VCHA 2013 Entries List - Royal Historical Society of Victoria

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