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Murphy’s Lore and Other Stories
When the growing school on a tiny pocket of land in Moonee Ponds threatened to burst at the seams, one Br P.B Murphy came …
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BrownJudy
An ‘Irish-born, London-bred’ ex-con from the notorious island convict colony of Van Diemen’s Land is hired at the 1839 new …
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It All Began With A Horse
In her first book, Just Give the Bottom Cupboards to the Mice, Joan Freemantle told the story of her life as the wife of …
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From Butter and Bacon to Federal Parliament
From Butter and Bacon to Federal Parliament is the story of a most interesting man. He was a businessman, philanthropist …
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Citizenship of the World in the 21st Century
If this book succeeds in encouraging you to develop the habit of meditating for half an hour a day I shall die a happy …
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Warrandyte: the community with a heart of gold
Where was the nearest gold discovery to Melbourne?
• Where was the State battery opened in 1909?
• Where was gold found …
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Down The Track
Down the Track tells the story of five families—Bertalli, Gregg, Morrison, Thomas and Settle—which came together on the …
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Dobbin
Isabell Bloomfield
$45.00
Isabell and Len Bloomfield shared sixty three years of life together, raising a family of four children in suburban Melbourne …
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From Belfast to Belsen and Beyond
from Belfast to Belsen and Beyond is the extraordinary story of a young woman who was catapulted from a protected, quiet …
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away with me
Joachim Matschoss
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Joachim Matschoss is a playwright and poet born in Germany, now living in Australia. The literary journal away with me is …
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The Finchers In History
A chronological English historical framework provides the structure for this account of selected Fincher individuals and …
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Preserving the Past and the Present for the Future
Although family historians have long recognised the importance of preserving historical records, they sometimes overlook …
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David George Lindsay of Mentone
John M.J. Fitzpatrick
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This report on the LINDSAY family was prepared for the grandchildren of David George LINDSAY of Mentone Consequently, David …
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Grettaland
Will Williamson
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Grettaland is a fantasy based on the life experiences and hopes of Ned Kelly, in which his dream of establishing an independent …
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Ronald Rainy Macdonald OBE
Ronald Rainy Macdonald
$22.00
After a childhood in rural South Australia and western New South Wales, Ronald Rainy Macdonald was educated at Scotch College …
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History and Memories of 14 Radar Station Wilsons Promontory
Ian C. McKellar
... poa ...
Shrouded in secrecy and with the passage of time, this story was on the verge of oblivion. This history of 14 radar station …
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Flight of Fantasy (limited edition)
Peter Lawrence King
... poa ...
Limited Edition of 1,000—each book is hand numbered, and signed by the author.
Flight of Fantasy is an illustrated story …
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Flight of Fantasy
Peter Lawrence King
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Flight of Fantasy is an illustrated story which begins with a walk in rainforest, then develops into a fantastic journey …
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the hour of the wolf
The Hour of the Wolf is the time between night and dawn.
Poet Joachim Matschoss and Photographer Jesse Marlow explored their …
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From Gallipoli to Lamington
Rex Boyden’s place in Australian history was forged in his death as the pilot in the famous Stinson crash on the Lamington …
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Pilbara Dust On My Feet
Baiami (creator) laid his hand upon the earth—and his people walked upon the Pilbara dust …
Port Hedland, once called Marrapikurrinya …
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Take Time To Smell The Roses
Kathleen Fraser (née Flowers) was born on the 8th June 1913 in Wellington, New Zealand. Her mother was Irish born and it …
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Turning the Sting into Zing
Edna Kuehne was principal carer for her husband for 20 years after diagnosis of his Multiple Sclerosis until his death …
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By Special Request
For Vivian Reith, the dining table has always been the hub of the home and for seventy five years she has delighted her …
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Life Is What You Make It
As Life Is What You Make It is published, Bob Nichol is approaching his 95th birthday, yet he remains active and creative …
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Reflections of the Raj
Romany Wright Mulvaney
$20.00
Romany Wright Mulvaney was born in Ceylon at the time when the British Raj was at its height in the Indian subcontinent …
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They Came In Hope
They Came In Hope is more than simply the Evans–Criddle family history—although it comprehensively traces the threads of …
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From The Castlemaine Diggings To Toorak
This is the story of one of Australia’s forgotten heroes, a Cornish miner’s son born in the humblest of circumstances on …
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An Obedient Servant
The life of a late-nineteenth century schoolteacher in rural Victoria was not easy. Isolation, substandard conditions, low …
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InVerse …
Old shoes or gateposts to waterfalls, autumn leaves or bumblebees … All these will be looked at differently as you accompany …
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InVerse Too …
Emotions … A special something making us all equal … How we each display it, together with a host of other individual …
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Like A Yellow Butterfly
We are all part of a great ancestral chain, hence, I believe Neta’s story cannot be told without delving into her family …
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The Lorne Drug Bust and other stories
Despite its title, The Lorne Drug Bust and other stories is not full of police drama. Time and again the heroes of Bob Nichol’s …
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Autumn Roses
Somebody once said that writing poetry is a ‘superior amusement’, and I think I agree. Anyway, it has kept me amused, writing …
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The Handspinner’s Companion (PenFolk edition)
The Handspinner’s Companion is very much a “hands on” book, yet it brings together into one book the most comprehensive …
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A Succeeding Generation
Kathleen E. Sharpe
$30.00
John Cossar had 36 grandchildren, of whom Kathleen is the youngest. She did not know her grandparents, but was always interested …
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A Secret In The Forest
A young kangaroo was found abandoned and barely alive by Sam McTaggart, a gold mining prospector, as he roamed the countryside …
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Delaney’s Corner
150 years ago John and Bridget Delaney and six of their children landed at Port Fairy. They were followed a decade later …
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Delaney Family Tree
150 years ago John and Bridget Delaney and six of their children landed at Port Fairy. They were followed a decade later …
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The Immortality of Goodness
Once we have a clear statement of morality based on human rationality, morality can be taught in schools … If we ignore …
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Mój Henry
Lilliana Rydzynska-Golabiewska
$25.00
This book is written in Polish. It is the author’s own account of the illness and death of her husband, and her battle to …
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The Kirk Family – 200 years in Australia … so far
For a long time I was keen to find out who was the first KIRK to arrive in Australia and from where. After lengthy research …
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sleepgrains
Joachim Matschoss was born in Germany in 1953 and has lived in Melbourne since 1992. His poetry has been widely published …
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A Tough Old Bird and other stories
Margaret Blair Croker
$16.95
The Express Lane, winner of the 2001 Judah Waten Writing in Manningham Prize, like the title story, deals with the author’s …
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One Moonlit Night
One Moonlit Night is ninety two year old author Bob Nichol’s fifth book, another collection of his favourite works from …
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Holy Cross Parish Caulfield South
It appears that the Glenhuntly Road site of Holy Cross Church was destined from the beginning to be hallowed ground. Holy …
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Joseph Flude 1825–1892 and other Flude families of Australasia
Flude, Flood, Fludd, Floyd, Lloyd or Llwyd …
Anyone who has one of these names in their family tree will find this book …
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Holly and the Pussycat
Holly the puppy is new to the family and receives an aggressive welcome from Anastasia the cat, until she intervenes to …
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Blood Is Thicker
Not all killers leave a signature. But when they do, police know they are up against a monster. So cool calculating and …
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Mother in the Shadows
This is an extraordinary story.
Imagine that your earliest memories were of life in an orphanage. Imagine yourself adopted …
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Lilbourne Village, Northhamptonshire
In Lilbourne Village, Northhamptonshire Tony Satchell brings together in an accessible form the fruits of his extensive …
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Somewhere Out There
The 1950s was no time to be a young unmarried mother. When Lyn Flipse had her child, it soon became apparent that she was …
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Simpson, SO–in–C
Leon Stubbings is well qualified to write a biography of the man known as the “Father of Australian Signals His other …
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The Green Hills of Home
Ninety-one last birthday, Bob Nichol has been writing stories and poems for most of his life. The title poem The Green …
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Just a walk through the door
From musing on the people one meets along life’s way …
To exploring the ways words sometimes collide and bounce off each …
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The Brownes of Coolcower
The conversation was pleasant but inconsequential—until it turned to Irish family history. A wistfulness entered her voice …
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The Twenty Three Children of Henry Atkins
Dawn Margaret Friend
$35.00
The story of Henry Atkins starts in a small village in Woodnesborough, Kent, England with his birth in 1826. After his arrival …
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Sans Peur
Marguereta Williams
$25.00
Sans Peur is the GLEYRE/GLARE story, arising from research over many years by Marguereta Williams, herself a Glare. The …
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From Bow Bells to Bet Bet and Beyond
Lindsay Freemantle
$45.00
From Bow Bells to Bet Bet and Beyond traces 150 years of the Freemantle family from origins in London to first settlement …
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Amateurs and Experts
Elizabeth Ellen Marks
$33.00
As readers follow the time line of the Society’s development in the chapters of this history, they will be better able to …
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Five Flags and Federation
William F. Andrews
$25.00
Bill “Andy” Andrews was born in the Channel Islands in 1928 and came to Australia to live in 1953.
He had a 45 year sea …
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Reflections & Recollections
Leon Stubbings
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This history was written for the 80th anniversary of the Anglican Parish of All Saints’ East Malvern. While a church anniversary …
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Just Give the Bottom Cupboards to the Mice
When people asked where we’d come from and we answered Portland, they must have thought we were absolutely crazy A very …
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the Souths and the Bonds
This is not a history mainly comprised of names, dates and places going back into the dark ages. Rather, I have tried to …
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from Gold to Federation
The Fourth Victorian State Family History Conference was held in Albury in April 2001. 2001 was the centenary year of Australia’s …
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The Milligan Story: Ireland – Australia
Hugh Milligan was born in 1833 in Moyboy, Antrim, Ireland, and died in 1891 in Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia He married …
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snow in december
This is the fourth anthology of Joachim Matschoss’ work published by PenFolk Publishing. This collection includes “very …
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Ups & Downs
Ups & Downs consists of seventeen moving stories by families who have overcome the initial shock and disappointment at the …
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Leatherwood Honey for Gall
Lowly people determined to make a go of their lives. Loss and loneliness. Family secrets. Politicians and power. Churches …
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The Hillbilly Addict
In this book Norm Burke takes us on a journey through the world of country music in Australia from his own first encounters …
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Spiral
Lazy days … It was about eleven o’clock on a Wednesday morning and Ronsard was still in bed; his favourite place. Everything …
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Science at Work
Pamela E. de Silva
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This is the story of the often pioneering work of the Industrial Hygiene Division of the Victorian Department of Health …
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Next Door to the Sun
This is the third volume of poetry published by PenFolk for James Watkin. His previous volumes were Gardens of the Blessed …
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Musée de Poésie
This is the fourth volume of poetry published by PenFolk for James Watkin. His previous volumes were Next Door to the Sun …
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The Tiger and the Kangaroo Went to Sea
Patricia Pengilley
$22.00
In this autobiographical journey, Patricia Pengilley describes her own personal journey from her upbringing in the India …
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Older People and Medications
Older People and Medications is the report of a study conducted by TRANX Inc in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne It identifies …
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mythfits
Mythfits consists of four original short stories drawing on references to mythology to give a sense of timelessness to very …
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Health, Wealth, Wisdom
This collection of twenty four of the twenty seven papers presented to the conference is a diverse and invaluable source …
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under a migrant moon
In this anthology Joachim Matschoss focuses on issues confronting a migrant in Australia. “These poems journey through a …
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Australian Flute Forum
Diana Reardon
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Reading this book is designed to be similar to attending a seminar on flute teaching: the reader should go away with an …
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Falling Leaves
Elizabeth J. R. Guy
$15.95
The poems in this collection range across the author’s life from childhood in a bush property in suburban Blackburn, Melbourne …
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The Anarchy of Water
The poems in this anthology represent a “search for belief through nature”. The poems are “accessible, original and readable …
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Foreign Postings
Lorna Bushnell
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Lorna Bushnell worked as a secretary in the Department of External Affairs from 1960 to 1983 serving in various overseas …
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Feng Shui in Five Minutes
This easy to understand, easy to apply Feng Shui book is crammed with exciting tips to transform your life from finding …
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Southbound
In Southbound Joachim Matschoss writes with his “unique and distinctive voice about his search for language and identity …
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A Portrait of Ordinary People
Joan McKaskill
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This family history gives a most lively picture of a pioneering family in Melbourne, Trentham and Whitlands in the King …
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Fijian Diary
Although these diaries were never intended for publication, Leigh Cook believes that readers will enjoy his mother’s warm …
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