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Item Code

Title

Author, Pages (Date)

Contents

Price

Cover Image
abvic Aboriginal Victorians Broome (Allen & Unwin) 467p (2005) Impact on European and modern settlement on the Aboriginal inhabitants of Victoria $39.95 Aboriginal Victorians
agu A Gippsland Union Gardner 178p (2003) History of the Victorian Coal Miners Association 1893 - 1915. $34.95  
alwfsc A Long Way From Silver Creek Gee. 351 pages. (2000). Memoir of the Gee family of North-Eastern Victoria. $29.95 A Long Way from Silver Creek
cfctc Castlemaine - From Camp to City Hocking 239p (2nd Ed 2007) Pictorial history of Forest Creek and the Mount Alexander Goldfields $29.95 Castlemaine - from camp to city
chc Cattlemen of The High Country Holth 240p (2nd Edition 2008). Story of the cattlemen of the Bogong High Plains. $59.95 Cattlemen of The High Country

crew

Childhood Reminiscences of Early Walhalla - Walhalla and its inhabitants as I knew them.

 

Cleugh 65p 210mm X 150mm. Published by Paoletti 2003.

Memories of Isabella Frances Cleugh born at Walhalla 1866.

$16.95

ctoog Colourful Tales of Old Gippsland Wells. 192 pages. (1990 reprint). Stories of people, places and events of days gone by. $19.95 Colourful Tales of Old Gippsland by John Wells
disbri Discovering Briagolong Manning 126p reprinted by Paoletti 2005. History of Briagolong and district $19.95
dc Donnelly's Creek - From Rush to Ruin of a Gippsland Mountain Goldfield Steenhuis 96p (2001 reprint) History of Donnelly's Creek goldfield between Walhalla and Woods Point $19.95
dc Donnelly's Creek - From Rush to Ruin of a Gippsland Mountain Goldfield Steenhuis 135p (1990 original 1st Edition) Signed if required. (Please ask). History of Donnelly's Creek goldfield between Walhalla and Woods Point $24.95  
eureka Eureka Stockade Hocking 207p (2004) Events leading to the attack in the pre-dawn of 3 December 1854 $29.95 Eureka Stockade

ffv

Fernshaw, The Forgotten Village

Mitchell 112p

Story of the former township of Fernshaw near Healesville

$14.95

ggvhc Ghosts & Gold in the Victorian High Country Christie 91p (1993 - 1999 Reprint) A4 size. The story of mining and settlement in Victoria's Historic Alpine Areas. $29.95

gthc

Ghost Towns of the High Country

Steenhuis 79p

Descriptive locality guide to 50 former mining towns of the Victorian High Country Region.

Out of Print

 

gtmg

Ghost Towns of the Mountain Goldfields

Steenhuis 92p

Descriptive and locality guide to 50 former mining towns in the mountain districts between Walhalla, Mansfield and Warburton (Vic).

Out of Print

 
gts Ghost Towns Series (The) Paoletti Adventurer Maps 45 pages (2010). Spiral Bound. Book of Paoletti Adventurer Maps covering ghost towns and goldfields between Walhalla and Jamieson. $49.95 Ghost Town Series
gippsl Gippsland Wells. 299 pages. (1986). People, a place and their past. $41.75 Gippsland by John Wells
gippsmas Gippsland Massacres Gardner. 119 pages. 3rd edition. European aggression towards Aboriginal people in  Gippsland prior to 1852. $27.50 Gippsland Massacres
how Highways of Water Synan. 236 pages. (1989) How shipping on the lakes shaped Gippsland. $43.95 Highways of Water

ugg

History & Guide to the Upper Goulburn Region

Bateson & Paolettis Maps & Videos P/L 64p

Brief histories of places of interest between Mansfield and Wood's Point.

$10.95

hws

History of Wonnangatta Station (Vic)

Mortimer 142p (1981 / 1982 Reprint). Soft Cover.

History of the infamous murders and settlement of this popular recreation destination.

Out of Print

 
hva Huts in the Victorian Alps Hueneke 256p (2003) H/C History & guide to 120 huts in the Victorian High Country $39.95 Huts in The Victorian Alps
inferno Inferno - The Day Victoria Burned Franklin 264 pages (2010 reprint) Updated version to include the final recommendations of the Royal Commission Out of Print  
jackaroo Jackaroo Thornton. 288 pages. (2011). Story of Michael Thornton at Habbies Howe near Yea. $29.95 Jackaroo

jackstrk

Jacksons Track

Tonkin / Landon 300p

Story of a sawmilling family, part Aboriginal, part European during the 1930s at Jacksons Track,  West Gippsland 

Out of Print

 

tjl

Jerilderie Letter (The)

McDermott 82p

A famous letter written by bushranger Ned Kelly is analysed

$19.95

The Jerilderie Letter
k350 Kinglake-350 Hyland. 261 pages. (2011). Stories of Black Saturday 2009 at Kinglake. $32.95 Kinglake-350
ltem Long Tunnel Extended Mine 24p Paoletti (2001) History of Walhalla's Long Tunnel Extended Mine. $7.95
mallbook Mallee Tracks Nickolls / Angel 228p (2003) History and travel,  guide book to the SA and Vic Mallee $35.00
mctoog More Colourful Tales of Old Gippsland Wells. 154 pages. (2003 reprint). Stories of people, places and events. $19.95 More Colourful Tales of Old Gippsland by John Wells
mtgold Mountain Gold Adams. 168 pages. (2011 reprint) History of the Baw Baw and Walhalla country of the Narracan Shire. $29.95 Mountain Gold by John Adams

nambs

Names of Bass Strait

Gardner 101p

Descriptive Name Origins

$16.95

nambo Names of the Great Alpine Road between Bairnsdale and Omeo Gardner 48p (1997)

Descriptive Name Origins

$10.95
namwg Names of the Latrobe Valley and West Gippsland Gardner 460 (1992)

Descriptive Name Origins

$10.95
namwo Names of the Great Alpine Road between Wangaratta and Omeo Gardner 48p (1998)

Descriptive Name Origins

$10.95  
namsg Names of South Gippsland Gardner 48p (1992)

Descriptive Name Origins

Out of Print
namph Names of the Princes Highway between Melbourne and Sydney Gardner 53p (2000)

Descriptive Name Origins

$10.95
nedkelly Ned Kelly: A Short Life Jones 486 pages (2008 reprint) History of the notorious bushranger. Out of Stock Ned Kelly: A Short Life

ow

Old Walhalla

Paull 108p

2003 Reprint. Story of a Gippsland Gold Mining Town

$19.95

receg

Recollections of Early Gippsland Goldfields

Mackay. 210mm X 150mm Published by Paoletti.

Reminiscences of the 19th century goldfield era.

$19.95

abcbs

Secret Places Upper Yarra Beauty Spots

Steenhuis 60p

History & Locality Guide (Vic)

Out of Print

 

abchs

Secret Places Upper Yarra Historic Sites

Steenhuis 60p

History & Descriptive Locality Guide (Vic)

Out of Print

 
swamp Swamp - Who Murdered Margaret Clement? Shears (New Holland). Hard Cover. 191p. (2008) Story of the disappearance of the 'Lady Of The Swamp'; Tarwin Lower, South Gippsland. $29.95
teidg Tell 'Em I Died Game Seal 174 pages (2002) The legend of Ned Kelly $24.95 Tell 'Em I Died Game
thothp The Huts of the High Plains Magnussen 184 pages (2003) Huts of the Bogong, Dargo and Hotham regions. $24.95 The Huts of The High Plains
tlhow The Lakes: Highways of Water Synan. 236 pages. (1989). Soft cover. How shipping on the lakes shaped Gippsland. $32.95 The Lakes: Highways of Water
tlotb The Last of the Bushrangers Hare (Naval & Military Press). 326 pages (c.1880s - modern reprint) An account of the capture of bushrangers Harry Power and The Kelly Gang. $32.95 The Last of the Bushrangers by Francis Augustus Hare
twm The Wonnangatta Mystery Leydon / Ray 134p (2006 reprint) An inquiry into the unsolved murders at Wonnangatta Valley. $27.50
tfe  Through Foreign Eyes Gardner. 126 pages. (1988). The Kurnai people as described in letters and diaries of early European observers. $27.50 Through Foreign Eyes
totr Too Old to Rat Gardner The radical Coal Miners of South Gippsland 1893 - 1904 Out of Stock  

vfg

Victoria's Forgotten Goldfield

Christie / Gray 170p

History of the Dargo and Crooked River Goldfields in Victoria's Alpine Region

$24.95

vbulmem

Victoria Geological Survey Bulletins & Memoirs on CD Rom

Vic Mines Dept.

Historic Bulletins 1-62  and Memoirs 1-31 published early 1900s describing history, production and geology of mines and mining areas. Excellent Value

$15.00

walhey

Walhalla Heyday

James/Lee 144p A4

Pictorial History of Walhalla

$29.95

wb William Buckley - The Life & Adventures of: Flannery (Text) 200p 2009 Reprint Thirty-two years wandering amongst the Aborigines of the unexplored country around Port Phillip Bay. $24.95 The Life & Adventures of William Buckley
withwar Without Warning O'Connor 229 pages (2010) One woman's story of surviving Black Saturday. $29.95 Without Warning
woowon Wooden Wonders Chambers 207 pages (2006). Hard cover & dust jacket. Victoria's timber bridges. $49.95 Wooden Wonders
wotr Wrecks on the Reef Heritage Council 83 pages. (2006) A guide to the historic shipwrecks at Port Phillip Heads $24.95 Wrecks on the Reef
yarra Yarra Kristin Otto (2009) 245p. A history of Melbourne's Yarra River.       $26.95 Yarra - A Diverting History

 

 

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