Essendon conservation study D buildings
Subject – Conservation – buildings – study and report
Book. Code no. 130100241

Essendon conservation study part three
By Gary Vines and Andrew Ward
Subject – Conservation – buildings – study and report
Book. Code no. 130100242

The ten quid tourists
Bronwen Gray, editor
Subject – Immigration – Commonwealth Nomination Scheme
British migrants – Western suburbs
Book. Code no. 130100239

But nothing interesting ever happened to us:memories of the twenties and thirties in Victoria.
Oral History Workshop 1986: Melbourne.
Book. Code no. 130110237

Among the terraces: Carlton people and social change.
By Pat Grimshaw and Elizabeth Stafford
Subject – Carlton (Vic.) – social life and customs – 1880-1987
Book. Code no. 130100235

Bacchus Marsh by Bacchus Marsh: an anecdotal history.
Geoffrey Camm, Compl.
Subject – Bacchus Marsh (Vic.) – History
Book. Code no. 130100236

Among the terraces: family support in Carlton.
By Annemarie Law and Pat Grimshaw
Book. Code no. 130100234

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Among the terraces: work in Carlton.
By Katie Holmes.
Subject Carlton (Vic.) – Social life and customs – 1880-1987
Book. Code no. 130100232

Historical flood-control works and flood management along the Lower Yarra River.
By Brian Ward
Subject – Flood management – Yarra River, Victoria – study and report
Book. Code no. 130100229

Aquatic environments: state of the environment report 1988
Victorian Government, Office of the Commissioner for the Environment
Subject – Environment – Victoria – Report
Book. Code no. 130100228

Development of the Maribyrnong township.
By C.T.Earl
Subject – Maribyrnong – Town planning – Report
Book. Code no. 130100228

Footscray Church of Christ centenary: 1878-1978
Book. Code no. 130100225

Tourism potential in Melbourne’s western region report no. 2:
framework for a regional tourism strategy.
Book. Code no. 130100226

ICI
By John Howlet, Vin Carr, Ethel Driver, et.al.
Subject – ICI – Industry –Australia
Book. Code no. 130100223

Albion primary school no. 4265: 60th jubilee anniversary 1926-1986
By Alan Jones
Book. Code no. 130100224

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Immigration in focus 1946-75: a photographic archive.
By Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
Subject – Immigration – Australia – catalogue, photographs.
Book. Code no. 130100219

Pen pushers 1987.
Sherryl Clarke, Compl.
A collection of writings from members of the Footscray
Over 50’s Writing Group.
Book. Code no. 130100220

The Humes story
By Humes Limited
Subject – Hume Family – Australia – Industry.
Book. Code no. 130100218

Footscray in concert.
Footscray City Council
Book. Code no. 130100216

From planning to action: the metal industry in the west
By Kim Windsor, Philip Hind and Deborah Kiers
Subject – Metal Industry, Western Suburbs – Planning and Development
Book. Code no. 130100213

An introduction to the history of Kororoit Creek
By Olwen A. Ford
Book. Code no. 130100214

Rivers and streams: special investigation
Land Conservation Council
Book. Code no. 130100211

The western ring road archaeological study: stage 2 vol. 1: a report on the industrial heritage of the Deer Park ICI explosives factory.
By Hilary du Cross, Gary Vines and Andrew Ward.
Book. Code no. 130100209

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Rivers and streams: special investigation
Land Conservation Council
Book. Code no. 130100210

Luis Geraldes; Le ven tai
Doncaster Templestowe Art Gallery
Book. Code no. 130100207

Sunshine: planning for the 21st century: a report by the city planner’s department Sunshine Council.
Book. Code no. 130100206

Altona: a good place to live and work
Altona City Council
Book. Code no. 130100222

Private lives – public heritage: family snapshots as history
By Weston Bates, Euan McGillivray, Matthew Nickson
Book. Code no. 130100197

Australia’s Italians: 1788-1988
By Ilma Martinuzzi O’Brien, translated by Laura Mecca
Book. Code no. 130100198

Essendon High School: 75th anniversary 1913-1988
By Margaret Vines and Barbara Opar
Book. Code no. 130100196

Victorian Koorieplants: some plants used by Victorian Koories for food, fibre, medicines, and implements.
By Beth Gott and John Conran.
Book. Code no. 130100193

The castles of Tuhbowgule: the story of Pemulwuy retold for children
By Haidi Willmot
Book. Code no. 130100191

Aboriginal land rights considered
By Alan Pope
Book. Code no. 130100192

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Wunambi: the water snake
By May L.O’Brien, Sue Wyatt, Illustrator
Book. Code no. 130100185

The Kai Kai nature trail: a resource guide for Aboriginal studies.
Education Department of South Australia.
Book. Code no. 130100183

The giant devil-dingo.
By Dick Roughsey
Book. Code no. 130100184

Packaging the past: public histories
John Rickard, Peter Spearritt, eds.
Subject – Historiography – Public History
Book. Code no. 130100147

Chaff-mills in Melbourne’s west: an industrial sites study.
Compiled and researched by Gary Vines.
Book. Code no. 130100143

The McKays of Drummartin and Sunshine: their personal story.
By Dorothy McNeill, McKay family.
Book. Code no. 130100139

The first residents of Melbourne’s western region
By Gary Presland
Book. Code no. 130100129

Australian made: success stories in Australian manufacturing since 1937.
By Brian Carroll
Book. Code no. 130100135

Sunbury
Dr John Pattison, Eric boardman, John Kelly, et.al.
Book. Code no. 130100136

Stop: a planners and developers guide to Victorian archaeological sites.
By P.J.F.Coutts
Book. Code no. 130100134

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Footscray’s first 100 years: the story of a great Australian city
City of Footscray Council
Book. Code no. 130100123

Lilith: a feminist history journal
Mary Jo Wagner, ed.
Journal. Code no. 130100124

The stop-over that stayed: a history of Essendon
By Grant Aldous
Book. Code no. 130100120

Point Cook: a history prepared for the Melbourne and Metropolitan Boards of Works
By Jessie Serle
Subject – Point Cook – Melbourne – History
Book. Code no. 130100118

Now and then: the Sicilian farming community at Werribee Park 1929-49
By Maria Mantello
Book. Code no. 130100117

A guide to historic Williamstown
Wilson P.Evans, ed.
Book. Code no. 130100112

Birds of the Maribyrnong Valley
Friends of the Maribyrnong Valley Inc.
Book. Code no. 130100109

Women and wages in the war years 1940-1945
Sheetmetal Workers’ Union
Book. Code no. 130100110

The Keilor archaeological area
By P.J.F.Coutts & R.M. Cochrane
Book. Code no. 130100107

Melton South Primary School no.3717: Diamond jubilee 1923-1983
By K.C.Thibou, Principal, 1983.
Book. Code no. 130100105

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The colonial child
Guy Featherstone, ed.
Book. Code no. 130100106

Go west young woman: Munitions diary 1985
By Mrs Billie Anderson, Nell Gartley, Mrs Haskell, et.al.
Book. Code no. 130100104

Local government resources in the west: a guide to the bibliographic holdings of the nine councils of the western region of Melbourne and the Western Region Commission.
By Lea Giles-Peters
Book. Code no. 130100099

The lifeblood of Footscray: working lives at the Angliss meatworks
Chris Healy, ed.
Book. Code no. 130100096

Yarns:stories of creative women in Melbourne’s west.
Nicola Johnson, Lesley Purcell, eds.
Subject – Women – Western suburbs – Art
Book. Code no. 130100092

Changing places: Vietnamese women in Melbourne’s west.
By Thanh Son Nguyen, Jenny Mitchell (ed.), Van Tail (illus.)
Book. Code no. 130100088

Monsanto: report to employees 1983.
Monsanto Australia
Annual Report. Code no. 130100087

Ministerial report: Lebanese employment project progress and prospects.
Lebanese Employment Committee
Report. Code no. 130100085

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Migrants and the workforce:5:the employment situation of migrant youth.
Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission
Book. Code no. 130100083

Recollections of Newport and Williamstown
Public Images Project.
Book. Code no. 130100072

Report relating to the proposed development of RAAF Base Point Cook,
Victoria: third report of 1977.
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works
Book. Code no. 130100071

Planning a better place to live: the Western Suburbs facts booklet.
Department of Planning.
Book. Code no. 130100063

Hotels of Yarraville.
By Stan D’altera and Eric Pooley
Book. Code no. 130100061

Migration Jigsaw
Teena Cross, ed.
Book. Code no. 130100041

Drawn from memory:images of Coburg
Coburg Oral History Group
Book. Code no. 130100011

Timber and gold: a history of the sawmills and tramways
of the Wombat Forest, 1855-1940.
By Norm Houghton.
Book. Code no. 130100009

Birds of Port Phillip Bay.
By Stephen Garnett, Brett Lane, Martin Shulz, & Kevin Wood.
Book. Code no. 130100007

James Cuming: an autobiography
James Cumming, and John Lack, ed.
Book. Code no. 130100003

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Essendon conservation study part two.
[Graeme Butler]
Subject – Conservation – Buildings – Study and report
Book. Code no. 130100243

Sites of geological and geomorphological significance in the
western region of Melbourne
By N.J.Rosengren
Subject – Geology
Book. Code no. 130100247

Sites of botanical significance in the western
Region of Melbourne.
By Keith McDougall
Subject – Botany – Melbourne, Western Suburbs
Book. Code no. 130100250

The beginnings of Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West
Teena Cross (compiler)
A profile of the team members of the Foundation Committee. 1983-85.
Book. Code no. 130100254

Notes on the drainage system of the Melbourne region.
M.M.B.W., Waterways and Parks Division.
Subject – Geography – Waterways
Book. Code no. 130100256

Notes on historic sites and structures in the Lower Maribyrnong River Valley
By Olwen Ford
Subject – Historical Sites & Structures – Maribyrnong River Valley, Victoria
Book. Code no. 130100262

The Sunshine Harvester works.
By Miles Lewis
Subject – H.V. McKay Company, McKay Harvester Company, Sunshine Harvester Company.
Book. Code no. 130100273

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Bibliography and list of sources of Keilor history.
Susan Jennison (Compiler)
Subject – Keilor – History – Bibliographies
Book. Code no. 130100303

The early local origins of The Footscray Institute of Technology 1856-1916.
By Olwen Ford
Book. Code no. 130100309

Sojourners and settlers: Chinese in Victoria 1848-1985
By Morag Loh
Subject – Chinese families – Biography
Book. Code no. 130100339

The land boomers
By Michael Cannon
Subject – Economics – Australia – History, Depression – Australia – History
Book. Code no. 130100350

Ferries on the Yarra
By Colin Jones
A chronicle of ferries on the Yarra River. The author speaks to people who once used to drive the ferries and provides pictures to illustrate this history.
Book. Code no. 130100353

Reflections of Fairfield II
By Kim McKerihan
A profile on Fairfield through the reminiscences of the people
Living there through the years.
Book. Code no. 130100377

Where have all the flour mills gone:
a history of W.S.Kimpton and sons – flour millers: 1875 to l980.
By W.Lewis Jones
Concentrates on the life of W.S.Kimpton and the establishment of his flour mill.
This is done whilst looking at the flour industry in general for a more broader prospective.
Book. Code no. 130100381

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Lynch’s Bridge project: inner city housing development
Gary Vines (contributor)
Book. Code no. 130100391

The gunpowder industry.
By Glenys Crocker
This book outlines the history of its manufacture; from the development of gunpowder as a propellant in the fourteenth century through its adoption as a blasting agent in the seventeenth, to the introduction of improved varieties shortly before its eclipse by high explosives.
Book. Code no. 130100397

Trees be company: an anthology of poetry.
Common Ground.
Subject – Poetry in English.
Book. Code no. 130100423

Keilor’s heritage
By Susan Jennison
Subject – Keilor – History
Book. Code no. 130100451

Victorian steampower: an illustrated social history.
By Joy McCann with Matthew Churchward
Subject – Steamengines – history. Steampower, Victoria.
Book. Code no. 130100457

Industrial awakening: a geography of Australian manufacturing 1788-1890.
By G.J.R.Linge
A study on the origins and development of manufacturing in Australia’s
early stages of development.
Book. Code no. 130100474

A settlement amply supplied: food technology in the nineteenth century Australia.
By K.T.H.Farrer
Subject – Food industry and trade.
Book. Code no. 130100480

Skeleton Creek Catchment – flora and fauna study
By Marita Sydes, Peter Wlodarczyk
Subject – Skeleton Creek, Victoria – Flora & Fauna – Study & Report
Book. Code no. 130100584

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Newport workshops
By Douglas Hill
This report presents the results of a review commissioned by the Dept. of Planning
And Housing, to assist with the planning of the whole site of the Newport Railway Worshop site.
Book. Code no. 130100588

Protecting local heritage places: a guide for local communities.
Australian Heritage Commission
Book. Code no. 130100592

Western ring road: environment effects statement: supplementary
report no. 6 archaeology.
By Hilary du Cros, Megan Golding
Book. Code no. 130100619

Maribyrnong River plan: draft copy for consideration by the councils of the cities of Essendon, Footscray, Keilor, Melbourne and Sunshine.
Subject – Maribyrnong River – Study and report. Flora and Fauna – Maribyrnong – Nomenclature. Flora – Keilor Plains – Nomenclature. Environment – Guidelines.
Book. Code no. 130100661.

Western Suburbs Parkcare: community involvement strategy: a strategy for community involvement in the care management of the waterways and other nature conservation assets of the western suburbs: volume 2: background papers.
By David Taylor.
Subject – Western Suburbs Parkcare. Parks – Conservation.
Book. Code no. 130100747

Land and waterways division: Maribyrnong region:
interpretation/education strategy.
Book. Code no. 130100817

Dights Falls development study
By Helena Piha
Book. Code no. 130100875

Mrs Nancy Stewart Potter of Newport
By Jenny Mitchell
Subject – Women – work and labor – interviews. Munitions workers – women – history. Ammunition workers – Western suburbs – Interviews.
Sound recording. Code no. 130103056

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Constantin Tsiliris
By Tina Tsiliris
Subject – Work and labor, 1930 – 1945 – Description. Employment – Men – Interviews. Greek migrants – Australia – Interviews.
Sound recording. Code no. 130103093

Peter Cass
By Chris Healy
Subject – Work and labor – Men – Interviews, Angliss Meat Works, Footscray – Description, Meat industry. Work Experience – Biographies.
Sound recording. Code no. 130103145

Massey Ferguson make history: men at work. Session 1. Tape 2. Session 2. Tape 1.
By Make History Group
Sound recordings. Code no. 130103189

Ellen McKenzie: Flo Trout
[Di Parsons]
Subject – Richardson Pacific – Interviews
Sound recording. Code no. 130103757

George Seelaf interview
Sound recording. Code no. 130103860

Planning: Municipalities of Footscray, Keilor and Sunshine
Map. Scale 1:9600. Includes legend. Added note: handwritten
Notes on zoning ca. 1950s and 60s in City of Keilor and City of Sunshine
Code no. 130101345

City of Sunshine
Subject – Urban Planning – Sunshine – Victoria. Sunshine shire. Municipal map.
Map. Code no. 130101365

Contry lots: Parish of Yering: County of Evelyn.
Subject – Yering – Victoria – Map. Evelyn, County of – Victoria – Map.
Map. Code no. 130101430

Town of Braybrook: Parishes of Cut Paw Paw and Doutta Galla: County of Bourke.
Map. Code no. 130101478

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Maribyrnong
Subject – Maribyrnong – Victoria – Map. Bourke, County of – Victoria – Map
Map. Code no. 130101523

Parish of Gorong
Subject – Ballan, Shire – Victoria – Map. Gorong. Parish of – Victoria – Map. Bourke, County of – Victoria – Map.
Map. Code no. 130101582

Plan 15: Williamstown
Subject – Williamstown – Victoria – Map. Melbourne and Metro0olitan Board of Works, planning schemes.
Map. Code no. 130101658

Plan 211: Keilor & Braybrook
Subject – Keilor – Victoria – map. Braybrook – Victoria – Map. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, planning schemes – Map.
Map. Code no. 130101743

Topography: Ingliston 7722 – 1 – 3 zone 55
Map. Code no. 130101827
Port Philip: depth in metres
Subject – Port Philip – Victoria – Topographic – Map. Topography – Port Philip.
Map. Code no. 130101863

General building layout: Albion
[Albion Explosives Factory, Deer Park]
Map. Code no. 130101899

Melbourne suburbs: distribution and use of existing property.
Subject – Melbourne – Victoria – Maps.
Map. Code no. 130101957

[Humes Limited: Maribyrnong factory and quarries]
Scale 1”:40’. Photocopy. Plan of title with geographic contours.
Map. Code no. 130102044

Pipemakers park:top factory: sections:existing conditions.
Map. Code no. 130102168

Brimbank City Council. Map no.: 7822-13312.
Map. Code no. 130102245

[City of Hume: Broadmeadows]:map 15.
Map. Code no. 130103938

Scoresby arterial option 2 (Maroondah Highway to Burwood Highway)
By Sinclair Knight Merz
Map. Code no. 130103965

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