History
The St Helena Story Jarvis Finger Several kilometres from the mouth of the Brisbane River lays St Helena Island. For more than 60 years from 1867, St Helena was home to thousands of society’s outcasts, for here was located colonial Queensland’s foremost prison for men. During those years, and in the decades following its closure in 1933, the lovely little island gained a fearful reputation as ‘the hell hole of the Pacific’ and ‘Queensland’s own Devil’s Island’.
The Morning Side of the Hill Marion Houldsworth This is an account of life in wartime Townsville. Vivid recollections capture and convey the very atmosphere of the times of school, games, Sunday School picnics and the very houses we lived in. I felt myself drawn back to my own childhood. The seemingly effortless writing and detailed descriptions of places and events are evocative of a remarkable period in Australian history. Nancy Armati, Townsville.
Queensland Turf Club – a Place in History Helen Coughlan & Noel Pascoe Take a journey back in time as you look through the pages of this book. Award winning photographer Noel Pascoe has captured some amazing memories on film which are displayed throughout this magnificent book, beautifully accompanied by Helen Coughlan’s writing that shows her passion for racing and horses.
With Compass Chain and Courage Doris Gray-Woods A brilliant book rich in history about the beginnings of surveying in Australia and New Zealand. It documents the difficulties, dilemmas and changes in surveying throughout the 1800’s through the story of two remarkable brothers, James and Horatio Warner.
The Making of a Metropolis John R. Laverty
Brisbane began as a disreputable convict establishment. When Queensland was separated from NSW and Brisbane was incorporated as a municipality in 1859, its attributes ensured that it would become capital of the new colony. Despite the ravages of depressions in the mid1860s and early-1890s, a high birth rate and a vigorous immigration policy produced a rapidly increasing population. Brisbane had reached metropolitan status by 1925. This is the untold story of Brisbane.
Places ISBN
9781921555442
Genre
History
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$39.95
Pages
296 Full Colour
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781921555473
Genre
History
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$29.95
Pages
266
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781921555329
Genre
History
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$49.95
Pages
304
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781921555169
Genre
History
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$25.00
Pages
214
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780975179352
Genre
History
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$29.95
Pages
256
Format
Paperback
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