Collection: History Support Collection

The coaching age, which began in 1854, lasted for almost 70 years. It began when four young Americans, headed by Freeman Cobb, introduced the revolutionary leather-slung Concord coaches to Australia's unmade goldfields' tracks. This book tells the story of the birth, rise and fall of Cobb and C...

This booklet contains a pictorial history of the Blue Mountains with thirty-one pencil drawings in chronological order from the earliest geological era to the nineteen twenties

Study of the use and popularity of the postcard in the early twentieth century ; includes thematic discussion of subjects depicted, including "Aborigines" (pp.29-32).

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.

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