Collection: History Support Collection

Fairfield residents have come from Europe, South America, the Middle East, Asia, Britain, and the Pacific Region. This book contains life stories from Fairfield residents accompanied by evocative and poignant photographs.

Hill End unravels the myths surrounding the gold rushes in order to reveal the hidden histories of the Wiradjuri people, of the graziers and convicts who occupied the Wiradjuri lands, of the multicultural gold-boom community.

Tells the story of the Hill End - Tambaroora goldfield and its environs, dealing with the techniques of alluvial and reef mining and tell how they were applied in the Hill End district.

Deals with the greatly diminished town as the author saw it in his boyhood.

While to many Americans the bombings may seem to date from a bygone era, the scientific knowledge obtained from these experiences is more relevant than ever before. It is likely the best evidence that will ever be gathered on the short- and long-term effects of nuclear exposure on a large populat...

This book presents in narrative form the origins and growth of merino sheep. In time the flock became the means through which evolved the basic practices and ideas leading to the nineteenth-century systems of sheep breeding and wool marketing in Australia

Containing thirty-two full page paintings and related historical text revealing the varied human responses to sandstone escarpments, deep ravines and towering scented eucalyptus forests.

This publication contains 9 historic buildings in the central area of Sydney. Included are pictures and drawings.

Six examples of historical buildings in Parramatta including drawings and illustrations