Collection: History Support Collection

Booklet outlines the history of decorations on early public buildings in Sydney and the use of sandstone as a building material

Contains a large collection of fashion drawings dating from the years 1850-1895.

This book contains historical photographs of the Blue Mountains, Katoomba, Sydney and the Harbour Bridge by photographer, Harry Phillips (photograph showing Penrith in the background on page 44).

The family in Australia has undergone marked changes in the period since World War II. It remains the cornerstone of community stability and continues to exert a powerful influence in promoting the well-being of Australian society.

Discover your ancestors' wartime lives, from Army, Navy and Air Force service to evacuees and refugees. Includes women's auxiliary and nursing units, merchant seamen, prisoner-of-war files, civil defence, casualty lists, medals and gallantry awards.

Surveys the characteristics of family life of key groups and exmines the differences between recent & older immigrant groups, choices families are making in response to changing social & economic times and the effect on relationships within the family.

Explores the development of the district from Watkin Tench to the early 1980s. Commissioned by Council to provide to the diverse population of the Fairfield district 'an understanding of the lives, achievements and disappointments of our pioneers'.