This list contains a small selection of works in the THS Reference Library on broader Australian history. Also listed are works that provide information on heritage buildings and materials and on oral history creation.
| Author / Compiler | Title | Publication Details | Notes |
| Archer, John & Archer, Gerry | Dirt cheap: the mud brick book. | Leura NSW: Second Back Row Press, 1985. | 90 p.: ill., bib. |
| Being black: Aboriginal cultures in ‘settled’ Australia / edited by Ian Keen. | Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press for Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1988. | 273 p.: maps, bib. Index. | |
| Fields, Curtis P. | The forgotten art of building a stone wall: an illustrated guide to dry wall construction. | Dublin, New Hampshire: Yankee Inc., 1991. | 61 p.: ill. |
| Gregory, Augustus Charles, Sir, 1819-1905. | Journals of Australian explorations / by Augustus Charles Gregory and Francis Thomas Gregory. | Victoria Park, W.A.: Hesperian Press, 1981. | 210 p.: ill., ports. No index. Left from Toodyay, p.16 but no other mention. Facsim. of 1884 ed.: Brisbane: James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1884. |
| Heritage Collections Council | Caring for cultural material. 2 | Canberra ACT: Heritage Collections Council Secretariat, 1998. | 137 p.: ill. Describes care of textiles, leather, wood, ATSIC material, metal, outdoor collections. |
| Knox, Alistair | Living in the environment. | Leura NSW: Second Row Press, 1975. | 15 p.: ill. |
| Mander-Jones, Phyllis (ed.) | Manuscripts in British Isles relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. | Canberra ACT: ANU Press, 1972. | 697 p. Index. |
| Rechner, Judy Gale (comp.) | Heritage handbook: a guide for historical societies. | Federation of Australian History Societies, 2002. | ill. |
| Robertson, Beth M. | Oral history handbook. 3rd ed. | Adelaide SA: Oral History Assocation of Australia, South Australia Branch Inc., 1995. | 79 p.: ill., bib. |