Collection: History Support Collection

It traces the Royal Easter Show history, from 1822 to the present day, recording troubles and triumphs of the show. A researched account by an Australian historian, it is a significant contribution to the historical literature of the Bicentennial year

A detailed account of the effects of alcohol on the body and organisations and people such as the 'Woman's Christian Temperance Union' that worked towards helping people with drinking problems

The Great Western Highway from Sydney across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst in Australia's most historic road.

Presents the history and a thoughtful analysis of everyday events in the environment movement in Australia, together with the theories of social movements and non-institutional organisations.

An historical account of the Groote Eylandt aborigines and their lifestyle on the western side of the Gulf of Carpentaria about fifty kilometres from the eastern coast of Arnhem Land

The Advisory Technical Committee on Group Housing was established in response to a feeling that because of living pressures in Sydney there was a need to encourage the provision of homes in forms other than high density flat development