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Archive CD Books Australia available at QFHS
Histories, souvenir publications (J to Z)
CDs on this web page are:
Jubilee history of Ipswich - 1910 |
Jubilee history of Queensland - 1900 |
Jubilee history of Queensland - 1910 |
Kenilworth Centenary 1850 to 1950 |
Letters from Queensland (1893) |
Mount Morgan Gold Mine 1892 |
Moreton Bay settlement of Queensland before separation 1770-1859 |
Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa |
Our first half-century: A review of Queensland progress (1909) |
Queensland, Australia by JD Lang (1861) |
Sport and pastime in Moreton Bay |
Motor Trade directory of Australia 1936-37 |
Nomenclature of Queensland railway stations (1914) |
Ipswich_1910Jubilee history of Ipswich - 1910
Jubilee history of Ipswich - 1910
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Year published: (1910) 2008
No of pages in original: 167 pp
Author/Compiler: George Harrison
ISBN: 9781921461941
$23.50AU + $2 postage worldwide.
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For anyone wanting to know the history of Ipswich, this book is a must read. It was published in 1910 to commemorate the progress of the town.
The area was first explored by European colonists in 1826. In 1827, the first convicts and overseers arrived to mine the area, and the town that was built around this industry became known as Limestone. In 1843, the settlement officially became known as Ipswich, making it the oldest provincial city in Queensland. Ipswich was proclaimed a municipality in 1860, and became a city in 1904.
Complete with hundreds of photographs of people, buildings and scenes from the town, this history starts with the exploration of the region, then continues on with government and elections, reminiscences, pioneer settlements, railway and water supply, show associations, the primary industries of the region (coal mining, cotton, wool etc), as well as churches and schools.
Fully searchable, this is a very useful book for anyone with family connections in this region or interest in Queensland's early history.
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Jubilee_1910Jubilee history of Queensland – 1910
Jubilee history of Queensland –
Barton (1910)
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Year published: (1910) 2007
No of pages in original: 402 pp
Author/Compiler: EJT Barton
ISBN: 9781921461118
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Queensland became an Australian colony on 6 June 1859 after separation from New South Wales, Brisbane was chosen as its capital. Written in 1909, Barton's Jubilee history of Queensland 1859-1909: A record of political, industrial and social development from the landing of the first explorers to the close of 1909, takes a thorough look over the fifty years that had passed since its inception, and details all the political, industrial and social development in both words and pictures.
To make it a complete history, this work actually begins with the landing of the early explorers and the discovery of Moreton Bay and Brisbane River as well as early settlement. This is followed by the struggle for independence, the history of the government in Queensland, and the City of Brisbane. Divided into 15 chapters, each covers a different topic, such as ports, churches of Brisbane, social and religious, pastoral, agricultural and mining, manufacturers, reminiscences, a chronology ... and so much more.
With over 300 photographs included in this 402 page book, it shows you the history visually. Many are of people and businesses, as well as some of scenes. A valuable record for those with an interest in Queensland and those involved with its history from colony to state 1859-1909.
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Jubilee_1900Jubilee history of Queensland – 1900
Jubilee history of Queensland 1900
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Year published: (1900) 2008
No of pages in original: 690 pp
Author/Compiler: Muir and Morcom
ISBN: 9781742221717
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The Jubilee history of Queensland is a very detailed book containing a range of information both about Australia as a whole and the Colony of Queensland. It details the discovery and the very early explorations of Australia and describes the continent including an in depth description of the flora and fauna. There are illustrations throughout the book.
It also describes the first governors who came to Australia to handle its affairs. There is information about the colonial governments, and descriptions of a range of districts such as the Cook and Darling Downs districts.
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Mt_Morgan_1892Moreton Bay settlement of Queensland before separation 1770-1859
Mount Morgan Gold Mine 1892
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Year published: (1893) 2008
No of pages in original: 105 pp
Author/Compiler: Sykes, FW
ISBN: 9781921494604
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The Mount Morgan Gold Mine Queensland, 1893 details the mine works and treatment of ore up to October 1892. The narrative starts with an examination of Rockhampton, the nearest port, the Central Railway and the regional shipping scene together with revenue from imports and exports through the Port of Rockhampton from 1882. A study of mining enterprises in the district up to and including the Mount Morgan discovery provides the reader with a background to mining in Queensland although it is focussed on gold recovery.
The establishment of the mining company by Fred, Edwin and Thomas Morgan, and a nephew of Fred, and John Ferguson who collectively held a half of the shares. The other half being held by Thomas Skarratt Hall, W Hall, William Knox D'Arcy and William Pattison.
Features of the mine are described in detail including the aerial tramway and the book concludes with some very useful maps and plans of the mine.
Old historical records are a valuable resource for local, family and social historians as well as for researchers in other fields of Australian history. They provide information on the environment experienced by the residents of the time and how they lived, as well as their occupations.
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Moreton_1925Moreton Bay settlement of Queensland before separation 1770-1859
Moreton Bay settlement of Queensland before separation 1770-1859
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Year published: (1925) 2007
No of pages in original: 159 pp
Author/Compiler: WW Craig
ISBN: 9781921371202
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The primary aim of this book is to present a 'concise history of incidents' occurring in the early times of Moreton Bay.
While it doesn't include listings of early pioneers of the region, it does cover the exploration of the region, settlement, aborigines, Dr Lang, Governor Fitzroy, wrecks in the region and numerous other topics, including the imminent (at the time), separation of Queensland from New South Wales, which took place in 1859.
Also covered is a section on Australia, which gives a very brief overview of the explorers who found Australia, and early settlement, together with details of various Governors of the time. There are also chapters on Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia. Each of these discusses the founding and settlement, together with early Governors of the region.
This is an informative guide for those researching Australian social history in the 1770-1859 era, and the maps included will add to the usefulness of this book.
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Boer_WarOfficial Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa
Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa
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No of pages in original: 617 pp
Year published: (1911) 2005
Author/Compiler: P Murray
ISBN: 9781921175268
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Murray's record is a compilation of official Australian reports in regards to the war in South Africa, and was compiled as a memorial and remembrance of the war.
It is written as a reference book rather than a history of the war and as a result contains a huge amount of logically presented facts, figures and statistics about the war, as well as the contingents and men involved.
Features of this book include:
• National Roll of over 17,000 men who served
• overview of the service of each Australian contingent arranged by state
• Contingents are listed chronologically within each state in order of leaving Australia
• the men are listed within each contingent, commencing with officers, then non-commissioned officers and lastly the other ranks
• gives service number, rank and unit
• other information includes units, uniforms, dates, war services and honours, deaths, fate, promotions, wounds, invalided, prisoners (and escapes), excerpts of written reports, rolls, medics and nurses, and much more are included for each of the different states
• each state section has an introduction and overview
• each contingent has a summary, which may include service departure and return, service, chronology, casualty list, awards and honours, clothing and excerpts from reports.
This record is extremely useful for any one interested in the war in South Africa or with ancestors who fought in it.
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Our first half-century: A review of Queensland progress (1909)
Our first half-century: A review of Queensland progress (1909)
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No of pages in original: 356 pp
Year published: (1909) 2009
Author/Compiler: A Cumming
ISBN: 9781742226682
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On 10 December 1859 Queensland was proclaimed a separate colony to New South Wales. This book
gives a review of the progress made during Queensland's first fifty years.
It is divided into four parts – Our Natal Year, Natal Year to Jubilee, Our Jubilee Year and
The Primary Industries.
•Our Natal Year: reviews the birth of Queensland, the initiation of responsible government, the first session of parliament, and Queensland in 1860
•Natal Year to Jubilee: covers the legislature, public finance, Crown Lands legislation, appropriation of land revenue, local government and public instruction
•Our Jubilee Year: a general review of the state and examination of the federal outlook following federation just eight years earlier
•The Primary Industries: this part examines the importance of the pastoral industry, agriculture, the sugar industry and mining during the past fifty years.
FIFTY years ago an emphatic expression of confidence in the self-governing competence of the
people of North-eastern Australia was given by the British Government of Lord Derby. On 6th
June, 1859, Queen Victoria in Council adopted Letters Patent-which had been already approved
in draft on 13th May "erecting Moreton Bay into a colony under the name of Queensland," and
appointing Sir George Ferguson Bowen to be "Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the
same."
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for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
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Kenilworth Centenary 1850 to 1950
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No of pages in original: 43 pp
Year published: (1950) 2008
ISBN: 9781742221571
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The Kenilworth Centenary 1850-1950 describes in brief the history of the discovery and early settlement of the Upper Mary Valley country, which includes Kenilworth and other areas and places surrounding the Brisbane River in Queensland.
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Letters from Queensland
Letters from Queensland (1893)
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No of pages in original: 119 pp
Year published: (1893) 2009
Author/Compiler: Flora Louise Shaw
ISBN: 9781742226408
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Published in 1893, this book collects together a series of letters written between December
1892 and February 1893 by Flora Louise Shaw, The Times Special Correspondent.
There are six letters:
•Queensland (Brisbane, 10 November) – an overview of the whole colony
•The Sugar Industry in Queensland – a look at the industry historically and in the present; the scanned book included a loose newsclipping from The Times, 22 September 1894, which refers back to the original letter on the Sugar Industry
•The Mineral Wealth of Queensland (Rockhampton) – discusses the mining regions of the colony: including gold at the Charters Towers, Mount Morgan, Gympie, Croydon, Etheridge, Ravenswood, Palmer, Russell, Hodgkinson, Bowen, Cloncurry and Cooktown fields; copper, lead and silver at Chillagoe and Herberton and tin at Eureka Creek
•Pastoral Queensland (Blackall, Western Queensland) (2 letters) – a reflection on the Queensland bush and its contrast to London: the temperature, rainfall, isolation, floods, animals, timber, stations. The author notes that “You are permeated with sunshine ... the invigorating smell of the earth is always in your nostrils”
•The Queensland Separation Question – a look at the question of the separation of
northern and central Queensland from southern Queensland. The elements of size and diversity
of climatic conditions form the basis of the demand for separation by the North and Central
divisions. Before passing on to the details by which the demand is supported, it is worth
while to glance at the map and realise that the sub-division which is asked for would create
three colonies, each of them, roughly speaking, of about the size of France.
This CD contains high quality scanned images of the original book, and has been bookmarked for
easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
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Queensland, Australia by JD Lang
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Year published: (1861) 2007
No of pages in original: 484 pp
Author/Compiler: John Dunmore Lang
ISBN: 9781921315367
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When Queensland became its own colony in December 1859, John Dunmore Lang (1799-1878), a Scottish Presbyterian minister, was an advocate on the emigration possibilities that it offered, particularly in the cotton-growing and sugar industries.
He not only lectured extensively on this topic, but also produced this book, Queensland, Australia to let people know about the colony and what it had to offer.
Queensland, Australia covers topics such as geographical features, rivers, the natural and artificial productions of the land, various settlements, climate, government, Aborigines and much more.
Ideal for those researching Queensland’s history, as it provides an insight into Queensland as it was in 1861.
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Sport and pastime in Moreton Bay
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No of pages in original: 310 pp
Year published: (1931) 2008
Author/Compiler: Welsby, Thomas
ISBN: 9781742221625
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Sport and pastime in Moreton Bay by Thomas Welsby was published in 1931.
Contents:
• Sharks and catching them
• Trailing for mackerel
• Story of the Dugong
• Another account
• Deep sea fishing
• Taking a sugar bag
• Our fish food supply
• Advent of the sea mullet
• A stranded whale
• A ship under full sail
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Motor Trade directory of Australia 1936-37
Motor Trade directory of Australia 1936-37
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No of pages in original: 711 pages
Year published: (1927) 2007
ISBN: 9781920978877
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Motor Trade Directory of Australia 1936-37
This fascinating handbook and directory contains a wealth of information on motor vehicles of the
era and the motor trade generally. It covers passenger cars, commercial vehicles an motor cycles.
This guide will interest a wide range of people.
• family historians - with anyone in the motor trade in the 1930s - or just as a
fascinating guide to motoring of a bygone era
• local historians - information on traders in your locality - or just as a fascinating
guide to motoring of a bygone era
• members of car clubs or owners of pre-WW2 vehicles
This 710 page directory is arranged as follows:
•Traders' Associations and Automobile Clubs
• Motor Cars, Motor Trucks, Motor Cycles - arranged by make with listing for agents for
each throughout Australia
• Classified list of Tyres - arranged by make with listing for agents for each
• Classified list of Oils and Greases - arranged by make with listing for agents
• List of accessories, parts, machinery, tools and equipment - arranged by make with
listing for agents
• Wholesale Dealers distributing and/or importing for the motor trade - accessories and
equipment, engineering parts, bodybuilders' and trimmers' supplies, factory representatives,
manufacturers representatives.
• Retailers and Traders body builders (car) is arranged as follows.
•body builders (delivery vans, trucks and 'buses).
•bodies (tipping) and tipping gear.
•bodies special for municipalities.
•bodies street watering gear for municipalities.
•electrical and ignition specialists.
•chromium platers.
•electroplaters.
•engineers (assembling and consulting).
•engineers (mechanical) making spares.
•motor smiths.
•motor towing stations.
•motor wrecking stations.
•painters.
•replacements (used parts specialists).
•sheet metal workers.
•trimmers (motor).
•tyre dealers and vulcanizers.
•welders (electric and oxy-acetylene).
•outboard motors.
•Used Car Dealers.
•City, Suburban and Country Garages, Repair Engineers, Retailers of Accessories and
Traders in Motor Lines operating in all States.
•Data and Tables - ball and roller bearing data, brake lining data, clutch data, piston
ring sizes, radiator hoses and fan belt data, serial numbers of American, English & Continental cars.
Originally produced by Archive CD Books Australia in 2004, this title has now been remastered and
re-released, and includes better searching capability. This CD contains high quality scanned
images of the whole of the original book, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages
can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
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Nomenclature of Queensland railway stations (1914)
Nomenclature of Queensland railway stations (1914)
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No of pages in original: 40 pages
Year published: (1914) 2008
ISBN: 9781921494598
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Nomenclature of Queensland railway stations (1914)
A 1914 list of all named railway stations in Queensland listed on their appropriate line and with
the meaning of their name. Such a publication may well be the only surviving source for this
information.
Arranged in alphabetical order of the station name, the information provided is listed in three
columns: station, railway and meaning of name. Find out which railway stations have been named
after local families in the region, or rivers and creek. There are others named after eminent
personalities, as well as those named after a turtle and another after a pidgeon. A small book,
but it is interesting reading.
High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book. This CD has been bookmarked for
easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
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