Collection: History Support Collection

John Hunter was second captain of HMS Sirius, which led the First Fleet of eleven ships to New South Wales. His account begins with the fitting-out of the Sirius in 1786 and describes the voyage of the ships via Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town to Botany Bay. His journal, first published in London in...

First Footprints tells the story of the original pioneers for all humankind, a history that began in Australia tens of thousands of years before modern humans reached America or Europe.

A comprehensive study of the organisation and operation of the political system in Communist China, presenting detailed information on political and governmental structure from the central government in Peking to the local communes

A history of the picture theatres and cinemas from Parramatta to St Marys and Penrith

This book contains history and poems on the Parramatta region.

A booklet on the discovery of a route over the Blue Mountains, the survey conducted by George Evans, and construction of the Great Western Road by William Cox and his men. Includes a list of men who worked on the road.

Detailed information about departed Local Australian Servicemen recorded on Memorials at Memory Park, Penrith NSW. It includes information about soldiers from World War 2, the Korean & Vietnam wars, whose names appear on panels of the Roll of Honour.

Facsimile copies of early meeting minutes of the Forbes Municipal Council from 1870

The book is a collection of stories about love in wartime using mementos, letters and photographs which explore the notions of love and friendship during wartime