Collection: Reference

“What are the most precious relics of Australia’s past? Phar Lap’s heart? Ned Kelly’s armour? Nellie Melba’s tiara? Or could it be the stern post of the Endeavour - an amorphous half-rotted log of wood, part of which has actually been taken to the moon. No-one but an Australian could understand t...

Explains how people, places and everyday things have acquired the status of natural icons.

Examines the interwar houses in all their many manifestations - from the cosy Californian Bungalow to the Modern Art Deco house of the 1930s. For people who wish to renovate a house from this era, and an account of the cultural history...

Road transport. Horse-drawn vehicles. Australia, 1805-1930.

All aspects of the Australian past in all its forms - heritage and conservation, archaeology, oral history, family history and histories of place. Articles also available online from Online Resources Search: search Australia NZ Reference centre.