Decent People: A memoir of family in Colac, Geelong and Warrnambool by David Jellie
$34.95 AUD
Category: LOCAL HISTORY
Decent People tells the story of David Jellie’s ancestors from their arrival in Australia up to his parent’s generation. They came from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England and Croatia – all arriving between 1835 and 1861. Three of them were sailors who jumped ship, and all gravitated to the Western Distri ...Show more
War Stories of Victoria - From the Homeland Frontier to the Global Cold War by Martin Davey
$27.99 AUD
Category: LOCAL HISTORY
These Victorian war stories span its history¿and span the state from end to end: ¿ The first war fought in Victoria was over its richest land¿the south-west corner where thousands of Australians had been living for thousands of years. When these people realised that whitefella wasn¿t a visitor but an in ...Show more
Warrnambool - A Long Way to Tipperary: The Incredible Life of John Hyland by James Nicolas
$32.99 AUD
Category: LOCAL HISTORY
In the 1850's an amazing man came to the western districts of Victoria from Tipperary in Ireland. Police Trooper, pioneer, capturer of bushrangers, squatter, mayor, stock and land auctioneer
Port Fairy ~ a Likely Story! by Leonie Needham
$20.00 AUD
Category: LOCAL HISTORY
Stories relating to the history of the early settlement of Port Fairy, and some of the characters involved in its development.
Australia's Meteorite Craters by Alex Bevan and Kenneth McNamara
$12.99 AUD
Category: LOCAL HISTORY
On Earth, catastrophic impact of an asteroid or comet with truly global consequences has not happened during our written history, and the threat seems very small. Giant scars on our planets surface are relics of an impact history stretching back more than 2 billion years, and there is no assurance it ca ...Show more
Poor Souls They PerishedThe Cataraqui - Australia's Worst Shipwreck by Andrew Lemon
$39.99 AUD
Category: LOCAL HISTORY
Shipwreck on King Island, Australia in 1845.
Tale Of Two Cities: History Of Modern Warrnambool by Gordon Forth
$39.95 AUD
Category: LOCAL HISTORY
All round Australia a phenomenon is emerging. While country centres stagnate or decline, some have transformed themselves into "regional cities" that grow and grow, dominating large catchments far beyond their local districts. The modern story of Wagga and Alice Springs, Mackay and Bunbury, is the story ...Show more
Plants of the Great South West - Fully Revised and Expanded by Kevin Sparrow (Editor, Photographer); Andrew Pritchard (Original Author); John Sherwood; Cherree Densley; Jenny Emeny; Jody Honan
$34.99 AUD
Category: LOCAL HISTORY
Improved version of the original book on the native plants of South West Victoria
Saving St Brigid's by Regina Lane (Foreword by); Shane Howard (Foreword by); Mary Black (Foreword by)
$35.00 AUD
Category: LOCAL HISTORY
At the top of a hill in south-west Victoria, surrounded by rolling green hills that fallaway to the Southern Ocean, sits a grand old red-brick church. For more than 150years, these fertile volcanic fields have sustained the largest rural population of Irishdescent in Australia. Built and paid for by the ...Show more
Plants of the Great South West 3rd Edition - Revised and Updated by Kevin Sparrow (Photographer); Jodie Honan ((various roles))
$39.99 AUD
Category: LOCAL HISTORY
Completely Revised and Updated to include an extra 108 plant species described and photographed.
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