Collection: History Support Collection

This book contains extracts from letters, diaries and journals of early European settlers, explorers and government officials regarding vegetation in eastern Australia at the time of European settlement and the changes that occurred with settlement.

This introductory atlas is based on data entirely derived from the 1986 Australian Census In that census, for the first time questions were asked on the use of languages in the home and on ancestry.

Ward contends that many traits we recognise today as distinctly Australian originated in the frontier life of the bushman. The qualities which have been evoked in legend developed and evolved through Australian literature and culture.

The Charter is a distillation of best practice conservation principles, based on the consensus of a broad range of experts. It aims to assist everyone with an interest in natural places to establish their natural heritage values and manage them.

The paintings range from the first known oil painting in Australia by convict Louis Watling to the work of artists such as Arthur Streeton, Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin and Charles Conder

This book outlines the history of pottery in each Australian state and informs us of the major potters and their wares from the early years of European settlement until the 1930s.

Profiles the men and women who have attained Australia's highest public office & the forces that shaped them. This revised edition completes the extraordinary story of the Rudd prime ministership, and includes information on Julia Gillard.

A study of the socio-economic development of Australian cities, considering the wide aspects of city-region relations, historical aspects, commercial, retail and industrial developments, and the internal residential and social structure of cities. Inequalities in cities, in social and medical pat...

Australians have fought in overseas wars for more than a century and created a legend of land, sea and in the air. This new edition brings their remarkable story up to date and includes an account of recent operations in Timor, Afgahnistan and Iraq