VCHA 2013 Entries List - Royal Historical Society of Victoria
VCHA 2013 Entries List - Royal Historical Society of Victoria
VCHA 2013 Entries List - Royal Historical Society of Victoria
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<strong>2013</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong>n<br />
Community History<br />
Awards<br />
Flyers <strong>of</strong> Time<br />
By Kevin M. O'Reilly<br />
The publication <strong>of</strong> this book records the pioneer work <strong>of</strong> aviators in their<br />
efforts to establish a network <strong>of</strong> aviation facilities between the great wars<br />
in rural <strong>Victoria</strong> and Melbourne. Published October 2012.<br />
Long Views and Short Vistas: <strong>Victoria</strong>'s 19thcentury<br />
Public Botanic Gardens<br />
By Gwen Pascoe, Australian Scholarly Publishing<br />
<strong>Victoria</strong>'s Botanic Gardens were widely established in the 19th<br />
century. Modelled closely on English parks and gardens and laid<br />
out by landscape gardeners and botanists <strong>of</strong> ability, they are<br />
places <strong>of</strong> scientific significance and public recreation. Here, Gwen<br />
Pasco describes their establishment, intended purposes, many<br />
uses and the difficulties involved in their maintenance, and how<br />
over time changing attitudes towards the gardens have<br />
transformed them.<br />
Room for Everyone<br />
Aron Paul<br />
This commemorative history tells the story <strong>of</strong> the establishment <strong>of</strong><br />
community housing in St Kilda and <strong>of</strong> the transition from the St Kilda<br />
Rooming House Issues Group to St Kilda Community Housing.<br />
James Grassie: Poet and Aboriginal Story Teller <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Victoria</strong><br />
Edited by Andrew G. Peake<br />
This publication includes a comprehensive biography <strong>of</strong> James Grassie,<br />
poet and Aboriginal story teller <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong>, together with a family history<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Grassie and Fallon families <strong>of</strong> Western <strong>Victoria</strong>.<br />
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