Collection: Local History Reference

The aim of this work is to provide a guide to those reference works, bibliographies, encyclopedias, dictionaries and similar works which are likely to be useful to research workers in the field of Victorian history.

Bike Plan 2002-2007 identifies key cycling issues, defines council's strategic commitment and outlines the actions that need to be taken to realise Council's cycling vision.

In 1835 John Batman sailed up the Yarra and was astonished by the beauty of the land. It was a temperate Kakadu, teeming with wildlife and with soils rich enough to spawn pastoral empires. With the discovery of gold, the city was transformed almost overnight into 'marvellous Melbourne'. And yet, ...

James Moorhouse, the second Anglican Bishop of Melbourne, was one of the great public figures in the city during the 1870 and 80s.. His oratorical skills were unsurpassed, and he provided an authoritative and stabilising voice, week in, week out, before thousands of citizens whether gathered in ...