Collection: History Support Collection

A chronological account of fourteen journeys over the Blue Mountains from 1813-1841

This book reveals the challenges faces by the ordinary surveyor as he battled the bush, recalcitrant convicts and assistants, and enigmatic superiors.

Unpublished correspondence from William Bligh born on Setember 9, 1754

Introduction -- Turmoil and change -- China to Australia -- Indentured labourers -- Chinese immigration -- Immigration - local perceptions --- Local indentured servants and vagrants -- Brushes with the law -- Biographies -- All Saints Cemetery, Parramatta

The Werrington site of the new University of Western Sydney has seen a fascinating progression of Australia's economic, social and recreational history.

An exciting story of the people and events that went to make up the vivid history of the first fifty years of the Shire.

Jeff Edwards is a local author whose book "The Fund" is about the Soh family who for generations, have done whatever they felt necessary to expand their manufacturing business in Hong Kong. Harry Soh is the latest in a long line of obsessed businessmen with no respect for the law. When the murder...

A dramatised documentary about Francis James, one of Australia's most intriguing post war figures. A story about a man who was a journalist, theologian, prankster and a Walter Mitty character.

A conciousness of conservation issues has been produced in Australian stamp design.