Collection: History Support Collection

This publication is intended to help local community groups prepare for the celebration of the Centenary of Federation in 2001. It contains information and pictures of historical buildings, bridges, monuments etc.

Based on a study of the impact of European land use on the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment commissioned by the Water Board in 1992 (the Hawkesbury-Nepean Historic Environmental Changes Study), this book looks at environmental history of the river.

The comprehensive story of twenty years of growing Western involvement in Indochina, Shaplen analyses the decay of France as a colonial power, tells the story of the 1963 Diem coup in full detail, and gives revealing profiles of the key personalities

The first book to examine one of the century's most significant legal challenges - the vitally important Mabo decision.

Conservation Management Plan for McCarthy's Cemetery (RES 30) within the Penrith Lakes Scheme area. The study is part of a wider strategy for the development of the scheme area and the conservation and preservation of European heritage.

This book gives a snapshot of the diverse languages from Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It contains brief background notes that sketch the history and culture behind the words.