Collection: History Support Collection

Dropping off the edge 2015 reviews and continues to build on the research done in 2007. In 2007, Jesuit Social Services and Catholic Social Services Australia commissioned ground-breaking research into place-based disadvantage across the nation. The resulting report, Dropping off the edge, built ...

The report, carried out by Professor Tony Vinson for Jesuit Social Services and Catholic Social Services Australia, finds that pockets of concentrated and severe social disadvantage have become entrenched across rural and remote as well as suburban Australia.

This revised edition provides a light hearted look at the history of the City of Dubbo with photographs.

This book tells the story of the first eighty-two years of Dubbo and its district's colourful history. Included are the pioneers who development the land in the Dubbo area with a collection of historic photographs from private collections.

History of settlement in the Hawkesbury between 1794 and 1822. Section section includes a substantial list of settlers including many from the Castlereagh, Agnes Banks, Londonderry and Berkshire Park area.

History of the South Creek area and the settlement later known as St Marys

History of land settlement and settlers in the Eastern Creek region from 1810. Includes information on Erskine Park, Colyton, Minchinbury, Wallgrove, Shepherd's nursery at Chatsworth

Traces the emergence of ecological understandings in Australia, constructing a social history focusing on various fields in the arts, sciences, politics and public life.