Collection: History Support Collection

Outlines the proposal for a pageant of defence forces exercising their right of freedom to enter the City of Penrith and indicates the relevance of the project to the Bicentennial endorsement criteria.

This book contains a history of the Bilpin region from early exploration to life in the 1970-1980s.

A biographical register of the Commonwealth Parliament from 1901-1972 with names in alphabetical order. Included is a list of abbreviations used in citing sources and other abbreviations.

This publication contains a list of records on births, deaths and marriage records from 1787-1927.

A detailed history of early Chinese civilization, including photographs of a variety of artefacts.

This book is about Vietnam from the beginning of recorded history in the third century B.C. to the tenth century, when Chinese control ended and an independent Vietnamese kingdom was established.

A short analysis of the situation in Vietnam - how the Americans came to be there, the reasons why they should not be there, and what - given that they are there - can be done about it. A history of Vietnam's recent past.

The black Diggers explores the war effort of Aboriginal and Islander Australians during the Second World War and the reasons their contribution has gone unrecognised for so long.