Collection: History Support Collection

Analysis of world affairs in a historical context from a Canadian outlook.

This publication contains a detailed description of organisations, groups and societies that exist within Australia and which have a major focus of local history, family history or genealogy; a total of 981 societies are listed.

Designed as an introductory text, the book will attempt to show the relationship between life concerns (as shown in culture) and life chances (as shown in social structure) within the Australian context. The emphasis throughout will be upon observing and explaining social behaviour as an ongoing ...

This publication provides an introduction for genealogical research sources held at the State Archives of New South Wales.

Through an examination of the folk traditions of the digger and the institutional tradition of Anzac, this book traces the origins and development of that mythology in the culture and everyday life of Australia in both war and peace.

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

Essays on the experiences of Irish women in early Australia, both convicts and free immigrants.