Publications for Sale

Publications are available at selected libraries of Yarra Libraries (pick up can be arranged at any of the Yarra Libraries or you can print out our mail order form)

Latest Publication

Bitter roots, sweet fruit: a history of schools in Collingwood, Abbotsford and Clifton Hill
By Karen T Cummings
$22
Documents every school of every type that has existed in the former municipality of Collingwood, and describes how the schools, kindergartens and colleges fitted in to Victorian educational development and the social and economic history of Collingwood.

Older Publication

Dimmeys of Richmond : the rise and fall of a family business 2007
The history of the Dimmeys retail chain
$25

A Short History of Collingwood

$13.20
General history of the former City of Collingwood for the full period of its existence.

Brimstone to Bunyip: Churches of Collingwood, Clifton Hill & Abbotsford

Richard Peterson
$16.50
A survey of the historic development of all the known churches and their ancillary buildings that exist or are known to have existed in the former City of Collingwood
Contains walk route, location guide & sketch plans

Broken biscuits - the changing faces of Carlton

Mary Fisher. Collingwood: Yarra Melbourne Regional Library, 2005
$15.00

Collingwood: an annotated bibliography

David Tuck
$27.45
Index to Abbotsford, Collingwood and Clifton Hill local and family history material held at the Collingwood Library.

Collingwood: an annotated bibliography

Supplement no.1
$11.00

Collingwood historical postcards

85c each or $8.25 set of 12

Copping it sweet: shared memories of Richmond

City of Richmond and Carringbush Regional Library
$16.50
Recollections of life in Richmond during the first half of the twentieth century.

Dancing in the kitchen

Andrew Lindsay
$11.00
Collection of stories and photos of Collingwood's over 60s women.

Hard yakka : 100 years of Richmond industry

Free

"I should be glad if some oaks and elms were included":the Darling Gardens, Clifton Hill

$11.00
Recollections and important dates relating to the history of the Darling Gardens Clifton Hill

In those days (Collingwood Remembered) 3rd ed

$11.00
Recollections of life in the former City of Collingwood going back to the turn of the Century, profitably read in conjunction with A Short History of Collingwood.

Kids' own journeys: stories, memories, jokes and travel tips by Melbourne Children

Kids' Own (Australia) Inc. 2004
$19.95

Life in Collingwood today

$6.60
A selection of black and white photos from the Bicentennial photographic competition held by the Collingwood Historical Society

Researching your family in Richmond

Robin Jackson. Burnley: Robin Jackson, 2004
$16.50

Researching your house in Richmond

Robin Jackson. Burnley: Robin Jackson, 2001
$16.50

Richmond 150 years on: a John Morrison film [DVD]

$33

Struggletown

Janet McCalman
$27.45
Public and private life in Richmond 1900-1965, social history of working-class life in Richmond.

The Fitzroy Public Library 1877 - 1997 : A History

Carole Woods
$13.20
A history of the Fitzroy Library from its founding in 1877, as one of the oldest free public libraries in Australia.

The view from Docker's Hill

J.M.McMillan
$11.00
History of Richmond 1839-1865

When Fish Had Feathers

Portraits of Collingwood's older men
$11.00

Yarra: a diverting history

Kristin Otto.
$32.00

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