Collection: History Support Collection

A social geographic analysis of the demographic, housing, socio-economic, gender and ethnic dimensions of metropolitan Sydney.Based on the 1986 Australian Census of Population and Housing, it looks at population change within a range of groups.

Details the characteristics of population and dwellings for the Sydney area drawn from the Census taken on 30th June 1981.

Presents colour maps of the key social, demographic and economic characteristics of Sydney, at the time of the census. The maps are easy to interpret as the distribution of the data are represented by different colours or shadings.

Presents at a glance a picture of the social, demographic and economic characteristics of an area's population.

This book covers education in New South Wales from 1788 to 1980. It includes education prior to the formation of the Department of Education, which was established in 1880, the development of the State education system, and the experiences of students and teachers alike. The photographs are used ...

This is the ultimate handbook to Sydney's cemeteries. Cemeteries are not simply places for the dead - they are designed for the living. Visiting cemeteries to admire the headstones and enjoy their park like spaces was once a Sydney tradition. Sydney Cemeteries: A field guide encapsulates the hist...

The experiences of Sydney's first year through the diaries, letters and ships' logs of the colonists. A monthly account.

On 11 December 1792 Governor Arthur Phillip left the colony. Description of the daily life of Sydney from 1793 to 1795. The town was begining to take shape and widening out to new settlements like Rose Hill (later Parramatta) and the Hawkesbury district

The years under the administration of John Hunter. Description of the daily life of Sydney from 1795 to 1800. Exploration was encouraged and a program of public works was commenced.