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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As the Twig is Bent: The Childhood Recollections of Sixteen Prominent Australians (1979)
Author: Terry Lane (ed)
Published: in 1979 by Dove Communications
Dewey No.: 920.094
Subject: Helpmann, Robert -- Biography. Clark, Manning, 1915-1991. Noonuccal, Oodjeroo, 1920-1993. Killen, James, Sir, 1925- Lovell, Patricia. Deveson, Anne. Hawke, Bob, 1929- Mackerras, Charles. Adams, Phillip, 1939- Keneally, Thomas. Schepisi, Fred. Packer, Kerry, 1937-2005. Nossal, Gustav, 1931- Pugh, Clifton Ernest, 1924-1990. Dreyfus, George. Australians. Child Psychology. Biography. Autobiography. Child psychology. Children. Childhood reminiscences
Format: Book
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As We Wave You Goodbye: Australian Women and War (1998)
Author: Jan Bassett
Published: in 1998 by Oxford University Press
Dewey No.: 820.803
Subject: War-Literary collections;Australian literature-women authors,A collection of women's writings about the wars in which Australia has participated - Comprising poetry, fiction and non-fiction by authors such as Mary Grant Bruce, Ethel Turner, Nancy Wake, Judith Wright, Ramona Kaval, Kylie Tennant, Vivian Bulwinkle.
Format: Book
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Astronauts, Lost Souls & Dragons: Voices of Chinese Australians in Conversation (1997)
Author: Diana Giese
Published: in 1997 by Univ. of Qld Press
Subject: 1/Oral history 2/Chinese-Australia-Interviews
Format: Book
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Aunts up the Cross (1965)
Author: Robin Dalton
Published: in 1965 by Penguin Books
Format: Book
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Australia Felix: The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney (1962)
Author: Henry Handel Richardson
Published: in 1962 by The Norton Library
Format: Book
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Australia For Women : Travel And Culture (1994)
Author: Susan Hawthorne (ed)
Published: in 1994 by Spinifex Press
Dewey No.: 919.404
Subject: Women. Women travelers. Guidebooks. Description and travel. Australia. Social life and customs.
Format: Book
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Australia From A Woman's Point Of View (1981)
Author: Jessie Ackerman
Published: in 1981 by Cassell Australia
Dewey No.: 994.032
Subject: Women. Feminist viewpoints. Early works. 19th century. Social conditions 1891-1901. Social life and customs. Description and travel.
Format: Book
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Australia On The Hoof (2007)
Author: Liz Martin
Published: in 2007 by Liz Martin
Subject: Road Heritage No 4 in series
Format: Book
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Australia Remembers: Yandina Women Remember (1995)
Author: Audienne Blyth (ed)
Published: in 1995 by A. Blyth
Dewey No.: 940.531
Subject: Pacific Area. Aerial operations. Personal narratives, Australian. Women in war. History. War work. Women in war -- Queensland -- Yandina -- History -- 20th century.
Format: Book
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Australia: A Criminal Justice System Weighted Against Aboriginal People
Author: Amnesty International
Format: Book
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Australia's Daughters: Woman and Society (1978)
Author: Rosemary Auchmuty
Published: in 1978 by Methuen
Dewey No.: 301.41
Subject: Women- Australia - History, women's rights
Format: Book
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Australia's First Lady: The Story of Elizabeth Macarthur (1991)
Author: Lennard Bickel
Published: in 1991 by Allen & Unwin
Dewey No.: 994.402
Subject: Macarthur, Elizabeth, 1766-1850. Women Animal breeding. Sheep History. Frontier and pioneer life. Macarthur, Elizabeth 1766-1850. New South Wales History Women pioneers Australia. Biography
Format: Book
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Australia's Founding Mothers (1978)
Author: Helen Heney
Published: in 1978 by Thomas Nelson Australia Ltd
Dewey No.: 301.4120994
Subject: Australian women's history; 1787-1822, convicts, emancipation,morals
Format: Book
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Australia's Northern Capital: A Short History of Darwin (2005)
Author: David Carment
Published: in 2005 by Historical Society of the Northern Territory
Dewey No.: 994.295
Subject: This book explorer the origins and evolution of Darwin, Australia's only tropical capital city
Format: Book
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Australia's Oral History Collections: A National Directory (1992)
Author: Martin (ed) Woods
Published: in 1992 by National Library of Australia
Dewey No.: 016.9072
Subject: Oral history, genealogy, public records
Format: Book
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Australia's Quilts: A Directory of Patchwork Treasures (1999)
Author: Jenny Manning
Published: in 1999 by A Q D Press
Subject: quilting
Format: Book
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Australia's Road Transport Heritage (1995)
Author: Liz Martin
Published: in 1995 by Liz Martin
Subject: road transport
Format: Book
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Australia's Road Transport Heritage Collection- Australia On The Hoof No4 (2007)
Author: Liz Martin
Published: in 2007 by Liz Martin
Dewey No.: 388MAR
Subject: Bullocks, horses, camels, and donkeys transport in early days
Format: Book
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Australia's Road Transport Heritage Collection- Women At The Wheel N0 8 (2007)
Author: Liz Martin
Published: in 2007 by Liz Martin
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Australia's Road Transport Heritage Collection.-Australian Transport In The War Years No11 (2007)
Author: Liz Martin
Published: in 2007 by Liz Martin
Dewey No.: 388MAR
Subject: Transport in the War year, roads
Format: Book
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Australia's Road Transport Heritage-Collection. 1932 A.E.C. Government Roadtrain No10 (1995)
Author: Liz Martin
Published: in 1995 by Liz Martin
Dewey No.: 388.MAR
Subject: Freight transport. Roads. Heavy vehicle. History. Australia.Haulage.
Format: Book
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Australia's Yesterdays: A Look At Our Recent Past (1974)
Author: Cyril Pearl
Published: in 1974 by Readers Digest Services Pty Ltd
Dewey No.: 994.04
Subject: Social conditions; 1900-1970; Pictorial works. Social life and customs Social conditions 20th century. Biography. Australia Civilization.
Format: Book
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Australian Aboriginal Decorative Art (1974)
Author: Frederick McCarthy
Published: in 1974 by Trustees of the Australian Museum
Dewey No.: 709.011
Subject: Traditional Aboriginal artistic designs based on mythology and ritual engraved or painted on boomerangs, spears, shields, bark, articles of personal adornment and ceremonial objects from regions of Australia.
Format: Book
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Australian Aborigines (1974)
Author: A P Elkin
Published: in 1974 by Angus & Robertson
Dewey No.: 301.2
Subject: Aborigines, Australia - Culture
Format: Book
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Australian Colonial Medicine (1979)
Author: Jennifer Hagger
Published: in 1979 by Rigby
Subject: Medicine-Australia-History
Format: Book
