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A Place Apart: the University of Melbourne, Decades of Change
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A Vacation Tour at the Antipodes Through Victoria,Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland and New Zealand in 1861-1862
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Written in 1863 by Benjamin Arthur Heywood, this book describes the author's tour in 1861-1862 through Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland and New Zealand ...
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Aborigines of Victoria 1878
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Produced in two large volumes, Smyth collected information on various Victorian and Tasmanian aboriginal tribes, customs and languages.
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Australia and New Zealand
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An 1873 of tour of Australia by Anthony Trollope, the famous English novelist whose books illuminate virtually every aspect.
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Australian Aborigines: The Language and Customs of Several Tribes of Aborigines in the Western District of Victoria
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The history, customs and languages of some of the groups of Aborigines in the Western District of Victoria ...
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Australian Cyclopedias Compendium Set
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Price if purchased separately AU$311.50 Inc GST
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The Australian Cyclopedias are an incredibly important resource for all historians researching Australian history, but just what are they, and what do they contain ...
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Capital: Melbourne When it Was the Capital City of Australia 1901-27
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In 1901 the Australian colonies came together to form a new nation which, for the next 26 years, was governed from Melbourne. It was a small city, a place where people knew each other - where small changes loomed large. Yet in the extraordinary first quarter of the 20th century, Melbourne oversaw the birth of modern Australia ...
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Chronicles of Early Melbourne 1835-51
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List Price AU$29.50 Inc GST
Special until 24 May 2013, 9am AU$14.50 Inc GST
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This publication is a unique and interesting history of early Melbourne (1853-1851) in the form of detailed and intriguing stories and anecdotes, written by Edmund Finn (“Garryowen”) in 1888.
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Chronicles of Early Melbourne 1835-51 (original)
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Our Price: AU$750.00 Inc GST
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This publication is a unique and interesting history of early Melbourne (1853-1851) in the form of detailed and intriguing stories and anecdotes, written by Edmund Finn (“Garryowen”) in 1888.
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Cyclopedia of Victoria 1903
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Our Price: AU$49.50 Inc GST
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The Cyclopedias that were published for most states of Australia around the beginning of the 20th Century are a significant resource of historical and biographical information.
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Deserted and Destitute: Motherhood, Wife Desertion and Colonial Welfare
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Who was a deserted wife in colonial Australia? How did she make ends meet during peak periods of wife desertion, such as the Victorian gold rushes? How did colonial Australians view the social problem of wife desertion? 'Deserted and Destitute' draws on the stories of indiviual women in gold-rush Victoria to provide new insights into ...
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Eureka Stockade: A Ferocious and Bloody Battle
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On the chilly dawn morning of 3 December 1854, British soldiers and police of the Victorian colonial government attacked and stormed a crudely-built fortification erected by insurgent gold miners at the Eureka lead on the Ballarat Gold Diggings. The fighting was intense, the carnage appalling and the political consequences of the affair profound.
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Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution
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In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade. Though brief and doomed to fail, the battle is legend in both our history and in the Australian mind...
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Gold Tailings: Forgotten Histories of Family and Community on the Central Victorian Goldfields
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The central Victoria goldfields region has left us a rich material legacy. On the bushland fringes of the communities and in reclaimed farmlands, visitors can see the detritus of mining. 'Gold Tailings' explores the private and often forgotten lives of the gold settlers who built these communities ...
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Kelly's Criminal Digest 1887
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A handbook of the decisions relating to specific convictions upon appeal in the Victorian judicial system. Many cases are mentioned as examples.
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Letters from Victorian Pioneers: Being a Series of Papers on the Early Occupation of the Colony, the Aborigines, etc.
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Contributions from a number of early settlers as to the time and circumstances of the first occupation of various parts of the colony.
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Memoirs of a Stockman
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A fascinating compilation of the memoirs of Harry H. Peck, a stockman who was associated with Newmarket in Victoria for almost 70 years.
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Nothing But Gold: The Diggers of 1852
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Robyn Annear tells the story of the 1852 gold rushes in imaginative detail ... she tells us how it felt to be there. You find yourself worrying about the problems ...
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Pastures New: An Account of the Pastoral Occupation of Port Phillip
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An account of the pastoral occupation of Port Phillip, written by R.V. Billis and Alfred S. Kenyon (a noted historian) in 1930.
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Six Months in South Australia 1838: With Some Account of Port Philip and Portland Bay
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T. Horton James gives detailed descriptions about South Australia, debunking a lot of myths perpetrated by others. As well as general hints relating to what to expect on a voyage, he gives a description of landing at Port Adelaide which makes for amusing reading ...
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The Golden Age: A History of the Colony of Victoria 1851-1861
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Victoria has never seen such activity nor such fundamental change as in the 1850s. These fantastic years transformed a minor pastoral settlement into a celebrated British colony ...
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The Ned Kelly Encyclopaedia
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The 'Ned Kelly Encyclopaedia' brings together more than 800 articles covering people, places and themes connected with Ned Kelly and the Kelly Outbreak of 1878-1880. It contains biographical ...
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The Vandiemonians: From Penal Settlements to Marvellous Melbourne
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Relying on contemporary evidence about the development of Australian white settlement, from Port Jackson to Van Diemen's Land and the colonisation of Victoria, 'The Vandiemonians' follows the lives ...
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Victoria and its Metropolis 1888
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'Victoria and Its Metropolis' is a large two volume history of Victoria, written in 1888 by Alexander Sutherland. Beautifully presented with many etchings and drawings throughout, this book is the perfect ...
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Victoria and Tasmania
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From an 1873 of tour of Australia by Anthony Trollope, the famous English novelist whose books illuminate virtually every aspect.
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Victoria Illustrated 1857
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A beautifully illustrated book with 43 colour plates of places in Victoria – published by Sands and Kenny in 1857.
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Victorian Year Book 1873
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While this is not a book full of names, this is an excellent resource for historians wanting to know more about Victoria and statistics relating to it from 1873. It is full of statistical information about the Colony of Victoria contained in nine sections: a Blue Book section, ...
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Victorian Year Book 1874
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The 'Victorian Year Book 1874' is full of statistical information about the colony of Victoria. Includes a Blue Book section, Finance, Population, Law and Crime, Interchange, Vital Statistics and more, this is a great way to find out more about Victoria in this era ...
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Victorian Year Book 1875
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The 'Victorian Year Book 1875' is full of statistical information about the Colony of Victoria. Divided into 9 sections: a Blue Book section, Population, Finance, Interchange, Production, Law and Crime, Accumulation, Vital Statistics, and a Religious, Moral ...
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Victorian Year Book 1876
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While this is not a book full of names, this is an excellent resource for historians wanting to know more about Victoria and statistics relating to it from 1876 ...
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Victorian Year Book 1877
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The 'Victorian Year Book 1877' is full of statistical information about the Colony of Victoria. It contains nine sections: a Blue Book section, Finance, Population, Law and Crime, Interchange, Production, Accumulation, Vital Statistics ...
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Victorian Year Book 1878
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Statistical information about the colony of Victoria relating to the year 1878. Compiled into 9 section: Blue Book section, Finance, Population, Law and Crime, Interchange, Production, Accumulation, Vital Statistics, and a Religious, Moral ...
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Victorian Year Book Compendium 1873-1878
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Price if purchased separately AU$99.00 Inc GST
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The 'Victorian Year Book Compendium 1873-1878' contains six years of Year Books. While they are not books full of names, these are an excellent resource for historians wanting to know more about Victoria and statistics relating to it from 1873 through to 1878 ...
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