Collection: Reference

La Perouse had been overdue from the Pacific since 1788, and the party sent out by the revolutionary government in 1791 to find him and to continue his work was one of the largest scientific expeditions ever mounted in France.

Over 150 illustrations, many of which are taken from the extensive galleries and archives of Lord's itself, this follows the history of the ground from its foundation by Thomas Lord in 1787, through the twentieth century and right up to the present day.

The final years of the 19th and first of the 20th centuries were among the hardest China had to endure in its long history. This was the China Father Nani succeeded in capturing, an empire sliding downhill into disintergration. He arrived in 1903....

During WWI, Aussie diggers and other troops passed through Vignacourt (France) and many had their photographs taken. These were recently discovered by Channel 7s Sunday Night team. This book brings together the images and the stories behind them