Collection: History Support Collection

Continues the story from the 5th to the 8th Sydney Corporations, through the development of metropolitan government - Greater Sydney and Greater Newcastle. Concludes with a survey of the general development of local government from 1906.

An Australian classic about the life of an educated man transported for petty crime, and his experiences as a convict in the Australian colony.

This book brings alive the stories of children sent to Australia under the Barnado scheme, by personal reminiscences, official reports, letters, speeches and photographs.

A booklet based on the television series 'Against the Wind'. The television series follows the story of Mary Mulvane, a young Irish girl who was transported to New South Wales as a convict, and so this booklet details the making of this series including the historical research undertaken by the P...

This book describes the part played by Australians in the first four years of the air war in Europe and the Middle East

This publication is offered in order to give a wider appreciation of the historical development of bridge building in New South Wales, and of the problems engineers face today in the design of modern bridges.