Settling Amongst the Red Gums in the Shadow of Mount Sturgeon by James Affleck
$59.99 AUD
Category: Local Nonfiction
Settling Amongst the Red Gums in the Shadow of Mount Sturgeon is a compilation of stories of the soldier settler families in the area of Dunkeld, Victoria who sent their children to Dunkeld State School from 1949 onward. It includes individual listings and stories on each of the three settlement areas. ...Show more
Dancing with Bacchus - South West Victorian Hotels From 1839 by Pamela M. Marriott (Annotations by, Cover Design by, Introduction by, Intro and Notes by, Editor, Arranged by, Illustrator, Compiled by, Editorial Coordinator, Research by, By (photographer), (various roles), Foreword by, Index by)
$50.00 AUD
Category: Local Nonfiction
Dancing With Bacchus delves into South West Victoria to discover more than 350 hotels operating in the Hamilton, Portland, Warrnambool and Camperdown districts, along with their satellite communities. Starting with one fellow getting his throat cut and ending with a public house on fire, there are many ...Show more
Icons of Port Fairy by Richard Patterson
$10.00 AUD
Category: Local Nonfiction
An account of certain aspects of the history of Port Fairy as reflected in the collection of the Port Fairy Museum.
Soldiering On - Caramut and the Soldier Settlement Movement: Incorporating Plenty of Possums by James Affleck (Editor)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Local Nonfiction
Soldiering On: Caramut and the Soldier Settlement Movement is a compilation of stories of the soldier settler families in the area who sent their children to Caramut State School from 1949 onwards. The first estate was Boortkoi in December 1948, followed by other estates over the next ten years or so, N ...Show more
Port Fairy Ghost Stories by Tracie Griffith (Editor)
$38.00 AUD
Category: Local Nonfiction
A collection of the town's most beloved tales of hauntings and ghostly encounters.
An Afternoon of Time - Tales of the Great Ocean Road and Country Victoria by Don Charlwood
$19.95 AUD
Category: Local Nonfiction
Two stories have been added to this new edition to make twelve beautifully told and entertaining tales of rural life in Western Victoria during the 1930s. Four of the stories centre on the Otway Forest and the Great Ocean Road of that time. The other eight stories tell of farming and community life in t ...Show more
The Clanceys of Ladysmith Terang - JD & Kit Clancey's Family by Maureen Glazebrook
$20.00 AUD
Category: Local Nonfiction
This book tells the story of JD & Kit Clancey's five children. Born between 1902 and 1910 they lived through both World Wars, the Great Depression and more and their stories reveal the importance of family, faith and community in troubled times; the changing role of women in the first half of the tw ...Show more
Woolsthorpe Primary School and Woolsthorpe Soldier Settlement
$44.99 AUD
Category: Local Nonfiction
Silent Lives - Women of Warrnambool and District 1840-1910 by Elizabeth O'Callaghan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Local Nonfiction
Warrnambool has never done justice to the women who shared with their menfolk the hardships of the pioneering days.Silent Lives fills a void in the history of Warrnambool and surrounding districts during the early decades 1840s to 1910, providing a narrative about some of the people, in particular women ...Show more
Natural History in the 19th Century Warrnambool District
$12.00 AUD
Category: Local Nonfiction