Members' Books

BOTANIC ENDEAVOUR: the Florilegium Society celebrates the Banks and Solander Collection

ISBN : 9780646816081 Colleen Morris and Brett Summerell, Brett (author.) and Beverley Allen (writer…

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A GOLDMINER’S FORTUNE. The Story of Martin Loughlin, “Quartz King”, racehorse owner and philanthropist, and of Thomas O’Loughlin, who inherited the fortune

Anne Ridley ISBN:  978-0-6489488-0-3; 2020, pbk When gold was discovered in Victoria, a young Irishman, Martin…

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The Reader's Digest in Surry Hills: The design and construction of a heritage building – an architect’s story

John James West Grinstead Publishers; ISBN: 9780975742556 This book describes the design and the creation of a significant…

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Born in Glebe: Mothers, Midwives and Medical Men

Lesley Potter Sydney, ISBN: 978-1-64786-261-9 Positioning maternity care within the local historical context of Glebe in…

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'TIS THE DOING NOT THE DEED

Susan Steggall, Shooting Star Publications ISBN: 978-1-925821-29-1 (print);  ISBN: 978-1-925821-30-7 (eBook). At the heart of…

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The Legacy of Douglas Grant. A Notable Aborigine in War and Peace

 John Ramsland  Brolga  2019; ISBN  9780987639080 Thirty-year-old Grant survived a massacre in infancy, enlisted in 1916 and…

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FIRST KNOW YOUR ENEMY COMPREHENDING IMPERIAL GERMAN WAR AIMS & DECIPHERING THE ENIGMA OF KULTUR

John A. Moses with Peter Overlack In thesearch for the deeper causes of the ‘War to…

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THE READER’S DIGEST IN SURRY HILLS: THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A HERITAGE BUILDING – AN ARCHITECT’S STORY

by John James West Grinstead Publications (Aug 2019)  ISBN 978-0-9757425-5-6. Seldom does an architect have the…

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DISCOVERING VERMEER: A PASSIONATE QUEST

by Helen Topor ISBN 9 780646 985718 In New York the last thing Helen expects…

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VERITY. A remarkable woman’s journey

Robert Lehane Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2017  ISBN 9781925588484 Canberra’s population was only about 10,000 when,…

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Flying into Danger. The Story of Paul Brickhill RAAF

John Ramsland Brolga Publishing, Melbourne, 2017 ISBN:  9 781925 367683   (paperback) Paul Brickhill, a Sydney Sun journalist, had adventurous…

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MISTRESS OF HER PROFESSION COLONIAL MIDWIVES OF SYDNEY 1788-1901

by  Lesley Potter Anchor Books (August 2017) ISBN 9780648061601 Dr Lesley Potter’s book weaves the…

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