Collection: History Support Collection

An explosives and filling factory was established by Australian government at St Marys to assist in maintaining munitions for Australia's fighting forces in WW 2 with production starting in November, 1942

A history of the parish of Prospect incorporating Toongabbie, Wentworthville, Pendle Hill, Girraween, Smithfield, Prospect, Greystanes, Eastern Creek, Doonside, Schofields, Marayong, Blacktown, Seven Hills and Lalor Park.

Traces the development of the environment movement in Australia from the first visionaries who pressed for preservation of native fauna & for sanitation in cities, to a mass social movement that challenges the most powerful interests in society.

This book covers over 120 eye-witness acounts of the Australian gold rush days of the colourful, turbulent years between 1851 and the late 1890s. It provides first-hand accounts of 'finds', diggers' camps, police brutality and anti-Chinese riots

Today the Dust Diseases Board of New South Wales is a world-class organisation, this book provides a history of the Dust Diseases Board from 1927-2007. The Board's story is about delivery of justice.

Commemorating the Centenary of the Railway Station 1884 - 1984

Series of essays exploring the history of the Fairfield district by the Honorary Archivist, Fairfield Council.