Collection: Reference

The Cave of Lascaux, a chance discovery of four boys in France in 1940, contains some of the most spectacular cave paintings in the world dating back some 17,000 years. Lascaux was closed to the public in 1963. In 1981 this photographic record was begun

The first published collection of female portraits by photographer Harold Cazneaux and is representative of two major periods of Cazneaux's work.

In 1990 Cbus, the superannuation fund for the construction and building industries decided to invest up to $2 million in Aboriginal, colonial and representative art of the 20th century. The collection closed to new acquisitions in 2007 with 310 works.

The Kerry Stokes Collection is one of the significant and respected private collections of art and historical material in Australia. This title features a select group of twelve handmade books or 'manuscripts'.

Introduces the tribes, customs, deities, and ideals of the Celtic people; reveals their contribution to the arts; discusses important events, people, and the legacy of the early Celts; and provides a chronology.

Includes lists of Police sportsmen, Police war casualties, Police killed on duty, Police Gallantry awards.

Scope and content: "A transcription of the journals kept by Captain Charles Sturt during his exploratory expedition into the centre of Australia from August 1844 until January 1846. The journals presented here differ in many respects from other accountings made by Sturt, as well as othe members o...