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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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Edith (1981/2)
Author: Edith Blundell
Published: in 1981/2 by Privately published
Dewey No.: B994
Subject: Bio Edith Blundell (nee Packer), Australian history, travel - UK, NZ, Australia
Format: Book
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Elisabeth Murdoch: Two Lives (1994)
Author: John Monks
Published: in 1994 by Macmillan
Dewey No.: B 361.92
Subject: Bio Murdoch.Elisabeth,Dame, 1909 - .Women in Charitable Work-Victoria-Melbourne; social Charitable Work
Format: Book
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Ella Ebery - VHS 28
Author: Ella Ebery
Subject: Newspaper Editor Winner of Shakespeare Award for Editorials-1st female councillor & mayor of St Arnaud. Vic.
Format: VHS
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Ella Norman; or, A Woman's Perils (1985)
Author: Elizabeth A Murray
Published: in 1985 by Hill of Content Pulishing Co
Dewey No.: 823/8
Subject: BIO Life for English Women - conditions in society; Social/Politics Social C
Format: Book
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Elsie Bohning: The Little Bush Maid (1990)
Author: Barbara James (Compiled)
Published: in 1990 by NT Library Services
Dewey No.: 305
Subject: Bio Elsie Bohning; social/Aboriginal
Format: Book
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Encyclopedia of Feminism (1987)
Author: Lisa Tuttle
Published: in 1987 by Arrow Books
Dewey No.: 305.4203
Subject: FEMINISM; SOCIAL
Format: Book
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Endangered Characters of Australia: Their Yarns & Caricatures Volume 1 (1995)
Author: Mick Joffe
Published: in 1995 by Mick & Phil Joffe
Dewey No.: 920.24
Subject: australian characters; AUSTRALIAN/FAMOUS/CHARACTERS
Format: Book
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Enid Lyons: Leading Lady to a Nation (2008)
Author: Anne Henderson
Published: in 2008 by Pluto Press Australia
Dewey No.: 324.294
Subject: Lyons, Enid Muriel, Dame, 1897-1981. Liberal Party of Australia -- History. Women politicians. Prime ministers' spouses. Biography. Politics and government. Politicians. Political science. Women politicians. Prime ministers' spouses. Politics and government - 1929-1945. 20th century. Women Members Former Prime Ministers Members spouses Lyons, Joseph
Format: Book
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Esther: The True Life Story of an Australian Country Girl (1988)
Author: Esther Meaney
Published: in 1988 by E. Meaney
Dewey No.: 920.720
Subject: Meaney, Esther. Meaney, Ester. Rural families -- Australia. Northern Territory -- Biography.
Format: Book
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Every Hill Got A Story: We Grew Up In Country (2015)
Author: Men And Women Of Central Australia And The Central Land Council
Published: in 2015 by hardie grant books
Dewey No.: 305.89915
Subject: History of Central Australia's Aboriginal people, stories as told in their own words and many languages
Format: Book
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Every Woman's Guide To Getting Into Politics (1996)
Author: Kate Tully
Published: in 1996 by Office Of The Status Of Women
Dewey No.: 320.994
Subject: guide to getting into politics. What it means to get into the politics of government and how to go about it.
Format: Book
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Evonne Goolagong Cawley - VHS 36 (2001)
Author: Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Published: in 2001
Subject: Tennis Champion - search for a star
Format: VHS
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Exploring The Stuart Highway and The Oodnadatta Track (1999)
Author: Liz Martin (ed)
Published: in 1999 by Tourist Information Distributors Australia
Dewey No.: 919.42
Subject: Periodicals. Guidebooks. Stuart Highway. Northern Territory. South Australia. Australian
Format: Book
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Faces of Change (1984)
Author: Ann Deveson
Published: in 1984 by ABC & Fontana
Dewey No.: 305 4 20994
Subject: women challenging convenction; ABC tv interviews; Social
Format: Book
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Facts and Artefacts: How to Document a Museum Collection (1991)
Author: Stuart A Holm
Published: in 1991 by Museum Documentation Assn
Dewey No.: 060
Subject: Museum Collection MUSEUM GUIDE
Format: Book
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FAHS Heritage Handbook: A Guide For Historical Societies (2002)
Author: Judy Gale Rechner
Published: in 2002 by FAHS
Dewey No.: 994.006
Subject: Societies. Historic sites. Australia. Information services. Handbooks, manuals,
Format: Book
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Fair Comment: The Life of Pat Jarrett 1911-1990 (1996)
Author: Audrey Tate
Published: in 1996 by Melbourne University Press
Dewey No.: 070.92
Subject: Bio Pat Jarrett; Journalists - Australia - JOURNALISTS
Format: Book
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Fair Dinkum and Beyond the Furthest Fences (1995)
Author: Douglas & Margaret Lockwood & Ford
Published: in 1995 by Lansdowne Publishing
Dewey No.: 919.429
Subject: bio STORIES-LIFE IN NT; PIONEERS-AGRICULTURE
Format: Book
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Faith Thomas nee Coulthard - VHS 76 (2004)
Author: Faith Thomas--nee Coulthard
Published: in 2004 by Message Stick
Subject: 1st aboriginal female test cricketer-school, Uni, Nursing - Hockey player Alice Springs; Sport
Format: VHS
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Faith: Faith Bandler, Gentle Activist (2002)
Author: Marilyn Lake
Published: in 2002 by Allen & Unwin
Dewey No.: 303.484092
Subject: Bandler, Faith Aborigines, Australian - Government RelationsSoth Sea Islander, 1967 referendum,
Format: Book
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Families: Australian Aborigines (1987)
Author: Alex & Marti Barlow & Hill
Published: in 1987 by MacMillan
Dewey No.: 305.8915
Subject: Aborigines Australian; Family Relationships; sOCIAL- ABOROGINAL
Format: Book
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Family Life: Love & Marriage in Old Australia (2000)
Author: Ross, Hutchinson & Associates (text)
Published: in 2000 by The Five Mile Press
Dewey No.: 306.8
Subject: FAMILY LIFE, LOVE AND MARRIAGE, SOCIAL/ RELATIONSHIPS
Format: Book
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Far Country: A Short History Of The Northern Territory (2009)
Author: Alan Powell
Published: in 2009 by Historical Society of the Northern Territory
Dewey No.: 994.29
Subject: All phases of the territory's history, starting with the coming of the Aborigines and within the broader perspective of Australian and world events
Format: Book
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Farina: From Gibbers to Ghost Town (2007)
Author: Rob Olston
Published: in 2007 by Bundinyabba Publications
Dewey No.: 994.237
Subject: Ghost towns. South Australia. Farina. History. Outback
Format: Book