Collection: History Support Collection

Introduction -- Turmoil and change -- China to Australia -- Indentured labourers -- Chinese immigration -- Immigration - local perceptions --- Local indentured servants and vagrants -- Brushes with the law -- Biographies -- All Saints Cemetery, Parramatta

Unpublished correspondence from William Bligh born on Setember 9, 1754

This book reveals the challenges faces by the ordinary surveyor as he battled the bush, recalcitrant convicts and assistants, and enigmatic superiors.

A chronological account of fourteen journeys over the Blue Mountains from 1813-1841

The book contains first-hand narratives of members of fourteen parties who recorded their experiences over the track which led to the opening of the great pastoral lands of western New South Wales

A selection of poems over 40 years by Robert D Fitzgerald

Three young Australians join the army at the beginning of World War I and are assigned to the Australian Light Horse cavalry, which is serving in Palestine. The three eventually take part in the attack during the Battle of Beersheba.

Commissioned by IFC Cranebrook Ltd as part of the rezoning application to Penrith Council to establish the likely cultural and archaeological values of the study area against the development potential of the site.

This book contains a historical account of the Macdonald Valley and St. Albans area from early settlement.