger family and World War One p3. From the archives: The hazards of summer [fires 1918, snakes 1901, hottest day of the year 1897] p5. Ambulance Auxiliary centenary p6. Keeping good time [railway clock] p6. Back to Maryborough 1930 p7. Middle Park Middle Park History Group: Newsletter P MIDD NEW No.25 JANUARY 2018: Childhood, growing up and salad days in Middle Park. Chapter five / Bruce Armstrong p years ago [cigarette evening] / Sonya Cameron p6. Tramway for Middle Park / Sonya Cameron p7. Minyip Minyip and District Historical Society: The guardian P MINY GUA Vol. 27 No.1 MARCH 2018: Man in the corner [column from the Wimmera Mail-Times ] p1. History news [WWI veterans memorial gates at Minyip oval] p7. Moorabbin City of Moorabbin Historical Society: Moorabbin mirror P MOOR MIR No.12 OCTOBER 2017: Early settler s cottage p4. Shrine of Remebrance p5. Repurposed shingles p6. Origins of local street names p8. Moreland Moreland history news P MORE MOR No. 14 FEBRUARY 2018: News from the Coburg Historical Society [avenue of honour, memorial gate at Coburg Primary School] p2. Moreland Road West Brunswick: The land of promise [advertisement] p4. A local history society in Victoria [Coburg Historical Society] / Laurie Burchell p6. Historic Sydney Road p8. Major Engine Reconditioning 209 Sydney Road Coburg / Dr. Rose p10. RSL list mystery solved [Brunswick RSL sub branch honour boards] p11. Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 14

15 Mortlake Mortlake and District Historical Society: Historical news P MORT MOR FEBRUARY 2018: Leslie Guilbert Cochrane, : Clerk [plaque] p2. Birds of the Mortlake district [Californian Quail, Latham s Snipe, Brown Quail] p4. Mortlake s swimming pool p5. Len Shrubb (Shrubby)-Mortlake postie, p6. Narre Warren Narre Warren and District Family History Group: Spreading branches P NARR SPR No.115 FEBRUARY 2018: They answered the call: A World War I walk in the Cranbourne Cemetery 22 April 2018 / Jane Rivett-Carnac p1. Casey Cardinia remembers [Lyndhurst, Hector Anderson Reserve, new war memorial[ / Lynne Bradley p5. Captain David Jones of Tandderwen Orchard / Marianne Rocke p6. Basking in moonlight [writing competition entry about William Hawkin Taylor] / Lynne Bradley p10. Port Fairy Port Fairy Historical Society: Port Fairy post P PFAI POR Vol.7 No.1 MARCH 2018: Lobster pots and greenery [1934 lack of tourists] / Richard Patterson p5. Escaping death [Thomas Pemberthy s attack on Ann Wharton in 1890, Sophia Presnell, Mary Ellen Kempton, John Purdie] / Richard Patterson p6. Port Fairy Gazette 1918 [Aborigines Board] p8. From 5 and 12 March 1869 (Belfast Gazette) p (The Gazette Port Fairy) p11. Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society: Newsletter P PMEL POR FEBRUARY 2018: A special donation to the collection [Barbara Jane Hegarty s wedding dress] p1. Albert Jacka p3. Planning [Mission to Seafarers and Tea House] p4. Port people [database] p5. Tramways map p6. WWC band rotunda p7. Port Phillip Port Phillip Pioneers Group: Newsletter P POR No. 202 FEBRUARY 2018: Frankston p1. John Muston a forgotten pioneer p3. Edmund Steel of Point Henry and Jan Juc p4. Frankston Fish Company p6. Prahran Prahran Mechanics Institute: Newsletter P PRAH MEC No.101 FEBRUARY 2018: Exciting news [carpet replacement] p1. General news [Library Lovers Day including photo of the staff: Ursula Zamenick, Steven Haby, Ellen Coates, Chris Moysey-Barker, Instituting the past: Michelle Negus Cleary blog] p2. Australian Heritage Festival p2. Stella Prize longlist p3. Histrivia: Unusual placenames in Victoria part 2 [Speed, Spion Kopje, Springfield, Staff Camp Creek, Stalker, Starvation Creek, Suggan Buggan, Tanti Park, Teddywaddy, Trunck Lead, Upfield, Victoria Park, Vite Vite, Walla Walla, Warncoort, Windsor, W Tree, Yankee Jim s Creek, Zealey Point] p4. etcetera [News books: Burn City / Lous Chamberlin, The Good Country / Bain Attwood, Featherston / Geoff Isaac, Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms / Anita Heiss, The Trauma Cleaner / Sarah Krasnostein, Miller and Max / Luke Buckmaster. Coming Soon: The Man Who Carried the Nation s Grief / Carol Rosenhein, The Media and the Massacre / Sonya Voumard] p6. Sandringham Sandringham and District Historical Society: Newsletter P SAND SAN FEBRUARY 2018: Shepparton Shepparton Family History Group and Shepparton Heritage Centre: Furphy murmurs P SHEP FUR No.54 NOVEMBER 2017: The most beautiful girl in the village: An Italian journey of love / Liz Zito p5. Terminus Hotel p6. Local history scrapbook launched [Ruth Tate] p6. Fond memories of top cakes [Favaloro s Café] p7. St Kilda Friends of the St Kilda Cemetery: Cemetery conversations P SKIL CEM JANUARY 2018: Edward Lowenstern Yencken p2. Terang Terang and District Historical Society: Newsletter P TERA TER SEPTEMBER 2017: Noorat bakery p2. Historic plaques p4. Radios and cameras on display p5. Noorat show: Saturday 18th November 2017 p5. Centenary of Beersheba p6. A former Noorat identity [Gertrude Walsh] p7. What s changed [The Tribunal opens in the back of the Noorat Hotel, EZPC systems at 111 High Street, Southwest Ultrasound in Johnstone Court] p9. Snippets from Terang Express [Death of George Penny and Elizabeth Penny 1952, accident of Crawford Hendry 1907, Terang Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 15

16 Golfclub 1914, James Macqueen, park clubhouse building 1952, obituary Peter Harris 1952, Gnotuk post office destroyed by fire 1952, Barge Double Furrow Disc Plough trial 1908] p10. Traralgon Traralgon and District Historical Society: Bulletin P TRAR TRA Vol.48 No.3 NOVEMBER 2017: A talk by Professor Erik Eckland: Centre for Gippsland Studies Federation University / Jenni Whitwam p6. Time travel in Franklin Street: The collections and walk down Franklin Street p9. Annual dinner meeting [Tasmanian convicts in Victoria] p15. A soldier writes home: Extracts from SGT MAJ R.E Power collection / Jenny Hammett p16. Trentham Trentham Historical Society: Recorder P TREN REC Vol.19 No.1 FEBRUARY 2018: Trentham and district street names p1. My corner of Trentham: Eva Sabo p12. Walhalla Walhalla Heritage and Development League: Walhalla chronicle P WALH CHR FEBRUARY 2018: Macgregor s Gold Mine p5. Blast from the past-narracan Shire Advocate-24th March 1933 [John Gloz] p10. Media release-baw Baw Shire [Telecom Track now Spetts Track] p10. Donations [blacksmiths hammer and dollypot and diary of Luke Steenhuis] p11. Coopers Creek 1940s p12. Wally s s [Walhalla Graveyard to Cemetery, Henry Buchanan and family, Albert John McCann] p14. Vale [Alistair Stirton] p17. Shop report p17. Warracknabeal Warracknabeal and District Historical Society: Warunda review P WARR WAR Vol.52 No.1 JANUARY 2018: Christmas at Longerenong p1. Warunda Review 35 years on / John Schubert p4. Warragul Warragul and District Historical Society: Monthly bulletin P WARR WAR No.502 FEBRUARY 2018: Last meeting [Scout Jamboree Tom Adkins] p1. Burnt Store Road, Lardner p4. The old Hastings site: The new development commenced in January p9. Warrandyte Warrandyte Historical Society: Newsletter P WARR WAR No.191 FEBRUARY 2018: Dairy discussions [old dairy building] p2. Slab hut update p3. Constable John Grubb p4. Pearson s bridge p5. Warrnambool Warrnambool Family History Group: South-west genealogist P WARR SOU No.281 JANUARY 2018: Warrnambool and district historicals January 108 years ago-1910 (as recorded in the Warrnambool Standard) p3. Warrnambool and district historicals February 108 years ago-1910 (as recorded in the Warrnambool Standard) p6. Waverley Waverley Historical Society: Newsletter P WAVE WAV No.222 FEBRUARY 2017: The house [the Lechtes house] p1. Vale Wesley Anderson Marriott p2. The Milne-Young story p3. Some Victoria Police history and Waverley / Thea Angelico p4. The shifting sands golf courses / Marjo Angelico p7. Williamstown Williamstown Historical Society: Timeball times P WILL TIM No.284 JANUARY 2018: Silent sentinels-house behind the name [The Esplanade: Clonmore Lodge, Balgay, Ardlamont, Roker, Ellerslie, Tulliallan, St Ninian s ] / Brian Haynes p5. Rising above a gas attach / Ian D. Rae p7. Wonthaggi Wonthaggi Historical Society: The plod P WONT WON FEBRUARY 2018: Plod essay: Let s go out to the wreck [Wreck s Creek] p3. Yackandandah Yackandandah Historical Society: Yackandandah times P YACK TIM JANUARY 2018: Shire map finds a home p1. Scout essay: About Yackandandah p5. Save Malmsbury Railway Station campaign fails and folds p9. Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 16

17 New South Wales Other States Riverina Murrumbidgee Memories and Riverina Reminiscences / Hilda M. Freeman (1985) [donated anon] San Souci Three Essays on Sans Souci History / Dr Garry Darby (2016) Sydney Tramways of Sydney / David R. Keenan (1979) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Norfolk Island Pitcairn s Island / Charles Nordhaff (1957) [donated by Liz Souter] Northern Territory Life and Journeyings in Central Australia / J.C Finlayson (1925) [donated by Liz Souter] Queensland Race Relations in North Queensland / Henry Reynolds (1993) The Plain Truth: A history of the Queensland Audit Office / Robert Longhurst (1995) [donated by Colin Davis] Brisbane Brisbane s Historic North Bank / Ian Hadwen (2005) Brisbane A Superb Century: 100 years of the Gabba / Wayne Smith (1995) [donated by Colin Davis] Cooktown Cooktown at War: A record of activities in Cooktown during World War Two / Don Sinclair (2005) [donated by Mike Trickett] Esk Confidence & Tradition: A history of Esk Shire / Ruth S. Kerr (1988) [donated by Colin Davis] Livingstone Shire Marking Time and Place: Remembering people and events of the Livingstone Shire / Livingstone Shire (2016) Mt Leyshon Mt Leyshon / Colin Hooper (2002) Mungalla Mungallala Memories: A Community Account of Mungallala and District History Committee 2004 / Jennifer Beale (2004) Waggamba Waggamba Shire Story: A History of the Waggamba Shire / G.O Armstrong (1973) Warroo The Changing Years: A History of the Shire of Warroo Incorporating Bendemere Shire History / G.O Armstrong (1970) Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 17

18 Wynnum A History of Music in the Wynnum and Manly Areas / Betty Nock (1998) Periodicals Royal Historical Society of Queensland: RHSQ Bulletin P BUL No.826 FEBRUARY 2018: The first Queensland police motorcycles p1. Queensland news [Forsyth, Junabee, Tolga, Hou Wang Temple outside Atherton, Townsville, Warwick,] p3. Queensland Police Museum p5. South Australia Adelaide Adelaide on the Move : Public transport in a changing scene / Christopher Steele and Roger Wheaton (1978) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Flinders Ranges A Field Guide to the Flinders Ranges / David Corbett (1980) Flinders Ranges The Flinders in Colour / Keith R. Phillips (1969) [donated by the Estate of Deirdre Farfor] Peterborough Centenary of a Railway Town: Peterborough, 1976 / Roger Currie, David Palmer and John Ramsey (1977) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Tasmania Hobart The Founding of Hobart: A diary recounting the events on the Derwent / Frank Bolt (2004) [donated by Rod Parnell] Hobart The Penitentiary Chapel and Criminal Courts: Cnr Brisbane and Campbell Sts Hobart, Tasmania Australia / National Trust [donated anon] Sarah Island The Sarah Island Conspiracies: Being an account of twelve voyages made by one G.K. to Macquarie Harbour on the western coast of Van Diemens Land / Richard Innes Davey (2002) [donated by Colin Davis] Western Australia Local History in Western Australia / Tom Stannage (1974) Kalgoorlie Heads and Tails: The story of the Kalgoorlie two-up school / Danny Sheehan (1985) [donated by Colin Davis] Northcliffe Contested Country: A history of the Northcliffe area of Western Australia / Patricia Crawford Warakuna I See Something Better Soon: How a remote community was transformed through empowerment / Jim Heslop (2016) Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 18

19 Periodicals Royal Western Australian Historical Society: History West P HIS JANUARY 2018: Re-dedication of the Jewish Memorial Cemetery, East Perth Cemeteries p2. The 11th Battalion AIF and the Gallipoli Trench Project / Chris Cox p5. From the State Archives collection: Perth s native exclusion zone / Duane Kelly p6. Art and Artists A Pictorial History of Australian Painting / Peter Quatermaine and Jonathan Watkins (1989) [donated by Parade College Library] Euan Macleod: The painter in the painting / Gregory O Brien (2010) William Robinson: The transfigured landscape / William Robinson (2011) Twenty Contemporary Australian Photographers: From the Hallmark Cards Australian Photographic Collection / Isobel Crombie and Sandra Byron (1990) [donated by Colin Davis] The Inked-in Image: History of comic art in Australia / Vane Lindesay (1980) Biographies Richard Brooks: From convict ship captain to pillar of early colonial Australia / Christine Maher (2016) Sing, Sweet Bird: The life story of Rosa Alba / Lance Hodgins (2017) A Writing Life: Helen Garner and her work / Bernadette Brennan [Stella Prize Longlist 2018] (2017) Mark Taylor: Time to declare / Mark Taylor (1999) [donated anon] Steve Waugh: Out of my comfort zone / Steve Waugh (2005) [donated anon] Barney: The story of Rees D. Williams, architect of the white collar union movement / Kate White (1989) [donated by Brian Hunt] Rose Scott: Vision and revision in feminism / Judith A. Allen (1994) [donated by Charles lewis] Reminiscences of David Reid / JCH Ogier (1906) Where Angels Fear to Tread: Loris Figgins a pioneering female surgeon / Lorris Figgins (2006) [donated by Berwick Mechanics Institute] The Green Bell / Paula Keogh [Stella Prize Longlist 2018] (2017) Martin Sharp: His life and times / Joyce Morgan [Stella Prize Longlist 2018] (2017) The Dingoes Lament / John Bois (2012) Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 19

20 Company Histories The Nationwide Story / Genevieve Taggard (1976) BHP Tramways Company History / David Griffths (1985) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Family History Rail, Ale and Fields of Gold / John T. Dean (2001) Silken Threads Among The Gold: Penrose Acteson Taylors in Australia / Susan E.A Patterson (1996) [donated by Liz Souter] Indigenous Australians Pelletier: The forgotten castaway of Cape York / Stephanie Anderson (2009) Aborigines and Settlers: The Australian Experience / Henry Reynolds (1979) Musquito: Brutality and Exile: Aboriginal resistance in New South Wales and Van Diemen s Land / Michael Powell (2016) Yamakarra! Liz Kennedy and the Keewong Mob / Western Heritage Group (2013) Songlines: Tracking the seven sisters / Margo Neale (2017) Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia: Culture and society through space and time / Bill Arthur (2005) [donated by Bayside Library Service] Australian Aborigines / James Dawson (1881) [donated by Liz Souter] Noonkambah / Steve Hawke (1988) [donated by Berwick Mechanics Institute] Aborigines and Europeans in Western Victoria / Peter Corris (1968) [donated by City of Monash Local History Collection] Periodicals Aboriginal History Inc: Aborignal History P JOU Volume : Preface: : Aboriginal History journal celebrates 40 years of publication / Ingereth Macfarlane p ix. Other picture boards in Van Diemen s Land: The recovery of lost illustrations of frontier violence and relationships / Nicholas Dean Brodie and Kristyn Harman p3. The murder of Melaityappa and how Judge Mann succeeded in making the administration of justice palatable to South Australian colonists in1849 / Skye Krichauff p23. Mobilising across colour lines: Intimate encounters between Aboriginal women and African American and other allied servicemen on the World War II Australian home front / Karen Hughes p47. Deaconess Winifred Hilliard and the cultural brokerage of the Ernabella craft room / Diana J.B Young p71. The happiest time of my life... : Emotive visitor books and early mission tourism to Victoria s Aboriginal reserves / Nikita Vanderbyl p95. Two Victorian corroborees: Meaning making in response to European intrusion / Janice Newton p121. The homestead as fortress: Fact or folklore / Heather Burke et al p151. Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 20

21 Military Histories A Treasury of ANZAC Humour / Roger Fair (?) Air Force Australia / George Odgers (1996) [donated by Barbara Brown] Our War Nurses: The history of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps / Rupert Goodman (1988) [donated by City of Monash Local History Collection] Railways/Transport Rails To The Top End: The Adelaide-Darwin Transcontinental Railway / Robin Bromby (1982) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Rails To The Top End: The Adelaide-Darwin Transcontinental Railway / Robin Bromby (2004) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] William Kerans: Railwayman: His life and times in Durrow, Ireland, and in the early railways of Victoria / William Birch (2017) [donated by William Birch] Wizards of the Wheel: A guide to the oral history of competitive road and track cycling in Victoria in the immediate post-war decades / Ken Mansell (2016) P.S. Pyap / Jill Bales and Joe Blake (1996) Tsukuba Expo Volvos in Australia / R. A. Birrell (1987) New South Wales Tramcar Handbook / N. Chinn and M. McCarthy (1976) Trolley Buses of Tasmania / Ian G. Cooper (1979) A Lucky Ship: The nine lives of the Australian coaster Tambar / Craig Mair (2013) Focus on Steam (1973) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Generation One: A pictorial tribute to the first diesel and electric locomotives of the N.S.W.G.R. / edited by Shane O Neil (1978) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] South Australian Diesel Transport / Douglas A. Colquhoun (1981) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] South Coast Limited: A history of the Victor Harbour and Milang railway lines in South Australia / Kim Bird (1972) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Along the Line in Tasmania. Book 1. Government Lines / ARHS NSW (1982) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Locomotion A2 / R. L. Hudson (1972) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] The Great Northern Railway: Newcastle to Maitland / R. G. Preston (1982) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Proced to Peterborough: The last of steam on the South Australian railways / Doug Colquhoun, Ronald Stewien and Adrian Thomas (1970) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 21

22 600: The Pacific locomotives of the South Australian Railways / Doug Colquhoun, Ronald Stewien and Adrian Thomas (1971) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] VR Rail Wagons For Every Freighting Need / Victorian Railways (1966) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] The ABT railway on Tasmania s West Coast / Lou Rae (1988) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] G42: Puffing Billy s big brother / Graham Hocking, Ron Peach and John Thompson (1981) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Rails to the Tableland: The story of the Cairns Railway / R. F. Ellis (1976) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Railways of the Canberra and Monaro Districts / H. J. W. Stokes (1984) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] The Glenreagh to Dorrigo Branch Railway / Malcolm Paull (1988) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Line Clear: 100 years of train working Adelaide-Serviceton / Reece Jennings (1986) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Rails to the Burra / John Wilson (1970) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Destination Sth Brisbane: An illustrated history of the southside railways of Brisbane / John Kerr and John Armstrong (1978) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] The Midland Railway Company Locomotives of Western Australia / Adrian Gunzburg (1989) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Diesel Pictorial / John Dare (1977) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Locomotives of the S.A.R. / B. Marshall & J. Wilson (1972) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Locomotives: New South Wales rail system / SRA of NSW, Archives Section (1984) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Along the Line. No. 1 / edited by J. Richardson (1961) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] Along the Line. No. 2 / edited by J. Richardson (1964) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] 621: A steam locomotive reborn / Ronald Stewien (1972) [Donated by Signalling Research Society of Victoria] New South Wales Railways: The first twenty-five years, / Ian Brady (1980) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 22

23 BHP Rail / Don Drysdale (1988) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Lonely Rails in the Gulf Country: The story of the Normanton - Croydon railway and the Gulflander. 2nd rev. ed. / J. W. Knowles (1993) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Units in Focus / Bruce Mead, Graham Cotterall, Roger Renton (1980) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Highway Through the Hills: The story of the Mount Barker Road / Stewart Cockburn (2000) [donated by Colin Davis] A History of Road Trains in the Northern Territory / John Maddock (1988) [donated by Colin Davis] Across Australia by Indian-Pacific / Patsy Adam-Smith and Lindsay Rodda (1971) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Swansong of Steam / photographs by Bob and Peter Booth (1976) [donated by the Signalling Record Society of Australia] Periodicals Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division): Newsrail P 385 NEW Vol.46 No.2 FEBRUARY 2018: Fox s Point scenic railway part 1 / Max Cauchi p38. Whitfield railway memories / Andrew Blair p48. Wandering the border country / Jim Foley p54. Australian Railway Historical Society: Australian railway history P 385 AUS Vol.69 No.964 FEBRUARY 2018: The TGR upper Derwent Valley line / Jim Stokes p4. To Broadmeadow and book off: Part 1: From DELEC to Gosford / Ron Webb p9. To Inverell by diesel rail car / Greg Blackwell p15. Blue Mountains school trains / Colin Bull p26. Sport Great Australian Golf Courses / Tom Ramsey (1990) [donated by the Estate of Deirdre Farfor] Our Great Game: The photographic history of Australian football / edited by John Murray (2010) The Story of Black Caviar: A celebration of Australia s greatest racehorse / Andrew Eddy (2012) [donated by the Estate of Deirdre Farfor] The Best of Australian Racing Stories: From Archer to Makybe Diva / Jim Haynes (2010) [donated by the Estate of Deirdre Farfor] 1956 Melbourne Modernity and the XVI Olympiad / Museum of Modern Art at Heide (1997) [donated by Melbourne Museum] Cazaly: The legend / Robert Allen (2017) [donated by Robert Allen] The Great Depression: A decade with the Melbourne Football Club / Adam Woolcock (2017) [donated by Adam Woolcock] Periodicals Melbourne Cricket Club: The yorker P No.63 SPRING 2017: The birthplace of the rules of the Melbourne Football Club / Kate Gray p3. In search of Fitzroy and Brunswick [Frederick Armand Powlett, Robert Russell and Alfred Miller Mundy] / James Brear p9. Mollie Dive: A great all-rounder / Richard Cashman p12. Vale Elizabeth Betty Cuthbert, AM, MBE / David Studham p16. Forgotten with bias: The prehistory of MCC Bowls and the old Richmond Bowling Club / Trevor Ruddell p19. Prahran Mechanic s Institute Victorian History Library RECENT ADDITIONS 2018 FEBRUARY 23