Collection: History Support Collection

An historical account of author R L Stevenson's visits to Australia during the late 1890's

Document drafted to look at current and future management of the Rookwood necropolis - an area of 295 hectares between Strathfield and Lidcombe and one of the largest cemeteries in the world.

This book is a tribute to those who helped establish and maintain Rooty Hill RSL Club as a major force in the licensed club industry; it is a tribute to the pioneers who dug the well, and to those who carry on today.

Captain James Dixon was a Yorkshireman from the village of Skelton and afterwards Whitby in the Cleveland district. Records in the Tasmanian archives show that his ship 'Skelton', Captain Dixon in command, arrived from Leith on Monday 27 November 1820. He sailed to Port Jackson on 5 January 1821 ...

An historical account of the 'Rum Rebellion' in January 1808 when Major Johnston and the officers of the New South Wales Corps made an armed attack on Government House in Sydney arresting Governor William Bligh and taking control of the Colony

The adventures of Joseph Holt, thirteen years in New South Wales.

A study on the administration of pacification in South Vietnam

Examines the need and scope for further rural/residential development in areas located relatively close to the main centre of Camden.