Category 07: General reference publications on heritage, oral history, preservation, conservation

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 / CompilerTitlePublication DetailsNotes
Archer, John & Archer, GerryDirt 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 CouncilCaring for cultural material. 2Canberra ACT: Heritage Collections Council Secretariat, 1998.137 p.: ill.   Describes care of textiles, leather, wood, ATSIC material, metal, outdoor collections.
Knox, AlistairLiving 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.

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