Pp. xvi+448, 48 plates, double page map, appendix, bibliography, references, index; upper board a trifle marked, edges slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, edges lightly worn; one leaf lightly marked (pp. 311/312); Tambo Shire Council, Bruthen, Victoria, 1981. First edition. *Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the Shire President, the... More about THE TAMBO SHIRE CENTENARY HISTORY
A history. Pp. 125(last blank), processed, text illustrations, index; med. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, spiral comb binding; Anglesea & District Historical Society (Inc), no place, 1987. More about AIREYS INLET
Victorian Parliamentary Papers, Votes and Proceedings 1854-1867. [Facsimile edition]. Collected and Introduced by Hugh Anderson. Pp. [188](the papers individually paginated), references, appendices; impl. 8vo; half leather, lettered and decorated in gilt, natural canvas boards; top edges red/brown; within white card slipcase with printed title label, slightly soiled, edges lightly worn;..... More about EUREKA
A History of Victoria's Roads. Pp. xii+292, 8 coloured plates, black & white pictorial double title page and text illustrations, text and endpaper maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; edges of leaves slightly soiled; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. More about ROADS FOR THE PEOPLE
Pp. 64, title page vignette, text illustrations (some full page); pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, the backstrip slightly faded; text block faintly browned, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; The Nepean Historical Society, Sorrento, Victoria, 1984. First edition. *Extracts from various accounts of voyages to Australia. More about VOYAGE TO PORT PHILLIP 1803
A short history of Apollo Bay 1850-1969. Pp. 52, 20 plates, appendices; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; Apollo Bay & District Historical Society, Apollo Bay, Victoria, 2000. Third edition. *First published in 1970. More about TWELVE DECADES
Pp. [56](including advertisements), text illustrations (some full page); pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled, edges and backstrip faded; corners of a couple of leaves slightly creased, a little light foxing; The Apollo Bay Centenary Committee, Apollo Bay, 1956. More about A HISTORY OF APOLLO BAY
Pp. x+134, illustrated (some full page), endnotes; boards a trifle sprung, the top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, rubbed, edges slightly split, with tape repair to closed tear at top edge of front panel; text block faintly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; the author, Melbourne... More about THE TREASURE HOUSE
or, Notes of progress, statistical and general. Pp. [xiv]+56+[4]+24+[2](last blank), mounted frontispiece portrait, tailpiece decoration; med. 4to; two tone cloth, lettered and decorated in dark brown; original glassine wrapper; within plain card case, with is slightly soiled and browned; Queensberry Hill Press, Melbourne, 1977. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies... More about FACTS AND FIGURES:
from the foundation of the colony; with an astronomical calendar for 1855. Pp. iv+448(last blank), title page printed in red & black, numerous tables, index, errata; later (but not recent) brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, edges very slightly worn; uncut and partly unopened; a.... More about THE STATISTICAL REGISTER OF VICTORIA
or, reminiscences of three years' wanderings in Victoria. Pp. [iv]+53+iii(appendix); bound in later (but not recent) qr. navy calf, spine lettered in gilt, navy cloth boards, corners a trifle rubbed, the upper board slightly bubbled; with the original printed green glazed paper wrappers bound in, wrapper edges slightly faded, upper..... More about THE DIGGINGS, THE BUSH, AND MELBOURNE
Pp. 60(mostly printed double column), text illustrations and map; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; a little pale foxing; [published by the associated teachers of the Bairnsdale Inspectorate], Bairnsdale, Victoria, 1969. 'An Educational and Historical Magazine produced in the Bairnsdale Inspectorate' [wrapper blurb]... More about THE GAP 1969. Volume Seven
Twentieth-Century Ballarat. Pp. xvi+238(last blank), 8 coloured plates, black & white pictorial double title page and numerous illustrations, text maps (a couple full page), notes, comment on sources, index; square 4to; dust wrapper, backstrip and part of back panel faded; free endpapers faintly offset; The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 1993. First... More about LIFE AFTER GOLD
Pp. x+206, 16 plates, pictorial endpapers, College Register; red cloth, lettered in black, slightly worn; small tape mark to upper pastedown, a little light foxing, occasional soiling and creasing; Ballarat College Council, Ballarat, n.d.[1964]. *Signed by the incumbent Headmaster in 1964, A. P. D. Dyer, and with associated ephemera and... More about HISTORY OF BALLARAT COLLEGE
Pp. 68(last blank), text illustrations, appendices, bibliography; med. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly rubbed; a couple of spots of foxing; printed by Waller & Chester,Ballarat, 1969. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. More about A HISTORY OF THE BALLARAT TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Pp. 28(last blank), full page illustrations, bibliography; small demy 4to; pictorial textured paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled, corners a trifle rubbed; Ballaarat City Council, Ballarat, 1970. First edition. *The City of Ballaarat was a local government area covering the inner suburbs of the regional city of Ballarat. Covering an area... More about THE TOWN HALL BALLAARAT 100 YEARS
125 Years. Foreword by Peter K. Maley. Pp. viii+100, text illustrations (some full page), time line, index; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, illustrated on reverse; The Basin Progress Association Inc., The Basin, Victoria,1992. First edition. *With related ephemera loosely inserted. More about THE BASIN: 1867-1992
The story of Melbourne's lanes. Pp. 128, photographic illustrations throughout, text maps plus endpaper street map, indices; oblong 4to; dust wrapper; the free endpapers slightly tape marked; City of Melbourne/State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. More about ESSENTIAL BUT UNPLANNED
Pp. 16, illustrated in colour and black & white; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, the upper wrapper slightly soiled;The Ruskin Press, Melbourne, n.d.[c. 1970]. National Trust of Australia (Victoria). More about BEECHWORTH AND THE POWDER MAGAZINE
From 1852. Pp. 64, illustrated; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; Beechworth Progress Association, 1972. Fifth edition. *First published in 1952, for the Beechworth Centenary Publicity Committee. With loosely inserted relevant brochure (Guide to Historic Beechworth). More about BACKGROUND TO BEECHWORTH:
From 1852. Pp. 64, illustrated; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; a couple of spots of foxing; Beechworth Progress Association, 1972. Fifth edition. *Originally published in 1952, for the Beechworth Centenary Publicity Committee. More about BACKGROUND TO BEECHWORTH:
From 1852. Pp. 64(last blank), text illustrations; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and marked, edges lightly rubbed; a little light foxing; Beechworth Progress Association, 1967. Third edition. *First published in 1952, for the Beechworth Centenary Publicity Committee. More about BACKGROUND TO BEECHWORTH:
Pp. 112, text illustrations and maps; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; Bendigo Almanac Publishing Co., Bendigo, 1981. More about BENDIGO 1981 ALMANAC AND TOURIST GUIDE
Pp. 56, numerous illustrations, full page street map; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled; Crown Castleton, Bendigo, Victoria, 1990. First edition. *Signed by the author (dated January 1991) on the title page. More about BENDIGO: Yesterday & Today
The Bendigo photographs of Benjamin Pierce Batchelder. Pp. 134, illustrated throughout in colour, sepia, and black & white, reference list, index; wide demy 4to; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Holland House for the City of Greater Bendigo and the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 2001. First edition. *Views of early Bendigo... More about AN AMERICAN ON THE GOLDFIELDS