Collection: History Support Collection

Mnay of the elements ascribed to traditional aboriginal beliefs and practices are the result of contact with external peoples - Melanesians and Indonesians, as well as Europeans and continent-wide study of the impact of outsiders on Australian aboriginal

A story of pioneers, courage, endurance, punishment and death; of runaways and Aborigines; of bitter clashes between officers; and of mismanagement of early ventures into sugar growing. Based on extensive research of original documetns, the racy narrative will intrigue all those interested in Aus...

An historical account of Burragorang Valley during the pioneering days which includes poems.

This book contains information to interest residents, visitors, family historians and boating enthusiasts with an interest in the greater Hawkesbury region.

This booklet contains a listing of over three hundred of the early settlers of the Camden district up to about 1870.

Remedying a neglected part of architectural history, this volume presents the work of four of Australia's most innovative arts and crafts architects—Walter Butler, Harold Desbrowe-Annear, Walter Liberty Vernon, and Robin Dods.