Written by Henry Treloar in 1920, this book was compiled with the “desire that harassed householders may, by improved methods of cultivation, and cutting out the element of needless failure, produce more and better kitchen garden stuff in these days of outrageous prices of every commodity” – we could equally well say the same today.

If you want to know how things were done in the garden in 1920 then this is the book for you – Early Short Horn carrots, Neapolitan lettuce, Black Spanish watermelons, Turk’s Cap pumpkins, Long Scarlet radish, Orange Jelly turnip, and Yorkshire Hero peas. It is full of questions and answers, hints and quips all designed to encourage the home owner to get the best out of their gardens.

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  GSQ_1979Generation - Journal of the Genealogical Society of Queensland 1979-2008

This CD contains a complete run of Generation from March 1979 to June 2008 – the journal of the Genealogical Society of Queensland. First published in 1979, the journals have articles on a wide range of topics relating to Queensland and the research interests of the society’s members –articles on researching interstate and overseas, family stories, migration, convicts, bushrangers and much more.

ENCOUNTER WITH BUSHRANGERS
Frederick Augustus Elvery (1857-1882)
In the tiny cemetery at the small village of Avenel in country Victoria lie two of Ireland’s sons. One has an impressive engraved granite headstone near the front gate suggesting the privileged status into which he had been born. The other’s grave is not only unmarked, but is also unknown. The coincidence of these two unrelated Irish immigrants who never met, being brought together in this remote spot is not the only one associated with their lives in the colony.

Frederick Augustus Elvery, 21, third son of John West Elvery of Dublin, left London on 19th September 1876.

For the first time the journals are fully searchable as a PDF document on CD ROM – published by Archive Digital Books Australasia.

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  Cult_sugarCultivation of Sugar Cane in Queensland

The Cultivation of sugar cane in Queensland was written in 1924 by Harry Easterby at a time when many with little or no knowledge were starting to grow sugar-cane.

It covers cultivation of old lands, irrigation, varieties of cane, weather conditions, and pests and diseases. Is also gives a brief summary of each of the sugar districts – Mossman, Cairns, Innisfail, Tully River, Herbert River, Lower Burdekin, Proserpine, Mackay, Bundaberg, Childers, Maryborough, Pialba, Yerra, Mount Bauple, Moreton, and Logan and Nerang.

If you have anyone involved with sugar-cane at this time it will give you an insight into how they went about cultivating their cane and the issues they faced.

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  Graz_vol_10The Grazier's Review Volume 10: April 1930 - March 1931

The Graziers’ Review was the official organ of the United Graziers’ Association of Queensland. It included much information of particular relevance to graziers – on the weather, meat market, live stock market, stud stock, stock movements and much more. Importantly, it also mentioned the people involved – a “personal” section, obituaries, lists of shearing contractors, and reports from the various district meetings. As well, it has good information, in the advertisements, about many of the properties.

PERSONAL
The wedding was celebrated at Woodstock, Winton, on April 24, of Margaret, the third daughter of Mr. And Mrs. A. J. Banning, Woodstock, Winton, to James, second son of Mr. and Mrs. D. McKerrow, Mt. Walker, Hughenden.

The engagement is announced of Alice, youngest daughter of the late Mr. C. G. Jaques, Silver Hills, Withersfield, and of the late Mrs. C. A. Carlsson, Bedford, Alpha, to Leslie Charles Sutherland, only son of Mr. And Mrs. P. C. S. Pedler, of Sydney, New South Wales.

The wedding was celebrated at Brisbane on April 16, of Walter Thomas, the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Robertson, Iona, Indooroopilly, to Alison Laurie, the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Graham, Avonlen, Rannes. [May 16, 1930]

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  Graz_vol_11Grazier's Review Volume 11: April 1931 - March 1932

The Graziers’ Review was the official organ of the United Graziers’ Association of Queensland. It included much information of particular relevance to graziers – on the weather, meat market, live stock market, stud stock, stock movements and much more. Importantly, it also mentioned the people involved – a “personal” section, obituaries, lists of estates for which probate has been granted, lists of shearing contractors, and reports from the various district meetings. As well, it has good information, in the advertisements, about many of the properties.

OBITUARY
In the death of Mrs. F. H. Hart, which occurred on March 9, there passed away a descendant of one of Australia’s pioneer families. Mrs. Hart was the only daughter of the late Horace M. Suttor, who was a son of William Henry Suttor, son of George Suttor, the first of his family to make the new Australia his home, on the suggestion of his friend and adviser, Sir Joseph Banks.

On the discovery of a passage over the Blue Mountains, George Suttor sent his sons over those mountains to develop new country, and thus the family name became a household word in the Bathurst district ...

[16 April 1931]

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  Graz_vol_13The Grazier's Review Volume 13: April 1933 - March 1934

The Graziers’ Review was the official organ of the United Graziers’ Association of Queensland. It included much information of particular relevance to graziers – on the weather, meat market, live stock market, stud stock, stock movements and much more. Importantly, it also mentioned the people involved – a “personal” section, obituaries, lists of shearing contractors, and reports from the various district meetings. As well, it has good information, in the advertisements, about many of the properties.

PERSONAL
Mrs Mary Anna McManus, who died at Toowoomba recently in her 90th year, was one of the earliest settlers in the Roma district. She was a daughter of the late Mr. Stephen Spencer, who purchased Mount Abundance in 1857, and in the following year travelled by road with his family and 1000 head of cattle and 60 horses from Barraba, N.S.W. The journey of 400 miles took four months. Mrs. McManus lived at Mount Abundance (then known as Bungeworgorai) until 1873, when her father purchased Armadilla, near Morven. Shortly after her father’s death in 1890 she married the late J. C. McManus, who was the original holder of Tyrconnel Downs, near Mungalla, and who at one time managed Thylungra. After her husband’s death, Mrs. McManus lived for some years at Mitchell, and later went to Toowoomba. [September 16, 1933]

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  Pic_Oz_QldPicturesque Australia - Its flowers & its views: Queensland

This small, beautifully coloured book gives views of twelve Queensland scenes bordered by flowers from all the Australian states.

The views presented are Gladstone, the Gladstone Jetty, the Boyne River at Gladstone, Sandgate Pier, Minto Crag, Caboolture Bridge, Albert Bridge at Indooroopilly, Robbs Monument Cairns Railway, Surprise Creek Cairns Railway, Stoney Creek in the Cairns District, Barron Falls in the Cairns District, and Cairns Beach.

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  Place_names_1944Place names in Queensland, New Zealand and the Pacific (1944)

Written in 1944, this book is an interesting look at how places in Queensland, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific area got their names.

Condamine, River
Thomas de la Condamine was aide-de-camp and military secretary to Governor Darling. He was mainly instrumental in founding a circulating library in 1826 out of which grew the great NSW public library of today.

Tatarariki
From a legend telling how a tatara mat was thrown over a slave by a chief who then claimed him as his property.

Fairfax Harbour
Name bestowed by Moresby in honour of his father, Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby, who had been Commander-in-chief in the Pacific.

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  Place_names_1944Queensland in cameo - A handbook of general information concerning North-East Australia

This small publication was compiled by the Queensland Government Tourist Bureau to present to the tourist a “cameo” of Queensland and all it has to offer.

... an attempt has been made to paint a miniature picture of the Queen State, emphasising the wealth of colour, glorious sunshine, the salubrity of climate for nine months of the year and to show how different is this magic northland from the other States of the Commonwealth ...

In just 48 pages it covers the birth of the state, government, social and cultural aspects, education, labour, trade, mineral wealth, its industries, the flora and fauna, and of course the tourist drawcards.

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