Collection: History Support Collection

Contains census population counts and selected education and labour force characteristics for persons in all statistical local areas (SLA), statistical sub-divisions (SSD) and statistical divisions (SD) within New South Wales and Jervis Bay.

Contains selected person and dwelling information for Australia at the Statistical Division (SD) level. The 1996 census data is provided for comparison. A basic community profile and maps are provided.

Contains selected person and dwelling information for New South Wales and Jervis Bay at the Statistical Division (SD) level, the Statistical Subdivision (SSD) level and the Statistical Local Area (SLA) level.

This booklet has been published to coincide with the centenary celebrations of Eastern Creek School in 1966. It contains the history of the school and local area including early landholders and historical buildings.

This work explores Australias national origins. Starting from the perspective of the individual colonies as they made their way towards membership of the Australian Commonwealth in 1901.

A history of the Emu Plains convict farm from 1819-1832. The history has a particular interest in describing what life was like on the farm and the background of the superintendents and the principal men who worked there.

The years spanning 1880 to 1940 brought many great and lasting changes to the Australian way of life. These were the years between the gold rush and the Second World War, when Australians went from long skirts to short, from kerosene lamps to electric lights, from horse-drawn vehicles to motor c...