Collection: History Support Collection

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.

The Gallipoli expedition was designed to knock the Turkish Empire out of the First World War and open a supply route to Russia. A detailed description of the planning of the attack and the course of events.

An education resource for secondary school children about the experiences of the Anzacs at Gallipoli in 1915. Incorporates teachers notes and multimedia.

This book contains illustrations, maps, charts and plans of shipping of destinations around the world (Hawkesbury River, Windsor mentioned on page 66)

This publication provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recollections and experiences of the development of UWS. It focuses on the interaction between UWS and the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander local communities, and of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within the...