Collection: History Support Collection

Represents a selection of projects, built and unbuilt. Includes diverse commentary and offers a glimpse into the recesses of the office archives of the architect who designed the Penrith Civic Centre and Library building.

This book tells the story about the pioneer families their hardships and achievements establishing themselves along the Hawkesbury River and Macdonald and Mangrove Creek Valleys.

The 19th Battalion was raised at Liverpool in New South Wales in March 1915 as part of the 5th Brigade. The 19th left Australia in late June, trained in Egypt from late July until mid-August, and on 21 August landed at ANZAC Cove

Provides a handy summary of the Redcoats of the British garrison in Australia between 1788 and 1870, detail of where to look and what to look for, all leavened with brief forays into how to understand and so get the most from military records

Fires in buildings are life threatening and often occur without warning. This gives building occupants little time to react - to fight the fire or evacuate the building. Prevention of fires is the most effective method of dealing with this threat.

First Contact is a constructed documentary series that takes a group of six ordinary people and immerses them into Aboriginal Australia. Through a journey of conflict and discovery, light is shone on a hidden and divided nation.

John Hunter was second captain of HMS Sirius, which led the First Fleet of eleven ships to New South Wales. His account begins with the fitting-out of the Sirius in 1786 and describes the voyage of the ships via Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town to Botany Bay. His journal, first published in London in...

First Footprints tells the story of the original pioneers for all humankind, a history that began in Australia tens of thousands of years before modern humans reached America or Europe.