OUR COLLECTION

We hold a curated collection of books and publications related to the history of Mount Rouse, Penshurst and the local district - browse below.

A ~ B    |   C ~ G   |  H ~ K  |  L ~ O   |   P ~ S   |   T ~ Z   |   Local Publications  

A ~ B

  • Aboriginal Australian Communities
  • Agricultural & Pastoral
  • Almanacs
  • Ambulance Service
  • Anzac Day
  • Banks And Banking
  • Bullock Teams & Bullockies
  • Businesses  
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C ~ G

  • Cemetery
  • Census
  • Chinese
  • Churches
  • Closer Settlement and Soldier Settlement
  • Communications: Penshurst News, Penshurst Free Press
  • Clubs & Associations
  • Court House: Court Cases from The Penshurst Free Press, Court Documents, Inquests
  • Diaries
  • Electoral Rolls
  • Elements
  • Entertainment
  • Family Histories
  • Farming
  • Fires & Fire Brigades
  • Flaxmill: Penshurst Flax Growers Association Minute Book 1943-1949
  • Gold
  • Government Gazettes
  • Gravel Pits 
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H ~ K

  • Halls
  • Historical Society
  • Hospital & Medical
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Independent Order of Rechabites
  • Infant Welfare
  • Institute for the Blind  
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L ~ O

  • Lakes
  • Land Care
  • Ledgers: Butter & Cheese, Collins, Cook (C.B), Madigan’s, Mcclintock, Penshurst Hotel, Schramm, Sharrock
  • Library
  • Local Government
  • Local History
  • Lutheran: Herrnhut, Tabor, Hidden Treasures 1838-1938 Lutheran Women of Australia.
  • Maps & Plans
  • Mounts: Mount Rouse
  • Murders
  • Museum: Burger’s Cottage
  • Natural History
  • Organisations  
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P ~ S

  • Parish Maps
  • Parks, Ovals and Reserves
  • Pastoral and Agricultural Society
  • Pastoral Properties
  • Penshurst Park
  • Penshurst Town Plans
  • Penshurst Town Maps
  • Pests
  • Photographic Collection
  • Police
  • Post Office
  • Pound and Pound Keepers
  • Properties: Large Land Owners 1912, Subdivisions of Estates, Property Sales & Transfers, Individual Properties
  • Railways
  • Research - Local Publications (see list)
  • Research in general
  • Residences in Penshurst
  • Roads
  • R.S.L.
  • Schools
  • Shires (Not Local)
  • Societies, Organisations and Clubs
  • Soldier Settlement
  • Sport and Recreation 
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T ~ Z

  • Tours & Tourism
  • Towns
  • Transport
  • Undertakers
  • Volcanoes
  • Wars
  • Yatmerone Reserve: Hutton’s Dam 
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Research - Local Publications

  • Boring not Likely.
  • Windows of Yesterday.
  • The Major Mitchell Trail.
  • When the World was Wide: Hamilton during the 1880s.
  • Dunkeld and District: A short History.
  • Footprints from the Past by Natalie Gash 2007
  • From Forest Swamps and Stones by Peter Yule 1988
  • Hamilton, A Western District History by Don Garden 1947
  • Men of Yesterday by Margaret Kiddle 1961
  • Byaduk Settlers Book.
  • Dunkeld Calendar 2000.
  • Dundas Shire 1863-1963
  • Glenthompson Booklet.
  • Hidden Treasures 1838-1938 Lutheran Church.
  • History of Football in the Western District. Compiled by John Stoward 2008
  • Memories from Penshurst’s Past. Jack Chesswas
  • Mininera District Netball 1939-1999.
  • Monivae Booklet by Ian Black. Published by Hamilton History Centre in May 1996
  • Mt Eccles, The PotatoVillage. Mt Eccles near Macarthur. Beverley M Ross
  • Mt Sturgeon to Dunkeld 150 years.
  • Mount Rouse Centenary Book.
  • Penshurst Memories. Transcribed from Mat Brown’s Diaries.
  • Tabor 1853 – 1976 Back to Tabor 1976.
  • Tabor School 1976 – 1990 Book.
  • Wickliffe Booklet.
  • Yambuk Lake
  • Penshurst & District Hospital Annual Reports.
  • Lookout Visitors Book. 1962