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Australian Army Campaign Series No. 3: Australian Military Operations in Vietnam
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From 1962 to 1972 Australia joined the US in fighting in the jungles of South Vietnam. Over 50,000 Australians served in Vietnam, 519 lost their lives, and the conflict ended ignominiously in the insurgents' victory ...
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Australian Army Campaign Series No. 4: Exploring Gallipoli: An Australian Army Battlefield Guide
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This book and CD is intended to provide both practical touring information for the independent traveller to Gallipoli, as a guide to the amazing First World War Anzac battlefields. It includes detailed information on the key sites at Gallipoli ...
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Australian Army Campaign Series No. 5: Malaya
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When Imperial Japan unleashed the Pacific War in December 1941, Australian forces went into action, as part of a larger British Empire force, to defend Malaya and Singapore. Australia's principal contribution to defending Malaya and Singapore was the 8th Division ...
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Australian Army Campaign Series No. 6: Wau 1942-1943
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Based on a detailed analysis of the battlefield, this book outlines how the victory at Wau was achieved and demonstrates how determined leadership can turn the tide of battle. Throughout most of 1942, the Australian Army fought a series of commando actions ...
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Australian Army Campaign Series No. 7: Australia's Palestine Campaign
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Apart from the battle of Beersheeba, the Palestine Campaign received little attention in Australia compares to Gallipoli and the Western Front. With nearly two mounted divisions engaged against the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East for almost three years the Palestine Campaign was Australia's longest running militarily significant endeavour of the First World War after the Western Front
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Australian Army Campaign Series No. 8: The Battle of Fromelles 1916
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The Battle of Fromelles - until recently largely forgotten in the accounts of Australia's experiences in World War One - remains the single bloodiest day in terms of numbers of soldiers killed, wounded or missing, in Australia's military history. The battle now is also one of the most controversial military episodes in Australian history ...
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Australian Army Campaign Series No. 9: The Battle of Bardia
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On the morning of 3 January 1941, Australians of the 6th Division led an assault against the Italian colonial fortressvillage of Bardia in Libya, not far from the Egyptian-Libyan frontier.
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Australian Awards Vietnam 1962 to 1991
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It is appropriate, with the increasing interest in the Vietnam war and the appreciation of the sacrifices made by all who took part, that this book of honours ...
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Australian Bailliere's Gazetteers Set
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Australian Battlers Remember: The Great Depression
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This is a book about ordinary and renowned Australians telling their stories of struggle and survival during the Great Depression. In 1929, a world depression hit Australia with the ...
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Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record: Series 1 1788-1841 with Series 2 Supplement 1842-1899
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Nearly 1500 biographies in series 1 and 140 additional biographies in series 2 as a supplement, as well as photos of many of the people listed.
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Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record: Series 1 1788-1841 with Series 2 Supplement 1842-1899
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This volume in the 'Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record' series contains over 1500 submitted biographies of Australia pioneers who were settled or born in the colonies prior to 1841.
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Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record: Series 2 1842-1899 Volume 2
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A valuable resource for genealogists. Contains detailed biographies of approx. 1300 persons, togther with about 450 photographs, of any Australian submitted. This volume covers the period 1842-1899.
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Australian Blue Book 1942
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The Australian Blue Book is the first publication of its kind in Australia in that it is an all-Australian reference book, designed to fill a definite gap in the educational and informational literature of the Commonwealth ...
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Australian Coastal Passenger Ships
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Coastal passenger steamers in Australian waters provided, for many years, the only means of transport between major centres of population, and even when the railways began to link some of ...
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Australian Contingent: History of Patriotic Movement in New South Wales
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The story of the Australia (New South Wales) Contingent in the Soudan War from March to June 1885.
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Australian Cruise Ships
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This book provides details of many of the ships that cruised out of Australian ports from the early 1970s up to 2000, and all the cruise ships to have been seen in local waters since 2001.
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Australian Cyclopedias Compendium Set
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Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time
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Truly a wealth of information is contained in this 570 page book which was originally published in 1879. The 'Men of the Time' part of this book is a listing of biographies of men of note with connections to Australia. Giving information such as their full name, date and place of birth, and a history of their occupation/s ...
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Australian Etiquette 1885: Rules and Usages of the Best Society in the Australasian Colonies
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This comprehensive book covers everything such as: Manners, Introductions, Salutations, Visiting, Dinner Parties, Table Etiquette, Courtship, Weddings, Home Life, the Letter Writer, Funerals, Business, Dress, Pastimes … and much more.
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Australian Family Histories: A Bibliography and Index
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Based on the success of the first and second editions of this title, the compiler Ralph Reid has now expanded and updated his publication, to be over 250% larger than the original ...
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Australian Family Histories: A Bibliography and Index
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Australian Family Histories: A Bibliography and Index
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Australian Frontier Wars 1788-1838
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From the Swan River to the Hawkesbury, and from the sticky Arnhem Land mangrove to the soft green hills of Tasmania, this book describes the major conflicts fought on the ...
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Australian Genealogy Sources: Pioneer Registers, Biographical Dictionaries, Biographies
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The aim of this resource is to identify the published Pioneer Registers, Biographical Dictionaries and Bibliographies which would useful to Australians in researching their family history.
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Australian Handbook 1873
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, and Fiji Islands, the fourth issue of the Australian Handbook is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
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Australian Handbook 1874
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Australian Handbook 1875
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Australian Handbook 1876
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Australian Handbook 1877
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, and Fiji Islands, the eighth issue of the Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
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Australian Handbook 1878
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Australian Handbook 1879
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, and Fiji Islands, the "Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory for 1879", the 10th year of issue, is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
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Australian Handbook 1881
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, and Fiji Islands, the 'Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory for 1881', the twelfth year of issue, is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information.
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Australian Handbook 1882
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, and Fiji Islands, the 'Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory for 1882', the thirteenth year of issue, is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
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Australian Handbook 1884
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A guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information, it covers New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, and Fiji Islands, it lists the 'Shippers and Importers' for 1884 ...
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Australian Handbook 1885
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, and Fiji Islands, the "Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory for 1885", the sixteenth year of issue, is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
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Australian Handbook 1886
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The Directory and Business Guide portion of the Handbook is a comprehensive listing of importers, exporters and shippers. For the importers and exporters it lists their name, address and what they trade (sewing machine thread, engravings and works of art, bibles and books, wicker ware, glassware ... you name it, it's here ...
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Australian Handbook 1887
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, and Fiji Islands, the Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory for 1887, the eighteenth year of issue, is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
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Australian Handbook 1888
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Apart from a descriptive account and statistical information for New Zealand, New Guinea, Fiji and each of the Australian colonies and their towns, you will also find details on climate, education, religion, agriculture, population, societies and clubs, parliamentary and official departments, local self-government, telegraphic and postal details
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Australian Handbook 1889
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Australian Handbook (incorporating New Zealand, Fiji, and New Guinea) - Manufacturers, Shippers & Importers Directory for 1889.
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Australian Handbook 1890
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The handbook includes many maps – exploration routes, rainfall, geographical features and land surface characteristics; railway routes for each colony (including New Zealand and Fiji); and street maps of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane ...
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Australian Handbook 1891
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This handbook gives a snapshot of the world of our ancestors in the early 1890s. Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, New Guinea and Fiji Islands. You will also find details of the governors, consuls and ecclesiastical ...
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Australian Handbook 1892
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Features of this Handbook include: >emigration information "likely to be of service to intending Emigrants", land regulations for each state and New Zealand, mining regulations for each state and New Zealand, Australasian ministries, leading events in Australia from December 1890 to November 1891, obituaries of people who died between December 1890 and November 1891 ...
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Australian Handbook 1893
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, New Guinea and Fiji Islands, the Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory for 1893, this a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information.
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Australian Handbook 1895
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, British New Guinea and Fiji, the Australian Handbook is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
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Australian Handbook 1897
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The Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory for 1897, the twenty-sixth year of issue, is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information. Covering each of the Australian states, New Zealand ...
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Australian Handbook 1898
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, British New Guinea and Fiji, the Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory for 1898, the twenty-ninth year of issue, is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
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Australian Handbook 1899
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Covering New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, British New Guinea and Fiji, the Australian Handbook and Almanac and Shippers and Importers Directory for 1899, the thirtieth year of issue, is a guide with all kinds of interesting and unique information ...
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Australian Handbook 1900
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The publication covers the whole Australian region. It is mainly concerned with giving an oversight of each Australian colony and is aimed more at the commercial sector. Contains very useful histories and maps of each colony as seen in the perspective of 1900 ...
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Australian Handbook 1904
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1012 pages packed with all kinds of useful an interesting information - maps and description of each state, information for emigrants, wages for occupations, maps, gazetteer and much more ...
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Australian Hospital Ship Centaur: The Myth of Immunity
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"Jap Sub Sinks Hospital Ship!" screamed the world's press in mid-May 1943, after Prime Minister John Curtin and General Douglas B. MacArthur announced the loss of the AHS 'Centaur' off ...
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Australian Men of Mark 1889
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'Australian Men of Mark' was produced in two large volumes in 1888/1889, and records the photographs and biographies of thousands of men of the time ...
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Australian Migrant Ships 1946-1977
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Peter Plowman's book 'Emigrant Ships to Luxury Liners' was published in 1992, and sold steadily until 2004, when supplies were exhausted. Rather than reprint that book, he decided ...
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Australian Pastoral Directory 1913
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The Australian Pastoral Directory 1913 lists approximately 231 pages of stockowners in all States of Australia.
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Australian Pastoral Directory 1923
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The Australian Pastoral Directory 1923 lists approximately 23,000 stockowners in all States of Australia.
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Australian Pastoral Directory 1925
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The Australian Pastoral Directory 1925 lists approximately 24,000 stockowners in all States of Australia.
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Australian Pastoral Directory 1931
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A valuable source of information for those with ancestors who were on the land and owned stock. This book lists stockowners in all states of Australia as at 1931 ...
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Australian Pastoral Directory 1939
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Australian Pastoral Directory 1954
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In 1954 there were tens of thousands of stockowners throughout Australia. This 600 page volume lists most of them ...
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Australian Pastoral Directory Compendium 3
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Australian Personal Bookplates
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This is an alphabetical Register of Australian personal bookplates (sometimes known as Ex Libris, Latin from the library of (so-and-so)). The listing includes a number produced for Australian by overseas ...
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Australian Pioneers and Reminicences
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Nehemiah Bartley's reminiscences of Australians and life from 1849 to 1894.
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Australian Place Names
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Australian Portrait Gallery and Memoirs of Representative Colonial Men
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Biographies and sketches of twenty-four prominent men in Australia's history ...
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Australian Railwayman: From Cadet Engineer to Railways Commissioner
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In this book Ron gives vivid account of not only his career, but of the camaraderie of the greater railway community often experienced in the most trying of conditions. For almost three decades he was 'on the wallaby', with postings scattered over half the continent, and more often than not, living rough. Ron Fitch gives an account of all this and more, of laying track and the remarkable breed of men who do so, of advances in line-building techniques, of derailments and floods ad washaways, of wrangles over attempts to implement standard gauge, an of the politics of railways.
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Australian Representative Men
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This classic work was first issued in 1887 with a total of 130 individual biographies of prominent Australians. It has since been released at least twice in 'improved' versions. This CD-ROM contains three known variations of it ...
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Australian Sea Stories
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 1: North Coast Steam Navigation Co.
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 11: Vessels Enrolled At Launceston 1830-59
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Arranged alphabetically by surname of shipowner, each entry starts with the person/s name/s as a heading, then lists the vessel/s that they had. Details include the vessels name, what it ...
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 12: Hobart to 1859 A-L
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Lists the hundreds of A-L names and details of vessels that were associated with Hobart up to 1859.
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 13: Hobart to 1859 M-Z
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The M-Z volumes lists several more hundred names and details of vessels that were associated with Hobart up to 1859.
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 14: Ships Registered at Port Adelaide 1838-1869
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The material in this publication is based upon the record of the Registrar of British Ships, Custom House, Port Adelaide, South Australia. Divided into two sections, the first is an alphabetical listing of shipowners registered
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Commonwealth Public Service List 1920
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This List of Permanent Officers of the Commonwealth Public Service at June 1920 gives details of over 22,000 people employed throughout Australia.
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Compiling Your Family History
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For more than 40 years 'Compiling Your Family History' has helped many thousands of Australians begin the exciting search for their origins. Updated, and now in its 22nd edition, this book is ideal for those just beginning, this book is filled with sound advice, sources and ideas ...
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Conquest and Settlement: the 21st Regiment (Royal North British Fusiliers) in Western Australia 1833-1840
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This is not a military history in the usual sense. It is not dedicated to campaigns fought, won or lost. It is an attempt to chronicle the part played by ...
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Convict Records in Australia
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Not every Australian has convict background, but there are a large portion that do ... so how do you go about researching them and just where do you find the records?
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Convict Women
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This title looks beyond the conventional images to draw a new and often surprising picture of convict women's experiences in a strange and harsh country.
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Convicts and Employers (New South Wales) Index: 1828, 1832-1833, Jan 1838-Jan 1844
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This index of 22,574 records has been compiled primarily from lists published in the New South Wales Government Gazettes in 1832-1833 of assignments (male and female), absconders, absconders ...
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Convoys up the Track: A History of 121st Australian General Transport Company (AIF) 1941-1946
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'Convoys up the Track' is the story of 121 Australian General Transport Company (AIF) which served a vast expanse of Australia from Adelaide to Eucla, Mount Gambier to ...
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Cook's Interstate Business Directory 1937
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Contains has separate business directories for Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia in 1937, all bound into the one book.
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Core of My Heart, My Country: Women's Sense of Place and the Land in Australia and Canada
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When Georgiana Molloy gave birth on the beach at Augusta in 1830 with boxes of her possessions lying where they'd landed, she was one of the many women who literally ...
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Corps of Royal Australian Engineers in the Second World War 1939-45
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This publication describes the work and achievements of the Royal Australian Engineers throughout the duration of WWII. It includes a list of Engineers involved in campaigns during the war, a list of those who were presented with decorations and awards, and a memoriam list of those who lost their lives ...
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Courage a Grace: Dame Mary Gilmore
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Course of Instruction for Primary Schools 1941
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Crafting a Meaningful Home: 27 DIY Projects to Tell Stories, Hold Memories and Celebrate Family Heritage
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In 'Crafting a Meaningful Home', the author shares 27 projects that tell personal stories and celebrate heritage, all easily created on a budget. Learn how to decoupage a plate with photos of a best friend; silkscreen upholstery with folk motifs; artfully display love notes; or create family silhouettes for a festive banner ...
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Crane's Directory and Buyer's Guide of the United Kingdom, Europe and Australasia 1899-1900
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Cruiser: The Life and Loss of HMAS Perth and her Crew
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Of all the Australians who fought in the Second World War, none saw more action nor endured so much of its hardship and horror as the crew of the cruiser HMAS Perth. The definitive biography of the Australian cruiser HMAS Perth, and the brave men who sailed with her.
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Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753-1782
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Daniel Solander, the 18th century Swedish naturalist and traveller was a pioneer of the scientific study of natural history and one of the earliest collectors in New Holland.P For many ...
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Darwin Bombed: An A/A Gunner's Reflections
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This updated edition of Jack's controversial autobiography presents the unofficial history of the 14th Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery in Darwin. The Battery was the first army unit to engage the Japanese when they attacked Australia. It details the way ordinary people coped with the hardships of life in the tropical north and how they reacted under fire.
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Darwin Dilemmas
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Ron Brown was one of the few who was in Darwin throughout the war. This is his story of Darwin life just before and during WWII. This is a slightly ...
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Darwin's Submarine I-124
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The first attacks on Australia by the Japanese were made by four submarines of the Sixth Submarine Squadron of the Imperial Japanese Navy. These 80-man boats laid mines, and then waited in their killing zones for targets to torpedo. On 20 January 1942, it all went horribly wrong. Sunk with all hands, the submarine I-124 ...
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Dead Heart of Australia
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Written in 1909 'The Dead Heart of Australia' was written by J.W. Gregory, a Professor of Geology, for the purpose of studying the interior of South-eastern Australia and the conditions of Lake Eyre.
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Death Certificates and Archaic Medical Terms
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Death certificates are an important document in family research, This book examines the history and evolution of death certificates. When did they start? What is on them? What were the legal requirements? What does it mean when a death is certified? as well as giving meanings to a number of archaic terms ...
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Defenders of Australia: The Third Australian Division 1916-1991
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From the nation's founding in 1901, the primary means of Australia's defence has been its citizen soldier. In times of peace and war, the Australian Army and the ...
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Devil's Marble: John Flynn's Grave in Central Australia
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The story of the Devil's Marble that was placed over the Central Australian grave of John Flynn - 'Flynn of the Inland'. It is set against the background of the inland loved by Flynn, and includes the struggle of an Aboriginal tribe in having the Marble removed from the grave ...
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Dictionary of Australasian Biography
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Almost 2000 concise biographies of Australasian colonialists from 1855-1892.
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Dictionary of Australian Biography
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Includes 1030 concise biographies of Australians closely connected with Australia, and ho died before the end of 1942 ...
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Digging for Diggers: A Guide to Researching an Australian Soldier of the Great War, 1914-1918
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This book provides a step-by-step guide to finding, interpreting and appreciating the stories of those Australians who served in World War I. It shows the research pathways, and ...
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Discovering the Great South Land
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This is the story of the evolution of the sailing ships that gradually linked Australia to Europe. This book explains how the navigational problems of Australia's huge coastline ...
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Doctors at Sea: Emigrant Voyages to Colonial Australia
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As well as their medical and supervisory duties, especially in relation to children and nursing mothers, we see doctors presiding over courts of law on board as they ...
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Droving Days
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A history of droving and stories of the famous drovers.
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Early Steam Ships in Australia
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An investigation of the arrival and development of steam ships in Australian waters from 1830 to the 1850s.
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Echoes of Anzac: The Voice of Australians at War
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This book consists of the words of ordinary Australian soldiers. Ditties and poems have been tossed about from one soldier to another, sometimes even from one war to ...
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Embers on the Sea: The Empire Patrol Disaster 1945
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The conflagration which destroyed the 'Empire Patrol' after World War II took with it more than just the lives of many Greek refugees. For most of the survivors, ...
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Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia 1850-1879
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Available for the first time the Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia consolidated into one index and a set of linked pdf files, the full 21 publications in the Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia previously ...
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Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia 1874/1875
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The latest in this on-going series of passengers from Hamburg, this book details direct from the original Hamburg passenger lists, records of passengers departing from the port of Hamburg for ...
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1850-52
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1853
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Passenger lists from the original Hamburg lists of passengers departing for Australia from the port of Hamburg in 1853. Listed by ship, with an index to emigrants. Details ...
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1853
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1854
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1855
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1855
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1856
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1857-59
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1857-59
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1860-61
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1860-61
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1862
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1862
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1863
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Passenger lists from the original Hamburg lists of passengers departing for Australia from the port of Hamburg in 1863. Listed by ship, with an index to emigrants. Details ...
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1864
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Passenger lists from the original Hamburg lists of passengers departing for Australia from the port of Hamburg in 1864. Listed by ship, with an index to emigrants. Details ...
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1864
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1865
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Passenger lists from the original Hamburg lists of passengers departing for Australia from the port of Hamburg in 1865. Listed by ship, with an index to emigrants. Details ...
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1865
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1866-69
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1866-69
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1870
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Voyages include the 'Victoria', 'Helene', 'Figaro', 'Wandrahm', 'Humboldt', Reichstag', and 'Gutenberg'.
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1871
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1872
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Passenger lists from the original Hamburg lists of passengers departing for Australia from the port of Hamburg in 1872. Listed by ship, with an index to emigrants.p Details ...
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Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia 1873
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Passenger lists from the original Hamburg lists of passengers departing for Australia from the port of Hamburg in 1873. Listed by ship, with an index to emigrants. Details ...
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Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia 1873
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Passenger lists from the original Hamburg lists of passengers departing for Australia from the port of Hamburg in 1873. Listed by ship, with an index to emigrants. Details generally include ...
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1876
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Passenger lists from the original Hamburg lists of passengers departing for Australia from the port of Hamburg in 1876. Listed by ship, with an index to emigrants. Details ...
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1876
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1877
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1877
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1878
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An index of 2,538 entries from the original Hamburg passenger lists, of those departing from the port of Hamburg, to Australia, during 1878. Listed by ship, with an index to emigrants.
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Emigrants From Hamburg to Australia 1879
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An index of hundreds of entries from the original Hamburg passenger lists, of those departing from the port of Hamburg, to Australia, during 1879. Listed by ship, with an ...
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Emigration: Where to Go, and Who Should Go: New Zealand and Australia
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The writer extols the virtue of migration over remaining in the UK living amongst armies of paupers, idlers and beggars, thieves and criminals! An environment lacking food and suffering from prevalent disease, living in filthy towns and cities, and then explains that New Zealand offers none of these ...
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Ernest Giles: Explorer and Traveller 1835-1897
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Between 1872 and 1876 Ernest Giles led 5 expeditions into Australia's western
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Etiquette in Australia 1902
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A useful reference book for those researching Australia's social history at the beginning of the 20th century ...
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Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-13
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The comprehensive story of the lives of men and women who found themselves exiled - unbelievably - for the third time in early nineteenth century Van Diemen's Land.
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Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813
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A reprint of the original which was written in 1992, this is the comprehensive story of the lives of men and women who found themselves exiled - unbelievably - for the third time in early nineteenth century Van Diemen's Land.
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Exiled: The Port Arthur Convict Photographs
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The Port Arthur convict photographs are a remarkable record of the men who were sent from Britain to serve time in Australia between the 1820s and the 1850s. This book takes some of these portraits and combines them with biographies of the men based on transportation records, trials, correspondence, prison files, newspaper ...
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Expeditions in Western Australia 1837-1839
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Facsimile. This classic of WA exploration, details Grey's discoveries and is essential for historical studies. It contains extensive details of natural history, aboriginal life, culture, and language etc. Grey's party ...
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Explorations in Australia: The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 1858-1862
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The Preface to this second editions starts off: 'The explorations of John McDouall Stuart may truly be said, without disparaging his brother explorers, to be amongst the most ...
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Exploring Expedition Through the Interior of Australia 1844
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In 1844 Ludwig Leichardt led his first expedition to Port Essington in the Northern Territory. Complete with details of the route traveled, and what they saw, this publication recounts the journey.
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Exploring the South Land: Tasmania Emerges from Terra Australis Incognita
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This book documents, by means of a sequence of historical maps, the emergence of knowledge over 400 years from the time that the navigators began probing south, until the current outline of Tasmania ...
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Fair Game: Australia's First Immigrant Women
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Young women as fair game? In 1832, the British government sent 400 young single women to Sydney and Hobart to balance the male-dominated societies. The two ships were the 'Red Rover' from Cork and the 'Princess Royal' from London. This book analyses how this migration was allowed to happen while telling the women's stories ...
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Fairmile Ships of the Royal Australian Navy: Volume 1
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During World War Two, it was decided that Australia needed the British-designed Fairmile boats to provide a fast craft for convoy escorts patrolling and other duties. Many were ...
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Fairmile Ships of the Royal Australian Navy: Volume 2
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During World War Two, the Royal Australian Navy decided to employ Fairmile ships to provide a fast craft for escort duties, anti-submarine activities, carrying commandos and raiding Japanese-held bases. Many were ...
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Family History for Beginners and Beyond
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Our Price: AU$25.00
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Designed to accompany you from the beginning - from the initial desire to trace your family lines, through the necessary stages to complete a 'tree'. This book covers all of the basics, as well as providing further information by listing books, web sites, and records ...
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Family History on the Cheap
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Our Price: AU$16.00
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'Family History on the Cheap' examines a broad range of topics including family sources, whether someone has already researched the family, when to use professional researchers, how to obtain discounts, what sites are free, how to plan and organize your research and how to maximise research results from your trips to archives and libraries ...
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Family History Research Manager
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Our Price: AU$20.00
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From the moment we begin research on our family, we start collecting notes, certificates, photocopies, photographs and more. Many of us have a regrettable tendency to take notes on scraps ...
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