Collection: Local History Reference

Rooms - Walls - Roofing - Floorings - Ceilings - Timber - Doors - Windows & glass - Cast iron - Heating - Lighting - Hardware - Furniture - Decoration - Fabrics & floor coverings - Implements & ornaments - Gardens - Fences and gates.

The definitive guide to styles of houses built in Australia from 1788 to the present. Illustrated with 63 detailed sketches by Ian Stapleton. The text & drawings combine authority and authenticity with sharp social comment & a wry sense of humour.

This Who's Who is the standard reference source of contemporary Indigenous Australian biographies, listing the top First Peoples selected on merit alone. Published each September, this reference captures the lives and achievements of Indigenous professionals, including artists, politicians, publi...

This Who's Who is the standard reference source of contemporary Indigenous Australian biographies, listing the top First Peoples selected on merit alone. Published each September, this reference captures the lives and achievements of Indigenous professionals, including artists, politicians, publi...

Charles Whitehead was a novelist who was much neglected at the time and died in poverty in Melbourne in 1862. James Stephens pioneered the 8 hour movement in Australia. Francis Adams was a novelist working in Melbourne. He returned to England and shot himself as he was dying of tuberculosis.

A unique pictorial overview of the work of Stephenson and Turner, the architectural firm that came to be regarded as 'the colossus of Australian architectural practices', with offices located across Australia and New Zealand. Authors from University of Melbourne, Victoria.