Collection
Women's Museum of Australia Research Library
You’ll be amazed at the stories we hold…
The Women’s Museum of Australia has a reference library of books, videos and audio cassettes relating to Australian women’s history.
We welcome research projects and encourage research proposals.
For access, please contact the curator at curator@pioneerwomen.com.au for an appointment.
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Castle To Colony (2013)
Author: Meg Vivers
Published: in 2013 by CopyRight Publishing Company Pty Ltd
Dewey No.: 994.370
Subject: Remarkable life of Lucy Sarah Gray 1840-1879 - impressions of colonial Aboriginal and white Australia from a woman's point of view Travels
Format: Book
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Catching The Waves (1999)
Author: Susan Ryan
Published: in 1999 by Harper Collins
Dewey No.: 324 2092
Subject: B. Life In And Out Of Politics 1942 Alp, Politics
Format: Book
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Catherine Helen Spence (1987)
Author: Helen Thomson (ed)
Published: in 1987 by Universityof Queensland Press
Dewey No.: 303.484
Subject: Bio; Catherine Helen Spence, 1825-1910; Women social reformers; Australia-South Australia; Reformers
Format: Book
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Cathy Freeman - VHS 33
Author: Cathy Freeman
Subject: Olympic Athlete-Lighting of the Olympic Flame -Gold Medal 400 Mtr Race 2000
Format: VHS
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Cathy Freeman: A journey Just Begun (1998)
Author: Adrian McGregor
Published: in 1998 by Random House
Subject: Bio Cathy Freeman, 1973- ;Runners (Sports)-Australia; Sports
Format: Book
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Central Australian Cattle Station Woman (1993)
Author: Rose Rawlins Coppock
Published: in 1993 by Rose Rawlins Coppck
Subject: Women on outback stations, Social conditions
Format: Book
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Central Mischief: Elizabeth Jolley On Writing, Her Past And Herself (1993)
Author: Elizabeth Jolley
Published: in 1993 by Penguin Books
Dewey No.: 828.308
Subject: Jolley, Elizabeth, 1923-2007. Novelists, Australian. 20th century. Biography.
Format: Book
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Certain Lives (1989)
Author: Margaret Reeson
Published: in 1989 by Albatross Books
Dewey No.: A823.3
Subject: Women pioneers NSW; mothers and daughters; Pioneer Women
Format: Book
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Charles & Elsa Chauvel: Movie Pioneers (1989)
Author: Susanne Chauval Carlsson
Published: in 1989 by University of Queensland Press
Dewey No.: 791.43CAR
Subject: Bio Chauvel,Charles, 1897-1959; Chauvel,Elsa,1898-1983;Motion pictures & directors-Australia Movie Pioneers
Format: Book
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Chatting with Centralians: The Lives of 30 Centralians and their Contributions to the Growth of the Northern Territory (1998)
Author: Shirley Brown
Published: in 1998 by Historical Society of the Northern Territory
Dewey No.: 994.291
Subject: Central Australia. Northern Territory. Alice Springs Region. Frontier and pioneer life
Format: Book
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Child Bride In The Mountains: An autobiography, with memories of Wolfram Camp, an old N.Q. mining town (1994)
Author: Thelma Marini
Published: in 1994 by Pinevale Publications
Dewey No.: 994.36
Subject: Thelma Marini's personal story of life in Wolfram Camp a North Queensland Mining Town and in the Ingham district
Format: Book
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Childhood at Brindabella (1979)
Author: Miles Franklin
Published: in 1979 by Angus & Robertson
Dewey No.: A 823.2
Subject: A/B memories of Brindabillla
Format: Book
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Chisholm Caroline: With A Foreword By Sir Douglas Copland (1969)
Author: Margaret Kiddle
Published: in 1969 by Melbourne University Press
Dewey No.: 361.924
Subject: Chisholm, Caroline, 1808-1877. Women social reformers. Biography. Chisholm, Caroline Jones. Emigration and immigration. 19th century. Australia. History. Social conditions. family history
Format: Book
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Christine Nixon - VHS 59 (2002)
Author: Christine Nixon
Published: in 2002 by ABC Australian Story
Subject: 1st Woman in Australia to be a Commissioner of Police Force Victoria
Format: VHS
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Chronicle Cameos (1977)
Author: Mary Broughton
Published: in 1977 by Nadjuri Australia
Dewey No.: 994.23
Subject: Persons associated with South Australia, 1836-1975. Essays. Frontier and pioneer life. Socioeconomic conditions - Living conditions. Education. Religions - Christianity. Occupations - Agricultural and horticultural workers. Costume and clothing. Food. Economic sectors. Hospitality. Hotels and motels. Animals. Mammals. Manners and customs. Women. Encounter Bay. England. Tasmania. India. Queensland. Sydney. 1836-1900. Social life and customs. South Australia. History. Notes
Format: Book
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Chutneys And Jams: Recipes tested and Compiled by Mrs. Helen Peut (1990)
Author: Helen Peut
Published: in 1990 by Helen Peut
Dewey No.: 641.85
Subject: 1952-1990 Recipes; Northern Territory Katherine region; Cooking (Relishes) Jam, Pickles, Chutney; Cookery
Format: Book
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City Women Country Women: Crossing The Boundaries (1995)
Author: Jocelynn A Scutt
Published: in 1995 by Artemis Publishing
Dewey No.: 304 8082
Subject: Urban-Rural Migration, Social differences
Format: Book
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Clara Morison (1971)
Author: Catherine Helen Spence
Published: in 1971 by Rigby Ltd
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Clare Lindop - VHS 46/VHS 67 (2003)
Author: Clare Lindop
Published: in 2003
Subject: !st woman jockey to ride in Melbourne Cup 2003 finished 19th in field of 23 rode Debden-coverage of MC race 4/11/03
Format: VHS
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Collectors and Museums: Two Centuries Of Collecting In The Northern Territory (2009)
Author: Brian Reid
Published: in 2009 by Historical Society of the Northern Territory
Dewey No.: 069.5
Subject: Based on a lecture series this book covers the history of collectors and collections at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Charles Darwin University, the Aviation Heritage Centre and regional museums.
Format: Book
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Colonel Lionel Rose: Chief Veterinary Officer of the Northern Territory 1946-1958 (2006)
Author: Trish Lonsdale
Published: in 2006 by Central Queensland University Press
Dewey No.: 636.089
Subject: Colonel Rose pioneered the live cattle trade from N.T. to Asia in the late 1950s. Rose developed the national Pleuro Eradication Committee. He pioneered the establishement of a proper research institute near Alice Springs. Rose was the most senior public servant from 1947 to 1954 and resided in The Residency.
Format: Book
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Colonial Eve: Sources on Women in Australia 1788-1914 (1978)
Author: Ruth Teale (ed)
Published: in 1978 by Oxford University Press
Dewey No.: 301.41209
Subject: Women-Australia-History, women 1788-1914
Format: Book
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Colonial Ladies (1985)
Author: Maggie Weidenhofer ( compiled and edited)
Published: in 1985 by Currey O'Neil : distributed by Gordon and Gotch
Dewey No.: 994.030
Subject: Women. Frontier and pioneer life. Women pioneers. Correspondence. History. Manners and customs. Australia. Social life and customs.
Format: Book
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Colonial Sisters (1994)
Author: Jane Hylton
Published: in 1994 by Art Gallery Board of South Australia, Artists
Subject: Martha Berkeley, Exhibitions: Walker,Theresa,1807 - 1876 - Exhibitions
Format: Book
